The DCU is adding another MCU alum to its rebooted cinematic universe in a new action series that will push the genre forward in a big way. An international-based project from DC Studios will see a Birds of Prey member recast and lead an all-new story that has a talented action filmmaker at the helm.
According to Nexus Point News, DC Studios is eyeing Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy, Mission: Impossible) to star in an upcoming Korean TV series as Huntress, aka Helena Bertinelli, who will be half-Korean and half-Italian. The in-development project is set to be written and directed by Jung Byung-gil (Villainess). The rumored Huntress series is among several internationally-based shows in the works, according to the report. Mary Elizabeth Winstead played the DCEU version of the Huntress in the 2020 film Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).
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If Huntress gets made, expect it to be a television series set in Korea and almost entirely spoken in Korean. The action project is among several in development at DC Studios that will seek to expand the genre into new territories. It’s an exciting prospect that will further help the company separate its DC Universe from the past and its current competition, while also giving a chance for foreign filmmakers to tackle superhero projects. As of this writing, Huntress has not been officially announced by DC Studios, but if it gets done, perhaps it is the series that Gunn has described as “my favorite project nobody even knows about yet.”
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Source: Nexus Point News
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