Birds of Prey no longer flips the bird in a sanitized edit that was accidentally uploaded to HBO Max.
As first noted by CBR.com and other sites, the R-rated Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) — which first landed on HBO Max in August 2020 — returned to the streamer after a brief absence this week with numerous, basic cable-friendly edits.
An HBO Max spokesperson confirms for TVLine that the broadcast cable version of Birds of Prey “was mistakenly added to the service,” and that the unedited original version “will be available” — though no timetable for the correction was specified.
As announced in August, a standalone Black Canary movie starring Smollett and from Lovecraft Country/Underground creator Misha Green, is now in the works, to premiere exclusively on HBO Max.