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Harley Quinn Renewed for Season 4 at HBO Max
DC’s Harley Quinn will return to HBO Max. The streamer has renewed the adult animated series for a fourth season. It comes ahead of the Season 3 finale September 15. The series is also getting a new showrunner. Sarah Peters, who has written on the series since Season 1 and currently serves as consulting producer, will take over the role from Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, who originally developed the project with Dean Lorey
“We are ecstatic that HBO Max wants the story of Harley and Ivy to continue,” Halpern and Schumacker said in a statement. “And we are equally thrilled that this next season will be in great hands with Sarah Peters as our showrunner and Ceci Aranovich overseeing animation production, as they have both greatly influenced the show with their brilliance since the beginning.”
The third season of the show, which features Kaley Cuoco as the voice of Harley Quinn, sees her and Lake Bell-voiced Poison Ivy wrap up their Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour and return to Gotham as the new power couple of DC villainy. Along with their ragtag crew – King Shark, Clayface and Frank the Plant – Harlivy strives to become the best version of themselves while also working towards Ivy’s long-desired plan of transforming Gotham into an Eden paradise.
The renewal is good news for DC fans who subscribe to the digital service. The past few weeks have been a tumultuous period for both DC properties and animated series at HBO Max. After the “Batgirl” HBO Max movie was canned, there was a purge of dozens of HBO Max series from the streamer, including”Aquaman: King of Atlantis,” and the “Batman” animated series “Caped Crusader,” which is now being shopped to other platforms.
The voice cast of Harley Quinn includes Big Bang Theory‘s Kaley Cuoco as the titular villain, Lake Bell as Poison Ivy, Alan Tudyk as Clayface and the Joker, Ron Funches as King Shark, JB Smoove as Frank the Plant, Giancarlo Esposito as Lex Luthor, Natalie Morales as Lois Lane, Jim Rash as Riddler, Diedrich Bader as Batman, Tony Hale as Dr. Psycho, Chris Meloni as Commissioner Gordon, Rahul Kohli as Scarecrow, Sanaa Lathan as Catwoman, Vanessa Marshall as Wonder Woman, and Jacob Tremblay as Robin.
In addition to the main show, the Harley Quinn team is currently in development on a spinoff series titled “Noonan’s,” which follows Poison Ivy’s ex Kite Man (Matt Oberg) as he acquires the titular dive bar frequented by various Gotham City villains. Halpern and Schumacker have told Variety that the series will also feature the voice of Cathy Ang, who guested in Season 3 of Harley Quinn, as Kite Man’s new girlfriend Golden Glider. The series also plans to feature the voice of James Adomian as recurring villain Bane.
