Max just made the surprise announcement that the fifth season of Harley Quinn will premiere sooner than the previous seasons typically have. This show usually pops up in the spring or summer, but this time it’s arriving with the New Year.
After four seasons, Harley and Ivy have had it with Gotham. They’re leaving and heading to a place that hasn’t decayed into an urban hellzone (of their own making, mostly). Metropolis looks shiny, sunny, and unspoiled, so they make it their new home…unfortunately, they have the worst timing and picked the week that Brainiac chose to invade Earth.
One thing becomes clear through the below trailer: the spinoff Kite Man: Hell Yeah was not a side one-off you can ignore. It IS going to influence the coming season of Harley Quinn — Brainiac’s plot was introduced there, and so was Goldilocks, Bane’s adopted daughter (he has a daughter now; this is how out of the loop you are). For those who skipped Kite Man, you’ve got a month to catch up!
As always, Harley Quinn stars the voices of Kaley Cuoco as Harley, Lake Bell as Poison Ivy, James Adomian as Bane, Diedrich Bader as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Ron Funches as King Shark, Stephen Fry as Brainiac, Natalie Morales as Lois Lane, JB Smoove as Frank the Plant, Alan Tudyk as Clayface & Joker, and Aisha Tyler as Lena Luthor. The voice of Lex is not mentioned here; he has gone through several actors as of late (one couldn’t help it as he died).
The first episode of Harley Quinn’s fifth season premieres January 16, followed by more new episodes weekly on Max.
