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The Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad was directed by James Gunn and was released to theaters on Aug. 5, 2021.
The film starred returning characters from 2016's Suicide Squad including Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Joel Kinnaman as Col. Rick Flag, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, and Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang.
They were joined by Idris Elba as Bloodsport, John Cena as Peacemaker, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2, Peter Capaldi as The Thinker, and many more.
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231 on Jared Leto loves Suicide Squad 2's director, but isn't sure when he'll play The Joker againCollider caught up with Jared Leto, who is promoting his new movie Blade Runner 2049. Leto was asked about Gavin O'Connor directing Suicide Squad 2, and if he was going to play The Joker in that movie or the Joker/Harley Quinn movie next year. It sounds like a decision hasn't been made yet. "A lot…
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Margot Robbie is at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend to promote her new movie, I, Tonya, and The Wrap caught up with her to ask when she'll be suiting up as Harley Quinn again. "I think next year I'll be back in the fishnets wielding a baseball bat, I hope," Robbie said. When…
Has Suicide Squad 2 finally found its director? According to Variety, The Accountant director Gavin O'Connor will write Suicide Squad 2, and The Hollywood Reporter says that he'll direct the movie as well. Variety says that due to the casts busy schedules (especially Will Smith's), production on Suicide Squad 2 will likely begin in the…
Warner Bros. has been searching for a Suicide Squad 2 director all year, with the hopes of getting the movie started sooner rather than later. According to a new report, they're probably going to have to wait a bit longer. Variety's Justin Kroll's sources say that Suicide Squad 2 won't go into production until the fall…
The search for a Suicide Squad 2 director continues. Jaume Collet-Serra was Warner Bros.' top choice for the Suicide Squad sequel, after script and production delays forced their original choice, Mel Gibson, to move on. Deadline reports that Collet-Serra has decided to pass on Suicide Squad 2 in order to direct Disney's Jungle Cruise, which…
Suicide Squad villain Cara Delevingne is currently promoting her new sci-fi movie Valerian, and in a new interview with USA Today she was asked about returning for Suicide Squad 2. Delevingne said that she's "pretty sure" she won't be back as Enchantress for the Suicide Squad sequel, adding "it was a life-changing experience and of…
Jaume Collet-Serra is Warner Bros.' top choice to direct Suicide Squad 2, Deadline is reporting. Collet-Serra was rumored as a possible contender earlier this year. Mel Gibson was the top choice to direct Suicide Squad 2 at one point, and he seemed interested, but it sounds like Warner Bros. has moved on to someone else.…
Suicide Squad 2 is still searching for a director as the script gets worked on, but according to a star Joel Kinnaman (who plays military leader Rick Flag in the franchise), the current plan is for the sequel to begin shooting next year. "As far as I know they're writing the script and I think…
Director Guy Ritchie was a guest on Variety's "Playback" podcast this week to talk about his new Warner Bros. movie King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. During the conversation, Ritchie was asked if Warner Bros. had come to him for any of the upcoming DC Comics movies that they're making. "I quite fancy doing Suicide…
Suicide Squad was a massive hit. Not just at the box office, but musically as well. The soundtrack went gold, and there were four major singles and music videos released. Atlantic Records EVP Kevin Weaver boasted about the movie's successful music on Instagram today. "Over 1 billion streams on Spotify alone for the 4 Suicide…
Suicide Squad 2 is a priority at Warner Bros., and they just hired someone to write the script. And while Mel Gibson is the studio's first choice, they do have others in mind as well. Ruben Fleischer, Daniel Espinosa, and Jonathan Levine have been reported previously, and now we can add a new name to…
On this week’s episode of The Superhero News Show, Sean Gerber and Mark Hughes discuss Ben Affleck's statement about alcohol addiction, The Batman script starting from scratch, Matthew Vaughn possibly directing Man of Steel 2, and Suicide Squad 2 landing a writer. Please subscribe to Superhero News on YouTube for more great video content like…
With today's news of Aquaman's release date being pushed back to December 21, 2018, there's an opportunity for Warner Bros. to release another DC movie earlier in the year. To do that, they'll have to start shooting this year, and according to Variety reporter Justin Kroll, Warner Bros. is currently weighing their options. With Aquaman…
Adam Cozad, who wrote last summer's The Legend of Tarzan for Warner Bros., is in talks to write Suicide Squad 2, according to Variety. Variety says that Suicide Squad 2 is a priority for Warner Bros. and they've reached out to several directors. The most famous is Mel Gibson, who confirmed that talks about the…
It's been a couple of weeks since it was first reported that Mel Gibson was in talks with Warner Bros. to direct Suicide Squad 2. Gibson confirmed that he was on a "first date" with the company, and last night at the Oscars he went into a bit more detail. "I don't know," Gibson told…
Yesterday we got some big breaking news that said Mel Gibson was in talks with Warner Bros. to direct Suicide Squad 2. At an event later last night, Gibson confirmed the reports. Gibson was at a screening of his Oscar-nominated movie Hackshaw Ridge, and during a Q&A portion was asked about the Suicide Squad 2…
Deadline reported today that Mel Gibson will star in Paramount's Daddy’s Home 2 with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. So what's this have to do with a DC Comics movie? In that same report, Deadline said that Paramount isn't the only big studio that's been after Gibson recently. The site has heard that Warner Bros.…
Earlier today we learned that David Ayer would be directing Margot Robbie's female DC villain movie Gotham City Sirens, but there was some other interesting info in that report. The Hollywood Reporter says that Warner Bros. is still developing a Suicide Squad sequel, and they are also looking into a Deadshot spin-off movie for Will…
Director David Ayer is known for his hard, gritty, R-rated movies, but he knew he'd be stepping into the world of PG-13 superheroes when he signed on for Suicide Squad. “For an R movie, you have to decide to do it right out the gate, and that was never the case here,” Ayer told MTV at…
Tonight news broke that Suicide Squad director David Ayer is reteaming with Will Smith for a new movie called Bright. Variety reports that the project will likely end up at Warner Bros., though Sony is a possibility too. But there was some interesting Batman news buried in that story as well! According to Variety, the…
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