The Suicide Squad First Look, Characters Revealed at DC FanDome

The Suicide Squad has arrived. At DC FanDome, writer-director James Gunn and The Suicide Squad solid unveiled the primary look and the characters for Gunn’s reimagining of the Suicide Squad, which mixes new and previous stars. They embrace Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Idris Elba as Bloodsport, John Cena as Peacemaker, Nathan Fillion as T.D.Ok, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2, Flula Borg as Javelin, Pete Davidson as Blackguard, Alice Braga as Solsoria, Sean Gunn as Weasel, Peter Capaldi as Thinker, Michael Rooker as Savant, Mayling Ng as Mongal, Juan Diego Botto as Silvio “El Presidente” Luna, Storm Reid as Bloodsport’s daughter Tyla, and Steve Agee because the voice of King Shark. As well as, there are as-yet undisclosed roles on The Suicide Squad for Taika Waititi, Joaquín Cosío, Tinashe Kajese, Julio Ruiz, and Jennifer Holland.

Gunn additionally unveiled a behind-the-scenes have a look at his tackle The Suicide Squad, which features a first have a look at the characters and the motion set items, which producer Peter Safran described as a “gritty 1970s battle film”. Gunn claims The Suicide Squad is the largest film he is ever carried out, “by far”.

Although The Suicide Squad is being described as a sequel to the 2016 authentic, it is extra of a tender reboot — Safran went to date to name it a “whole reboot” — given the variety of adjustments Gunn has made to the group and the tone of the movie. It wasn’t all the time going to be this manner.

Suicide Squad director David Ayer was connected to a direct sequel for a time earlier than exiting. By September 2017, Warrior director Gavin O’Connor had come on board and introduced in writers who completed the script by subsequent September. However Warner Bros. deemed it too much like Robbie-led Birds of Prey and was dropped, with a pissed off O’Connor strolling away.

After Disney (quickly) fired Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. three over controversial tweets, Warner Bros. instantly jumped to get Gunn for the DC movie universe. Gunn picked Suicide Squad and was supplied to each write and direct the movie.

Charles Roven, Simon Hatt, and Safran are producers on the brand new Suicide Squad film. The Suicide Squad is a manufacturing of DC Movies, Atlas Leisure, The Safran Firm, and Troll Courtroom Leisure. Warner Bros. Footage is the worldwide distributor.

The Suicide Squad is at present slated to open August 6, 2021 in cinemas worldwide.