The Suicide Squad is a sequel of the Suicide Squad that consists of DC Comics supervillains. From the success of the movie Suicide Squad (2016), more and more fans are requesting for a sequel.
Well, who wouldn’t get hooked, right? For a change they used villains as the main characters and not superheroes. The prequel started out as imprisoned supervillains being blackmailed to work on dangerous black ops in terms that they can’t refuse or somehow beneficial to them. The secret agency was led by Amanda Waller, once of the higher ranking officials who got the authority to lead such a group.
The title Suicide Squad comes from the name of the team of supervillains that were supposed to be locked up in Belle Reeve — a highly functional prison specified for metahumans. Belle Reve is somehow used as the base of operations of the said group.
In August of 2021, the sequel The Suicide Squad is said to premiere in all cinemas. Hopefully the release date will stay as it is.
In early February, Writer/Director James Gunn confirmed that the sort-of-sequel to the 2016 Suicide Squad is fully finished and cut. He added that he made every single choice and even Warner Bros never interfered on some changes, not even once. In fact he said that they were somehow supportive in such a way that they gave a few minor notes, and that he can take them or leave them.
Having a lot of freedom on how the movie goes, Gunn can create a fully exciting show having his own take on the anti-hero squad, given on what he did on the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. He’s not even held to follow on the first movie. So expect something great to happen in the movie.
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Who’s in The Suicide Squad cast?
As early as 2019, Gunn already revealed the stellar cast of the upcoming movie. This includes the ever-loved character of Margot Robbie, Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, and Viola Davis as Amanda Waller.
The other casts were announce on August of 2020, and they are:
Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn
Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag
Viola Davis as Amanda Waller
Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang
Idris Elba as Bloodsport
John Cena as Peacemaker
Peter Capaldi as The Thinker
Flula Borg as Javelin
Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2
Michael Rooker as Savant
David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man
Mayling Ng as Mongal
Nathan FIllion as TDK
Alica Braga as Sol Soria
Pete Davidson as Blackguard
Steve Agee as King Shark
Joaquin Cosio as Major General Mate Suarez
Storm Reid as Tyla, Bloodsport’s daughter
Tinashe Kajese as Flo Crawley
Jennifer Holland as Emilia Harcourt
The Suicide Squad trailer
Although the official trailer is not out yet, Gunn had already released a teaser trailer which consists of the different casts and their roles in the upcoming movie. Although we didn’t catch a glimpse of what to expect, we’re terribly excited on how it will go.D
If you still haven’t seen it yet, you can see the teaser trailer here.
When is the movie’s premiere date?
Last January 30, 2019, Warner Bros officially confirmed that The Suicide Squad’s release date will be on the 6th of August in 2021.
And what’s more, along with their announcement, a shocking move had rocked Hollywood as they announced that all their planned 2021 releases will also be aired in cinemas and HBO max on the same day. With that being said, you can expect that on August 6, 2021, The Suicide Squad can also be viewed on HBO Max.
However, the streaming service only applies to the US, so this is not available to its international release. Let us hope that in other parts of the world, cinemas will be fully opened in August, otherwise, we should all be expecting a slight delay.
What is The Suicide Squad all about?
If you’re an avid fan of DC comics, then you would know who the characters are and what the movie is all about. However, if you’re someone who is somehow new or a person who’s not that into comics, then The Suicide Squad should be quite interesting for you to know what is it all about.
According to the official synopsis of the movie, “Welcome to hell — aka Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the US of A. Where the worst Super-villains are kept and where they will do anything to get out — even join the super-secret, super-shady, Task Force X”
The Suicide Squad is actually a group of the worst super villains who were imprisoned in Belle Reve. Just like what the synopsis stated, “…they will do anything to get out”, these super villains were promised to have freedom in terms of “saving the world”. Others may have been given a sweet deal other than freedom. The difference between the prequel and this upcoming movie is that The Suicide Squad has more freedom in terms of movie creation as the movie does not solely rely on the comics, in fact, DC Comics had given permission that Gunn can create/alter different scenes to make the movie more exciting.
And aside from having less than ten (10) characters on the prequel, The Suicide Squad now consists of a lot of characters. The reason for a large cast was not yet revealed nor have been given the right reason, but one fan theory believe that, having these lot of characters means there will be multiple Squads that we will see in the movie having different difficult tasks or on the different note, Gunn might kill off most of the new additions to their first act in the sequel. ‘
According to a report, Gunn’s movie was most likely inspired and inclined to be more of a Jon Ostrander and Kim Yale’s 1980 comic run than a New 52 version that inspired the original movie of Ayer.
Well to end this, as what John Cena, one of the casts who will portray Peacemaker in the movie said, “The Suicide Squad is gonna make you shit your pants, so bring a change of pants.”