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Jai Courtney says The Suicide Squad doesn’t abandon what the first movie established

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When it was first announced that James Gunn was making the jump to from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the DC Extended Universe for The Suicide Squad, initial reports – and comments from DC Films producer Peter Safran – suggested the movie would be a “total reboot” of 2016’s David Ayer-directed film. Of course, as […]

The Suicide Squad spin-off doesn’t mean Peacemaker survives says James Gunn

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James Gunn, director of The Suicide Squad, says that the Peacemaker spin-off TV seroiesdoesn’t mean that the character survives the events of the film. We have recently learned that James Gunn’s work with DC won’t end up with The Suicide Squad as a character from the film will be receiving his own spin-off show on […]

Peacemaker series won’t affect Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 production, says James Gunn

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Earlier this week it was announced that John Cena will re-team with The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn for a brand-new series on HBO Max which will focus on Cena’s Peacemaker character. However, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise don’t need to worry about the series affecting the future production of […]

John Cena and James Gunn to reunite for The Suicide Squad spin-off series Peacemaker

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For the man who used to claim, “you can’t see me,” John Cena sure isn’t hiding as news has broken today that Cena will return to the role he’s playing in the upcoming The Suicide Squad for a spin-off series. John Cena will re-team with The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy director James […]

Joel Kinnaman says The Suicide Squad is “insane” and “heavily R-rated”

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Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) may not have enjoyed anywhere near Joker-levels of box office success upon its release earlier this year, but it seems that hasn’t dissuaded Warner Bros. and DC Films from going down the R-rated route for the next chapter of the DC Extended Universe. Speaking […]

The Suicide Squad script had Joel Kinnaman laughing out loud

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James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad script apparently had star Joel Kinnaman laughing out loud. The hype is certainly building for James Gunn’s DC movie debut with The Suicide Squad. And why not, his work with Marvel on Guardians of the Galaxy has earned him lots of admirers so DC fans are looking forward to more […]

Marvel’s Kevin Feige visited James Gunn on DC’s The Suicide Squad set

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Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, visited James Gunn while he was filming DC’s The Suicide Squad. There is often talk between fans, especially online about the rivalry and competition between Marvel and DC. While fans clearly feel that it exists, filmmakers have often said that it doesn’t, at least not for them behind […]

Sean Gunn discusses the tone James Gunn is aiming for with The Suicide Squad

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Guardians of the Galaxy star Sean Gunn has discussed the tone his brother and director James Gunn is aiming for with the upcoming DC movie, The Suicide Squad. In an interview with DiscussingFilm, Gunn claimed The Suicide Squad has “some of the magic” that Guardians of the Galaxy has with the mixture of action, heart and comedy but for a […]

James Gunn wrote The Suicide Squad’s Bloodsport specifically for Idris Elba

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James Gunn, the director of The Suicide Squad, has revealed that he wrote the character of Bloodsport specifically for Idris Elba. Anticipation for DC’s upcoming slate of movies has really kicked up a gear after the recent DC FanDome event. One of the films teased was James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, starring Idris Elba as […]

James Gunn shares new teaser poster for The Suicide Squad

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James Gunn was on hand at DC FanDome this past weekend to give fans our very first details on next year’s supervillain team-up The Suicide Squad, with the filmmaker sharing a behind-the-scenes video as well as a ‘roll call’ teaser revealing the cast of characters he’s enlisted for his first foray into the DC universe. […]