DC FanDome’s panel forThe Suicide Squadfeatured director James Gunn as the host of a game show testing the knowledge and survival skills of Margot Robbie and other cast members. However, the panel also offered fans their first official look at the anticipated DC supervillain team’s latest cinematic outing with a behind-the-scenes featurette.
While Warner Bros. and DC’sSuicide Squadwas a success at the box office, grossing a worldwide total of $746.8 million, reactions from moviegoers were mixed-to-negative upon its release in August 2016. While director David Ayer originally intended to return to the director’s chair for the sequel, the filmmaker eventuallyleft the project to work onGotham City Sirens, one of the multiple projects being developed at the time for Margot Robbie to reprise her role as Harley Quinn. In 2018, Gunn was hired to write and direct a new take on the Suicide Squad just months after being fired fromGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3by Disney due to controversial social media posts he wrote years before.
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DC FanDome’s panel forThe Suicide Squadopened with Gunn taking questions from fans, where he confirmed previously undisclosed of multiple cast members. In addition toreturning favoritesMargot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg, and Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang,The Suicide Squadwill introduce newcomers David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2, Steve Agee as the on-set King Shark andJohn Economos,Idris Elba as Bloodsport, John Cena as Peacemaker, Storm Reid as Tyla, Flula Borg as Javeline, Nathan Fillion as TDK, Peter Capaldi as Thinker, Pete Davidson as Blackguard, Alice Braga as Sol Soria, Sean Gunn as Weasel, Michael Rooker as Savant, Joaquín Cosío asMayor General Mateo Suarez, Mayling Ng as Mongal, Juan Diego Botto as Presidente General Silvio Luna, and Jennifer Holland as Emilia Harcourt.
The panel also featured a new behind-the-scenes video offering fans their first glimpse at some of the exciting action sequences and locations featured inThe Suicide Squad. “This one is completely unique. This is a gritty 1970s war movie combined with the brilliance of James Gunn’s characters and comedy,” producer Peter Safran said of what to expect from the tone ofThe Suicide Squad. While the behind-the-scenes preview provided a first look at new costumes for the team, the filmmakers urged fans not to become too attached to certain characters or assume they know what to expect. Dastmalchian said, “As soon as you have some sense about what’s to happen next, James comes in.”
Production onThe Suicide Squadbegan in 2019 at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, before moving to Panama for a month and wrapping in February 2020. However, fans need not be concerned about theCOVID-19 pandemic having an impactonThe Suicide Squad, for the time being, as Gunn edited the film from home during quarantine and recently confirmedThe Suicide Squadwill receive a theatrical release unless there is no other option.
Fans who were disheartened after James Gunn was removed from the director’s chair ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3will also be relieved to knowthe filmmaker had since been rehired. However, Gunn will not resume work on the Marvel Studios film until he completesThe Suicide Squadfor Warner Bros. and DC.
The Suicide Squadwill be released in theaters on June 07, 2025.
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