What’s next for director James Gunn after he directs The Suicide Squad with regard to DC Comics adaptations? He thinks it’s way too early to say.
Last year, James Gunn was unceremoniously fired from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 after previous comments that he had long since apologized for came to light. In that time, Warner Bros. hired him to reinvent the Suicide Squad franchise on film after a massively successful — but critically-reviled — first installment.
After working on the DC Comics movie, James Gunn is set to return to Marvel Studios for his last Guardians of the Galaxy film, but as it turns out, he hasn’t thought of what will happen after that. According to an archived shot of an Instagram story, he has not made plans beyond The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Here’s what he had to say about making more DC Comics movie after the Suicide Squad sequel.
Going back-to-back on two high-profile superhero movies is a big task for James Gunn, but one that he should be more than capable of handling. With his Guardians of the Galaxy duties set to wrap up after the trilogy ends, James Gunn will likely be free to do whatever he wants going forward.
David Ayer’s Suicide Squad followed a team of supervillains who were recruited by the government for a dangerous black ops mission in exchange for reduced sentences. The sequel will see the return of four cast members from that film: Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, and Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag. James Gunn is expected to deliver on the fresh take on the supervillain team in his upcoming movie, with Idris Elba playing a new character on the team, David Dastmalchian starring as Polka-Dot Man, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher, and Steve Agee voicing King Shark. Other cast members confirmed for the ensemble picture include John Cena, Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Nathan Fillion, Taika Waititi, Peter Capaldi, Michael Rooker, Sean Gunn, Mayling Ng, Jennifer Holland, Pete Davidson, Juan Diego Botto, Alice Braga, Tinashe Kajese, Julio Ruiz, and Joaquín Cosío.
James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad will be released in theaters on August 6, 2021. Stay tuned to us for the latest news regarding James Gunn, DC Comics and the next Suicide Squad movie.
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