The Suicide Squad director James Gunn got a gift from Jim Lee to commemorate his involvement with the DC Comics movie, but he can’t show you much of it.
Jim Lee is DC’s current co-publisher alongside Dan DiDio, but he’s most well-known for his long history of illustrating comics, including X-Men, Gen13, and WildCATs, among others. Recently, he’s given James Gunn a Christmas gift for his work on The Suicide Squad: a comic cover with him in it.
James Gunn was willing to share a snippet of it online, but there’s a catch: he can’t show you much of it due to the cover showcasing the costumes of the major characters, which they want to reveal through the marketing. James Gunn says that he’ll share the full thing once they reveal the cast, but for now, here’s what Jim Lee’s illustration of James Gunn looks like:
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The Suicide Squad will wrap production early next year, after which James Gunn will shift his focus to editing the film and starting production on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Suffice to say, next year will be quite busy for him, so perhaps this little gift from Jim Lee will help him power through it.
David Ayer’s Suicide Squad movie 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: Robbie as Harley Quinn, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, and Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag.
James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is expected to deliver a new take on the titular supervillain team, 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.
The Suicide Squad opens in theaters on August 6, 2021.
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