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James Gunn explains how The Suicide Squad differ from the Guardians of the Galaxy

October 26, 2020 by Gary Collinson

After assembling Task Force X for the cover of its latest issue, Empire Online has now shared two brand new images from James Gunn’s DC supervillain ensemble The Suicide Squad, which you can find here…

Meanwhile, speaking to the outlet, Gunn has also explained how his Task Force X differs from another “bunch of A-holes” that he’s previously put together in the Guardians of the Galaxy:

“I think you know, from pretty close to the beginning, that all of the Guardians are good – apart from Nebula, who’s the outlier,” Gunn explains. “But in The Suicide Squad, some of the characters end up being good, some end up being terrible. They don’t just get in fights and say they’re going to kill each other, they actually do get in fights and kill each other. You really don’t know who’s going to live and who’s going to die. I was given full freedom to kill anyone – and I mean anyone – by DC.”

SEE ALSO: David Ayer says his cut of Suicide Squad “is f*cking amazing”

We’re certainly expecting a high body count in The Suicide Squad, with Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn the only character who seems all but guaranteed to make it to the end credits.

The Suicide Squad sees James Gunn directing a cast that includes Suicide Squad returnees Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flag) and Viola Davis (Amanda Waller) as well as new DCEU additions Idris Elba, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, Nathan Fillion, Taika Waititi, Jennifer Holland, David Dastmalchian, Joaquín Cosío, Mayling Ng, Flula Borg, Juan Diego Botto, Storm Reid, John Cena, Pete Davidson, Tinashe Kajese, Daniela Melchior, Julio Ruiz, Steve Agee, Michael Rooker, and Sean Gunn.

 

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, James Gunn, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe Guardians of the Galaxy, the suicide squad

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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