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The Week in Spandex – Ant-Man, Black Panther, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, Bananaman and more

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Our weekly round-up of the latest news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Big Hero 6, The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Suicide Squad, LEGO Batman, The Flash, Arrow, Gotham, Constantine, Bananaman and […]

James Gunn says he “reread every single Suicide Squad comic” during pre-production on The Suicide Squad

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The Suicide Squad director James Gunn has certainly put in plenty of time to research the team and the individual characters as he claimed during a recent Q&A Instagram session that he read “every single Suicide Squad comic” during pre-production before he even starting work on the film’s script. “Well before writing Suicide Squad I reread every single Suicide Squad comic,” […]

Suicide Squad’s Harley Quinn gets a new Hot Toys collectible figure

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Hot Toys has revealed its upcoming sixth scale Harley Quinn (Dancer Dress Version) figure which is based on the likeness of Margot Robbie in Warner Bros.’ DC supervillain team-up Suicide Squad; take a look at the official promotional images here… SEE ALSO: Pre-order via Sideshow Collectibles SEE ALSO: Follow all of our DC Extended Universe coverage here Suicide Squad sees […]

David Ayer says he had the opportunity the helm the Suicide Squad sequel

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Director David Ayer has revealed that after directing Suicide Squad back in 2016, he was offered the opportunity to helm the sequel but he decided to pass on the chance. “I had a chance to do it, but I went another way,” Ayer claimed in a recent interview with ComicBook.com after Fox’s presentation at TCA. However, […]

David Ayer shares new Suicide Squad wardrobe test photo featuring the Joker and Harley Quinn

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David Ayer has shared another make-up and wardrobe test photo from his 2016 DC supervillain team-up movie Suicide Squad, once again featuring Jared Leto’s Joker alongside Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Jared Leto’s “days as the Joker are likely over” https://www.instagram.com/p/B5N3Ocngbn9/   It feels good to be bad…Assemble a team of […]

Is it wrong to root for The Joker?

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Anghus Houvouras on The Joker… It’s almost impossible to escape the zeitgeist currently surrounding Todd Phillips’ highly-praised, highly-controversial take on The Joker. After near unanimous praise from the Venice Film Festival, the movie has become a target for the polarizing extremes of social media. Questions have been raised about the social responsibility of the time […]

Wonder Woman 2 and Suicide Squad 2 production start dates revealed

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With Warner Bros. and DC Films taking stock of the DC Extended Universe after the lacklustre reception to last year’s Justice League, it seems we’re now getting a good idea as to the next phase of their cinematic superhero universe. We know that DC has Aquaman set to arrive in December, followed by Shazam – […]

Margot Robbie didn’t audition for Suicide Squad, says it’s more Dark Knight than The Avengers

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With production on David Ayer’s Suicide Squad set to begin in April, we will be hearing a lot from the cast members involved over the next few months. We’ve heard from Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) on several occasions over the past couple of weeks while she is on the promotional tour for […]