Last week, Warner Bros. announced the star-studded cast for its second DC movie of 2016, Suicide Squad, with the DC supervillain ensemble set to feature Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) as Rick Flagg, Will Smith (Hancock) as Deadshot, Cara Delevingne (Pan) as Enchantress, Jai Courtney (Terminator: Genisys) as Boomerang, Margot Robbie (The Wolf of […]
Jared Leto talks gaining weight to play “Shakespearean” Joker, calls him a “beautiful disaster”
Next August, Jared Leto is set to join Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger in playing the iconic villain role of The Joker in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. In an interview with Billboard, the 30 Seconds to Mars front-man and Oscar winner talked about gaining weight in preparation for the role. “Do you mind if I eat […]
Jared Leto refers to Fight Club when asked about Joker role in Suicide Squad
Since winning as Oscar for his role in Dallas Buyers Club, Jared Leto has become a highly sought after actor. Leto is supposedly being considered for several roles in upcoming comic book movies. His name has been mentioned a few times for Doctor Strange, although most recently it’s been said that he is being sought […]
Doomsday, Joker and KGBeast “confirmed” for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Hot off the heels of yesterday’s blockbuster announcement of the casting for Suicide Squad, we now have some possible news on plot details for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. According to Badass Digest – who are usually spot on with “scoops” – Doomsday will indeed be in the main villain of the piece. Not […]
Tom Hardy drops out of Suicide Squad; Jake Gyllenhaal eyed to replace him
Looks like Tom Hardy will not be returning to the DC movie world after all. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Hardy has dropped out of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad due to scheduling conflicts. He is currently shooting Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s The Revenant alongside Leonardo DiCaprio which is now looking to overrun. Furthermore, Mad Max: Fury Road […]
Will Smith and Margot Robbie talk Tom Hardy leaving Suicide Squad
It was announced last month that Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) had left David Ayer’s Suicide Squad due to scheduling issues thanks to the promotional tour of Mad Max: Fury Road. In an interview to promote their new movie Focus, Suicide Squad cast members Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn) and Will Smith (Deadshot) were asked […]
Comic Book Review – Suicide Squad #1
Tony Black reviews Suicide Squad #1… “The Black Vault” part one! When a mysterious and definitely super-important cosmic item falls out of the heavens and into enemy hands, America has only one option: Task Force X, Amanda Waller’s strike team of incarcerated super-criminals. A one-stop-shop for plausibly deniable espionage and ultra- violence, this “Suicide Squad” […]
Comic Book Review – Suicide Squad #2
Tony Black reviews Suicide Squad #2… “THE BLACK VAULT” part 2! What was meant to be a routine mission to retrieve a “cosmic item” from an undersea fortress has become a nightmare beyond anything the Suicide Squad ever expected. And with half the team down, it’s up to Harley Quinn, Katana, and a demon-possessed graphic […]
Willa Holland says Arrow “had big plans for Harley Quinn, but we’ll never see it”
Harley Quinn looks set to take a starring role in next year’s supervillain ensemble Suicide Squad, but prior to Margot Robbie’s casting we did get a tease of Harley being part of Task Force X with a brief cameo appearance in The CW’s hit DC show Arrow. As it happened, this cameo in the second […]
Christian Slater is interested in playing a live action Suicide Squad villain
Christian Slater has revealed that he would be open to playing a Suicide Squad villain in a future live action movie. One of the stars of the Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay animated movie, where he plays Deadshot, Christian Slater says that he could see himself transitioning to an actual villain to the squad in […]