King Shark is coming to the DC Extended Universe, with Deadline reporting that comedian Steve Agee is set to lend his voice to the supervillain for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. Agee previously appeared in Gunn’s Marvel sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as one of the Ravagers, as well as this year’s Gunn-produced […]
James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad adds Flula Borg
As director James Gunn continues to assemble the cast of his DC Extended Universe reboot / sequel The Suicide Squad, Deadline is reporting that German actor, comedian and musician Flula Borg (Pitch Perfect 2, The Good Place) has signed on to appear in the supervillain team-up. Details on Borg’s character are being kept under wraps, […]
Sean Gunn claims The Suicide Squad script is “really good”
Guardians of the Galaxy star Sean Gunn – brother of James Gunn – has claimed he has read the script for his brother’s The Suicide Squad reboot and production on the film should be underway very soon. In a statement via ComicBook.com, Sean says the script for The Suicide Squad is “really good” but doesn’t confirm whether he will have […]
Storm Reid in talks for The Suicide Squad as Idris Elba’s daughter
Director James Gunn continues to assemble his cast for his DCEU film The Suicide Squad as TheWrap reports that Storm Reid (A Wrinkle in Time) has begun discussions to join the film. A deal has not yet been finalized, but Reid is said to be the top contender to play the daughter of Idris Elba’s (Luther) mystery […]
The Flickering Myth Podcast #104 – Death Stranding, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Rambo: Last Blood and more
In this week’s episode of The Flickering Myth Podcast, Allen, Gerald and EJ discuss the reveal of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Joel Kinnaman returning for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad reboot/sequel, the Rambo: Last Blood trailer, EJ’s review of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and the gameplay trailer for Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding. Email […]
Joel Kinnaman confirms Rick Flag return for The Suicide Squad
Although James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad was originally described as “a total reboot” of the 2016 movie, it’s become increasingly clear over the past couple of months that isn’t quite going to be the case. Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang) and Viola Davis (Amanda Waller) are already confirmed to reprise their roles […]
James Gunn won’t reveal whether The Suicide Squad is a sequel or reboot
When it was first announced that Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn would be heading to the DC Extended Universe to write and direct The Suicide Squad, it was said that the new movie would be a “relaunch” of the supervillain team-up, with producer Peter Safran subsequently describing it as a “total reboot” of the […]
UPDATE: Michael Rooker denies The Suicide Squad casting report, Benicio Del Toro rumoured for villain
UPDATE: Michael Rooker has taken to Instagram to deny The Wrap’s report about his casting in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. You can see Rooker’s post below, followed by our original story… View this post on Instagram DA………..NOT!!! A post shared by Michael Rooker (@michael_rooker) on May 10, 2019 at 11:30pm PDT It looks […]
The Suicide Squad adds Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher
Just a day after David Dastmalchian was cast as the Polka-Dot Man in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, Variety has revealed another piece of casting to the DC supervillain film in Daniela Melchior (Valor da Vida), who has reportedly joined the film as the Batman villain Ratcatcher. Among the group of new characters, Melchior’s Ratcatcher will […]
Ant-Man’s David Dastmalchian to play Polka-Dot Man in The Suicide Squad
Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp actor David Dastmalchian is set to link up with fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe alum James Gunn on Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Suicide Squad. As reported by THR, Dastmalchian will play the DC villain Polka-Dot Man, who debuted in Detective Comics #300 in 1962 and is a somewhat […]