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James Gunn praises The Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie, teases Harley Quinn action scene

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With The Suicide Squad’s August release creeping upon us, director James Gunn has been speaking to the Associated Press about his DCEU debut, and more specifically working with actress Margot Robbie, who is reprising her fan favourite role as Harley Quinn. In the interview, Gunn sang the star’s praises, and revealed that he wrote “the […]

James Gunn wrote The Suicide Squad’s King Shark specifically for Sylvester Stallone

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Having worked together on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, director James Gunn and action legend Sylvester Stallone reunite this year for the R-rated DC supervillain team-up The Suicide Squad as Sly sinks his teeth into the anthropomorphic Great White, King Shark. Based on the promotional material along, King Shark has already established himself as […]

The Suicide Squad gets R-rating for “violence,” “gore” and “graphic nudity”

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While Joker and Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) both went down the R-rated route, James Gunn looks to blow those away with his DCEU entry The Suicide Squad. The trailers have promised some graphic violence, but now we know just how intense it will be as the MPAA has […]

James Gunn says The Suicide Squad villain Starro is “hilarious, ridiculous, and f*cking terrifying”

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Considering he opted for a living planet as the bad guy in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that James Gunn has went for another wild and wacky villain for his upcoming DCEU foray The Suicide Squad. As we saw in the recent trailer, Task Force X […]

Margot Robbie on Harley Quinn’s role as a “catalyst of chaos” in The Suicide Squad

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Margot Robbie is set to return for her third outing as Harley Quinn this year as she joins forces with the rest of Task Force X for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, and speaking to Total Film, the actress has spoken the R-rated supervillain ensemble and how she and Gunn were on the same page […]

James Gunn says he might only make TV shows after Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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After wrapping up production on the highly-anticipated DC movie The Suicide Squad, writer/director James Gunn began filming the upcoming spinoff series focusing on John Cena’s Peacemaker character. Now, in an interview with Den of Geek, Gunn revealed that he had so much fun working on the Peacemaker series that he is considering sticking with the television format after […]

The Suicide Squad images feature Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Polka-Dot Man and Ratcatcher II

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Four new images have been released frm the DCEU supervillain team-up The Suicide Squad, courtesy of Total Film, which give us a new look at Ratcatcher II (Daniela Melchior), Bloodsport (Idris Elba), Polka-Dot Man (David Dastmalchian), Peacemaker (John Cena) and writer-director James Gunn; take a look here… SEE ALSO: The Suicide Squad is 100% finished including […]

James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad featured on new magazine covers

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Total Film has the unveiled covers to the next issue of its magazine, which give us a new look at the stars of director James Gunn’s DCEU supervillain team-up The Suicide Squad; check them out here… SEE ALSO: The Suicide Squad is 100% finished including VFX, says director James Gunn Welcome to hell—a.k.a. Belle Reve, […]

The Suicide Squad is 100% finished including VFX, says director James Gunn

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Ahead of its release in theatres and on the HBO Max streaming service on August 6th 2021, director James Gunn has announced that The Suicide Squad is 100% finished including VFX. Taking to Twitter, while promoting the film’s upcoming cover story for Den of Geek, Gunn revealed that the film has completely wrapped as well as […]

The Suicide Squad sets new record for most-viewed red band trailer

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Following last year’s Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), the DC Extended Universe is returning to R-rated territory this August with The Suicide Squad, and if the response to the first red band trailer is any indication, it seems there’s a healthy appetite amongst fans for what director James Gunn […]