We can say, however, that there are palm trees.
There is abundant rubble.
There are military vehicles and dozens of uniformed extras.
‘The Suicide Squad’.Warner Bros. Pictures
Gunn puts matters more plainly when EW asks him about the route that led him here today.
“Yeah,” he says.
“I got fired by Marvel.”
Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2, John Cena as Peacemaker, Idris Elba as Bloodsport, and Viola Davis as Amanda Waller in ‘The Suicide Squad.'.Warner Bros. Pictures
Horn swiftly announced that Gunn was being cut loose for “offensive attitudes and statements.
It was a nightmare.”
“Toby said to me, ‘Tell James whatever he wants to do, we want to do.
Michael Rooker as Savant in ‘The Suicide Squad.'.Warner Bros. Pictures
We think he was unjustly treated.'”
So…definitely not a sequel.
“It really is its own thing,” says Gunn.
John Cena as Peacemaker in ‘The Suicide Squad.'.Warner Bros. Pictures
“The studio definitely balked,” he says, but eventually agreed.
Shooting began in September 2019.
According to Steve Agee, who previously worked with Gunn onGuardians of the Galaxy Vol.
I was touched."
Gunn dug deep into his knowledge of DC Comics to come up with new Squad members.
“I’ve been collecting comics since I was 12 years old,” says Dastmalchian.
Gunn initially thought of castingGuardiansstar Dave Bautista as the homicidal Peacemaker character.
In the film, Peacemaker butts heads with Elba’s weapons expert Bloodsport.
“There is a particular scene where my character and Peacemaker really battle it out,” says theLutheractor.
“It becomes the biggest cinematic d—swinging competition you’ve ever seen.”
“I’m not kidding.
She scares the s— out of me.”
“Everything gets a bit more real onscreen,” saysMargot Robbie.
“Your makeup is running, your hair is genuinely sticking to your face in sweat.
Fans have been having a “hell-time” with the footage that has been released so far.
“I don’t know when we’re next going to see her.”
says Robbie, genuinely flabbergasted.
“I didn’t know that.”
“Thank you for telling me!”
“I’ve had ideas, actually,” he says.
It would be very different.”
Sounds like a great Squad goal to us.
Watch the trailer forThe Suicide Squadabove.
