Suicide Squad 2 (DCEU)

**Suicide Squad 2** is an American supervillain film based on the DC team of the same name. It is a sequel to *Suicide Squad* (2016), set in the same fictional continuity known as the DC Extended Universe, and is part of Wave One of the franchise. The film is directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by Anthony Tambakis.

## Cast

* **Deadshot/Floyd Lawton** (portrayed by Will Smith) — An expert marksman and assassin. A mercenary by day and a concerned father by night, Deadshot is a conflicted criminal who enjoys the hunt but still tries to do right by his young daughter.
* **Harley Quinn/Dr. Harleen Quinzel** (portrayed by Margot Robbie) – A former psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum seduced by the Joker into becoming his crazed partner-in-crime.
* **Deathstroke/Slade Wilson** (portrayed by Joe Manganiello) — A mercenary and a former member of the League of Shadows.
* **Amanda Waller** (portrayed by Viola Davis) – The government official who gives out the Squad's orders. Ambitious and devious, she has big plans and intends to let no metahuman or military protocol get in her way.
* **Captain Rick Flag Jr.** (portrayed by Joel Kinnaman) – The heroic, military leader of the Task Force X. A West Point graduate and Green Beret colonel who leads the Suicide Squad in the field. He is all business and executes Amanda Waller's orders, but does not always agree with her goals or her methods.
* **Katana/Tatsu Yamashiro** (portrayed by Karen Fukuhara).
* **Black Adam/Teth-Adam** (portrayed by Dwayne Johnson) – A former slave from Kahndaq who was bestowed with the powers of multiple Egyptian gods. He possesses “the stamina of Shu, the swiftness of Heru, the strength of Amon, the wisdom of Zehuti, the power of Aten, and the courage of Mehen”.

The supervillain terrorist organization “Onslaught” was to be featured as one of the antagonists, reimagined as the cult worshiping of Black Adam. Plastique was also expected to appear in the movie.

## Trivia

* David Ayer, the director of the first Suicide Squad movie, was originally set to direct the sequel, but left the project to develop “Gotham City Sirens”.
* The most notable films directed by Gavin O'Connor are *The Accountant (2016)* and *The Way Back (2020)*, both starring Ben Affleck.
* Black Adam was set as the antagonist of the movie, with Dwayne Johnson already being attached to the role. This would have marked the character's appearance before actually meeting 'Captain Thunder' and Superman.
* O'Connor eventually left the project, due to Warner Bros. disagreeing with the direction of the movie O'Connor was taking, as the studio wanted a “light-hearted” movie compared to O'Connor's more “serious, grounded” tone.
* James Gunn was hired by Warner Bros. as an eventual director of the movie. This was a questionable move by the studio for a couple of reasons:
	+ He was/is most notably known as a Marvel director, having previously directed *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014) and its sequel.
	+ He was hired by the studio almost immediately after he was fired by Disney after his controversial posts on Twitter involving pedophilia and the Holocaust were surfaced.
* *~~The Suicide Squad~~* was released on August 5, 2021, as a title set in the current DC Cinematic Universe, serving as a sequel to the theatrical version of the movie *~~Suicide Squad~~* (2016). Despite being positively reviewed by critics, it became a box office bomb due to multiple factoring reasons, one of them being Warner Brothers' poor handling of the movie's release.
* James Gunn was subsequently hired as the head of DC Studios.

## Future

### Spin-offs

* *Deathstroke (DCEU)*
* *Black Adam (DCEU)*
* *Gotham City Sirens (DCEU)*