James Gunn Likely to Direct 'Suicide Squad' Sequel
by EG
Disney may have made a big mistake when it bowed to right-wing pressure to fire director James Gunn from the third Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Gunn had led the franchise to being one of Disney's biggest hits, but when the studio fired him, Warner Bros. swooped in. Gunn is now writing and will likely direct the sequel to the DC Comics movie Suicide Squad. Read on for details.
James Gunn is returning to the director’s chair.
Gunn, who was fired from helming the third installment in his Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, is in negotiations to direct the second Suicide Squad film, the follow-up to the Warner Bros. 2016 hit that featured DC Comics anti-heroes as the leads.
The move is not entirely unexpected as Gunn was already writing the script for the sequel, which Warner Bros. just slotted for a August 2021 release.
The dealmaking does, however, solidify that the new Suicide Squad film will be his next directorial effort. Disney fired Gunn from his Marvel franchise in July after old tweets from 2008 and 2009 resurfaced in which he made insensitive and controversial jokes.
The pic has the title of The Suicide Squad and is not being labeled a direct sequel but as a relaunch. The 2016 original movie featured the characters Deadshot, Harley Quinn, the Joker, Captain Boomerang and Killer Croc, who are forced into the service of the government in exchange for lighter prison sentences.
Sources say that Gunn’s focus is to take the franchise in a new direction with a mostly all-new cast of characters and actors. Sources also say that the project is also very much rooted in Gunn’s vibe, as seen in the Guardians movies.
Get the rest of the story at The Hollywood Reporter.
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