Everything You Need to Know About The Suicide Squad Movie

Now updated with full cast, new details, and much more!

Certainly the most unlikely movie on Warner Bros. slate of DC Comics superhero movies (yes, even more unlikely than Aquaman), is Suicide Squad. The DC superhero schedule will only be officially two movies old in 2016. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice arrives in March of that year, and is focused on introducing as many heroes as possible in advance of the 2017 Justice League movie. Rather than focus on jumping right in for more solo films, Warner Bros. opted to do something unexpected and start building up their villains...and that's where Suicide Squad comes in.

Warner Bros. (along with DC Entertainment) has been quietly positioning the Suicide Squad for stardom over the last year or two. From a well-received appearance on Arrow to an animated film where they co-headlined with Batman to a continued profile-raising in the pages of the comics, it's been clear for some time that there were plans for the team. Well, it turns out that plan included a major movie with an all-star cast.

Things are coming together quickly for the Suicide Squadmovie, and it's expected to begin shooting in April under the working title of Bravo 14. The recent casting announcement confirms that Jared Leto is playing the Joker with Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. We'd better take this from the top, though. For now, here's everything we know in one place about the upcoming Suicide Squad movie.

Suicide Squad Movie Cast

We now have the official confirmation on the cast of the Suicide Squad movie. Jared Leto is playing the Joker (a difficult role to step into in the wake of Heath Ledger's incredible performance in The Dark Knight), Margot Robbie is Harley Quinn, Will Smith is Deadshot, Jai Courtney is Digger "Boomerang" Harkness, Tom Hardy is Squad leader Colonel Rick Flagg, and Cara Delvinge is Enchantress. 

Jesse Eisenberg is also reportedly reprising his Lex Luthor role from Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Wait...Lex Luthor, the Joker, and Harley Quinn aren't characters typically associated with the Suicide Squad, right? Well, it looks like Warner Bros would like to front load this, one of their less recognizable concepts, with big name villains, and now director David Ayer is working on a rewrite of Justin Marks' screenplay to accomodate this. Plus, Harley Quinn has been hanging out with the Squad quite a bit in the comics, and even had a brief cameo on their Arrow episode.

One name missing from Warner Bros. big casting announcement is Amanda Waller. Don't worry, they're looking for her. Names being kicked around for "the wall" include Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and even Oprah Winfrey. Whoever they get for Amanda Waller, we just hope they have the good sense to sneak her into some of the other DC Comics superhero movies on the schedule, too.

Suicide Squad Movie Production

Right now, the biggest names behind the cameras are director David Ayer (Fury) and Justin Marks, who wrote a 2011 Suicide Squad screenplay, that appears to be undergoing some revisions (more on that in a minute), but we should hear more any minute. Dan Lin was set to produce the film at one point, but we don't know if that's still the case.

In the meantime, Mr. Ayer has promised that he wants this movie to be like "The Dirty Dozen with supervillains" and has asked the question..."does a movie really need good guy?"

Suicide Squad Movie Story

There's little to report on this one at the moment. Here's what you need to know, though. The Suicide Squad is Task Force X, a secret government unit comprised of supervillains and mercenaries. They're offered a chance at redemption by running black ops missions for the US Government under the watchful eye of Amanda Waller. The problem is, these missions, well...they don't really expect you to come out of it alive. 

Oh, and if you try and defy orders and use this opportunity as a chance to escape? They have a solution for that. Each criminal is fitted with subcutaneous explosives that will quite literally blow their heads off if they try and return to their villainous ways. We imagine that this won't deviate too far from that concept, although Warner Bros. are reportedly trying to sell this as having some of the old Ocean's 11 charm.

But seriously, the whole Suicide Squad concept is a ridiculous bloodbath. So much so that we wrote an entire article about exactly that: See for yourself.

We took a closer look at all the movies on Warner Bros. DC Superhero Schedule right here.

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