The Suicide Squad Archives

When James Gun signed on for The Suicide Squad with DC, it was pretty much a given that rules were going to be broken. Gunn has a recurring desire to tackle each project in a flashy, brazen manner, and with an adult-centric story like The Suicide Squad, death is imminent Due to the fact that there's[...]

With The Suicide Squad set to premiere next month and spinoff series Peacemaker on its way to HBO Max to kick off the new year, writer/director James Gunn and star John Cena have spent a lot of time together and have gotten to know each other pretty well In fact, well enough for Gunn to[...]

We are in the final weeks leading up to the release of The Suicide Squad The first screenings have happened, and so far, the responses have been pretty positive We'll have to see how things turn out once the people outside of LA and NY get the chance to see In the meantime, we have some[...]

With James Gunn's The Suicide Squad hitting theaters and HBO Max starting August 6 and the John-Cena-starring spinoff series Peacemaker having just wrapped production ahead of its January 2022 debut, Gunn and Cena have started hitting the press junket to begin promoting both projects In the following interview with EW, the duo discuss what makes[...]

Fans of Harley Quinn have had a lot of content to enjoy in the DC cinematic world, but after The Suicide Squad, we might be seeing a period of quiet time for the character. Copyright: © 2021 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc All Rights Reserved Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros Pictures/™ & © DC Comics[...]

Once we started seeing the cast posting about wrapping their respective runs on "The Suicide Squad" spinoff series, series creator James Gunn sharing looks at some amazing custom-made rings and patches as wrap gifts, and we learned who else would be helming episodes, we knew the writing was on the wall- and now it's official[...]

With it looking more and more like the "The Suicide Squad" spinoff series is inching closer to a formal wrap ahead of its January 2022 debut, we've got a quick update on HBO Max and series creator James Gunn's John Cena-starring Peacemaker With Gunn handling the writing duties on all eight episodes and directing five[...]

So the last time we checked in with how things were going with production on HBO Max and series creator James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad" spinoff series Peacemaker, Gunn and the team were picking up the pace to make sure they hit that January 2022 premiere window Well, it sounds like things went well because[...]

James Gunn has been (very optimistically) speaking out about his upcoming interpretation of the WB/DC team, The Suicide Squad Now he's providing clarity on how it feels different from his previous work with Marvel. With Gunn and his work in Guardians of the Galaxy, it seemed like the director became one of the more popular brains[...]

The Suicide Squad is now exactly one month away from a theatrical and HBO Max release, which means there's only more and more news about the film with each passing day. Copyright: © 2021 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc All Rights Reserved Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros Pictures/™ & © DC Comics Caption: (L-r) DAVID DASTMALCHIAN[...]

The Suicide Squad is a month away, and fans are ready to dive into the chaos that James Gunn has prepared for the DCEU The film is loaded up with a huge assortment of DC Comics villains that have yet to make their on-screen debut We will get some returning characters from the previous Suicide[...]

is really kicking up the marketing for The Suicide Squad now that we're heading into the final month before the release We got a new trailer last week, and now we have a bunch of new images and a behind-the-scenes of the cast photo of everyone It's going to be really interesting to see how this[...]

But on August 1, "The Big Red Balls' are going "suicidal" when The Suicide Squad writer/director James Gunn joins hosts Nicole Byer (Netflix's Nailed It!) and John Cena (aka Peacemaker, and dude who wears his costume off the set a little too much- said with love) for the special crossover event Wipeout: The Suicide Squad[...]

As James Gunn's The Suicide Squad fast approaches, the excitement for the ragtag team of misfits is hitting new levels, but we still want to see how it compares to her other roles We've seen a few trailers, several posters, and lots of random content through Gunn's social media, with one major inclusion being the[...]

King Shark is about to become a sensation if The Suicide Squad trailer is to be believed The character has been through so many transformations in his time in DC Comics; it almost feels right that he gets his due as the kind of Groot of the DC film universe His first appearance has jumped[...]

One of the first moments of the trailer for James Gunn's The Suicide Squad is a clear confirmation that Bloodshot put Superman in the ICU But who is this Superman?! We've seen our fair share of Superman incarnations in film and television; without a current actor donning the cape, there's a Super-absence in the DC realm[...]

A new trailer for The Suicide Squad has been "leaked," and by "leaked," we mean that there was a coordinated effort by the cast to post the trailer early Warner Bros did eventually post the trailer for everyone to see, but they played up the "leak" for a couple of hours this morning We also got[...]

After another visit from The Spoiler Finger (along with its "plus one") and a casting change that sees Freddie Stroma (Bridgerton) taking over the role of Adrian Chase aka Vigilante from Chris Conrad, Peacemaker James Gunn and the team are under the gun (okay, not really but it was too good to pass up) to[...]

We are still a couple of months away from the newest addition to the DCEU with The Suicide Squad After the disaster from the last Suicide Squad film, fans have high hope for some over the top and thrills from James Gunn The time has come for the push of the film collectible as we[...]

As we wind closer to the release to the much-anticipated DCEU entry from James Gunn with The Suicide Squad, the director took to Instagram to show off a still featuring four of his stars featuring the Ratcatcher 2 (Daniela Melchior), The Thinker (Peter Capaldi), Bloodsport (Idris Elba), and Polka Dot Man (David Dashmalchian) "Squad Undercover[...]

Pictures/™ & © DC Comics Gunn and The Suicide Squad producer Peter Safran will serve as executive producers, with Cena as co-executive producer Peacemaker will be produced by Gunn's Troll Court Entertainment and The Safran Company in association with Warner Bros TV Though specific details on the series are being kept under the same kind of[...]

The Suicide Squad is easily shaping up to be one of the most anticipated movies of the summer Director James Gunn has already confirmed that the movie is done, and we're just waiting for that sweet release date Still, now it sounds like a portion of the world is going to get to see the movie[...]

Okay, enough with the hard-hitting exposes on the flagrant disregard for dummies' lives on the set of HBO Max and writer/director James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad" universe series Peacemaker This time around, we're back to take a look behind the scenes on what makes the production roll from two very different perspectives- both offered by[...]

Pictures/™ & © DC Comics Gunn and The Suicide Squad producer Peter Safran will serve as executive producers, with Cena as co-executive producer Peacemaker will be produced by Gunn's Troll Court Entertainment and The Safran Company in association with Warner Bros TV Though specific details on the series are being kept under the same kind of[...]

Recently, Alison Araya (Riverdale) and Lenny Jacobson (Narcos: Mexico) have been tapped for the roles of the married couple Amber and Evan, respectively. Peacemaker promo key art (Image: WarnerMedia) Gunn and The Suicide Squad producer Peter Safran will serve as executive producers, with Cena as co-executive producer Peacemaker will be produced by Gunn's Troll Court Entertainment and The[...]

It's something we've been noticing for some time now- specifically, ever since he started working on The Suicide Squad and its upcoming HBO Max spinoff series John Cena really likes wearing that Peacemaker costume Like, really likes it Like, appears-on-a-dozen-talk-shows-and-the-grocery-store-wearing-it likes it Now, in the previous "poop chute" back-n-forth he had with writer/director James Gunn,[...]

Only a day or so after engaging in a little social media back-n-forth with The Suicide Squad spinoff series star John Cena over poop chutes (yup, check that out here), Gunn was offering some interesting intel in the thread that started with a report that there was a "possibility" that Gunn would only do television[...]

Sometimes, you spend so much time with another person at work that it almost feels like they're family or someone intimately close to you- thus, the expressions "work wife" and "office hubby." With Peacemaker writer/director James Gunn and The Suicide Squad spinoff series star John Cena, it feels like we've watched a very Step Brothers-like[...]

Writer/director James Gunn continues impressing us with his multi-tasking prowess, following up on yesterday's The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and Peacemaker update with a birthday wish for The Suicide Squad and HBO Max series spinoff star John Cena Now where all of that "being impressed" stuff comes in is with Gunn's social media post[...]

That's where we were offered a brief update on how things were going with HBO Max's John Cena-starring The Suicide Squad spinoff series Peacemaker Asked how filming was going, Gunn revealed that the first cut of Episode 1 was "just finished" and that he's loving what he's seeing In fact, he ended his response in[...]