James Gunn Could Use Any Characters He Wanted for ‘The Suicide Squad’
By George Robbins
Not this previous weekend, but the weekend prior, we got a ton of news in regards to all projects being worked on by DC. The event in which we discovered all of this information was known as DC FanDome and it was the first time the event had ever been held. Like any other convention, it was held as a means to bring information to fans who have been wanting information on the DC universe. The convention was made to be the perfect way for fans all over to learn about the upcoming DC projects they know and love because it was an all online event. This was so that people could actually attend the convention because with the pandemic, it was kind of difficult.
Conventions this year have either had to change their format or they have had to cancel altogether because of the pandemic. No large groups are allowed to gather in a public space, and even places that do allow this are heavily restricted on how many people are allowed free reign. It can’t even be called free reign because the social distancing rules must still be followed. This event was unique in that it was online only since it was first announced as a way of making sure people from all over could attend. Thus, there was an incredible amount of success when it came to the convention as a whole. We learned all kinds of new information about the upcoming projects we will be seeing.
Among the projects which were being discussed at length was the upcoming spiritual sequel for ‘Suicide Squad’ aptly named ‘The Suicide Squad.’ This upcoming film is a sequel, in a way, to the first film therefore it is also regarded as ‘Suicide Squad 2’ by the fanbase. At DC FanDome there was a teaser shown for the film that managed to make everyone who saw it excited for the upcoming anti-hero film. What many people may have noticed about James Gunn’s upcoming sequel is that there are a lot of characters people may not know. This is what Gunn wanted in making the upcoming film and it seems that this will work out for the film.
James Gunn is well known for his work in the MCU with ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ which went on to become an incredibly famous group among the community. For a brief period of time, however, he was fired before work on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ could be started. During this time he was recruited by DC to work on ‘The Suicide Squad’ which he became interested in originally because of the character of Amanda Waller. Gunn wanted to use some characters from the first film, but he made the rest of the cast characters that no one would have expected and it is receiving a lot of praise for this already. It turns out that despite using characters many people hadn’t heard of, Gunn was able to use literally any characters he wanted to in order to make the film entertaining. It seems that this may just end up being the case.