New Series of Photos from SUICIDE SQUAD Offer Some New Shots of Characters
Thanks to EW we have a few new photos for you to check out from Suicide Squad. They feature Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jared Leto as The Joker, Karen Fukuhara as Katana, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Will Smith as Deadshot, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Jay Hernandez as Diablo, and Common as Monster T. There are a couple of familiar shots here, but some of them are new.
Yesterday we posted four magazine covers for EW along with some new information on The Joker’s role in the story and what he’s after. It was also confirmed that the first mission that Amanda Waller sends them out on is to take down The Enchantress. In case you missed any of that info, you can read the lengthy description below the photos:
Suicide Squad takes place in a post-Superman world, following the events of Dawn of Justice, as the government grapples with how to respond the next time an alien visits Earth with less noble intentions than the Man of Steel. The answer, according to ruthless intelligence officer Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), is to recruit society’s most vile criminals, armed with lethal skills and superhuman powers. Her first target is possessed archaeologist June Moone/Enchantress (Cara Delevingne).
Waller’s program doesn’t get a green light, though, until Midway City is threatened by a powerful mystical enemy, and Waller needs to activate the whole squad of prisoners. The baddies get a break. Deadshot (Will Smith) has his Second Amendment rights reinstated, Harley (Margot Robbie) is carefully excised from her birdcage, Diablo (Jay Hernandez) is released from his own fireproof fortress of solitude, Boomerang (Jai Courtney) and Slipknot (Adam Beach) strap their weapons back on, and Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) is popped from his swamp. The one condition for their restricted freedom: Obey orders or die, a rule strictly enforced by squad leader Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman), his samurai Katana (Karen Fukuhara), and the explosive devices inserted into their necks courtesy of Wayne Enterprises. Throwing a wrench into all these plans is the tatted Gotham City arch-criminal, the Joker (Jared Leto), and his laser-like plan to reunite with his true love, Harley, mission be damned.
But a funny thing happens while these scumbags try to become heroes – they each must absolve themselves of their crimes even if society won’t. And that’s where it gets interesting. A layer of humanity – and sadness – resides underneath these characters’ stories as they each grapple with whether they can be redeemed.
Suicide Squad will hit theaters on August 5th. I’m so ready to watch this movie!