THE SUICIDE SQUAD - James Gunn Breaks Down the New Trailer and Says He Wants to Make a Harley Quinn Solo Film
Earlier this week a new trailer for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad was released and fans loved what it had to offer. The movie looks like it’s going to be an insanely good time! We now have a new video to share with you and it features Gunn breaking down the trailer and offering some additional insight on the film and the characters.
In the video, Gunn mentions that Harley Quinn’s look in the film is based on her look in the Arkham video game series. The director has made it known that Harley Quinn is a favorite character of his and he had a blast with continuing her story in this movie. Well, Gunn also shared on social media that if given the chance, he’d love to make a solo Harley movie. I hope that Warner Bros. gives him that opportunity. If The Suicide Squad ends up being a big hit, they probably will.
Anyway, check out Gunn’s trailer breakdown below!
The movie also stars Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Margot Robbie and Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Steve Agee as King Shark, and Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher, Michael Rooker as Savant, Flula Borg as Javelin, Nathan Fillion is T.D.K., Mayling Ng as Mongal, Peter Capaldi as The Thinker, Alice Braga as Sol Soria, Sylvester Stallone providing the voice of King Shark, Joaquín Cosío is Mayor General Mateo Suarez, Pete Davidson is Blackguard, Sean Gunn is Weasel, Jennifer Holland is Emilia Harcourt, and Storm Reid is Bloodsport's daughter, Tyla. Taika Waititi will also be in the film.
Here’s the synopsis for the film:
Welcome to hell — a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the US of A. Where the worst Super-Villains are kept and where they will do anything to get out—even join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X. Today’s do-or-die assignment? Assemble a collection of cons, including Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang, Ratcatcher 2, Savant, King Shark, Blackguard, Javelin and everyone’s favorite psycho, Harley Quinn. Then arm them heavily and drop them (literally) on the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
Trekking through a jungle teeming with militant adversaries and guerrilla forces at every turn, the Squad is on a search-and- destroy mission with only Colonel Rick Flag on the ground to make them behave…and Amanda Waller’s government techies in their ears, tracking their every movement. And as always, one wrong move and they’re dead (whether at the hands of their opponents, a teammate, or Waller herself). If anyone’s laying down bets, the smart money is against them—all of them.
The film has previously been described as a 1970s-style war movie. It has also been said that the Suicide Squad team will be heading on a mission to Corto Maltese so that they can recover something from a former German prison and laboratory. Producer Peter Safran previously explained:
"There they have to destroy a Nazi-era prison and laboratory named Jotunheim, where political prisoners were held and experimentations took place."
The Suicide Squad is set for release on August 6, 2021.