Suicide Squad Cast Confirmed With Jared Leto, Will Smith and More
An all-star roster of actors has joined Warner Bros. Pictures’ new action adventure Suicide Squad, bringing DC Comics’ super villain team to the big screen under the direction of David Ayer (Fury). The announcement was made Yesterday at the Worldwide Production house, Warner Bros. Pictures. Most of the actors’ involvement where rumored and this announcement serves a definite confirmation, laying the rest of the rumors to rest. The film will star:
- Will Smith as Deadshot
- Tom Hardy as Rick Flagg
- Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn
- Jared Leto as the Joker
- Jai Courtney as Boomerang
- Cara Delevingne as Enchantress
Here’s a list of other possible characters rumored to be part of the suicide squad (or movie). In making the announcement, Silverman said, “The Warner Bros. roots are deep on this one. David Ayer returns to the studio where he wrote ‘Training Day’ and brings his incredible ability to craft multidimensional villains to this iconic DC property with a cast of longtime Warner collaborators Will Smith and Tom Hardy, and other new and returning favorites: Margot, Jared, Jai and Cara. We look forward to seeing this terrific ensemble, under Ayer’s amazing guidance, give new meaning to what it means to be a villain and what it means to be a hero.”
Suicide Squad Cast Confirmed With Jared Leto, Will Smith and More
Most notable is Jared Leto as the Joker. We reported on this possible casting a while back and we look forward to seeing the Batman nemesis on the big screen again. Jared has some big shoes to fill after the epic job Heath Ledger did.
Ayer is also writing the script for Suicide Squad, which is being produced by Charles Roven (The Dark Knight trilogy, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) and Richard Suckle (American Hustle). Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns are serving as executive producers.
Suicide Squad, which was originally created by Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru back in 1959, will set up shop in Toronto, Canada at their Pinewood extension starting in February. Following two months of pre-production, the film will shoot from April until September for an August 5, 2016 release.
It was also previously rumored that Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor will play a role in the story, although his name is not included in this official cast list. Even though there are various incarnations of the “Suicide Squad” in the comics, here is an idea of who the team is (courtesy of dc.wikia.com):
“The Suicide Squad is a team of imprisoned super-villains who perform high-risk missions for the U.S. Government in exchange for commuted sentences. They are formally known as Task Force X. The team’s actions are highly classified, and the government is able to deny any involvement by claiming that they are not responsible for the damages of a random super-villain attack. Their commander is Amanda Waller, who runs the organization out of Belle Reve prison. The Suicide Squad was created by Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru, first appearing in Brave and the Bold#25. (1959)”
