More breaking news here at THN tonight as Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, Warner Bros. Pictures, has announced the cast of David Ayer’s SUICIDE SQUAD movie.
Will Smith will star as Deadshot, Tom Hardy will play Rick Flagg, Margot Robbie is Harley Quinn, Jared Leto will appear as the Joker, Jai Courtney will play Boomerang, and Cara Delevingne will stars as Enchantress.
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.”
One name [currently] missing is that of Jesse Eisenberg, who was though to have been reprising his role of Lex Luthor from the upcoming BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE.
SUICIDE SQUAD will shoot at Pinewood in Toronto, Canada, from April until September next year. Ayer directs from his own script, based upon the comic book series by Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru.
What do we think of the casting choices?
Source: Warner Bros.
