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Suicide Squad Falls In - Updated Cast/Characters
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True Savior
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That seems to be a very lackluster casting. Will Smith amongst it only makes it stranger.
Outside of the MIB and Badboys, I don't seem him sticking around for future DC films. Does anybody know if he's on for a multi picture deal?
It's a world expansion movie coming after BvS. It's pretty much DC's equivalent to Guardians of the Galaxy, which also had some comparitelvly unknown characters as leads. Once the audience sees the Joker and the real to the cast, they'll be interested.
Miles Quaritch
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The only Deadshot I'll ever recognise...
I am looking forward to this though, really interested to see Leto's Joker.
I am looking forward to this though, really interested to see Leto's Joker.
HeisenbergLannister
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I think you underestimate Harley Quinn.
And Deadshot and Deathstroke are more recognized thanks to Arrow now.
See: Guardians of the Galaxy. People don't need to be familiar with characters to put them on screen. Also Harley Quinn is hella popular.
Ignoring that Joker is bigger than every character on that list not named Batman and Superman, Harley Quinn is definitely a more popular character than friggin' Hawkman or Martian Manhunter.
Hell, Deadshot is a more popular character than Hawkman.
Unspeakable Evil
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Deadshot was the only good member.The only Deadshot I'll ever recognise...
I am looking forward to this though, really interested to see Leto's Joker.
Man I can't wait to see a SS with a budget...
I imagine it's for an older crowd
It will probably be seen for Warner as their Fast and the Furious/Ocean's 11/Dirty Dozen type film.
And it has decent star power, for what that's worth these days
I'll give you Guardians but Harley Quinn is only big with people who watched BTAS or played the games. Your run of the mill person is not going to have a clue who she is.
As for Deadshot, I don't know man.
This movie is going to bomb hard.
And The Joker?
BadAss2961
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Will needs a big hit. He hasn't had one in awhile, this could be it. Assuming it is, I don't see why he wouldn't stick around. Especially if he gets to tussle with Batman at some point.
Have you seen what Marvel's been doing since 2008? Character recognition doesn't matter all that much.
Messypandas
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No-one really cares about comic characters seniority these days, they care about cool trailers.
outside of Guardians, all of Marvel's films have had huge headliners.
BadAss2961
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Dude, wtf are you talking about?
I really liked him in ali and that other superhero movie he did.
I'm not sure if having that many characters is good for a movie. It's too hard to focus on the story.
……forgetit
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If the last fee years of comic movies have taught me anything, it's that it doesn't matter which characters you use, make a good movie and the audience will follow.
I can't imagine a situation where Warners don't have him on a multi picture (SS sequels and maybe a spin off?) deal just like everyone else on the cast.
It was reported that the reason Ryan Gosling passed on the project is because he didn't want to sign a multi picture deal.
I really don't agree with that. Iron Man, Thor and Captain America weren't well known enough to correlate with their insane success.
This just isn't true.
Until they got Spider-Man back, Marvel didn't even have a character as widely known and popular as The Joker that they could use for film.
Cool, hopefully this'll work out for him. Also didn't know that everybody else signed on for multi picture deals too, so that's good news.
Villains are infinitely more interesting than boy scout capes. Suicide Squad should make for a cool movie. I'm optimistic.
TheGreatDirector
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Yup. There's gonna be plenty of buzz for this film after BvS, especially since it's not your traditional superhero movie and instead stars supervillains/anti heroes.
exmachina64
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With how far he goes in his method acting, I half expect him to spend most of his time during shooting dressed up and in character as the Joker.
Captain America and Iron Man are less popular than the Joker?
And they continue not being good.
Who actually thought this was going to work? Looks horrible. Leto as the Joker is the only good thing to look forward to.
Bummer
How exactly does this look horrible? Talk about jumping the extra mile to conclusions
exmachina64
Banned
Cute.
She's an old looking twenty-four year old, in my opinion.
Schweinehund
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Fixed.
Probably said this about 3 times but if this film really nails it and people like the villains in the solo films, I want a Forever Evil type movie.
Are we talking pre or post MCU?
Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, X-Men, are all pretty big. They've either had their own cartoon or live action show. During the 60's many of these characters had cartoons too.
AlteredForms
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Are they pulling the Fantastic Four route as they did with Johnny Storm? Pretty sure DeadShot is white.
Now for me to use the black friends excuse.
……forgetit
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You really don't remember what it was like pre-iron man, do you? Iron Man was a nobody outside of comics. His one claim to the mainstream was a TV show no one saw or cared about it the 90s. A ton of people thought it would fail.
Thor had a lot of the same issues, but I'll give you Hulk. Harley Quinn herself is more popular now than Iron man was when his movie came out.
TheKaeptain
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Joker will probably look more like his current comic book look. Which can end up looking boss if they pull it off.
Joker is the most popular comic book villain by a long shot.
"It is inevitable." - Agent Smith
I had no idea i was the same age as Margot Robbie. Honestly her and Jared Leto seem like perfect casting choices. The rest are alright but those two are amazing.
I don't understand why people can't just be excited for both movie universes. I'm going to see Avengers 2 opening weekend and do the same with BvS. Don't understand why someone would root for a movie from a genre they love to bomb.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s watching the old Iron Man and Thor cartoons.
Word. It's crazy how often I talk to people and they just can't seem to remember Iron Man's popularity before 2008.
I was a huge fan of his growing up, but no one knew who my favorite superhero was. I remember getting pissed at casting rumors that Tom Cruise had turned down the road (lol). I was actually never going to see Iron Man when it came out. I had no idea Marvel was doing it themselves and thought Hollywood was about to ruin a childhood dream of mine. My friends literally dragged me to the theater and bought my ticket - was completely blown away.
but yeah, over-night star for sure, he was a complete b-tier guy (if not c-tier) back when. Then, everyone thought for sure Thor and Cap would fail.. and here we are today. None of them were headliners until the MCU revitalization.
Because, in my experience, a good portion of the MCU lovers are not actually comic book lovers.
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