The Suicide Squad

Well @HashtagBrownies - the first two are interesting picks.

But Matter-Eater-Lad and Bouncing Boy would be way out of their timeframe as they are both from 1000 years in the future AND are both super-HEROES (as opposed to villains). In fact, they've both been members of the Legion of Superheroes in the 30th century.

I just googled 'Lame DC Villains' and they popped up, haha!

Kite Man probably is the lamest villain in DC villain history!

And the last two might indeed be lame, but were mislisted as villains. (Originally, their powers were intended to be on the comedic side.)

I think Mr. Freeze was only on that list due to his portrayal in Batman & Robin (1997) - otherwise, he's considered among the coolest (heh-heh) of Batman villains!

James Gunn will write.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...edium=referral

UPDATE:

What's lost on me is where the equity in this being a sequel lies. Nobody cares (I assume) in the continuity of bad films in the current lesser of 2 competing brands. It feels like the original movie, that got little right, was 5 years ago.

The irony on so many layers of this hiring is indeed delicious.

Gunn’s in talks to direct as well. Gavin O’Connor, originally slated for the job, left out of apparent frustration when his script was rejected as it was “nearly identical” to Birds of Prey’s. O’Connor is now set to direct “Has Been”, a baseball drama that Ben Affleck had attached himself to star in.

Gunn looks to have pretty much signed on to direct the relaunch, which is looking to be called The Suicide Squad.



https://news.avclub.com/james-gunn-w...que-1832232101

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Viola Davis is back, Will Smith is out, Margot Robbie’s response is still pending.

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/...-squad-sequel/

Will Smith will not be missed. Viola Davis is Amanda Waller. When they throw a check at Robbie, she's in.

Will Smith was playing Will Smith. I did not believe he was anyone else but Will Smith. Despite being the biggest name, it was weird seeing him in an ensemble piece and with him gone it will be for the better.

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Idris Elba replaces Smith.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/am...mpression=true

There will be a new band of Suicide Squad to join Idris Elba's Deadshot. Rumor is Dave Bautista is being courted to play Peacemaker.

https://geektyrant.com/news/james-gu...-been-revealed

No longer a sequel?

Viola Davis is confirmed to return as Amanda Waller and Jai Courtney is returning as Captain Boomerang
http://http://www.darkhorizons.com/v...suicide-squad/

Wow! Good News: Idris Elba will still be in The Suicide Squad. The Bad News: He will NOT play Deadshot but another new character!


https://variety.com/2019/film/news/s...er-1203181518/

Death stroke maybe

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another suicide squad... really?

James Gunn is rebooting it. He's doing it before going back to Marvel to do Guardians of the Galaxy 3.

Perhaps the Bronze Tiger (a.k.a. Ben Turner)?

He was a black character who was also a member of the ORIGINAL Suicide Squad in the comics.

Trivia: Amanda Waller recruited the Bronze Tiger to be leader of the Suicide Squad, but he was demoted to deputy leader when Rick Flagg took the job as chief. Even though the Tiger had some questionable history & affiliations in his past, he was not a villain - like most of the recruits of the Squad - which is why he was chosen for a command position.

He has no superpowers, but is among the leading martial artists in the DC universe.