James Gunn took to Twitter on Friday to reveal the full cast of the upcoming sequel, The Suicide Squad.
The 53-year-old director tweeted a photo with 24 names, but the post came with an ominous warning.
‘Don’t get too attached.#TheSuicideSquad,’ Gunn wrote, a foreshadowing of some of the character’s deaths.
Big reveal: James Gunn took to Twitter on Friday to reveal the full cast of the upcoming sequel, The Suicide Squad
In the post, Gunn confirms that Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman and Viola Davis will all be back to reprise the roles they played in 2016’s film, Suicide Squad.
They will act alongside new cast members: Idris Elba, Taika Waititi, Peter Capaldi, John Cena, Storm Reid, Pete Davidson, Sean Gunn, Alice Braga, Mayling Ng, Joaquín Cosío, Nathan Fillion, David Dastmalchian, Flula Borg, Steve Agee, Tinashe Kajese, Julio Ruiz, Juan Diego Botto, Jennifer Holland, Micheal Rooker and Daniela Melchior.
One actor that won’t be returning, reportedly due to scheduling conflicts, is Will Smith.
It was previously thought that Elba would take over Smith’s role as Deadshot.
They’re back! In the post Gunn confirms that Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman and Viola Davis will all be back to reprise the roles they played in 2016’s film, Suicide Squad
But in April, Variety reported that Deadshot would not be returning for the sequel, and Elba will play ‘a new character with a daughter portrayed by Storm Reid.’
Cena, 42, will play Peacemaker, ‘an agent of peace whose motives are driven by an extremist form of pacifism that makes him love peace so much he would kill for it,’ according to Collider.
Dastmalchian, 42, will play Polka-Dot Man, ‘a Gotham City super-villain and sworn enemy of Batman who grows multi-colored polka dots on his body that he can turn into fireballs and other weapons.’
Agee, 50, will play King Shark, ‘a super-villain and humanoid shark whose father is believed to be the so-called Shark God, though others dismiss him as merely a savage mutation.’
Bring the peace! John Cena, 42, will play Peacemaker, ‘an agent of peace whose motives are driven by an extremist form of pacifism that makes him love peace so much he would kill for it,’ according to Collider (pictured here in Los Angeles in December 2018)
Casted! David Dastmalchian, 42, will play Polka-Dot Man, ‘a Gotham City super-villain and sworn enemy of Batman who grows multi-colored polka dots on his body that he can turn into fireballs and other weapons’ (pictured here in San Diego on July 19)
American Comedian: Steve Agee, 50, will play King Shark, ‘a super-villain and humanoid shark whose father is believed to be the so-called Shark God, though others dismiss him as merely a savage mutation’ (pictured here in Los Angeles in 2008)
And Portuguese actress Melchior, 22, will play Ratcatcher in the DC sequel.
Ratcatcher is actually a man in the comics, but the character will obviously be getting a gender-makeover for the film.
Collider says that ‘Ratcatcher is a super-criminal and one of Batman’s many enemies. She started out as an exterminator in Gotham City before turning to a life of crime, aided by an army of small rodents she can communicate with and control. She’s also a fan of poisonous gas.’
Fresh face: Portuguese actress Daniela Melchior, 22, will play Ratcatcher in the DC sequel (pictured here in Portugal in 2017)
TBD: 61-year-old Scottish actor Peter Capaldi’s role is yet to be announced
The Suicide Squad is currently in pre-production and is expected to premiere August 6, 2021.
The sequel follows 2016’s critically reviled yet commercially successful Suicide Squad, directed by David Ayer.
Guardians Of The Galaxy mastermind James Gunn will be directing and writing for the new sequel, of which the original jettisoned Jared Leto’s controversial Joker.
Long wait: The Suicide Squad is currently in pre-production and is expected to premiere August 6, 2021
