Warner Bros. has announced today that Will Smith, Tom Hardy, Margot Robbie and Jared Leto will be joined by Jai Courtney and Cara Delevingne in the upcoming Suicide Squad movie which is rumoured to start shooting next April.
Many rumours have been floating around over the last few weeks so its great that the studio has finally confirmed exactly who is cast and also who they are playing.
Leto is taking on the Joker, Smith is playing Deadshot, Hardy is the group leader Rick Flagg, Margot as Harley Quinn, Courtney will be Boomerang and lastly Delevingne as Enchantress.
David Ayer is writing the script as well as directing, Ayer wrote and directed films such as Fury, Sabotage, End of Watch and Street Kings.
Greg Silverman, president, creative development and worldwide production, said in the announcement.”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,” Silverman continued. “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.”
The movie has a release date of Aug. 5, 2016.
