‘The Suicide Squad’ seeks redemption for DC supervillains — and director | Malay Mail

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LOS ANGELES, Aug 4 — When James Gunn was asked to direct the next DC superhero film, he didn’t pick an icon like Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman. He chose the rag-tag group of Z-list villains known as The Suicide Squad. Gunn’s R-rated romp brings back familiar faces like Margot Robbie’s...

LOS ANGELES, Aug 4 — When James Gunn was asked to direct the next DC superhero film, he didn’t pick an icon like Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman. He chose the rag-tag group of Z-list villains known asGunn’s R-rated romp brings back familiar faces like Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn in a sequel-of-sorts to the near-identically named 2016— which saw anti-heroes join deadly US government missions to shave time off their prison terms.

Gunn’s approach to choosing his gallery of expendable rogues might at first seem unlikely to inspire confidence among money-counting Warner Bros executives. But the first film’s success suggests that plumbing the comic book world’s depths for less-than-mainstream characters does not hurt in terms of movie popularity.shrugged off poor reviews to take almost US$750 million at the global box office.has its share of big-name actors — Will Smith and Jared Leto have moved on, but are replaced by John Cena, Idris Elba and Sylvester Stallone, who appears as the voice of a half-man, half-shark.

 

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