Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-3974095-20130611233337/@comment-1895174-20141203000808

Well, we have a Suicide Squad, mostly, and it pretty much follows the rumors:


 * Jared Leto as the Joker
 * Will Smith as Deadshot
 * Tom Hardy as Bane Rick Flagg
 * Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn
 * Jai Cortney as Boomerang (no Cap?)
 * Cara Delevigne (who?) as Enchantress

The report also says Jesse Eisenberg is still in talks to appear as Lex in this movie, and that WB has not yet cast an Amanda Waller. The actresses in the running for the part are Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Oprah Winfrey, the latter of whom is apparently WB's first choice for the role.

No, really.

I can see Leto doing well as the Joker but I'm not exactly excited to be seeing that character in a movie again so soon when the Dark Knight Trilogy is still very fresh in our minds. I'm not really a fan of Harley being on the Suicide Squad in the New 52, so I'm not a fan of her being in this movie, either. I've just always seen the Suicide Squad as a team for the D-/C-list villains, the characters who typically wouldn't get their day in the spotlight if left to their own accord. What would Deadshot be without the Suicide Squad but a minor Batman villain? The more notable villains have their own team, and we call that the Injustice League...or the Legion of Doom. But let's give the small guys their chance. I'm hoping the Joker isn't also on the team and is just there to establish Harley's character, but if the role was that small I don't know why it would be in the first round of casting.

The rumor was that Jai Courtney was up for Deadshot and that Will Smith was going to be Capt. Boomerang, which did seem a little strange. The Australian actor playing the American team leader while the American actor who almost always plays the leading role plays the Australian guy? Good to see those lines got crossed somewhere. On the other hand, it is Jai Courtney, who is generic and bland and stars in bad movies like A Good Day to Die Hard and Divergent. Him being in the movie doesn't bode well for it. Might as well get Pauly Shore to play the Riddler.

Cara Delevingne? I defer to Lex.

And, of course, I'm still uncertain of how I feel about a Superman franchise being hijacked and turned into a Justice League franchise. Does every movie franchise need to be part of some sprawling, interconnected universe? It's strange that Iron Man came out the same year as The Dark Knight and Hellboy II, and those are two movies that wouldn't get made today.

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