The Suicide Squad: James Gunn Arkham fan, wants Harley solo film

The Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad, the notorious group of super villains in the DC Comics world, will soon be causing a lot of riot and chaos on the big screen. "The Suicide Squad", the second part of the series, which sees itself as a combination of reboot and sequel, will start in cinemas worldwide on August 5th, 2021. In the USA the film will start at the same time on HBO Max. In Germany, as with "Wonder Woman 1984" and "Justice League - The Snyder-Cut" Sky will be responsible for the digital release, but whether it will also be released at the same time as the cinema release follows is still unclear.

Director James Gunn, who has already gathered a large fan base with the extremely popular and wacky MCU films about the Guardians of the Galaxy, holds on to some elements of the disastrous First filming is fixed (such as actress Margot Robbie, who slips into the role of Batman antagonist Harley Quinn again), but at the same time Gunn is planning some innovations and wants to help the comic brand to new heights. Just recently there was a new action-heavy and fun trailer to marvel at, which definitely makes you want more and well captures the creative and popular film style of Gunn.

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Gunn inspired by popular Batman games from the Arkham series

Arkham inspiration: James Gunn had a choice of countless outfits that Harley Quinn has worn since her first comic book appearance in 1993, he liked best but the look in the popular Arkham games revolving around the dark knight Batman. Source: Nvidia In a detailed trailer breakdown with IGN, director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy 1-3, Super) explains many small details about the action-heavy and stylish new DC hit, which the negative image of the group due to the disastrous first release want to sweep off the table. In addition, Gunn goes into the CGI character Weasel, embodied by Guardians actor and brother Sean Gunn, which differences there were in character development in direct comparison with Marvel favorites such as Rocket Racoon or Groot. In addition, Gunn announced that The Suicide Squad is officially part of the DC Extended Universe. One of the most exciting things, however, are the statements made by the filmmaker about Harley Quinn's new look. According to Gunn, one of the most popular game series of modern times was a great inspiration for the comic book outfit.

Among other things, Gunn reveals in the trailer breakdown: "The truth is that I have a huge map with different looks by Harley Quinn over the Had years in various media, and one of those I liked the most by far was the Arkham game look of Harley Quinn. Her first look in the movie was based on this ".

In addition, Gunn later spoke on social media about his keen interest in doing a DC solo film about Harley Quinn. Whether it will ever come to that is in the stars. There was currently no reaction from Warner. We definitely hope Warner will respond to Gunn's request. A film from creative director to comic icon would be quite exciting.

Not only is Arkham developer Rocksteady currently developing a game about Suicide Squad, since E3 2021 we have also known that Square Enix is ​​on an official game about the Guardians of the Galaxy (you can find our preview here).

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Source: SlashFilm