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The Suicide Squad is a 2021 American superhero film based on the DC Comics team Suicide Squad. Produced by DC Films, Atlas Entertainment, and The Safran Company, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is a standalone sequel to Suicide Squad (2016) and the 10th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). It was written and directed by James Gunn and stars an ensemble cast including Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, and Pete Davidson. In the film, several convicts join a task force known as the "Suicide Squad" in exchange for lighter sentences. They are sent to the island nation of Corto Maltese to destroy all traces of the giant alien starfish Starro the Conqueror before it falls into the local government's control.

David Ayer was set to return as director for a Suicide Squad sequel by March 2016, but in December he chose to work on other projects. Warner Bros. considered several replacements before hiring Gavin O'Connor in September 2017. He left due to creative differences, and Gunn was hired in October 2018 to write and direct the film after being temporarily fired by Disney and Marvel Studios as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). He drew inspiration from war films and John Ostrander's 1980s Suicide Squad comics, and explored new characters in a story separate from the first film's narrative though some cast members do return from Suicide Squad. Filming took place from September 2019 to February 2020, primarily in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as in Colón, Panama, and Porto, Portugal. The film had the biggest sets ever built for a Warner Bros. production.

The Suicide Squad premiered theatrically in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2021. It was released in the United States on August 5, simultaneously in theaters and on the streaming service HBO Max. The film received critical acclaim from critics who praised Gunn's script, direction, and visual style, and they considered it a significant improvement over its predecessor. However, despite becoming the most-streamed film on HBO Max, it was a box office disappointment and grossed just $167.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $185 million, which was attributed to factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the film's availability on HBO Max, and its relationship to the first Suicide Squad. Peacemaker, a spin-off television series starring Cena, debuted on HBO Max in January 2022. Another spin-off series, this one focusing on Amanda Waller, is in development for HBO Max.

Plot[]

Intelligence officer Amanda Waller assembles two Task Force X teams, colloquially known as the "Suicide Squad", which comprise Belle Reve penitentiary inmates who agree to carry out a mission in exchange for shortened sentences. Sent to the South American island nation of Corto Maltese after its government is overthrown by an anti-American regime, the teams are tasked with destroying the Nazi-era laboratory Jötunheim, which houses the secret experiment "Project Starfish". One team is almost entirely wiped out by the Corto Maltese military upon landing, with only team leader Colonel Rick Flag and Harley Quinn surviving.[lower-alpha 1] The ambush on the first team serves as a diversion, allowing the second team to enter the country undetected. Led by mercenary Bloodsport, the surviving team consists of Peacemaker, King Shark, Polka-Dot Man, and Ratcatcher 2.

Waller orders the squad to find Flag, who escaped from the military but was captured by rebel soldiers. The team find the rebel base and massacre the soldiers, only to learn that Flag is on good terms with rebellion leader Sol Soria. She agrees to assist them, despite what they have done, and the group capture the lead scientist of Project Starfish, the Thinker. Harley is captured by the Corto Maltese government and taken to the new dictator, Silvio Luna, who wishes to marry her. Learning of Luna's plans to use Project Starfish, Harley kills him and escapes. She joins the others, who use the Thinker to break into Jötunheim and begin rigging it with explosives.

Flag and Ratcatcher 2 enter the Project Starfish laboratory with the Thinker and find Starro the Conqueror, a giant alien starfish that creates smaller versions of itself to kill people and control their bodies. The Thinker explains that Starro was brought to Earth by the U.S. government, which has secretly funded the experiments for decades using Corto Maltese citizens as test subjects. An enraged Flag decides to leak a hard drive containing evidence of this, but is killed by Peacemaker who is under orders from Waller to cover-up the U.S.'s involvement. Meanwhile, a skirmish between the rest of the team and the military leads to Polka-Dot Man accidentally setting off the explosives prematurely. As Jötunheim crumbles, the drive falls into Ratcatcher 2's possession. Peacemaker attempts to execute her for knowing the truth about Starro, but Bloodsport shoots him and takes the drive.

Starro escapes the destroyed Jötunheim, kills the Thinker and much of the military, and begins taking control of the island's population. Waller tells the squad that their mission is complete and orders them to leave, but Bloodsport decides to lead the team in fighting Starro; Waller attempts to execute them for this, but her subordinates knock her out. Starro kills Polka-Dot Man, Harley pierces a hole in its eye, and Ratcatcher 2 summons the city's rats to chew Starro to death from the inside. With the military diverted, Soria takes control of the government and pledges democratic elections. Bloodsport forces Waller to release him and the surviving squad members in exchange for keeping the contents of the drive confidential, and they are airlifted out of Corto Maltese. In a post-credits scene, Waller punishes her subordinates by assigning them to a new mission with Peacemaker, who is recovering in a hospital.

Cast[]

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Actor and director Idris Elba at the Berlinale 2018.
John Cena speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International.
Sylvester Stalone at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego.
Daniela Melchior, Actor, on Centre Stage during day three of Web Summit 2021 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.

The film's second Suicide Squad team includes Idris Elba as Bloodsport, John Cena as Peacemaker, Sylvester Stallone as the voice of King Shark, and Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2

  • Margot Robbie as Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn:
    A crazed criminal and former psychiatrist.[5] Robbie said the film would show a new side of the character compared to her previous DC Extended Universe (DCEU) appearances due to her being in a new place and surrounded by new characters.[6] Despite inheriting this version of Harley from previous films, writer/director James Gunn loved the character and felt very comfortable writing for her. He wanted her to be "the most Harley of all Harleys" depicted on film,[7] including making "healthy" choices, following her toxic relationship with the Joker, that other people would find insane.[8] He likened Harley's relationship with Bloodsport to the comedy duo Abbott and Costello, with Harley being Costello.[9]
  • Idris Elba as Robert DuBois / Bloodsport:
    A mercenary with a technologically advanced suit that he can use to create different gadgets and transforming weaponry (an adaptation of the comic book character's ability to manifest weapons).[10][11] After being convicted of shooting Superman with a Kryptonite bullet, Bloodsport shortens his prison sentence by joining Task Force X so he can help his daughter Tyla.[11] Gunn said each member of the Suicide Squad in the film was inspired by a different film genre,[11] and described Bloodsport as an unsentimental portrayal of a 1960s action hero like Steve McQueen, without their "moral repercussions".[9] The character's story in the film takes him from a "toxic asshole to a true leader".[12]
  • John Cena as Christopher Smith / Peacemaker:
    A ruthless, jingoistic killer who believes in achieving peace at any cost.[5][9][13] Gunn told Cena not to read any Peacemaker comics before filming, and Cena originally approached the role with an "angular, drill sergeant, Full Metal Jacket-esque personality" before Gunn told him to act like a "douchey, bro-y Captain America"[14] who could have appeared in a 1970s television series like Wonder Woman.[11] The character does not get as much exploration or development as the other members of the Suicide Squad, which is one of the reasons that Gunn decided to create the spin-off television series Peacemaker despite him originally intending for the character's apparent death in the film to be permanent.[15]
  • Joel Kinnaman as Colonel Rick Flag:
    The field leader of the Suicide Squad.[5] Gunn said Flag was the character that changed the most compared to the first Suicide Squad (2016),[16] with Kinnaman describing this version as sillier, less jaded, more naive, and funnier.[17] Gunn said Kinnaman was not used to comedic acting but "quickly showed a talent and an affinity" for it.[12] Flag begins the film on the Suicide Squad team that Amanda Waller sends as a decoy, and a deleted scene would have explained that she did this because he made fun of an ugly shirt she was wearing. Gunn said Flag has grown sick of being taken advantage of and doing bad things, which leads to him disobeying Waller and being killed by Peacemaker.[15]
  • Sylvester Stallone as the voice of Nanaue / King Shark:
    A man-eating shark-human hybrid,[18][19] created with visual effects.[20] Steve Agee, a longtime friend of Gunn's, developed King Shark's portrayal on set. He was chosen partly because he is 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m), and wore a wireframe version of a shark head as well as a body suit to further approximate the character's size and shape.[21] Gunn wanted the underlying story for King Shark to explore his loneliness as someone who wants to be part of the world and connect with other people, but is not able to due to his appearance. This is seen in moments where he pretends to read or looks longingly out a window at a couple who are together.[15]
  • Viola Davis as Amanda Waller:
    The director of A.R.G.U.S. who runs the Task Force X program.[22] Gunn said Waller, along with the U.S. government, is the true villain of the film, which explores the different reactions that the Suicide Squad have to her asking them to cover-up illegal experiments in Corto Maltese.[15] He added that there was "no better Amanda Waller" than Davis,[16] and said she was "incredibly intimidating" when portraying the character.[23]
  • David Dastmalchian as Abner Krill / Polka-Dot Man:
    An "experiment gone wrong" in a suit covered with polka dots.[5][24] Gunn described Polka-Dot Man as "the dumbest DC character of all time" whom he hoped to turn into a tragic character,[25][26] with the film's version being infected with an interdimensional virus by his mother in an attempt to turn him into a superhero. The virus develops into colorful balls of acid under Krill's skin that cause him pain unless he expels them as polka-dot weapons or vomits them up.[27] Unbeknownst to Gunn, Dastmalchian felt a personal connection to the character because he has the skin condition vitiligo, for which he was bullied as a child and called "polka dots".[28]
  • Daniela Melchior as Cleo Cazo / Ratcatcher 2:
    A thief who inherited the mantle of "Ratcatcher" from her father, along with equipment that allows her to control rats and communicate with them.[29] Gunn described her as the "heart of the film",[30] and noted that she is different from the other characters because she had her father's love growing up where the other characters had problematic relationships with their parents. Gunn explained that the moment where Ratcatcher 2 covers Bloodsport to protect him from the rats at the end of the film signifies her being able to share her father's love with him, which is why the moment is intercut with a flashback of her sitting with her father.[15]
  • Michael Rooker as Brian Durlin / Savant: a hand-to-hand combat and weapons expert.[31][32] He is killed in the opening scene when Waller detonates a bomb in his head for deserting the mission.[33]
  • Jai Courtney as Digger Harkness / Captain Boomerang: an unhinged Australian thief who wields boomerangs.[34] Courtney said the character was "the same shitbag liability" he was in the first film.[35]
  • Peter Capaldi as Gaius Grieves / The Thinker: the lead scientist of Project Starfish,[22][36] who has been experimenting on Starro the Conqueror on behalf of the U.S. government.[37]
  • Alice Braga as Sol Soria: the leader of a rebel faction on Corto Maltese who aligns herself with the Suicide Squad.[5][38]
  • Pete Davidson as Richard "Dick" Hertz / Blackguard: an easily manipulated mercenary.[5][39] He betrays the first Suicide Squad team to the Corto Maltese military, who then kill him.[33]

In addition to playing King Shark on set, Steve Agee portrays John Economos, an A.R.G.U.S. agent who is an aide to Waller.[40][41] Other aides to Waller include Jennifer Holland as Emilia Harcourt and Tinashe Kajese as Flo Crawley.[40][42] The ill-fated first Suicide Squad team includes Savant, Captain Boomerang, and Blackguard, as well as Nathan Fillion as Cory Pitzner / T.D.K. (The Detachable Kid), a metahuman who can detach his arms from his body;[5][13][43] Flula Borg as Gunter Braun / Javelin, a former Olympic athlete who wields javelins as weapons;[5][31][44] Mayling Ng as Mongal, an alien mass murderer;[5][45] and Sean Gunn as Weasel, an anthropomorphic weasel whose portrayal is based on Bill the Cat from the comic strip Bloom County. James Gunn said Weasel was "barely more than an animal" which raised some ethical questions about his involvement in the squad.[10][46]

Also appearing in the film are Juan Diego Botto as Silvio Luna, the dictator of Corto Maltese who tries to woo Harley Quinn;[38] Joaquín Cosío as Mateo Suárez, the Major General of Corto Maltese;[38] Storm Reid as Bloodsport's daughter Tyla;[22] Julio Ruiz as Milton, an associate of Task Force X;[47][48] Lynne Ashe as Polka-Dot Man's mother;[27] and Taika Waititi as Ratcatcher 2's father, the original Ratcatcher.[30] In addition to Weasel, Sean Gunn also portrays Calendar Man, one of several DC Comics villains that appear as Belle Reve inmates. Others include Natalia Safran as Kaleidoscope and Jared Leland Gore as Double Down.[49] John Ostrander, creator of the 1980s Suicide Squad team that influenced the film, makes a cameo appearance as Dr. Fitzgibbon,[22][50] while Stephen Blackehart has a small role as the pilot Briscoe,[51] and both Lloyd Kaufman and Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) collaborator Pom Klementieff appear as dancers in a nightclub.[38] Ratcatcher 2's pet rat Sebastian was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker and portrayed on-set by rats named Jaws and Crisp Ratt.[38][52]

Production[]

Development[]

Original plans[]

David Ayer by Gage Skidmore 2

David Ayer was initially set to return as director from the first Suicide Squad, but chose to work on other projects

Before the first Suicide Squad film was released in August 2016, director David Ayer and star Will Smith were expected to return for a sequel. Filming was planned to begin in 2017 after the pair completed their work on the film Bright (2017).[53] In September, Ayer said the first film had been rated PG-13 because it had originally been envisioned that way by the studio, and an R-rating needed to be planned from the start of a production. He said that it would be worth "lobbying" to make a sequel R-rated, as he felt the first film had the "edge" and "attitude" of an R-rated film already.[54] Suicide Squad was released to a polarized response and was reported to have a difficult production, but the film grossed enough for Warner Bros. Pictures to fast-track development of a sequel.[55][56] Several spin-off films were also in development by December, including one featuring Smith as Deadshot. The project that was furthest along was Gotham City Sirens, an all-female team-up film with Margot Robbie planned to reprise her role as Harley Quinn. Ayer was set to direct and produce that film rather than Suicide Squad 2.[55]

Warner Bros. began searching for a new director for Suicide Squad 2, and were courting Mel Gibson by mid-February 2017.[56] Ruben Fleischer, Daniel Espinosa, Jonathan Levine, and David S. Goyer were also considered.[57][58] Adam Cozad entered negotiations to write the film a month later, at which point there was still no director attached to the project. It was described as being a priority for Warner Bros.[59] Script delays led to the planned filming start being pushed to mid-2018, at which point Gibson moved on from the project. Jaume Collet-Serra became the new frontrunner to direct in early July,[60] by which time both Smith and Robbie were set to reprise their roles.[60] Zak Penn had pitched a new story treatment for the film to Warner Bros.,[61] and wrote a draft of the script as a favor to the studio.[61][62] Later in July, Collet-Serra was hired to direct Disney's Jungle Cruise (2021) and withdrew from directing Suicide Squad 2 after deciding he would rather originate a new story than continue an existing franchise;[63] Collet-Sera went on to direct the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film Black Adam (2022).[64]

In August, Jared Leto was expected to reprise his role as the Joker from the first film,[65] while production was not expected to begin until Smith completed his work on Aladdin (2019) and Gemini Man (2019) in late 2018.[66] The next month, Gavin O'Connor was chosen to direct the film and co-write it with his writing partner Anthony Tambakis, based on his own vision.[67][68] The character Black Adam was reportedly the main villain of O'Connor's script, with Dwayne Johnson already attached to that role for DC Films.[69][70] Michael De Luca joined the film as a producer in January 2018, working with the first film's producer Charles Roven.[71] David Bar Katz and Todd Stashwick were co-writing the film with O'Connor in June,[72] and they had completed their draft by that September.[73] O'Connor left the film by early October to focus on The Way Back (2020). This was reportedly out of frustration that Warner Bros. was already moving ahead with Birds of Prey (2020), a new Harley Quinn spin-off film with a similar story to the one he wrote for Suicide Squad 2.[74] During the development process, the character Deathstroke appeared in four or five different version of the script to fight Deadshot. Joe Manganiello was attached to reprise his role as Deathstroke from Justice League (2017), and the experience left him feeling that he would never portray the character again until he was asked to return for Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).[75][76]

James Gunn[]

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James Gunn, writer and director of The Suicide Squad

In October 2018, James Gunn was hired to write and possibly direct the next Suicide Squad film.[77] His deal with Warner Bros. closed following the completion of his exit settlement with The Walt Disney Company, after he was dismissed by Disney and Marvel Studios as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) in July 2018 when conservative commentators began circulating old controversial tweets he had made.[78] Warner Bros. had been interested in recruiting Gunn for the DCEU immediately after his dismissal by Disney,[79] and asked him to make a new Superman film.[9][80] Gunn was uncertain if he wanted to take on Superman, so Warner Bros. told him that he could adapt any DC property he liked. He chose to make a Suicide Squad film, recalling that it was the one DC property he dreamed of adapting and had been jealous when Ayer's Suicide Squad film performed well.[9] Ayer supported Gunn's hiring as a "brave and smart move" and called him "the right man for the job". Dave Bautista, who starred in the Guardians of the Galaxy films for Gunn, expressed interest in appearing in his Suicide Squad film.[81]

One of the first things Gunn did when discussing the film with Warner Bros. was watch Suicide Squad for the first time. The studio said he could take or leave any elements he wanted from the first film, but they hoped that he would bring back Robbie as Harley Quinn.[23] The day after he was hired, Disney decided to reinstate Gunn as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. He discussed his new DCEU commitment with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, who encouraged him to "make a great movie" and agreed to delay production on Guardians until Gunn had completed work on the Suicide Squad sequel.[82] In January 2019, the film was officially titled The Suicide Squad and was scheduled for release on August 6, 2021.[83] The title was suggested by Gunn as a joke, but executives at Warner Bros. liked it.[84] At that time, Gunn was in negotiations to direct the film which was described as a relaunch rather than a direct sequel that would take the franchise in a new direction and feature a largely new cast. Roven and Peter Safran were set as producers, with Zack Snyder and Deborah Snyder as executive producers.[85] Safran, who produced the DCEU films Aquaman (2018) and Shazam! (2019), had pushed Gunn to take on the project and felt there was no better director to "bring together a disparate group of outsiders on a mission".[86]

Writing[]

Template:Quote box Gunn wrote a treatment that was a few pages long,[15] and then quickly produced several drafts of the script that Warner Bros. was "extremely high" on.[87] He said the film was "its own thing", rather than a sequel or reboot;[88] it does not explicitly address the events of the first film or Birds of Prey,[89] but it also does not contradict them.[88] Warner Bros. asked Gunn to make the film PG-13, but he insisted on it being R-rated if he was going to direct it; the studio felt Gunn's involvement was "worth the trade-off" for the higher rating.[7] He took inspiration from John Ostrander's original 1980s run on the Suicide Squad comic books,[22] which he was drawn to because it was about a "bunch of loser, B-grade supervillains".[11] Safran described The Suicide Squad as a "gritty 1970s war movie combined with the brilliance of James Gunn's characters and comedy",[90] and Gunn was influenced by war films such as The Great Escape (1963), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Where Eagles Dare (1968), and Kelly's Heroes (1970).[9][22][91]

Already knowing the kind of story that he wanted to tell, Gunn's first step in writing the film was picking the characters for the Suicide Squad roster. He spent days going through the library of existing DC Comics characters and deciding which group would work well together. He wanted to create a blend of characters by having each feel like they were part of a different film genre.[15] The first new character that Gunn added to the roster was King Shark,[92] who was intended to appear in the first film before being replaced by Killer Croc.[93] Gunn sought to feature an animal on the team, and chose King Shark because he enjoyed the concept of a man-eating fish-human hybrid.[92] Other new characters that Gunn added include Polka-Dot Man, Peacemaker, and a female version of Ratcatcher.[94] He said one of the main differences between this film and the Guardians of the Galaxy films was that it would be unclear whether some Suicide Squad members would turn out to be good or bad, unlike the Guardians of the Galaxy who are portrayed as heroes despite their flaws.[88] Characters that were considered but ultimately rejected include Sportsmaster,[95] Dogwelder,[96] Bat-Mite,[22] Livewire, Punch and Jewelee, Black Spider, Deathstroke, Man-Bat, Plastique, Chemo, KGBeast, Solomon Grundy, Rainbow Creature, Gunhawk, Knockout, Killer Frost, Mr. Freeze,[97][98][99] and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Black Manta from Aquaman.[100] He did not consider using the Joker because he felt Amanda Waller would not have any use for the character,[101] and chose not to use Kite Man because he felt the character was already a punchline in the comics and would not feel fresh for the film.[102] Gunn also avoided characters like Bronze Tiger and Katana since they are antiheroes rather than villains.[103]

Gunn felt he was in a position, and had the responsibility, to take risks with the property and try make "an all-out entertaining film from start to finish that didn’t play by the rules". This included "post-modern" aesthetic decisions such as creating sequences that showed the perspectives of Harley Quinn and Polka-Dot Man, adding an extended subplot where Harley Quinn is on her own away from the action, and adding title cards that segue between sequences.[8] These elements were written into the script,[15] including what Gunn referred to as "Harley-vision" where gory murders are depicted through Harley's "starry-eyed way of looking at life" by mixing "hearts and beautiful little things" with the blood that is coming out of the people Harley is killing. The "Harley-vision" visuals were inspired by a video game that Gunn helped develop called Lollipop Chainsaw (2012).[7]

The main villains of the film are Amanda Waller and the U.S. government, who are trying to cover up their involvement in illegal experiments on the island of Corto Maltese. Gunn did not feel that this storyline was specifically critical of the U.S. government, just realistic given the real-world history of the U.S. interfering in other countries. He also wanted to use this to make dramatic points rather than political ones, with the different stances on the government's actions that the film's main characters take leading to dramatic conflict.[15] For the antagonist that Waller sends the Suicide Squad to fight, Gunn initially considered using Superman before deciding to feature Starro the Conqueror instead.[15] He found the character to be both ridiculous and terrifying, which reflected what he was trying to accomplish with the film,[9] and he felt Starro was the only major DC Comics villain that was unlikely to appear in another live-action film or who would not be adapted faithfully by another filmmaker if it was. He also wanted to avoid potential questions regarding who should be portraying Superman in the DCEU and what that would mean for the film's connections to the wider shared universe.[15] DC allowed Gunn to kill any character,[88] including Harley Quinn,[104] and he ignored the potential backlash from doing this to prioritize the natural evolution of the story.[9] He did not want it to be like other films which might kill off some characters early on but then not kill any of the main characters at the end, so he knew that one of the Suicide Squad members would die during the final battle. He originally intended for this to be Ratcatcher, but ultimately felt that this would be too heartless. He chose Polka-Dot Man instead because he thought the character had the most complete story arc at that point in the film.[15]

Casting[]

Margot Robbie speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International.
Joel Kinnaman speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International.
Viola Davis speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International.
Jai Courtney speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International.

Reprising their roles from the first Suicide Squad film are Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Joel Kinnaman as Colonel Rick Flag, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, and Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang

When acknowledging the first film's negative reception, Gunn said there were aspects of it that he loved and defended Ayer's casting choices;[9][88] the first decision Gunn made on the new film was to bring back Robbie as Harley Quinn and Viola Davis as Amanda Waller.[9][92] On February 27, 2019, Smith was revealed to no longer be in the film's cast due to scheduling issues.[105] On March 1, Gunn met with Idris Elba to discuss him joining the film, reportedly as a replacement for Smith as Deadshot. Elba was Gunn's only choice for the role,[87] and he wrote the script with Elba in mind—something Gunn rarely does for actors he has not met.[106] Elba agreed to join the film during that conversation,[107] as he wanted to work with Gunn and felt "so touched and honored that someone of [Gunn's] talent was really keen to work with" him.[108] Elba was in official negotiations the next week. Joel Kinnaman's Rick Flag was expected to return from the first film at that point,[87] and Jai Courtney revealed later that month that he was returning as Captain Boomerang from the first film.[34] In April, the film's creative team decided that Elba would play a new character rather than Deadshot. This decision was made, following weeks of discussions that included Gunn and Elba, to be respectful to Smith and allow him the option to return to the role in the future.[107] Elba later stated that Gunn never intended to cast him as Deadshot,[108] while Gunn said he changed his mind about who Elba would portray "a lot".[15] Gunn ultimately chose to cast Elba as Bloodsport because he liked the character in the comics.[10] Though the film has an ensemble cast, Gunn felt Bloodsport was the main protagonist due to being the most prominent and because of the amount of character growth that he goes through.[15]

Gunn wrote King Shark with Sylvester Stallone in mind,[92][109] but tested three other voice actors before asking Stallone to join the film.[110] Stallone agreed to voice the character due to his experience working with Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017).[92][109] Gunn was looking to cast Bautista as Peacemaker,[94] but the actor had a scheduling conflict with Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead (2021).[111][112] John Cena entered talks for a role in the film that was believed to be Peacemaker in late April,[111][113] as Gunn had wanted to work with Cena since seeing his performance in Trainwreck (2015).[114] Cena made numerous unsuccessful attempts to join the DCEU prior to his casting in this film.[14] David Dastmalchian and Daniela Melchior were respectively cast as Polka-Dot Man and Ratcatcher 2 at the end of April.[115][116] Gunn said the role of Polka-Dot Man was "tailor made" for Dastmalchian, who had been friends with Gunn for a long time.[7] In contrast, Melchior was cast from a group of 200 actors.[117] She did a chemistry test with live rats as part of her audition process because her character controls rats in the film and had to interact with them on set.[108] Gunn's frequent collaborator Michael Rooker was in talks to join the cast in May,[118] while Storm Reid was cast as the daughter of Elba's character in July.[119] Flula Borg, Nathan Fillion, and Steve Agee joined the film in August,[120][121][122] with Agee initially reported to be portraying King Shark.[122] Also in August, Taika Waititi entered negotiations for a role.[123] Peter Capaldi joined the cast in early September, when Pete Davidson was in talks to make a cameo appearance during a break from his work on Saturday Night Live.[124] Davidson agreed to join the film because his character is called "Dick Hertz", which Davidson found to be funny.[39]

A table read for the film with the full cast was held on September 11, ahead of the start of filming later that month.[123] Gunn later announced the film's full main cast and characters: Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Cena as Peacemaker, Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Joaquín Cosío as Mateo Suarez, Fillion as T.D.K., Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Mayling Ng as Mongal, Borg as Javelin, his brother Sean Gunn as Weasel, Juan Diego Botto as Silvio Luna, Reid as Tyla, Davidson as Blackguard, Waititi as the first Ratcatcher, Alice Braga as Sol Soria, Agee, Tinashe Kajese as Flo Crawley, Melchior as Ratcatcher 2, Capaldi as Thinker, Julio Ruiz as Milton, his girlfriend Jennifer Holland as Emilia Harcourt, Davis as Waller, Elba as Bloodsport, Robbie as Quinn, and Rooker as Savant.[5][22][30][40][47][48] Agee was the on-set reference for King Shark,[90] and also portrays John Economos.[41]

Design[]

Production designer Beth Mickle said Gunn wanted the film to be "grey and drab and monotone" until the characters arrive in Corto Maltese, which he wanted to "explode with color" like Panama and Cuba.[26] The design team took inspiration from photos of Havana, Cuba, and São Paulo, Brazil.[16] Gunn said the film featured the biggest sets ever built for a Warner Bros.' film,[26] with Mickle building a set the size of three football fields for the outside of Jötunheim where the final battle was filmed,[125] and an even bigger beach set that had real waves and a palm tree forest which Gunn called "the greatest set [he had] ever been on".[7] The jungle featured a bamboo cage that was 8 feet (2.4 m) deep.[91] Gunn said building a whole beach was expensive, but it was more cost-effective than using a real beach due to changing tides and the limited amount of time available for filming in a real environment.[7]

Because of the mixture of characters that Gunn selected for the film's Suicide Squad roster, there are "dorky comics costumes" alongside "modern, scary, grimdark" costumes.[126] One of the biggest costume challenges for Gunn was creating Bloodsport's suit, from which the character can form various weapons.[12] Robbie wears a new costume that features Harley's traditional red and black color palette, with Gunn taking inspiration from the character's costume in the video game Batman: Arkham City (2011). He wanted her jacket to have "motorcycle gang style"-writing on the back, and chose "Live fast, die clown" over other potential options "Clown AF" and "World's Best Grandpa".[10] Gunn also removed Harley's "Rotten" facial tattoo that she had in previous DCEU films because both he and Robbie disliked it.[127] Flag wears a yellow T-shirt with a cartoon character called "Ultra Bunny" on it. Gunn drew the character, and added the text "obstacles are opportunities" which is his slogan when directing on set.[12] Gunn initially used a hammerhead shark design from the New 52 comics for King Shark, but found that it would be awkward to film the character with other actors due to his eyes being on the sides of his head.[128] Gunn settled on a great white shark design that is similar to the one seen in the Harley Quinn animated series, though this was a coincidence as that series was released after filming for The Suicide Squad began.[129] Gunn gave King Shark a dad bod to make him look less like a mammal,[130] as well as small eyes, a big mouth, and a small head to avoid the "cute anthropomorphic beast" design seen in popular characters like Baby Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and The Mandalorian's Baby Yoda.[131]

Filming[]

Principal photography began on September 20, 2019, at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Atlanta, Georgia,[124][132] under the working title El Dorado.[133] Henry Braham served as cinematographer, after previously doing so for Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.[134] Feige and Marvel Studios co-president Louis D'Esposito visited the set during filming.[135] Gunn took several precautions to try to avoid details about the film leaking, such as referring to Elba's character in the script and on set as "Vigilante" to prevent his actual role from being revealed, and also not giving some of the actors script pages from after their characters' deaths.[136]

Gunn extensively storyboards his films, but the opening shot of The Suicide Squad—in which the camera rotates out of a puddle's reflection on the ground to reveal Savant bouncing a ball—was a spontaneous decision that he made on set when he saw the reflections on the ground. For a scene where Bloodsport smokes a cigarette, Elba—who has asthma and does not smoke himself—was left with tears in his eyes that had to be removed digitally since Gunn otherwise liked the shot.[12] Gunn said the film used more practical effects than any other blockbuster comic book film, with on-set special effects provided by Dan Sudick and prosthetics created by Legacy Effects.[137] Gunn highlighted a shot in the film where King Shark, who is created with visual effects, rips a person in half, which was done practically using special effects and prosthetics.[20] Stunt supervisor Guy Norris served as second unit director for the car scenes in the film.[7] Gunn explained that he rarely uses second unit directors on his films and has never liked working with them, but he enjoyed the experience of working with Norris as he was not comfortable shooting with cars and had already known Norris for a long time.[138][7]

Filming in Atlanta was expected to last three months before moving to Panama for a month,[139] with Colón, Panama standing in for the streets of Corto Maltese. Gunn said the city was "beautiful but falling-apart... we were able to use all the colors but to keep the grime" as well.[16] The cast and crew rescued several animals from the streets of Panama.[12] Filming also took place in Porto, Portugal,[140] and wrapped on February 28, 2020.[141]

Editing[]

Fred Raskin and Christian Wagner served as editors on the film.[15] Raskin previously worked alongside Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.[142] By April 2020, Gunn was editing the film at his home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which he said had not affected post-production or the release schedule at that time.[143] The initial assembly cut for the film was around two hours and forty minutes long, and around twenty minutes of that was soon cut down during editing.[7] Gunn felt the film was still too long, and removed some elements such as part of Harley Quinn's separate storyline that he felt was "pushing audiences away a little bit too much",[117] as well as a sequence with Ratcatcher, King Shark, Polka-Dot Man, and the Thinker when they exit a Corto Maltese bar. Gunn felt the latter was "pretty dynamite stuff" but it was slowing down the film and the wrong time.[7] A smaller scene that was cut involved Waller's aide Flo Crawley being arrested for knocking Waller out during the final battle; Gunn explained that this was a mostly unnecessary detail which made the audience feel uncomfortable since it felt less like the villain, Waller, had lost, but he included the moment in a recap of the film that begins the spin-off series Peacemaker to explain why Crawley is not in that series.[144] In December, Gunn said editing for the film's final cut had been completed and work on the remaining visual effects, sound, and score was continuing.[145] The final runtime is two hours and twelve minutes.[1]

Visual effects[]

Kelvin McIlwain was the visual effects supervisor for the film, with visual effects vendors including Framestore, Weta Digital, Trixter, Scanline VFX, and Cantina Creative.[146] Gunn said the visual effects for King Shark, primarily handled by Framestore and Weta Digital, were particularly difficult to get right.[7]

Music[]

Main article: The Suicide Squad (soundtrack)

In May 2020, John Murphy was set as the composer for the film.[147] Tyler Bates, who scored all of Gunn's previous films, was originally attached to compose the score for The Suicide Squad but eventually left the project. This film marked Murphy's return to film score composition after a decade, since Kick-Ass (2010).[147] During pre-production, Bates wrote music for Gunn to use on set as he had previously done for Gunn on the Guardians of the Galaxy films.[148] The single "Rain" by grandson and Jessie Reyez from the film's soundtrack album was released on June 22, 2021, with the artists also expected to contribute songs individually to the album.[149] A single from Murphy's score, "So This Is The Famous Suicide Squad", was made available on July 8.[150] On August 6, two full albums for the film were released by WaterTower Music: one featuring Murphy's score, and a soundtrack album featuring songs from the film including "Rain".[151][152]

Completion[]

In January 2021, at the beginning of filming for Peacemaker in Vancouver, Canada, Gunn filmed a post-credits scene for The Suicide Squad that sets-up the series.[153] He had not planned an alternative post-credits scene before deciding to make Peacemaker.[7] A month later, the film was fully finished. Gunn said Warner Bros. had not interfered with his vision for the film and had only given a few minor notes.[154] He added that The Suicide Squad was the most fun he had making a film, which he attributed to prioritizing creativity over perfectionism, being in the best place mentally and emotionally of his career, having a "stupendous" cast and crew and supportive studio, and feeling that he was at the height of his directing abilities with the film.[155] It came in under budget and had no days of additional photography.[156] In July, the film's release date was moved up by a day to August 5.[157]

Marketing[]

A behind-the-scenes featurette was released on August 22, 2020, during the virtual DC FanDome event.[158] A panel for the film was held during Comic Con Experience's digital event CCXP Worlds on December 6, with James Gunn and members of the cast in attendance. The cast members discussed their characters, and a design for Elba's costume as Bloodsport was revealed.[11] Cena decided to wear the Peacemaker costume for interviews and other promotional events as a way to familiarize the audience with the lesser-known character, which was a tactic that he had previously used when he was a professional wrestler.[159]

The film's first trailer was released on March 26, 2021, with Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club praising its jokes and action. He felt everything about the trailer perfectly captured the Suicide Squad's inherent "outlandish fun" from the comics.[160] Anthony D'Alessandro at Deadline Hollywood felt the trailer had all the trademarks of Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy films, noting the use of a "retro hit single" in Steely Dan's "Dirty Work",[161] with The Verge's Jay Peters also getting "some serious Guardians of the Galaxy vibes" from the trailer.[19] D'Alessandro and Peters both compared it to the recently released DC film Zack Snyder's Justice League and noted how the trailer was much more colorful and humorous than that film.[19][161] McLevy, Jennifer Bisset and Sean Keane of CNET, and CinemaBlend's Sean O'Connell all highlighted King Shark and his R-rated scenes.[160][162][163] The trailer was viewed 150 million times within a week of its release, breaking the record for red band trailers that was established earlier in the year by the trailer for Mortal Kombat (2021).[164]

A green band trailer was released online on April Fool's Day, after debuting in front of theatrical screenings of Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). It features new footage because Gunn did not want to use an edited version of the red band trailer as is usually done. Jennifer Ouellette at Ars Technica noted that the new trailer had a darker, more ominous tone than the red band version, without the jokes and King Shark scenes and with added character beats.[165] Another trailer was released on June 22 by the main cast of the film in a marketing stunt where they pretended that they were leaking the trailer early. Gunn and Warner Bros. also joked about the trailer's "early release".[166] The trailer features the song "Rain" by grandson and Jessie Reyez from the film's soundtrack album.[149] Footage from the film is included in the music video for "Rain", which was released the next month.[167]

Release[]

Theatrical and streaming[]

The Suicide Squad premiered theatrically in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2021.[168] It was scheduled to debut in the United States on August 6,[83] but was moved up a day to August 5, which is James Gunn's birthday, for early preview screenings.[157] The film was also made available on the streaming service HBO Max on August 5, for a one-month premiere streaming window. This was done as part of Warner Bros.' joint theatrical and streaming release strategy for 2021 films that was announced in December 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[169] Reflecting on this release strategy in January 2022, Gunn acknowledged suggestions that it negatively impacted on the film's box office performance and said the approach was not ideal for the film. He added that the film was widely pirated following its streaming debut,[170] with a high quality version of the film appearing on piracy websites almost immediately after it was released on HBO Max.[171] Internet technology company Akamai reported, based on global unlicensed streaming and torrent data, that The Suicide Squad was the sixth most pirated film between January and September 2021.[172] Despite this, Gunn was grateful that people had been able to see the film online during the pandemic and that it had otherwise been well received.[170]

Home media[]

The film was made available for digital purchase and rental on September 17, 2021, after leaving its HBO Max same day premiere window. The Suicide Squad was then released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 26, with special features including a commentary by Gunn, deleted and extended scenes, a gag reel, three retro style trailers, breakdowns of key scenes from the film, and several making-of featurettes.[173] The film was the top-seller for home media sales in the United States for two weeks after its release, on both the NPD Videoscan First Alert chart (which tracks combined Blu-ray and DVD sales) and the dedicated Blu-ray sales chart.[174][175] According to The Numbers, it sold a combined 146,752 Blu-ray and DVD units in its first week for a total of $3.8 million.[3] It was the fourth highest-selling title for the month of October on the VideoScan First Alert chart.[176]

Reception[]

Box office[]

The Suicide Squad grossed $55.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $111.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $167.4 million,[4] against a production budget of $185 million.[2]

In the United States and Canada, the film made $12.2 million on its first day, including $4.1 million from Thursday night previews, which was the biggest first day for an R-rated film during the pandemic. That contributed to $26.2 million across the film's opening weekend, which was also the biggest for an R-rated film during the pandemic and included $2.6 million from IMAX screens and other large formats. Despite the pandemic-era records, the film fell short of Warner Bros. and industry projections of a $30 million opening, projections that themselves were considered low and were closer to the underperforming Birds of Prey than the successful first Suicide Squad.[177] The film then "plummeted" 70 percent in its second weekend, finishing fifth with just $7.75 million. This drop was similar to those seen in the second weekends of other films released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max, such as Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021).[178] The Suicide Squad dropped another 54 percent in its third weekend, grossing $3.4 million,[179] before crossing $50 million total in its fourth weekend with an additional $2 million.[180]

The week prior to its domestic release, the film made $6.7 million from five countries, including $4.7 million in the United Kingdom and $1.6 million in France.[181][182] The Suicide Squad expanded to 69 countries, covering all major markets except Japan, in its second week of international release. It made $35 million, finishing first in Russia ($4.2 million), Mexico ($2 million), Brazil ($1.5 million), Spain ($1.3 million), and Italy ($1.1 million), and only dropped 25 percent in markets that it opened in the previous week. $2.45 million of the total was contributed by IMAX screens. Even when taking into account the pandemic limiting theaters in territories such as Italy, Australia, Mexico, and South East Asia, the weekend's total grosses were below expectations.[182] The film opened at number one in Japan the following week with $1.9 million, retained first position in Brazil, and moved to first in Australia as well. Overall the weekend total was $17 million, down 50 percent from the previous week and behind new release Free Guy in many markets.[183] The film added $8.7 million in its fourth international weekend,[184] before passing $100 million total internationally the next week with an additional $4.6 million.[185] The United Kingdom, Russia, France, Germany, and Mexico were the leading markets for the film outside of the U.S. and Canada.[184]

The film's box office underperformance was generally attributed to its release during the COVID-19 pandemic, the fact that it was also available for streaming on HBO Max at the same time as its theatrical release, piracy allowed by the streaming release, the R-rating which limited younger audiences, the poor reception to the first Suicide Squad, the lack of bankable stars such as Will Smith, and confusion from general audiences over its relationship to the first film caused by their similar titles.[177][182][186][187][188] Anthony D'Alessandro of Deadline Hollywood felt the HBO Max availability and feelings about the first film outweighed the impacts of the pandemic, and noted that other films had made significantly more money at the box office in recent weeks.[177] Writing for Forbes, Scott Mendelson especially highlighted the lack of stars, feeling that general audiences would not know of Gunn and his involvement and instead would see the film as a sequel without the main draws of the first film, such as Smith. Mendelson added that the film's $185 million budget was an "absurd amount to spend" on an R-rated film and was significantly more than what was spent on previous R-rated superhero films. He said the film required a "best-case-scenario box office" just to break even with that budget, and that did not turn out to be the case.[187]

Streaming viewership[]

HBO Max reported that The Suicide Squad had the second-biggest opening weekend of all the films that premiered simultaneously on the streaming service and in theaters. The service did not provide further details or data,[186] but analytics company Samba TV, which gathers viewership data from certain Smart TVs and content providers, reported that 2.8 million U.S. households watched the film over its first four days of release on HBO Max, which placed it only behind Mortal Kombat (3.8 million) for simultaneous theater and streaming releases. Also according to Samba TV, The Suicide Squad had the biggest HBO Max debut for a DC film, ahead of both Wonder Woman 1984 (2.2 million) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (1.8 million).[189] While discussing Nielsen Media Research's streaming ratings—which HBO Max does not participate in—for the week of the film's release, Forbes' Scott Mendelson estimated that around 369 million minutes of the film had been viewed based on Samba TV's figures, which would have placed it third on Nielsen's list of top streaming films for the week behind Netflix's Vivo (493 million minutes) and Disney+'s Jungle Cruise (407 million minutes).[190]

Samba TV later reported that 3.5 million American households had watched the film within its first week of release.[191] This grew to 4.7 million for the first 17 days, which placed it third after Mortal Kombat (5.5 million) and Godzilla vs. Kong (5.1 million).[192] These rankings remained the same for Samba TV's 30 day figures, which reported 5.1 million households having viewed The Suicide Squad in that time.[193] According to Whip Media, who track viewership data for the 19 million worldwide users of their TV Time app, The Suicide Squad was the seventh-most-streamed-film of 2021 and the most-streamed-project of the year for HBO Max.[194]

Critical response[]

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Future[]

Spin-offs[]

In January 2021, Gunn said he had ideas for more television spin-off projects including Peacemaker.[195] DC Films president Walter Hamada said a month later that they had plans for more projects with Gunn.[156] Peter Safran later stated that there is potential for projects centered around Suicide Squad members including Ratcatcher and Bloodsport, if a filmmaker had a unique vision for them.[196] Though he will be involved with development of multiple projects, James Gunn does not intend to write and direct every spin-off.[197] In June 2022, Gunn stated that he is concurrently working on multiple television shows, and other unnamed DC-related projects.[198]

Peacemaker[]

Main article: Peacemaker (TV series)

While completing work on The Suicide Squad during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gunn began writing a spin-off television series centered on Peacemaker.[199] In September 2020, HBO Max ordered Peacemaker straight-to-series, with Gunn writing all eight episodes and directing five of them. Cena stars as Peacemaker,[200] with Agee, Holland, and Davis also reprising their respective film roles.[41][42][201] Gunn and Safran executive produce the series,[200] which premiered in January 2022.[202] HBO Max renewed the series for a second season a month later, with Gunn set to write and direct all episodes.[203]

Untitled spin-off series[]

In January 2022, Gunn revealed that he was developing a new television project,[204] centered around an unnamed character from The Suicide Squad. Though HBO Max had not greenlit the series at that time, and though writing had not official began, the series was stated to be a priority given the filmmaker's enthusiasm for it. The series will be less comedic than Peacemaker.[205] The next month, he stated that he had begun "working heavily" with development having "advanced a lot", while stating that there would be more information to follow.[197] In June 2022, he stated that he will write and direct the unnamed series, and confirmed that characters from Peacemaker will feature into the plot. Contrary to initial reports, the filmmaker stated that the show is separate from the Amanda Waller project.[198]

Untitled Amanda Waller series[]

In May 2022, a television series centered around Amanda Waller was announced to be in development. Viola Davis will reprise her role from Suicide Squad, The Suicide Squad, and Peacemaker while also being an executive producer on the project. Christal Henry will serve as writer, in addition to serving as executive producer alongside Gunn and Safran. The plot will pick up from the ending of Peacemaker, where Waller's questionable work with Task Force X was publicly revealed.[206]

Possible sequel[]

In July 2021, Gunn said he had ideas for a sequel film that would go in a different direction from just assembling a new Suicide Squad team.[30] In June 2022, the filmmaker confirmed that there have been discussions for a sequel, while stating that the foreseeable future of these characters would be in television shows. Gunn however stated that his next feature film may be the sequel, a separate DC Film, or something unrelated to the franchise.[198]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Weasel and TDK are later revealed to have survived

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  90. ↑ 90.0 90.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DCFanDomeYahoo
  91. ↑ 91.0 91.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ColliderJul2021Influences
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  93. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named KingSharkSS1
  94. ↑ 94.0 94.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ColliderCharacters
  95. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnSportmaster
  96. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnDogwelder
  97. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named UnusedVillains1
  98. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named UnusedVillains2
  99. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named UnusedVillains3
  100. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BlackManta
  101. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnNoJoker
  102. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnKiteMan
  103. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BronzeTigerKatana
  104. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnRSFeb2022
  105. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named NoSmithVariety
  106. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnElbaBloodsport
  107. ↑ 107.0 107.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named NoDeadshot
  108. ↑ 108.0 108.1 108.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named EsquireJul2021
  109. ↑ 109.0 109.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named StalloneInMind
  110. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnKSCB
  111. ↑ 111.0 111.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BautistaScheduling
  112. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BautistaSnyder
  113. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Cena
  114. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnCenaCasting
  115. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Dastmalchian
  116. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Melchior
  117. ↑ 117.0 117.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named THRGunnGrounded
  118. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Rooker
  119. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Reid
  120. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Borg
  121. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Fillion
  122. ↑ 122.0 122.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Agee
  123. ↑ 123.0 123.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Waititi
  124. ↑ 124.0 124.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CapaldiDavidson
  125. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ColliderJul2021Jotunheim
  126. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named EmpireJul2021
  127. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named HarleyRotten
  128. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnKSHammerhead
  129. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnKSHarley
  130. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnKSDadBod
  131. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnKSCute
  132. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FilmingBegin
  133. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named WorkingTitle
  134. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Braham
  135. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named MarvelSetVisit
  136. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnLeakPrecautions
  137. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnPracticalEffects
  138. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Norris2ndUnit
  139. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named AtlantaPanamaFilming
  140. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named PortoFilming
  141. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FilmingWrap
  142. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Raskin
  143. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnPost
  144. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CrawleySceneCut
  145. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnCCXPProduction
  146. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ArtofVFX
  147. ↑ 147.0 147.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named MurphyScore
  148. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named MurphyScore2
  149. ↑ 149.0 149.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named RainSingle
  150. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named MurphySingle
  151. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ScoreAlbum
  152. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SoundtrackAlbum
  153. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named THRHollandJan2022
  154. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnFinishedFeb2021
  155. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnMostFun
  156. ↑ 156.0 156.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named THRReflectOnScript
  157. ↑ 157.0 157.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ReleaseDateCollider
  158. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FirstLook
  159. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CenaPeopleFeb2022
  160. ↑ 160.0 160.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named AVClubTrailer
  161. ↑ 161.0 161.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DeadlineTrailer
  162. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CNETTrailer
  163. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CinemaBlendTrailer
  164. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named RedBandTrailerRecord
  165. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GreenBandTrailer
  166. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named VarietyTrailerLeak
  167. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named RainVideo
  168. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named UKRelease
  169. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DualTheaterStreamingRelease
  170. ↑ 170.0 170.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnTHRTop5
  171. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Piracy
  172. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named AkamaiPiracy
  173. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named HomeMedia
  174. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named HMSales
  175. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named HMSales2
  176. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named HMSalesOct2021
  177. ↑ 177.0 177.1 177.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DeadlineOpening
  178. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DeadlineWknd2
  179. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DeadlineWknd3
  180. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DeadlineWknd4
  181. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DeadlineIOpening
  182. ↑ 182.0 182.1 182.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DeadlineIWknd2
  183. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DeadlineIWknd3
  184. ↑ 184.0 184.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DeadlineIWknd4
  185. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DeadlineIWknd5
  186. ↑ 186.0 186.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named VarietyOpening
  187. ↑ 187.0 187.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ForbesOpening
  188. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CNNOpening
  189. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SambaTVOpening
  190. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ForbesNielsen
  191. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Week1HBOMax
  192. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SambaTV17Days
  193. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SambaTV30Days
  194. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named TVTime2021
  195. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnMoreSpinOffs
  196. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SafranSpinOffs
  197. ↑ 197.0 197.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnVarietyFeb2022
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  199. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnPeacemakerSeries
  200. ↑ 200.0 200.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named PeacemakerSeriesDeadline
  201. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DavisPeacemaker
  202. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named PeacemakerRelease
  203. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named PeacemakerS2Renewal
  204. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnColliderJan2022
  205. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GunnSecondSpinOff
  206. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DavisHenrySpinOff

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