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With so many delays, postponements and cancellations of productions of TV series and films, there are a lot of question marks hovering above many highly anticipated films and a lot of them are of the superhero kind. James Gunn has two big ones on his his plate: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Suicide Squad. He…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has inked Portuguese actress Daniela Melchior, who will next star as supervillain Ratchatcher in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad for Warner Bros. The character in DC lore is known for its ability to control rats and stage a variety of crimes throughout Gotham City. Melchior is known for her roles in the…

During the Warner Bros. panel, they unveiled a couple of surprises in regards to some of their DC titles — particularly Matt Reeves’ The Batman and James Gunn’s Suicide Squad sequel — which is called The Suicide Squad. The Batman opens June 25, 2021 while The Suicide Squad is set for an August 6, 2021 date. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Safran’s The Safran Company has finalized a first-look producing deal at Warner Bros and has named Wrigley Pictures chief and Rampage producer John Rickard as president of production. The deal brings together two esteemed blockbuster producers on the Burbank lot: Safran, who has been behind the $1.9…

James Gunn has tweeted out the cast list for Warner Bros.’ upcoming The Suicide Squad which goes into production on Sept. 23 at Pinewood in Atlanta, GA. Those not announced yet which he unveiled today include Alice Braga, Michael Rooker, Joaquin Cosio, Mayling Ng, Sean Gunn, Jennifer Holland, Juan Diego Botto, Tinashe…

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Doctor Who actor and 1995 Oscar winner Peter Capaldi is boarding James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad at Warner Bros. We also hear that Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson has been in talks for a small cameo in the pic, and there’s a chance he’ll do it during breaks from SNL. That deal still is…

EXCLUSIVE: Taika Waititi is shaping up to have a very busy fall. Already he’s promoting his Fox Searchlight absurdist fall film festival comedy Jojo Rabbit (opening Oct. 18) and beginning work on Next Goal Wins, his next directorial for the studio classic label. Deadline now hears that the Thor: Ragnarok, and Thor: Lov…

EXCLUSIVE: We’re also hearing that Nathan Fillion will be starring in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad at Warner Bros. The actor’s role is being kept under wraps. Fillion has a long history of working with Gunn: He played the voice of a monstrous inmate in Guardians of the Galaxy, Bill Pardy in Gunn’s 2006 horror comedy…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline hears that comedian Steve Agee is boarding Warner Bros.’ James Gunn-directed sequel The Suicide Squad. We’re hearing buzz that Agee will provide the voiceover to super-villain King Shark, who is a humanoid. King Shark was created by Karl Kesel and made a brief cameo in Superboy vol. 3, #0 (Oct…

EXCLUSIVE: German actor, DJ and comedian Flula Borg is joining James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.  Borg’s role is being kept under wraps, but we hear he’s playing a love interest to one of the characters in the Warner Bros release. He joins returning castmembers Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Viola Davis (Amanda Waller)…

Warner Bros has dated a slew of major titles tonight. As we already reported, Matt Reeves’ The Batman, sans Ben Affleck in the title role, is going out on June 25, 2021. In other major news, The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep jumps from January 24, 2020 to this year, on November 8, as the Burbank lot gives a major vote…