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Since Will Smith ducked out of the DC Suicide Squad franchise, someone else is thinking about stepping up to play Deadshot.

In case you missed it, it was announced Smith would be leaving the Suicide Squad mash-up of underdeveloped personas last week.

There’s been a bit of Hollywood speculation as to whether Warner Bros. would recast Deadshot or simply sweep away the executioner from the script.

At the time, generators told Variety ministerials had to decide whether they wanted to recast the character or change Deadshot with a totally different character from the DC universe to participate the team for the sequel.

Now, it seems they’ve fixed their choice. Harmonizing to a brand-new Variety report, Britain’s own Idris Elba is in talks to supersede Smith for The Suicide Squad.

The 46 -year-old actor, often championed by the public to play James Bond, had a has met with writer and lead James Gunn last week.

You might echo Gunn was sounded to write and target the movie after being discontinued from the helm of his long-term Marvel franchise Guard of the Galaxy, after aged offensive tweets shaped in jest were spotlighted by the alt-right who’d targeted Gunn for his public anti-Trump stance.

Trolling aside, apparently, the join between Elba and Gunn turned out very well and talks with the studio began in earnest.

Looks like Warner Bros. has moved on from Smith pretty quickly after this immediate backlash in the development in supplanting Deadshot for the upcoming film.

The reason for Smith’s departure is reportedly due to planning conflicts, as the movie is slated to thoughts into yield this fall, though it wasn’t specified what project the actor could potentially be filming at that time.

It’s judged Margot Robbie will be returning to play Harley Quinn, even after the Tinsel Town rumour mill speculated the Australian actor wouldn’t come back to the film, which was critically panned.

However, the original Suicide Squad became a big box office whiz when it thumped theaters in 2016, grossing $746 million worldwide- despite Cara Delevigne’s wooden performance.

Shrewd moves from Elba and the other members of the organization, then. The Luther actor is also starring in the upcoming Netflix series Turn Up Charlie which will air in spring.

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He’ll likewise appear on the big screen for The Fast and the Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw, alongside Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, as well as Universal and Tom Hooper’s Cats adaptation with Taylor Swift, James Corden, and Jennifer Hudson.

The Suicide Squad is currently scheduled to premiere in theaters on August 6, 2021.

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