James Gunn hinted that he might continue to expand the universe of The Suicide Squad. The first Suicide Squad film, directed by David Ayer, was released in 2016 and widely panned by critics. Gunn, who helmed Marvel’s popular Keepers of the Galaxy films, was brought on to direct the next Suicide Squad film, which has been in operation as something of a soft reboot for DC’s far-famed antihero team.

The Suicide Squad is slated for August 2021, but it has already spawned a spinoff series for HBO Max, Peacemaker. Gunn’s second foray into the DC Extended Universe will see John Cena reprise his Suicide Squad character, whom he has described as a “douchey Captain America.” The series is a pleasant surprise addition to the DCEU born from Gunn’s boredom during the coronavirus quarantine.

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While Peacemaker conveniently slotted in between Gunn’s commitments to The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, his frankly prolific yield has followers wondering if he will continue to expand his reces of the DCEU. In an impromptu mini Q& A, the writer-director answered some fan questions after tweeting an image of his Peacemaker monitor on planned. When one Twitter follower queried, “Do you have any ideas for more suicide squad spin-offs? ” Gunn replied with a simple, “Yes.”

Gunn left a few other breadcrumbs for love to follow in his tweets: he indicated that Peacemaker will be presented by brand-new reputations, and agreed with one devotee comparing the series to the MCU’s WandaVision.( It’s unclear if he was joking in his affirmative response to “PeacemakerVision, ” or if the support really is similar to the genre-bending, meta Disney+ series .) He too proclaimed his love for The Metal Men, a Silver Age-era comic book team of artificially intelligent robot heroes, opening up a whole new avenue of DC courages he could potentially explore.

It’s not a surprise that Gunn has more DCEU doctrines( this is one of the most creative superhero franchise leads we’re talking about ), but it doesn’t inevitably mean they’ll all come to fruition as Peacemaker did. Still, it’s exciting to hear that the Marvel alum is willing to keep playing in the DC sandbox. Gunn recently tweeted that The Suicide Squad was the most fun film he’s targeted in his profession, so he very well could continue to develop content with DC and Warner Brothers.

DC has had little success in unifying their extended macrocosm than Marvel, but in some ways, they’ve been more willing to take creative perils. Shows like HBO Max’s Doom Patrol suggest a willingness to invest in quirkier attributes, while grandiose programmes like refurbishing 2017 ’s Justice League with the Snyder Cut reveals out-of-the-box thinking. These are components that would seemingly earmark a unique filmmaker like Gunn to thrive and flex his artistic muscles. Hopefully, The Suicide Squad will tag a brand-new period for Gunn and the DCEU.

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