Suicide Squad 2 May Not Start Production Until Fall 2018

The Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad 2won’t set out filming until fall of 2018 , according to the latest update on the DC Extended Universe movie sequel . The grounds ? Costar Will Smith ’s fussy agenda .

The story of a motley crew of imprisoned supervillains enlisted by a faint regime representation to ostensibly do some dear in the world , Suicide Squadwas the third entry into the DCEU , after director Zack Snyder ’s one - two lick ofMan of SteelandBatman V Superman : Dawn of Justice . The film would ultimately shareBatman V Superman’sfate with both critics and at the box post , bringing in $ 745 million worldwide . Since then , both a directSuicide Squadsequel and a distich of spinoff films ( more about them after ) have been put into development .

Despite old reports thatSuicide Squad 2is being fast - cover , the movie most likely wo n’t start filming for another twelvemonth from the metre of writing this . Variety ’s Justin Kroll is reporting that the film is n’t expect to commence production until fall 2018 at the earliest , as Smith will be engaged with other projects in the meantime - most notably , voicing / playing The Genie in Disney and director Guy Ritchie ’s live - actionAladdinretelling / remake .

Suicide Squaddirector David Ayer is not postulate with the sequel and is instead attached to helm one of the two previously - mentioned spinoff films , Gotham City Sirens . In accession to the villain - centricGotham City Sirens , DC is also developinga spinoff movie sport Jared Leto ’s Joker and Margot Robbie ’s Harley Quinn- who , along with Smith ’s Deadshot , were the standouts of the firstSuicide Squadmovie . This arguably raises the question of whetherSuicide Squad 2is a requirement in the first berth , despite Warner Bros. and DC ’s programme to move forward with the sequel .

Suicide Squad , while a fiscal success , was a flop with critics and had its origins in the pre - Geoff Johns regime of the DCEU . In these esteem , the law of continuation of theSuicide Squadfilms arguably feels out of stride with the franchise ’s current direction post - wonderment Woman(the biggest film of the summer ) and its efforts to insert more DC Comics characters to the big projection screen for the first time . Given the bevy of DC Comics films that are presently in some stage of development , range from David F. Sandberg’sShazam!to anon - DCEU free-base Joker origin film , it ’s easy to see howSuicide Squad 2could end up on the DCEU ’s back - burner for awhile .