Will Smith and Tom Hardy up for David Ayer's SUICIDE SQUAD?
Yesterday, we learned that WB had already penciled in an August 2016 release date for David Ayer's adaptation of DC's SUICIDE SQUAD. There were quickly rumors that Ayer/WB were talking to Ryan Gosling, Will Smith, Margot Robbie, and Tom Hardy for roles in the flick that will team-up several DC supervillains as a sort of EXPENDABLES-esque cadre of merciless badasses.
It seems that two of those names are closer to signing than the others. Smith and Hardy "are circling the film", which has to come together fairly quickly to meet that '16 release date.
We don't know much about this incarnation of SUICIDE SQUAD, other than that it will ostensibly be died into the JUSTICE LEAGUE universe that BATMAN V. SUPERMAN will be significantly expanding. I'm guessing that the lineup will include Dr. Amanda Waller, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, and Harley Quinn, with Rick Flag, Black Spider and Killer Frost as strong possibilities.
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Apparently this will have nothing to do with the depiction of Suicide Squad on Arrow.