Director James Gunn announced the full cast of The Suicide Squad on Twitter, with a poster. Gunn uncovered the 24-member cast that incorporates on-screen characters Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Viola Davis (Amanda Waller), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flag) and Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang) who will repeat their roles. New cast individuals are Taika Waititi, Peter Capaldi, Idris Elba, John Cena, Storm Reid, Pete Davidson, David Dastmalchian and Daniela Melchior. Will Smith won't come back to play Deadshot.

It was before announced that Elba may play Deadshot in the sequel. Nonetheless, a Variety report affirmed that Elba is playing another character with Storm Reid as his girl.

Alongside the list of supervillains, The Guardians of the Galaxy executive additionally had a notice for fans: "Don't get too attached. #TheSuicideSquad". He has likewise composed the sequel of the 2016 film, which again indicates how a gathering of villains being forced by the government to work for good.

Directed by David Ayer, Suicide Squad earned $768 million worldwide notwithstanding negative surveys. The Suicide Squad is set to release in August 2021 and the shoot will start in the not so distant future in Atlanta.

Gunn's film has been called not-a-sequel of the Ayer film, which got a bleak 27% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Maker Peter Safran prior said that Gunn's film is "not a sequel."

"It's called The Suicide Squad. It's not Suicide Squad 2. It is not a sequel. I will leave that alone but, yes, it's called The Suicide Squad."

Afterward, when asked whether his film is a sequel or reboot, Gunn had answered that the terms are "all so narrow. There are so many terms. It is what it is. You'll see in two years when it comes out."