JARED LETO will play the JOKER..
WILL SMITH is DEADSHOT..
TOM HARDY is Rick Flagg..
MARGOT ROBBIE is HARLEY QUINN..
JAI COURTNEY is BOOMERANG..
CARA DEVELINGE is ENCHANTRASS..
All of this casting will occur for the film SUICIDE SQUAD, expected to begin filming during the spring of 2015..
WARNER BROS announced the news today with fanfare, saying that the comic book film will center around the vaudevillians and their chance of redemption in the eyes of the government that denounced them..
The movie is planned for a release August 2016..
There are more casting rumors saying that Lex Luther will be played by Jesse Eisenberg..
However, it’s not all rosy news for the press release naming the big stars to the cast..
Some DC Comics fans are concerned about the use of character actors to play lead roles–in this regard there is concern as well that none of the female leads are strong actresses .. User comments on various stories in relation to this press release seem lukewarm to the cast. While some are able to live with names like Will Smith, others are exceptionally concerned about the way Leto will play the clown prince of crime–
DC COMICS fans know the SUICIDE SQUAD well. They are the people who, in the comic, have redeemed themselves in the eyes of the United States government and have now become assets of UNCLE SAM..
There is undoubtedly a strong political message throughout the comic–it’s most likely the same theme will be present in the film adaptation. It just also so happens to come at the same time the 2016 presidential election will be wrapping up, some wonder if the film will try to assert some sort of statement in the political world..