The Internet is collectively losing its mind right now thanks to Sony's announcement that they've struck a deal with Marvel over the destiny of our favorite webhead.
But what's really going on here? What, when, and how is this movie coming about? And what's coming after?
Please?
Surprisingly, Marvel has already clued us in on a lot of the details. Here are some of the biggest:
1. It's coming in 2017.
July 28, 2017 to be specific. This is important info because we still don't know how this announcement will affect Sony's plans for a Sinister Six movie, theirVenom movie, and of course, The Amazing Spider-Man 3.
Amazing Spider-Man 2
We have no idea yet when Venom would be hitting theaters, but this pretty much rules out ASM3, which was scheduled for a 2018 release. Sinister Six is also up in the air due to its planned 2016 release.
My guess? Sony's going back to the drawing board. Here's why...
2. Sony is still in control of Spider-Man (mostly).
Ultimate Spider-Man (Disney XD)
According to Marvel, the deal is that they get to have Spider-Man for one movie first (most sources say it will be Civil War), and then Sony will continue the franchise with their standalone movie in 2017 (see above). They'll control the financing and distribution of all future Spider-Man films from then on.
But this also means that Sony and Marvel are essentially collaborating on the same character within the same universe.
This is unprecedented, especially for a $4 billion franchise.
3. It's being produced by Amy Pascal (Sony) and Kevin Feige (Marvel).
Yup, they're co-producers. Again, this is unprecedented because you essentially have two separate teams coming together for a series of interconnected projects.
The Spectacular Spider-Man (R.I.P.)
Sure, Marvel and Sony have worked together before, but never on this scale (or under this heavy a microscope).
4. It will feature a new "creative direction."
I used quotes because that's exactly how Marvel's PR team puts it. This could mean anything from rethinking the narrative of the Spider-Man universe to a full-on reboot.
It could mean all sorts of things, really. They could be going with a new tone, format, or even 10-year plan for the franchise. And these decisions could mean a brand new actor to play Spider-Man. Which means...
5. Andrew Garfield might still be in it.
This entire story summed up in one image.
A lot of people are trying to declare that he's 100% out, but I think that's unfounded.
A new "direction" doesn't mean you have to gut your existing franchise, especially when it's made Sony plenty of money so far.
Besides, if Marvel can make a great movie out the Norse God of Thunder, they can work with what Sony's been churning out since 2012.
6. Marvel and Sony totally want to keep working together with other characters.
Ultimate Spider-Man (Disney XD)
Again, this is according to Marvel, but the message right now is that this is a long-term deal. And Marvel is saying they want to include other MCU characters with Sony's Spider-Man, and even vice-versa (hopefully).
7. Disney has been working on this for quite some time.
This is evidenced by Disney CEO Bob Iger's quick response to the leaking of the news. He said,
"Spider-Man is one of Marvel's great characters, beloved around the world. We're thrilled to work with Sony Pictures to bring the iconic web-slinger into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which opens up fantastic new opportunities for storytelling and franchise building."
[UPDATE] 8. Or have they?
Shortly after I published this article, it was announced that Marvel has reshuffled the release dates for four of their films.
That pretty much means this deal hasn't really been set in stone for very long (at least not long enough to make a difference).
Comic-Con International 2014 is officially over and we escaped with an underwhelming number of surprise announcements when compared to expectations leading up to this year’s event. Coming into the San Diego event, Marvel Studios had scheduled new six unannounced films in addition to a few the studio still hadn’t titled from previously.
When we spoke to Marvel Studios president of production Kevin Feige on Saturday morning, there were nine unannounced projects with release dates in 2016-19. We knew (and still know) one of those is for the untitled Captain America 3 coming May 2016. With so many other dates set, we expected to learn about a bunch of them during the Marvel Studios panel at last week’s San Diego Comic-Con and theorized on the possibility that Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe may have quite a few more films than Phase 2 – assuming that their May 2019 date could be for The Avengers 3.
Hours before that panel though, I asked Feige for some background on why Marvel added a third date to 2018 (giving them three in a year for two years in a row) a few days after announcing five other new ones. He wouldn’t offer any hints on how many of the releases we could see unveiled later that day (only one as it turns out - Guardians of the Galaxy 2) but did explain the push to three in 2018.
“The last one was just a scheduling thing. There were other studios that were moving their chess pieces around on their chessboard, which is why that had been in the works, which is why that other 2018 date came up a few days after the initial release.”
The scheduling “thing” is of course the release dates for Sinister Six and The Amazing Spider-Man 3 that Sony announced during Comic-Con. They had pulled their Spider-Man release that year from May which left it open for Marvel Studios to immediately take, and so they did. May 2018 is exactly three years after The Avengers: Age of Ultron will release, which is three years after the first Avengers so we wondered how that may affect when they were planning to release the third team-up.
“We haven’t really talked about when we’ll see Avengers 3. I presume we’d like to stick to three years between Avengers movies like we did…Oh, No, it was two years, wasn’t it? What was it? Yeah, yeah. So it’d probably be three years about Avengers 2 and 3.”
If that’s the case, Phase 3 of the MCU is going to be three releases shorter assuming it takes the most obvious date of May 4, 2018 and so the three films scheduled after that are probably the beginning of Phase 4. A few contracts for the core Avengers reportedly end with The Avengers 3, so that’s going to be a major transition point for The Avengers roster.
What movie do you think Marvel is planning for May 2019? Is there a chance it could be for Iron Man 4?
With the upcoming titles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe now fully announced, it's been made clear we're going to be seeing a lot more than we thought of the characters who didn't get a solo movie. Which ones? Well, you've got the Hulk, Black Widow, Nick Fury...
... Oh, and of course, Hawkeye.
As you probably already know, the acrobatic archer has been promised (and confirmed to have) a much larger role in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Well, a bigger one than he had in its predecessor, at least.
What's a hawk star???
So (like or not) we're bound for a lot more of Barton's bow to appear on our screens - which for me, isn't too bad, actually. But what are we going to be seeing him do? And what's he going to look like whilst he's doing it? Well, lucky for you, this article has set out to answer that very question.
So we'll start off simple. The Avengers: Age of Ultron just dropped, and we see our fair share of Agent Clint within it. Here it is, below:
Firstly, if you hadn't seen that already, quit reading now. Just quit.
For those who had, welcome back. Let's look at pretty much the first shot we got in that trailer:
Quick as you like, ladies.
And now skip to a shot of him we actually got in trailer one, and we see this:
(I refuse to include trailer one - you should have seen it already.)
Stealthy...
So looking at those two we can put a couple of things together...
1. Hawkeye is Still Running Errands
Meh.
Indeed. We see him in the first shot ushering people into what seemed like a very official-looking tank - a typical rescue mission from the waste Ultron has laid to the landscape. So essentially, he's still Hawkeye.
He's still an asset, perhaps of the government's, which has interesting implications when it comes to Captain America: Civil War. If you want to check my definitive team guide for that film, hit up my profile!
We know for sure that the Avengers themselves are now a government-approved group, especially with the likes of the former Iron Patriot in their ranks (I hate to keep referencing my own articles, but I've actually got one on War Machine's future & you can check my profile for that too, if you're interested!) Not only that, we also see Cap wearing a uniform with an actual Avengers logo on his shoulder, which suggests that the world's finest are much more, say, official, than they were before.
Lookin' slick there, Stevey.
But back to Hawkeye. I think, from his very much controllable roots (I mean, c'mon, he was literally possessed throughout the last installment) we'll see an independently thinking agent Barton grow - and I think Age of Ultron/Civil War will show the beginnings of this.
The second picture backs up this argument. Notice his more stealth-like, sleeved suit he dons whilst running through snow (a topic for later discussion) - an obvious spy/intel retrieval mission. There's a lot of speculation as to what he's up to in that scene, but I can't confirm anything, as I don't know for sure. The whole "spying mission" premise seems pretty solid to me, though!
Now, about that costume...
2. Is Hawkeye too Getting an Upgrade in the Avengers' next Adventure?
Because... Because yes.
That's right. We've seen Cap's and Stark's new outfits revealed by Hot Toys, we've seen snippets of Black Widow's new skin-tight costume (no complaints) and Hasbro have shown us a possible War Machine Mark II. So what about Barton? Why shouldn't he be allowed an upgrade, too?
Well, I reckon he will. We're yet to see the aforementioned company Hot Toysannounce the archer's latest get-up (perhaps under instruction from Marvel) and I reckon when we do we'll actually see two of them. As in the first picture, perhaps a slightly upgraded sleeveless suit, and then, as in the second picture, a much more stealthy sleeved outfit.
Personally, though we haven't seen a perfect shot of it yet, I'm pretty interested in what his open-armed clothing will look like. I'd love to see Marvel take a slight Batman-like route with Hawkeye and introduce a few extra gadgets that aren't all on the tips of arrows. Perhaps they could make Clint look like the result of a steamy night the Dark Knight & Green Arrow shared...
But who knows? Is Hawkeye destined for big or for small? Is he going to be equipped enough to take on the likes of an army of homicidal robots? I guess we're just gonna have to wait 'til May 1st.
Damnit.
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As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, I’m not really too thrilled about the idea of there being a movie about the Suicide Squad next year. It’s not because I think the creators of the movie or the pre-existing comic books are necessarily evil, I just think that it is an incredibly poor choice of name, an awful thing to focus on, and a bit of a waste of some serious acting talent.
I get that people like it. It’s been a fan favorite since the eighties. I can sort of see why, I mean, the characters in the series are super cool and who doesn’t love a story with protagonists who just don’t care anymore? However I think to bring it into the spotlight so suddenly in our modern society is simply inappropriate and unnecessary. Half the world is torn apart by teen suicide and the other half is torn apart by suicide bombers. While the Suicide Squad is nothing like either of those problems, I hate hearing that word used lightly.
Of course, their only other option of what to call the movie was Task Force X, and I think that may have ticked off a few people at 20th Century Fox who have way better lawyers than I do. Again, I’m not saying they are making this movie because they are evil or anything. They were just a little bit inconsiderate and really could have chosen better teams to bring to the big screen. DC owns the rights to some much cooler ones anyway, such as...
10. The Challengers of the Unknown
Hear me out on this one. I know they aren’t the most exciting-looking bunch, but everyone knows a good revamp can turn even the cheesiest crew into a team of gritty action heroes. Even if the weren’t changed all that much, they already have an adventurous desire for discovery that a lot of people value even more than the ability to kick a lot of supervillain butt. Such a thirst for knowledge combined with the endless imagination of any good science-fiction writer makes for basically endless potential.
Jules Vern anyone?
I was going to say that a a certain other Kirby-created quartet could serve the same purpose if they weren’t always so busy fighting Doctor Doom to use that aspect of themselves very often, but having seen yesterday’s teaser trailer, The Fantastic Four might be doing just that in their next movie. They are a tad similar, but I’m sure something could be worked out.
9. Legion of Super-Heroes
This lighthearted space team could become DC’s larger, much more heroic version of Guardians of the Galaxy. In today’s antihero-focused culture, this team could serve as a bizarre “what if?” storyline in which superheroes are already expected to be responsible and heroic. Of course, that is only one of the myriad of possibilities enormous cast of characters could conjure. For example, the early life of Henry Cavil’s version of Superman could definitely use some spicing up, and there are stories of a young Superman joining the Legion. A little time-travel never hurt anything.
8. The Freedom Fighters
Remember when superhero movies were something weird, nerdy kids were interested in? Well, nowadays they are joined in the theatres by all the cool guys and their girlfriends. I am beginning to wonder if the weird kids miss feeling weird. This is one team that could bring the magic back. This team, which could have been thrown out of a discotheque for being too flamboyant, is led by none other than Uncle Sam. In case you fail to understand the comic book brilliance of that, here is a picture of Uncle Sam arm-wrestling a Nazi Superman.
Also, they are often associated with Plastic Man. Who doesn’t want to see him in a movie?
And speaking of weird heroes...
7. Creature Commandos
Well, I can think of one person who wouldn’t want to see this one. Myself. I’m not really a big monster guy, but I know lots of people would kill to see a movie where a Vampire and a Werewolf were on a superhero team with a Frankenstein monster. If they went heavy enough on the cheese, they could make a pile of money. In fact, if it was cheesy enough, even I would go see it.
6. Seven Soldiers
Again, there are a couple of different ways this could work. Preferably, they would use the original roster of Green Arrow, Speedy, Vigilante, Shining Knight, Crimson Avenger, Star-spangled Kid, and Stripesy.
Stephen Amell and Colton Haynes could star as Arrow and Aresnal, while being juxtaposed with other characters that may retain their considerable cheese factor.
To redeem Vigilante and Shining Knight, it would prudent to cast some somewhat well-known celebrities in the roles. It’s not as if they have legions of fans that would object, and besides, if a prominent country singer was in a movie with a young Game of Thrones heartthrob, the female audience would be greatly increased. There is no reason a Knight and a Cowboy shouldn’t be appealing.
To balance out this boundless bounty of male beauty, the producers of the film would probably be forced to use Stargirl and STRIPE instead of Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy, which worked quite well in Justice League Unlimited:
Last but not least, the crimson avenger could either add more feminine appeal and paranormal diversity in the form of the Jill Carlyle version or else a delightful helping of cheese in the form of the Lee Travis incarnation.
Alternatively, you could also go with the Grant Morrison version of the team featuring Shining Knight, The Guardian, Zatanna, Klarion, Mister Miracle, Bulleteer, and Frankenstein, most of whom are pretty awesome to begin with.
Too much? Nah, you were going to just scroll through and see who was on the list anyway, weren't you?
5. The Teen Titans/Young Justice
I know there might be a TV show about this team coming up, and I should not be complaining. But jeez, the Suicide Squad is getting a movie before the Titans? One of the most successful teenage superhero teams of all time? The basis of the best superhero cartoon of all time?
Really now, they cancelled Young Justice. How long do you think they’ll let this next show last? A year? I’d take a movie any day. They’ll actually finish that.
Of course, you never know how well the general public will react to a team made up largely of younger versions of characters that may or may not already have movies of their own. A much safer bet for a movie about superhero teens might be…
4. The Forever People
This group of hippies is one cheesy team that could actually be taken seriously and still work. Hippies were a real thing, and a very entertaining one at that. So long as the actors do not push these characters over the top, this could be the funniest superhero team-up movie since…well, since the last one to be directed by James Gunn and star Chris Pratt.
Of course, there is always potential for failure. The audience could fail to grasp the awesomeness of their home mythos (discussed in my first post on Jack Kirby’s Fourth World). The war between Apokolips and New Genesis can be pretty involved. That isn’t the worst thing that could happen though, as you can clearly see in this image from DC’s new publication about the team “Infinity Man and the Forever People”.
As you can see, they have finally found a way to tarnish gold. The cowboy-like Serifan is now a girl, Beautiful Dreamer is now a ragamuffin, and, worst of all, Big Bear’s once inimitably thrilling hair and beard combination has been traded for sideburns and a bowl cut. The whole thing seems to scream “Hail Darkseid”!
3. The Birds of Prey
Here is a no-brainer. If someone wants to make a movie that makes money, what should they put in it? Girls? Explosions? Thrilling fight scenes?
All of the above. The easiest way to do so, it would seem, would be to make a movie about a female superhero. However, this is a rather daunting task. So many different things could dismay the audience. The women could feel that the movie upholds unrealistic stereotypes of women if the woman has a model-like physique and face, while the men may argue that the leading lady is not as attractive as they would have liked if she does not. The only way to please both genders would be to have more than one woman. This group of women could be given various personalities and body types, confounding the feminists and still pleasing the drooling male audience. (I’m not saying we all drool, my fellow fellas, but it is a fact that good-looking women help ticket sales).
Of course, giving the Birds of Prey more diverse bodies would mean diverting from the comics a certain amount...
I mean, clone army much?
...but that’s the price you pay to involve more than one type of human being in a movie.
2. The Doom Patrol
Have these characters ever been more relevant than they are now? Go look a your Facebook newsfeed. You’ll most likely see people complaining about overreliance on technology, unrealistic female body expectations, and the amount of negativity on the internet. (Gee, I should do something about that…) Now read these names: Robotman, Elastigirl, Negative Man. Face it. Any modern writer could turn this team into the most popular superheroes in the world right now.
If you want to get really crazy, Doctor Niles Caulder could be the ultimate hipster and Beastboy could incite heated evolutionism/creationism arguments. There is no end to how relatable it could be.
Imagine a movie that discussed and came to terms with the problems of technology, body image, pessimism, and atheism all while being a bizarre and fascinating superhero tale. It could win an Oscar for best screenplay. Honestly. Just remember where you got the idea.
1. Justice League
I know, it’s a lot of work to make an acceptable movie about this team. I get that the Suicide Squad is a way easier movie to make as there have actually been multiple movies with similar concepts to go off of. Even so, why is a band of supervillains getting a movie before DC’s number one superhero team? I hardly need to elaborate upon the various things that could be done with the Justice League. There are the lighthearted stories of the silver age, the beloved characters of the bronze age, the elevated symbolism of the modern age, and the esthetic perfection of the reboot era. How many more options do they need before they can figure out a way to make the world’s greatest superheroes work on the big screen?
It’s really quite amazing how little of their immense resources DC uses. Since the primary members of the Batman family and Green Lantern Cops have already technically been on the silver screen, they will have to make do with honorable mention here as yet another gold mine of wonderment DC has yet to drill into. While we’re talking about teams that respect Batman as their leader I may as well bring up Batman Incorporated (which could be one of the most unique superhero movies of all time) and The Outsiders (which could be one of the most generic).
Last but not least, I shall make mention of the perhaps the most honorable mention of all. The first superhero team, precursor to the Justice League, banished forever from the screen by the absence of a decent multiverse, taking with them the All-Star Squadron and Infinity Inc.:
The Justice Society.
Have I missed any great cohorts of heroes? Have I placed these teams in a suitable order of awesomeness? Let me know of any blunders in the comments section.
When Iron-Man appears in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War movie will he be wearing Black? It would certainly seem appropriate as he is basically the villain of the story-arc. Although from his point of view he (Tony Stark) believes what he is doing is the right thing- Sort of like unleashing Ultron upon the World seemed to be the right thing to do at the time in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Sure, up until now he's mostly worn variations of Red & Gold with an occasional Red & Silver outfit or just plain Silver (in the case of Mark II- which is currently War-Machine,) but he has yet to wear the enigmatic Black & Gold armor introduced in the comics a few years back.
A narrowing window of opportunity...
My point is this. We will only see Iron-Man for ONE MORE movie after Civil War and that will be Avengers: Infinity War part II- So our window of opportunity to see the Black & Gold armor is narrowing.
Sure, They may convince Robert Downey Jr to do a 4th Iron-Man solo film, which may or may not have the Real Mandarin or perhaps even Fin Fang Foom but how high are the odds of that happening?
Yeah, I thought so...
Robert Downey Jr is closing on 50. in 2019, when Avengers: Infinity War part II comes out he will be 54? So what I'm saying... If I'm saying anything (obscure reference) is that He won't be playing Iron-Man forever. So Is it too much to ask for the Black & Gold armor in Captain America: Civil War?
In 2016 when Captain America comes out the Falcon would be better than the first.
While promoting his new movie Black and White he confessed that the Falcon Suit for Captain America: Civil War has been improved on a lot.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier didn't really have much of him expand on the suits except for the goggles and the WWII look. In the movies it will be expanded by the great Iron Man himself (A.K.A. Tony Stark).
He also talked about getting the role of Cap himself and this is what he had say.
"Well, you know there are many incarnations in the comic book, and we are now going into the Civil War. So, if you look at it in the comic book, Cap gives Bucky the shield, Bucky gives it back to Cap, Cap gives it to [Sam Wilson]. Then Bucky goes off and marries Black Widow, so I keep the shield... give it back to Cap, and recently Cap wanted to be old, so he gave me the shield back and now I got the Shield; I'm not giving it back."
He is also rumored to give a cameo in The Avengers: Age Of Ultron
So, drawing up to the end of these profiles (two left after this one, saving the best til last), comes (Captain) Boomerang. This guy sounds a bit lame as a villain, clearly, but he is actually quite cool. He is most notably an enemy of The Flash, but more on that later. So, the character:
Real Name: George "Digger" Harkness/Owen Mercer (Mercer is Digger's son)
Alias: Boomerang/Captain Boomerang
Age: Variable (as usual), but I'd say mid 30's, or possibly even late 20's.
Appearance: Muscular, slightly intimidating. Blue/black trenchcoat, with boomerangs in pockets.
Supernatural Abilities: None. (In one iteration of the character, he was able to produce boomerangs out of energy). Throws boomerangs with high accuracy.
Equipment: Various boomerangs (Explosive, acid spewing, bladed, incendiary, electrified, etc).
This character may sound a bit poorly thought out, however he is also quite badass. Sure, he may not be able to go toe to toe with the likes of Deathstroke of Deadshot, but his boomerangs, and his accuracy at throwing them, make him quite a lethal character.
Boomerang has also appeared on the TV show Arrow, in the second Arrow/Flash crossover, as the Digger Harkness version of the character. There he faced off against The Flash and Arrow, and even got into A.R.G.U.S and terrorized the entire facility. He was portrayed by Nick Tarabay.
Boomerang in Arrow
My hopes for him in this movie.
I really liked the version of Boomerang that appeared in the Arrow/Flash crossover. If they could make the character somewhat similar to that iteration, I believe that this character could be quite good on the whole. Jai Courteneyhas been cast for the part. His Australian accent should suit the character, as the character is, actually, Australian (as is Deathstroke).
I think it would be nice to see some form of competition between Boomerang and Deadshot, in terms of accuracy, or the amount of people they could take out, kind of similar to Legolas' and Gimli's competition in the Lord Of The Rings, though far more serious and sinister. They are both assassins, after all.
Big picture, but worth it.
How will this character fit into the plotline? Well, as with the usual plot rumours, there was no mention of Boomerang in the plot rumour, so he's not likely to be a major player in the movie. he will probably be already on the Squad, in a detention cell commissioned by Viola Davis' Amanda Waller, only to be let out as he has "certain skills" that are of use to the mission.
Jai Courteney has been completely confirmed as the character, and I believe as always, that if DC have confidence in Courteney for the role, then we should too. I mean come on, who'll disagree with DC? We'll probably all really enjoy the movie anyway, no matter how bad it may seem now.
So, this is my last Suicide Squad profile post, so i thought I'd make it a bit different, by doing Harley Quinn and The Joker and the same time, because they're a couple. A slightly dysfunctional couple, but a couple all the same. I will be reviewing each character, then commenting on their relationship, how I think it will work in the movie, and my hopes for them in the movie. Sound good? Ok...
Harley Quinn
Real Name: Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel
Alias: Harley Quinn
Age: mid to Late 20's to mid 30's
Appearance: Dresses similarly to a court jester. Depicted a lot of the time in a more alluring manner. Not at all intimidating. White makeup, red lips, black mask/smudged eyeliner.
Supernatural Abilities: Immunity to most poisons (due to Injections from Poison Ivy), Trained psychiatrist, Gymnast, Enhanced agility, strength, intelligence. Martial artist. Also complete disregard for human life, apart from the Joker's.
Equipment: Often depicted using a sledgehammer or a baseball bat. Also uses guns.
She's completely and utterly devoted to The Joker. You could say that she is his biggest fan. She's in love with him deeply, and will do anything to be with him. Merciless to anyone who tries to kill him.
Harley Quinn has never been portrayed in a live-action movie as of yet, so Suicide Squad will be the character's first appearance on screen. The character first appeared in Batman: The Animated Series in the early 90's. She is now a fan-favourite.
Badass.
And now, the main event....
The Joker
Real Name: ???
Alias: The Joker
Age: 30's
Appearance: Green hair, bleached white skin, bright red lips, eyeliner. Like a demented clown. Purple suit, green under clothes(?). Bow tie, Flower on his lapel (depending on which version of the character).
Supernatural Abilities: None. Genius-level intellect, expert chemist and engineer. Also skilled in hand to hand combat.
Equipment: Various. Poison, bombs, gas, guns, acid, etc. Whatever gets the job done, or whatever he can get his hands on.
He is completely crazy, yet is also a genius. Batman's greatest and most iconic villain, he is said to be the exact opposite of Batman. He has no problem with killing people, however many are needed to get the job done. His relationship with Harley Quinn is often abusive, however he does have a deep seated affection for her. The Joker's origin has been told and retold, but they generally follow the same story: The Red Hood was a villain Batman was pursuing. Red Hood falls into a vat of acid. Red Hood "dies". The acid bleaches his skin white, turns his hair green, and his lips red. Thus, The Joker is born.
SMIIIIIIILE
The main misconception, I feel, about this character, is that he wants to kill Batman, which, of course, he doesn't. He says Batman is way too much fun, and that he would have no one if Batman weren't around.
Harley Quinn may not have made her big screen debut yet, but The Joker has been depicted frequently in live action. He was first depicted in the 1960's by Cesar Ramero, then again in the 1989 movie, Batman , portrayed by Jack Nicholson. His latest portrayal is considered to be iconic, and was performed by Heath Ledger (RIP), in the 2008 Batman movie The Dark Knight. In this movie, The Joker is portrayed as being an agent of anarchy and chaos, performing acts of crime because he enjoys it, and wants to "watch the world burn".
Heath Ledger's Joker. An iconic performance.
The next Joker in Suicide Squad will be portrayed by Jared Leto, with Harley Quinn being portrayed by Margot Robbie.
My hopes for these two characters in the movie.
If rumours are true, the script will mainly focus on Will Smith's Deadshot andMargot Robbie's Harley Quinn, however this will also be (and I certainly hope there is) a constant "Joker overtone" to the movie. This I genuinely hope for, as I think it would add a certain intensity to the whole movie, especially if there were constant references to The Joker, finally ending with a Joker jailbreak. If the plotline is done properly, I expect to see each character get a chance to shine.
A poisonous relationship.
I also hope that The Joker and Harley's relationship is either explored in this movie, or if it is set up in this movie. I certainly hope for the latter, as The Joker could be broken out of prison by them all, because one of them other than Harley has been told to do so. This would also provide an excellent way to introduce Deathstroke as the one who needs their help to break out The Joker, as he had a business deal with him. We'll also get to see Deathstroke in action if that happens, as well as a bunch of villains working together, and pulling off an amazing jailbreak. I personally think this would be best, as then we'd have The Joker and Harley meeting for the first time, as well giving the audience a relationship that will follow through almost all the DC movies that contain The Joker, or Harley.
A poisonous relationship?
So, that's the Joker and Harley. We'll just have to wait and see what DC do with the characters, and also see if Jared Leto will provide a performance to match Heath Ledger's. And, as usual, if DC have confidence in these actors, then so should we.
So, to conclude all these Suicide Squad Profile posts (which took a lot of my time to make, thanks for reading them if you did), I believe that with these characters and an excellent script, DC could make an excellent Suicide Squad movie. There is, as always, a slight issue with the actors, mainly fan complaints, however I can't wait to see the actors portray their own versions of each character, because with writing all these articles, I really want to see them in a proper, guns blazing, heist/jailbreak movie. And it's going to be AWESOME.
Remove Tom Hardy, and that's your cast.
So, to summarise the cast:
The Joker: Jared Leto
Harley Quinn: Margot Robbie
The Enchantress: Cara Delevingne
(Captain) Boomerang: Jai Courteney
Deadshot: Will Smith
Deathstroke: Joe Mangianello (rumoured) (my preferred candidate)
Rick Flag: No one confirmed as of yet (Tom Hardy passed the role)
Amanda Waller: Viola Davis
Suicide Squad is slated for the release date of August 5th, 2016 (USA).
(Point of Information: The reason I have not done an article on Rick Flag is because I don't see him as particularly villainous, he is a government agent after all)
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