James Gunn Reveals New Photo From THE SUICIDE SQUAD Featuring Idris Elba, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, and Peter Capaldi

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Director James Gunn has released a new photo from the set of The Suicide Squad that reads “Squad Undercover in Corto Maltese: Ratcatcher 2, The Thinker, Bloodsport, & Polka Dot Man in #TheSuicideSquad.” The actors in these roles are Daniela Melchior, Peter Capaldi, Idris Elba, and David Dastmalchian, respectively.

The film, which Gunn also wrote, “follows an assortment of supervillains and criminals from Belle Reve prison, as they’re sent to the island of Corto Maltese, as part of the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X.”

The movie also stars Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Taika Waititi, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Rooker, Nathan Fillion, Alice Braga, Jai Courtney, John Cena, Viola Davis, Pete Davidson, Sean Gunn, Freddie Stroma, Mikaela Hoover, Jennifer Holland, Flula Borg, Steve Agee, Joaquín Cosio, Juan Diego Botto, Storm Reid, Mayling Ng, and Tinashe Kajese.

Fans have been looking forward to this movie since it was announced! It got so drawn out with the pandemic, but we are nearing the release date of August 6th, and we are pumped!

Check out the photo and post below, and let us know if you’re getting excited for The Suicide Squad.

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Here’s the synopsis for the film:

Welcome to hell — a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the US of A. Where the worst Super-Villains are kept and where they will do anything to get out—even join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X. Today’s do-or-die assignment? Assemble a collection of cons, including Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang, Ratcatcher 2, Savant, King Shark, Blackguard, Javelin and everyone’s favorite psycho, Harley Quinn. Then arm them heavily and drop them (literally) on the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

Trekking through a jungle teeming with militant adversaries and guerrilla forces at every turn, the Squad is on a search-and- destroy mission with only Colonel Rick Flag on the ground to make them behave…and Amanda Waller’s government techies in their ears, tracking their every movement. And as always, one wrong move and they’re dead (whether at the hands of their opponents, a teammate, or Waller herself). If anyone’s laying down bets, the smart money is against them—all of them.

The film has previously been described as a 1970s-style war movie. It has also been said that the Suicide Squad team will be heading on a mission to Corto Maltese so that they can recover something from a former German prison and laboratory.