A new direction for the Suicide Squad…

James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is going to be a full reboot. DCEU producer Peter Safran broke the news when talking about the upcoming release of Shazam!

This isn’t entirely a shock since Gunn is gearing up to introduce new characters that were not seen in David Ayer’s original movie. Additionally, Will Smith stepped down from the project and Idris Elba is reportedly taking over the Deadshot role this time around for what is rumored to be a pretty dark version of the character from the comics.

In a new interview, DCEU producer Peter Safran revealed a pretty significant piece of news regarding James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. Though there have been some pretty good leaks about the story over the last several weeks, there is still much that we don’t know about the project. With that being said, Safran says that we’re going to be in for a totally new experience.

With Margot Robbie involved in The Suicide Squad, but since the movie is a total reboot, it doesn’t seem like it would make sense to have her back as Harley Quinn. It would not be surprising to see Robbie continue with Birds of Prey and possibly a different avenue for the very popular character in the near future.

James Gunn was already riding high with the announcement that he was hopping on board The Suicide Squad to write and direct. But, it was just announced that Disney made the decision to rehire him for Guardians of the Galaxy 3, which is huge news that MCU fans were ecstatic to hear.