Is The Suicide Squad A Sequel, Remake, Reboot, or Standalone Story?
James Gunn's The Suicide Squad delivered on the hype built up for it, but never really confirmed whether it was a sequel. Even now, there's still a lot of confusion surrounding the movie's connection (or lack thereof) to David Ayer'sSuicide Squad, which released in 2016. IsThe Suicide Squad a sequel, a remake, a reboot, or just a standalone story that may or may not be set in the DC Extended Universe? The answer is somewhat complicated.
Producer Peter Safran firmly described James Gunn's The Suicide Squad as a "total reboot" in March 2019, explaining that this is why the movie's called The Suicide Squad as opposed to Suicide Squad 2. But it's clearly not atotal reboot, since it features four returning characters and cast members from Ayer's movie: Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, and Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang. The earliest roll call teaser even began with Amanda Waller saying, "You know the deal" — an acknowledgment that audiences are already familiar with the Suicide Squad set-up.
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The marketing reasons for Warner Bros. wanting to distance The Suicide Squad James Gunn made from 2016's Suicide Squad are obvious. Ayer's movie was a box office success but a critical failure that still showed great franchise potential, which has the enticing premise of a group of supervillains who are forced to work together on a black ops team. But, strictly speaking, is The Suicide Squad a sequel? Even James Gunn himself has said that The Suicide Squad isn't a sequel nor a reboot entirely, and the movie itself may confirm what he meant by tying to Ayer's movie without following it faithfully.
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