Why It’s Good That James Gunn Isn’t Working On The Suicide Squad 3
Writer/director James Gunn has clarified that he is not currently working on The Suicide Squad 3, but the sequel’s delay can potentially work in its favor. Since the release of 2021’s The Suicide Squad, audiences have anticipated the news regarding the title anti-heroes’ return. However, the sequel has not passed the planning phase, opening the opportunity for the next installment to gradually enter production.
Gunn’s film follows Task Force X (otherwise called the “Suicide Squad”), a special operations team comprised of lethally skilled, superpowered villains captured by the covert organization ARGUS. Among the team’s ranks are Harley Quinn, the reformed criminal; Bloodsport, the brutal sharpshooter; and King Shark, the deceptively docile humanoid shark. Amanda Waller, the cold-hearted director of ARGUS, recruits the Suicide Squad for a dangerous mission on the island of Corto Maltese to destroy Jotunheim, a secret facility conducting inhumane scientific experiments. In exchange for their cooperation, Waller agrees to shorten each Squad member’s prison sentence, but their survival is not guaranteed.
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The Suicide Squad has become one of the DC Extended Universe’s most well-received films to date, applauded for being equal parts action-packed, dramatic, and hilarious. Despite its immense success, Gunn revealed in a recent interview the surprising news that he presently is not working on a follow-up film. Gunn is currently focused on multiple television show projects for the constantly expanding DCEU, and though he has expressed interest in making The Suicide Squad 3, his already full schedule would not permit the time for such a massive project. The
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