‘Suicide Squad 2’ Gets Two New Writers
Suicide Squad 2has added a few new members to itsskwad.David Bar KatzandTodd Stashwickhave been tapped by Warner Bros. to be the newSuicide Squad 2writers, joining directorGavin O’Connorto co-pen the script to the DC anti-herosequel.
David Bar Katz and Todd Stashwick are co-writing the script for theSuicide Squadsequel alongside director Gavin O’Connor, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.
Katz and Stashwick aren’t a screenwriting duo who are commonly paired together. Katz is best known for his Black List scriptThe Man in the Rockefeller Suit, and has multiple feature film projects in development, includingChasing Philwith Warner Bros. He also has comic book experience, rewriting New Line’sSpawnand penning the playThe History of Invulnerability, which chronicles the creation of Superman.
Meanwhile, Stashwick is making the jump from the acting world to screenwriting withSuicide Squad2. But it’s not too dramatic of a leap for Stashwick, who appeared in Fox’s Batman prequelGotham, as well as SyFy’s12 Monkeys. He describes himself as a lifelong DC Comics fan.
The fate of theSuicide Squadsequel had remained mostly uncertain, due to Warner Bros.' increasingly crowded (andconfusing) comic book movie slate and thecritical blastingof David Ayer’s 2016 film. Still, the film earned $746 million worldwide. After a lengthy search for a director, Warner Bros. announced the hiring ofThe Accountant’s Gavin O’Connor, who was set to write and direct the film solo. But now that is not the case, with the addition of Kataz and Stashwick to the writing team — bringing the total number of writers to three.
Suicide Squad 2will feature the return of Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman), the villainous Joker (Jared Leto), and presumably the rest of the antihero squad: Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney), Katana (Karen Fukuhara), and Diablo (Jay Hernandez). Unfortunately Slipknot, ahem, slips away from us in the sequel.Suicide Squad 2is one of many DC universe projects that Warner Bros. is juggling, including a Jared Leto Joker movie, a Joker origin movie, a solo project for Robbie’s Harley Quinn, and more. No release dates have been set yet for any of these films.
