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– Just a few hours after the announcement that Suicide Squad would be the second DCU film of 2016, some more details have emerged about the film. The biggest piece of new is that the film will be written by Justin Marks, who also penned the upcoming FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics adaptation. Marks and previously announced director David Ayer are not huge names, but their resumes seem to indicate they are at least inspired choices. The film is set to open in less than two years, August 5, 2016.
– Comingsoon.net has an impressive list of people reportedly approached by Warners/DC to appear in Suicide Squad, including Will Smith, Tom Hardy, and Margot Robbie. While I sincerely doubt that all, or even a few, of the actors named will appear in the film, it is interesting to see DC go after such big names for what is, essentially, a smaller film than, say, Man of Steel.
– Channing Tatum is reportedly working with Fox to create the beginnings of a plan for an upcoming Gambit movie. While I am a big Tatum fan, I just don’t see him as Gambit – prove me wrong, Jenko.
– Bleeding Cool hypothesizes that Marvel’s slew of event announcements could be part of a weekly “What If?” series. While they provide no real proof of this, the idea is certainly an interesting one, and is more comforting than just the “let’s re-do everything!” attitude that seems to be creeping up around these announcements.
– SyFy has picked up the rights to “Dark Matter,” a Dark Horse series written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, former Stargate writers. Coincidentally, the idea for the series was originally pitched as a television series, and now it is close to becoming on.
– So, while they announced ten (10) DC-based film projects earlier today, Warner Bros still seeks to cut $200 million dollars from their annual budget. CBR believes that one of the ways that DC will be affected by this is a potential lack of filling positions opened by the move to Burbank. Could DC still operate at its current level with a more skeletal staff? Time will tell.
– Of course, they have to replace some of their departing staff, which is why you can totally apply to edit some DC comics, if not be a vice president of a variety of departments.
