Dave Bautista Eyed For Role In James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad; New Characters Revealed

Collider has unveiled the line-up for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad and reports Dave Bautista is being eyed to play one of the supervillains.

According to the outlet’s sources, James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad will feature Batman villains Ratcatcher and Polka-Dot Man as well as King Shark and Peacemaker. Furthermore, Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista is reportedly being eyed to play Peacemaker, a superhero and soldier who loves peace so much that he is willing to kill for it.

The outlet’s sources add Idris Elba’s Deadshot will be a surrogate father to Ratcatcher, who will be gender-swapped for the film with the role being open to actresses of all nationalities and ethnicities. In the comics, Ratcatcher was a Gotham City exterminator before developing the ability to communicate with sewer rats and use them as an army of rodents.

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The first Suicide Squad followed a team of supervillains who were recruited by the government for a dangerous black ops mission in exchange for reduced sentences. The ensemble cast included Will Smith as Deadshot, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and Jared Leto as The Joker. James Gunn is expected to deliver on the new take on the supervillain team with his upcoming movie.

The Suicide Squad is one of many projects currently being developed by Warner Bros. and DC. The list also includes The Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern Corps, Birds of Prey, Black Adam, Nightwing, Supergirl and New Gods.

Source: Collider