Viola Davis Returning As Amanda Waller For James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’

James Gunn’s new Suicide Squad movie will see Viola Davis reprise her role as Amanda Waller.

According to The Wrap, The Suicide Squad will feature the return of  Amanda Waller, played by Academy Award winner Viola Davis. Of course, Viola Davis won’t be the only familiar face in the project as Jai Courtney will also be back as Captain Boomerang. Idris Elba is also on board.

This past Summer, Disney parted ways with James Gunn after several offensive tweets he wrote years ago resurfaced. About three months after that happened, Gunn signed on to write the next Suicide Squad movie for Warner Brothers. Disney recently reinstated Gunn as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, but that project won’t begin production until the filmmaker completes The Suicide Squad, which is expected to begin filming this September.

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, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller and Jared Leto as The Joker. It earned mixed reviews at best, but became a massive hit for Warner Bros. with a worldwide gross of $746.8 million.

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.

James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is set to hit theaters on August 6, 2021. As for Viola Davis, she was last seen in Troop Zero, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Source: The Wrap