{"id":6451,"date":"2019-04-17T20:15:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T20:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/?p=6451"},"modified":"2019-04-18T18:56:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T18:56:18","slug":"john-cena-set-to-join-james-gunns-suicide-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/john-cena-suicide-squad-2\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cena Set To Join James Gunn&#8217;s &#8216;Suicide Squad&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Cena is looking to go from Transformers to DC Comics.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/breakthrough\/269312?ref=breakthrough_oo\"><em>Bumblebee<\/em><\/a> star is in talks for a role in James Gunn&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/the-suicide-squad\/287184\"><em>The Suicide Squad<\/em><\/a>, reports\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/film\/news\/john-cena-suicide-squad-2-1203191618\/\">Variety<\/a>. No word yet on what part the wrestler-turned-actor will play, but we&#8217;re hoping it&#8217;s King Shark.<\/p>\n<p><em>Suicide Squad<\/em> is shaping up to be a big deal for Warner Bros. and DC. Its profile received a significant boost when writer-director Gunn boarded the project after his removal from\u00a0<em>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3<\/em>. (The director has since been rehired to helm that Marvel sequel). If Cena officially signs on to the film, <a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/idris-elba-deadshot-suicide-squad-2\/\">he will join Idris Elba<\/a> &#8212; who will reportedly no longer be playing Deadshot, but rather an entirely new character.<\/p>\n<p>The rebootquel isn&#8217;t completely dismissing 2016&#8217;s David Ayer-helmed effort that was a box office hit but failed to resonate with critics. Margot Robbie and Jai Courtney are expected to reprise their roles as Harley Quinn and Captain Boomerang, respectively. Even better? Oscar-winner Viola Davis is also rumored to return as Amanda Waller, the person responsible for sending the Squad on their missions.<\/p>\n<p>While we do not officially know the roster of anti-heroes enlisting for duty in Gunn&#8217;s movie, word &#8217;round the campfire is that the Squad this around includes such B-and-C-level comics characters as Polka-Dot Man, Peacemaker, and, yup, King. Freakin&#8217;. Shark.<\/p>\n<p>Expect more casting news as the movie ramps up for a fall shoot.<\/p>\n<p>James Gunn&#8217;s <em>The Suicide Squad<\/em> hits theaters\u00a0Aug. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Cena is looking to go from Transformers to DC Comics. The\u00a0Bumblebee star is in talks for a role in James Gunn&#8217;s\u00a0The Suicide Squad, reports\u00a0Variety. No word yet on what part the wrestler-turned-actor will play, but we&#8217;re hoping it&#8217;s King Shark. Suicide Squad is shaping up to be a big deal for Warner Bros. and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":3862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[37,46],"class_list":["post-6451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news","tag-newspage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6451"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6459,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451\/revisions\/6459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}