John Cena is looking to go from Transformers to DC Comics.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Bumblebee<\/em> star is in talks for a role in James Gunn’s\u00a0The Suicide Squad<\/em>, reports\u00a0Variety. No word yet on what part the wrestler-turned-actor will play, but we’re hoping it’s King Shark.<\/p>\n 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\u00a0Guardians 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, he will join Idris Elba — who will reportedly no longer be playing Deadshot, but rather an entirely new character.<\/p>\n The rebootquel isn’t completely dismissing 2016’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 While we do not officially know the roster of anti-heroes enlisting for duty in Gunn’s movie, word ’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’. Shark.<\/p>\n Expect more casting news as the movie ramps up for a fall shoot.<\/p>\n James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad<\/em> hits theaters\u00a0Aug. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John Cena is looking to go from Transformers to DC Comics. The\u00a0Bumblebee star is in talks for a role in James Gunn’s\u00a0The Suicide Squad, reports\u00a0Variety. No word yet on what part the wrestler-turned-actor will play, but we’re hoping it’s King Shark. Suicide Squad is shaping up to be a big deal for Warner Bros. and […]<\/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":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-app"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478","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=6478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6479,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478\/revisions\/6479"}],"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=6478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}