‘Suicide Squad’ coming to the silver screen
DC Comics’ Suicide Squad is on its way to the most dangerous mission yet– to Hollywood. Warner Bros. has hired screenwriter Justin Marks to adapt the property for the movies. (Does that make the contract he signed a Suicide pact?)
The current version of the Squad was created by ComicMix contributors John Ostrander and editor Robert Greenberger, introduced in the 1986 Legends miniseries, edited by Mike Gold. The revolutionary concept was to mix super villains and fallen heroes, giving them one last shot at redemption by the government by undertaking missions that will most likely kill them. Spinning off from Legends, the series lasted for 66 issues, and spurred a 12-issue maxiseries in 2000 and Ostrander returned for an eight issue mini-series in 2007. The particular characters involved have yet to be determined, but strong candidates include Amanda Waller, Rick Flag, Bronze Tiger (who just appeared in an episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold) and Deadshot.
Marks, who is doing a rewrite of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for Disney, also wrote the Green Arrow comic-book movie project Supermax, which could conceivably connect with Suicide Squad as they both take place at Belle Reve prison. John Ostrander is currently writing Star Wars: Legacy for Dark Horse and GrimJack and Munden’s Bar for ComicMix.
I just got off the phone with John Ostrander, who had just heard about the project this morning. He’s looking forward to seeing what happens next.
Me, I’m looking forward to DC reconsidering whether or not to put out those Suicide Squad reprint collections now. Hint hint.
I'm also looking forward to an showcase collection of the whole run !! and about time too, now if they would only turn Wasteland into a film we might get a collection of that too ??
I'm most excited about the phrase, "John Ostrander is currently writing Star Wars: Legacy for Dark Horse and GrimJack and Munden's Bar for ComicMix." If I'm reading this correctly, this means we will see even more GrimJack and Sweet Munden's here on ComicMix! Yeah! Hopefully soon? Lone Justice is a great comic. But variety can be the spice.And let's start the casting debate. Who get's to play Amanda Waller? Queen Latifah? What about Captain Boomerang? I don't think the movie could work without Captain Boomerang! Do we go with Hugh Jackman or does his portrayal of Wolverine automatically disqualify him for Captain Boomerang? Maybe we have to go more low budget. Is Paul Hogan too old? Let's try a name from left field. How about New Zealander, Jermaine Clement, from "Flight of the Conchords"? He's got the angular look and comic moxie to pull off Capt. Boomerang!