Sylvester Stallone joins ‘The Suicide Squad,’ confirms James Gunn

Hollywood heavyweight Sylvester Stallone is now part of the forged of “The Suicide Squad”, director James Gunn has confirmed. The venture is being branded as a relaunch of the 2016’s “Suicide Squad”, which adopted the adventures of a crew of DC supervillains together with Harley Quinn and Rick Flag. The unique movie was directed by David Ayer. Gunn, identified for the “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies underneath the Marvel Cinematic Universe, took to Instagram on Saturday to disclose Stallone’s casting.

“At all times love working with my buddy @officialslystallone & our work right this moment on #TheSuicideSquad was no exception. Regardless of Sly being an iconic film star, most individuals nonetheless have no concept what a tremendous actor this man is,” Gunn captioned his selfie with the “Rocky” legend.

In line with Deadline, there may be some hypothesis that Stallone would be the voice of King Shark. Stallone additionally confirmed his participation by posting a video to Instagram acknowledging he was on his strategy to go movie a scene.

The movie will see Margot Robbie return as Harley Quinn, Viola Davis as Squad mastermind Amanda Waller, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, and Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag. They are going to be joined by newcomers Idris Elba, John Cena, Nathan Fillion, Peter Capaldi, David Dastmalchian, Taika Waititi and Pete Davidson.

“The Suicide Squad” additionally marks Gunn’s reunion together with his “Guardian of the Galaxy” stars Michael Rooker and his brother Sean Gunn. The unique movie was met with poor evaluations however managed to change into a world field workplace hit.

“The Suicide Squad” is slated to be launched in theatres on August 6, 2021.