James Gunn may not be finished with Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn just yet. This summer, Robbie will be reprising her role as Harley inThe Suicide Squad, Gunn’s new take on the movie previously directed by David Ayer in 2016. This will mark Robbie’s third time playing Harley after starring in her own spinoff movieBirds of Preyin 2020.
On his Instagram Stories,James Gunnrecently participated in a lengthy Q&A session with fans. He spoke about a variety of subjects, including his upcoming return to Marvel withGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3set to start filming this year. Though he’ll soon be back in the fold at Marvel Studios, Gunn teased that he’ll have more work to do at DC outside ofThe Suicide Squadand its spinoff seriesPeacemaker.
“Maybe just a little. One toe dipped in,” Gunn said when asked if he was working on any other DC projects. A follow-up question from another fan specifically asked Gunn if he will be working with Robbie asHarley Quinnin the future, and that’s when the director revealed that this very well could be the case.
“Margot and I discussed this just the other day. We will have to see what happens!” he wrote.
Written and directed by Gunn,The Suicide Squadserves as a bit of a reimagining to the 2016 movie, featuring a mix of new and returning characters making up the team. It follows a group of imprisoned supervillains sent as members of Task Force X to the South American island of Corto Maltese to destroy Jotunheim, a Nazi-era prison and laboratory which held political prisoners and conducted experiments.
Returning alongsideMargot Robbiefrom the 2016 movie are Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, and Viola Davis as Amanda Waller. Other cast members include John Cena as Peacemaker, Idris Elba as Bloodsport, Peter Capaldi as Thinker, and David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man. Additionally, the cast also includes Alice Braga, Pete Davidson, Michael Rooker, Taika Waititi, Storm Reid, Nathan Fillion, Daniela Melchior, Steve Agee, Sean Gunn, Flula Borg, and Joaquin Cosio.
John Cena will reprise his role as Peacemakerin a spinoff series currently in development for HBO Max. Starring alongside Cena are Steve Agee, Danielle Brooks, Robert Patrick, Jennifer Holland, Chris Conrad, and Chukwudi Iwuji. Gunn has hinted that there will be cameos fromThe Suicide Squadcharacters in the series, though he hasn’t revealed exactly which ones might appear. It’s possible that aPeacemakercameo could have been what Gunn was recently discussing with Robbie.
The Suicide Squadis scheduled to be released on Jun 26, 2025, andPeacemakerwill hit HBO Max in January 2022. Meanwhile, if Gunn has any other ideas for a DC project with Robbie, it will have to wait a while before filming would begin. Gunn will return to Marvel this year to start shootingGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3which is expected to be released in 2023. He is also writing and directing aGuardians of the Galaxyholiday special that will be released on Disney+ in December 2022. This news comes to us fromJames Gunn on Instagram.
