Warner Bros shakes things up with ‘Suicide Squad’

The thought has been there for awhile, but it appears the taunting may finally be over. If you’ve ever wondered whether a movie about comic book super humans would be made about the “bad guys” then this is right up your ally. Warner Bros in developing a feature film adaptation of ‘Suicide Squad’ from DC Comics. The project will be produced by Dan Lin (Sherlock Holmes) and, yes… a very familiar and currently red hot name in The Biz will be writing the screenplay, Justin Marks (Hack/Slash, Street Fighter).

In a departure from normal comic-based fare, “Suicide Squad” concentrates on a group of incarcerated super villains rather than the usual focus on superheroes. The first version of the squad debuted in a 1959 DC Comic, and a series was launched in 1987.

“Suicide Squad” will feature a mix of well-known and unknown villains recruited by the government to accomplish a task deemed too dangerous for superheroes. The historically independent operators must bury their own interpersonal conflicts and agendas to form a cohesive unit to take on a singular task. — Variety

[source: Variety]