This week in Film: Suicide Squad

In the face of Marvel’s continued success with their Cinematic Universe, DC have begun throwing out early glimpses of their upcoming slate, kicking off with a trailer for Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice*, and now the first image of the Suicide Squad all together.

David Ayer posted the group shot to his Twitter account, giving fans their first glimpse of Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, alongside Will Smith as Deadshot, Jai Courtenay as Captain Boomerang, and a heavily made-up Cara Delevigne as Enchantress.

This all follows on from the first image of Ayer’s Joker, as played by Jared Leto. That image caused some controversy (as all these things are bound to do), with some fans decrying the tattoos sported by this new iteration of the character. The backlash wasn’t that far off that caused by the announcement of Heath Ledger in the role for Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight, so until actual video of Leto in the role judgement can probably be witheld.

The group shot is an interesting one, though. It’s mostly composed of Ayer’s trademark gritty, grungy style, with the characters’ appearences reflecting that. It’s all dark greys and greens and not much colour.

Harley Quinn looks like the only one to have actually sprung from a comic book, so seeing her play off the other Squad members, as well as the Joker (and Ben Affleck’s Batman, who’s making an appearence) could be the real highligh of the film. Robbie is one to watch, after all.

*Yes, that is the real title. And yes, I stole this joke.