On the big superhero calendar, both DC and Marvel have major films that start shooting soon. For Marvel, it's Captain America: Civil War and for DC, it's David Ayer's Suicide Squad. Ayer has been pretty awesome with fans so far, regularly tweeting out teases at the pre-production as well as the transformation of star Jared Leto into the Joker. Not to mention lots of his cast recently had films out so we've been hearing lots of little snippets here and there too.
Movie scooper El Mayimbe has also been all over Suicide Squad, dropping three significant pieces of information over the last few days on his Instagram. The latest is the biggest, that Jared Leto's Joker will be primarily based on the Frank Miller Dark Knight Returns incarnation. There's more too, including a bit of his situation at the start of the film and links to Batman.
Below, read the latest Jared Leto Joker information as well as potential info on another character in the film and the villains.
(Note: The above image is from the DC Animated Dark Knight Returns film, not the Miller comic.)
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Lots and lots of interesting stuff in there. The physicality of the character. The bleached skin. The huge broad shoulder suits. Hugo Strange. And that prior connection to Batman. I think we can all agree since the Joker is Batman's primary nemesis, introducing him in a non-Batman movie remains one of the most fascinating and potentially exciting choices Warner Bros is making. But that's not all. El Mayimbe also believes Magic Mike and True Blood star Joe Manganiello is in line to play Deathstroke in the film:
The curious thing about this rumor is, in a movie so chock full of actors and roles, why is this one getting leaked so late in the game? Maybe it's because of those scheduling problems listed above. But Manganiello has been trying to break into superheroes for a while now and this could be it.
