Suicide Squad
How canThe Suicide Squadaddress the Batman - shaped elephant in the room ? 2016 ’s DCEUSuicide Squadmovie was largely pan off by critics , although it has since emerge that production suffer no small amount of studio interference . Despite take a pummeling in reviews , Suicide Squaddid perform at the box office , and a continuation is on the way . WithJames Gunnas director , The Suicide Squadwill tell a different story to its forerunner and will feature a mostly unexampled crop of characters , but will still be a light continuation of the 2016 attempt , which chronicle the origins of Amanda Waller ’s Task Force X.
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Despite this lechatelierite clear statement of purpose from Bruce , the very fact thatThe Suicide Squadis bechance at all evidence that Amanda Wallerwillbe father her Task Force X band back together for a reunification gig . Viola Davis is even returning , heavily suggesting that her reference is orchestrate the military operation once again . Therefore , Bruce Wayne will need to make salutary on his hope and add up for Waller ’s favored project , shutting it down the only room Batman knows how . A significant roadblock in that plan isBen Affleckno longer being part of the DCEU , while Robert Pattison’sThe Batmanappears to be take home outside of the dealership ’s persistence . So how canThe Suicide Squadaddress Bruce Wayne ’s threat ?
The Suicide Squadcan’t just ignore Batman ’s post - credits vista from the original movie . The DCEU is already filled with incompatibility where longsighted - term plan were alter , with some of the most infamous representative including the Knightmare sequences , Flash ’s time traveling and the Injustice League tease between Deathstroke andLex Luthor . These uncomplete plot duds contributed to the deafeningJustice LeagueSnyder cut demand , and with fans already calling for the Ayer cut ofSuicide Squad , the last affair the DCEU needs is another seemingly significant scene that wound up hit a dead end .
As antecedently name , however , Ben Affleck is no longer the Caped Crusader . The thespian was originally slated to be the star of Matt Reeves’The Batman , but those plans changed when Affleck chose to step away from his 2d superhero role . therefore , The Suicide Squaddoesn’t have Affleck ’s Batman , ca n’t borrowPattinson ’s , and almost for certain wo n’t be permitted to cast its own Dark Knight , leaving Gunn with the unenviable undertaking of solving a Batman - related plot point without the benefit of Batman himself .
One way of paying off the Bruce Wayne terror would be to have Amanda Waller reference the billionaire inThe Suicide Squad . Perhaps Waller is hesitant to re-start Task Force X because she fears Wayne ’s repercussions , or possibly she drop a throwaway line about " keeping Bruce Wayne in the dark . " This would at least receipt theSuicide Squadpost - course credit go on and avoid an inapt retcon . After making a few mention in the main film , The Suicide Squad ’s post - credits could then wrap up the news report by rights . Even without having a genuine Batman actor , the character ’s shadow is recognizable enough to do the caper - the final instant ofGunn ’s sequelcould be Waller sit expectantly in her place when a Bat - shaped vestige falls over her . This would imply a resolving to Bruce Wayne ’s threat without require Batman to show his facial expression .
or else , The Suicide Squadcould be a little bolder and deal with Affleck ’s DC difference once and for all by confirming the in - creation decease of Bruce Wayne . This would explain both why Task Force X take off back up in the first placeandwhy Waller does n’t suffer any forbidding superhero consequences .
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