© Provided by The Independent The first trailer for James Gunn's The Suicide Squad has finally arrived.
Written and directed by Gunn, the forthcoming film will serve as a follow-up to the 2016 movie Suicide Squad.
The film's ensemble cast includes the likes of Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, American actor and former WWE wrestler John Cena as the Peacemaker, Idris Elba as Bloodsport, and Viola Davis as Amanda Waller.
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The newly released three-minute clip sees the anti-hero gang reunited and causing trouble.
It opens with the group plotting a high-stakes rescue operation for Robbie's Harley Quinn only to discover that she has already escaped capture without their help.
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Saturday Night Live star Pete Davison joins the cast as Blackguard, a super-villain who is enlisted by Waller to join the Suicide Squad. Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi is also set to star as Thinker.
The film follows the team of DC villains as they set out on a mission to the South American island of Corto Maltese, where they are tasked with destroying Jotunheim - a Nazi-era prison and laboratory.
The Suicide Squad is scheduled for a joint release in cinemas and on HBO Max on 6 August 2021.