Jared Leto Calls Suicide Squad 2 Director 'Perfect'

The Suicide Squad

Jared Leto is forebode filmmaker Gavin O’Connor the " thoroughgoing director forSuicide Squad 2 . " It ’s been quite a roller coaster ride for the DC Extended Universe’sSuicide Squadfranchise , which was pasted with a dismal 25 percent " rotted " paygrade by critic collector Rotten Tomatoes when it came out in 2016 , yet went on to resist the negative reviews to become a smasher with moviegoers by bring in $ 325.1 million domestically and $ 420 million oversea for a blockbuster worldwide take of $ 745.6 million .

With plans for a continuation all but a given after the picture ’s smash theatrical run , everything withSuicide Squad 2has hardly been automatic . The first film ’s film director , David Ayer , bend out of the subsequence to develop the DCEU taleGotham City Sirens , and talks withMel GibsonandJaume Collet - Serrato take over the director ’s reigns both hit the paries . fortuitously , Suicide Squad 2finally got some momentum in recent August with tidings that Warner Bros. wanted tofast - track the filminto production , which was followed by the hiring of O’Connor ( The Accountant , Warrior ) a couple week later to pen , and mayhap verbatim , the sequel .

Now , with the top originative positioning in property and Leto ’s ratification thathe ’s returning as the Joker , the Oscar - succeed actor is give his thought on O’Connor , and by the sound of things , he like what he sees . In an consultation withColliderfor his new filmBlade Runner 2049 , Leto is singing in high spirits praises of his new director . He says :

" I think Gavin is incredibly talented , he seems to be the perfect director for Suicide Squad 2 . I remember he ’s a really talented filmmaker and I really love his piece of work . "

While Leto did n’t elaborate about his appreciation for O’Connor ’s work , such overconfident kudos will no doubt help the production as a whole once filming gets afoot . With any luck , it ’s in O’Connor ’s plans to feature more of the Joker in Suicide Squad 2 , since his screen time in the first film did n’t come nigh to the amount of time fans expected after the character was hyped in the marketing safety blitz for the film .

Leto certainly seems to be committed to the function , since the Joker will not only be featured inSuicide Squad 2andGotham City Sirens , but thespinoff motion picture featuring the Joker and Harley Quinn(Margot Robbie ) from Glenn Ficarra and John Requa ( Crazy , Stupid , Love).As far as the aspect forSuicide Squad 2 , it should come as a relief to fans to that Warner Bros. did n’t rush the subsequence into production to capitalise on the success of the first celluloid . Even with O’Connor in space , Suicide Squad 2reportedlywon’t start out filming until as late a fall 2018 , although that could always change if things make out together promptly .