What is The Suicide Squad (movie)?
{{italictitle}}{{Distinguish|Suicide Squad (movie)}} {{Infobox movie | name = The Suicide Squad | image = | border = no | caption = Official logo | director = [[James Gunn]] | producer = {{Plainlist| * [[Charles Roven]] * [[Peter Safran]] <!--Do not add De Luca and Lin; sources have not noted them since Gunn took over--> }} | writer = James Gunn | story = | based_on = {{Based on|''[[Suicide Squad]]''|[[John Ostrander]]}} | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Margot Robbie]] * [[Idris Elba]] * [[Viola Davis]] * [[Joel Kinnaman]] * [[Jai Courtney]] * [[Daniela Melchior]] * [[John Cena]] * [[Michael Rooker]] }} | music = | cinematography = [[Henry Braham]] | editing = [[Fred Raskin]] | studio = {{Plainlist| * [[DC Films]] * [[Atlas Entertainment]] * [[The Safran Company]] }} | distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|2021|8|6|United States}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Suicide Squad''''', also known as '''''Suicide Squad 2''''', is an American [[superhero]] movie based on the [[DC Comics]] antihero team [[Suicide Squad]]. It is being distributed [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. It is a [[standalone sequel]] to ''[[Suicide Squad (movie)|Suicide Squad]]'' (2016) and the eleventh movie in the [[DC Extended Universe]] (DCEU). The movie, written and directed by [[James Gunn]], stars [[Margot Robbie]], [[Idris Elba]], [[John Cena]], [[Jai Courtney]], [[Daniela Melchior]], [[Joel Kinnaman]], [[Nathan Fillion]], [[Michael Rooker]], [[Pete Davidson]], [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Storm Reid]], [[Taika Waititi]], [[Sean Gunn]], [[David Dastmalchian]], [[Peter Capaldi]], and [[Viola Davis]]. [[Principal photography]] began on September 20, 2019, at [[Pinewood Atlanta Studios]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schmidt |first1=J.K. |title=James Gunn Reveals The Suicide Squad Begins Filming |url