James Gunnused hisTwitter accountto tell us the exact runtime forThe Suicide Squad, his upcoming take on the villainous DC superteam. Gunn also confirmedThe Suicide Squadwill haveat least one post-credits scene, which might indicate the filmmaker intends to come back for a sequel, should Warner Bros./DC invite him.
Replying to a fan’s description of a weird two-part version ofThe Suicide Squadthey’d dreamed about, Gunn said that the film has exactly “2 hours and 12 minutes”. This putsThe Suicide Squadruntime betweenGuardians of the Galaxy, with 2 hours and 5 minutes, andGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, with 2 hours and 18 minutes. BothGuardians of the Galaxyalso dealt with the introduction of multiple characters, mostly unknown to the public, soThe Suicide Squadshould give Gunn enough time to deliver his best version of DC’s group of misfits.
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What’s even more interesting is the way Gunn uses the same Twitter thread to tell fans that: “I wrote, filmed, & edited the best movie I could & it ended up at this length. No one ever planned for it to be this long.” So it looks like Gunn had all the creative freedom he needed to make the film his own, especially sinceThe Suicide Squadwas finished without any reshoots.
We still have a couple of months beforeThe Suicide Squadhits theaters this August, but it’s safe to say we are all very excited to see what Gunn does with the franchise. The movie’sred band trailer set worldwide viewership records, but so far, we still don’t have an official synopsis. We know the villain Starro is somehow involved with the antiheroes from Task Force X, but details of the plot are being kept in secret. Maybe that’s for the best, as Gunn already teased that no one is safe and that the “suicide” bit will be put to use.
The Suicide Squadis scheduled for release in theaters and HBO Max on August 6. You can check the original Twitter thread below.
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