Warner Bros. is going on a suicide mission, setting up the DC Comics property Suicide Squad for Dan Lin (Sherlock Holmes) to produce as a potential franchise.
In a departure from normal comic-based fare, Suicide Squad concentrates on a group of incarcerated supervillains rather than the usual focus on superheroes. The first version of the squad debuted in a 1959 DC Comic, and a series was launched in 1987.
Stephen Gilchrist from Lin Pictures will co-produce. Justin Marks (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Hack/Slash, Street Fighter) is penning the screenplay.
Suicide Squad will feature a mix of well-known and unknown villains recruited by the government to accomplish a task deemed too dangerous for superheroes. The historically independent operators must bury their own interpersonal conflicts and agendas to form a cohesive unit to take on a singular task.
Some of the more well known DC villains who’ve been part of the Squad over the years include: Deadshot, Doctor Light, Poison Ivy, Penguin, Captain Boomerang and Black Adam.
Lin’s a former Warner exec who set up his own Warner-based shingle at the start of last year. Besides producing Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr., Lin’s a producer on This Side of the Truth and The Box and an exec. producer on Terminator Salvation and Shorts.
source: Variety
