The Suicide Squad Director James Gunn Shares The Movie S Biggest Influences

James Gunn is currently in Canada filming Peacemaker, the new HBO Max series that is set to star John Cena in the titular role and tie-in with Gunn’s upcoming movie, The Suicide Squad. The director may be busy making a series, but that’s not stopping him from answering some fan questions on social media. The director has a thread going on Twitter today where he’s sharing information about his upcoming DC movie. One fan asked, “James, would you say that the [John] Ostrander run is the biggest influence in your version? Any cameos that you can’t tell us about?” You can check out Gunn’s reply below…

Without a doubt, John Ostrander’s Suicide Squad is the biggest influence on the film (along with Aldrich’s The Dirty Dozen). John’s a good actor too, playing Dr. Fitzgibbon in the movie. We had a huge poster of this in our production office while shooting. https://t.co/8xDRcHlHDY pic.twitter.com/t7rov5oTD2