Blog: THE FIRE WIRE

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, reports the trades. According to the trades this is going to be 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 [...]