{"id":40130,"date":"2017-03-15T18:04:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=40130"},"modified":"2018-12-09T00:40:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T05:40:36","slug":"suicide-squad-2-gets-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/15\/suicide-squad-2-gets-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"SUICIDE SQUAD 2 Gets A  Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/suicide-squad-circle-the-flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-mh-magazine-content wp-image-39059\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/suicide-squad-circle-the-flag-678x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even before its release last summer, word was that Warner Brothers was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/03\/suicide-squad-2-already-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">already developing<\/a> a sequel to the supervillain team-up film <strong>Suicide Squad<\/strong>. And now, the studio has finally found its writer for the project in the form of <strong>The Legend Of Tarzan<\/strong> scripter Adam Cozad.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/suicide-squad-2-lands-legend-tarzan-writer-986284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a> is saying that Cozad is currently in negotiations with the studio and the film is a priority for them. David Ayer, who wrote and directed the first film, will not be back for the sequel, leaving the studio to approach a number of directors, reportedly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/15\/warners-pursuing-mel-gibson-direct-suicide-squad-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">including Mel Gibson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suicide Squad<\/strong> featured a number of DC Comics bad guys being forced to work together as part of a covert government black ops team. It starred Will Smith, who played the assassin Deadshot, Jared Leto as the iconic Batman villain the Joker, Margot Robbie as the Joker&#8217;s girlfriend Harley Quinn and Viola Davis as the Squad&#8217;s government handler Amanda Waller.<\/p>\n<p>Robbie, whose Harley Quinn was a breakout character in <strong>Suicide Squad<\/strong>, also starred in <strong>Legend Of Tarzan<\/strong>. It is unclear if that connection helped Crozad land the gig, but with Robbie&#8217;s clout at the studio rising, it is not outside of the realm of possibility. Robbie currently has a Harley Quinn-centric spin-off, <strong>Gotham City Sirens<\/strong>, already in development with Ayers set to direct.<\/p>\n<p>But Crozad has plenty of other credits on his resume including co-writing 2014\u2019s <strong>Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit<\/strong>. He also has <strong>Underwater<\/strong>, an adventure movie in development at Fox with Kristen Stewart attached, <strong>Bloodshot<\/strong>, an adaptation of the Valiant comic book, and the Charlize Theron spy thriller <strong>The Gray Man<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38056\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SUICIDE-SQUAD-2-Harley-675x437.jpg\" alt=\"SUICIDE SQUAD 2 Harley\" width=\"675\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SUICIDE-SQUAD-2-Harley-675x437.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SUICIDE-SQUAD-2-Harley-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SUICIDE-SQUAD-2-Harley.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The studio has tapped the LEGEND OF TARZAN screenwriter to chart the Squad&#8217;s next mission.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/15\/suicide-squad-2-gets-writer\/\" title=\"SUICIDE SQUAD 2 Gets A  Writer\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[8193],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-suicide-squad-2"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40130"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=40130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}