Disney Owned ABC Helped Viola Davis Secure SUICIDE SQUAD Role

Disney Owned ABC Helped Viola Davis Secure SUICIDE SQUAD Role

The Marvel and DC fandoms may be at war but the parent companies and their subsidiaries are working together to make sure the comic book movie genre succeeds. Plus, Davis gives her take on what fans should expect from the David Ayer film.

By MarkJulian - Aug 11, 2015 01:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Suicide Squad
Source: via /Film

When filming on her ABC show, How To Get Away With Murder, was going to interfere with the filming schedule for Warner Bros.' Suicide Squad, the Disney-owned TV network worked out the logistics to ensure Davis would be able to play Amanda Waller.  Said Davis on ABC's cordiality, "They were totally willing to work it out.  I’d never seen anything like it. [ABC President] Paul Lee came up to me and said, ‘Oh, I want you to have everything.’ Who does that? I was very lucky."  (Perhaps if Davis were going to appear in a film for Fox, it would have been a different story?)  

As for what fans should expect from Suicide Squad?  "I mean, you saw the trailer so the trailer very much, what you see is these superheroes have been humanized.  That’s what makes this kind of a different superhero movie."

Suidice Squad is directed and written by David Ayer. The DC Comics team of supervillain anti-heroes will hit theaters on August 5, 2016.  

 

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NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 8/11/2015, 1:36 PM
Would this be considered a supervillain movie?
AlexdoxA
AlexdoxA - 8/11/2015, 1:39 PM
I insist, Will Smith looks out of place in that movie.
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 8/11/2015, 1:40 PM
@KidGoku

Superheroes are on everyone's mind these days....I'm sure she meant Villains...
Sillypig123
Sillypig123 - 8/11/2015, 1:44 PM
its a pity that deadpool may be affected by how bad FF4 was... well a pity for you guys anyway
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 8/11/2015, 1:48 PM
Well DUH! ABC is not stupid they do not want to prevent her from getting a big role and her getting upset and walk off of that big hit show!

slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 8/11/2015, 1:50 PM
“Let's go save the world.”
- Will Smith, every Will Smith movie

Battabing
Battabing - 8/11/2015, 1:50 PM
ABC has much to gain from Suicide Squad being a hit with Viola Davis in it. It can only attract more eyes to their show and network.


This ain't no f.ucking charity. It's business.
DallasAvenger
DallasAvenger - 8/11/2015, 1:52 PM
Well of course both DC and Marvel have a huge investment in the future of comic books and comic book movies. Now someone like Fox on the other hand...
HeartCollector9
HeartCollector9 - 8/11/2015, 1:53 PM
Ah, two companies working together for the benefit of the fans. Doesn't that warm your heart?

HEY FOX!!! Doesn't that warm your heart?!?!?!
MrSnrub
MrSnrub - 8/11/2015, 1:53 PM
Of course ABC wants more exposure for Viola. It's a win-win.
m0th3r
m0th3r - 8/11/2015, 1:54 PM
Awwww... So let me get this right Sony, Marvel and DC all playing nice...

and FOX all alone... buwahahahaha
MrSnrub
MrSnrub - 8/11/2015, 1:55 PM
@MARVELPSYCHO79

I hope you're getting paid because that comment was just....
InvisibleSanji
InvisibleSanji - 8/11/2015, 1:56 PM
Good for Disney and good for Suicide Squad. Win win.
DrainBamage
DrainBamage - 8/11/2015, 1:56 PM
This isn't a surprise. Davis in Suicide Squad simply means more exposure for the actress and the possibility that her portrayal may spark some interest in How To Get Away With Murder.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 8/11/2015, 1:57 PM
She's one of the greatest actresses working right now.
She demands screen presence and she's a world class talent.

More Viola!
patrat18
patrat18 - 8/11/2015, 1:57 PM
Super villains, woman! Get it right.
Peel
Peel - 8/11/2015, 2:00 PM
Disney know how to treat their directors and actors whom work with them, as do Warner Bros. Fox however, do not and ruin everything for everyone else.

/Thread.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 8/11/2015, 2:00 PM
Doesn't she mean Supervillains and not Superheroes?
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 8/11/2015, 2:02 PM
lol... One good thing came from Fant4stic

HeartCollector9
HeartCollector9 - 8/11/2015, 2:06 PM
Why do people insist on frequenting a site dedicated to CBM's, and then hate the company that makes most of them?
FoxForce5
FoxForce5 - 8/11/2015, 2:07 PM
It's because unlike some companies (Fox) Disney and it's subsidiaries (including ABC/Marvel) can actually play nice with others for the benefit of all
all - just ask Sony.
misterbatman212
misterbatman212 - 8/11/2015, 2:07 PM
https://38.media.tumblr.com/e28781cdd08ba0cbbe44744af747b49d/tumblr_ncxuj1JHW41r00lgio1_500.gif
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