Who needs The Brave and the Bold and Wonder Woman when you can have The Suicide Squad: Is It Canon? podcast? DC Studios has announced its next project, and yes, it's a podcast which will reveal how much of the 2021 movie is official DCU canon.
When Disney fired James Gunn as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3's director in 2018, Warner Bros. wasted no time in enlisting him for the DCEU. He wrote and directed The Suicide Squad, which was rated 90% on Rotten Tomatoes but only earned $168.7 million at the box office due to a pandemic-era release.
Gunn followed that with Peacemaker before returning to the MCU to conclude his Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. Of course, at the start of 2023, the filmmaker was named DC Studios co-CEO alongside Peter Safran, and after the likes of Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash were released in theaters that year, the DCEU was quickly rebooted as the DCU.
That meant saying very public goodbyes to several actors, including Henry Cavill (Superman), Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), and Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson). However, despite the DCU being a fresh start, Gunn decided to keep several actors from Peacemaker for a Season 2 set in the same world as Superman and Creature Commandos.
The series cleverly dealt with any confusion in a recap that swapped out the Justice League for the Justice Gang, but many fans have been left wondering what from The Suicide Squad should be considered canon.
Well, this podcast will finally address what from this five-year-old DCEU movie is part of the DCU, with Gunn joined by his wife and Peacemaker star Jennifer Holland, along with longtime friend and actor Steve Agee.
Gunn's announcement has drawn mixed responses. "The fact that you have to explain things just shows you made a bad universe," wrote one fan on X, with another chiming in to say, "Your DCU is so ridiculously all over the place that you need extra podcasts just to make stuff up and try to explain things. I’d recommend starting to make good movies instead."
However, there were some positive takes, too, with one of Gunn's followers stating, "Dude, this is gonna be so fun, can’t wait to check it out." Most just want to know whether Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn exists in the DCU.
Check out the teaser for The Suicide Squad: Is It Canon? — The Official Podcast below.