THE SUICIDE SQUAD Sneak Peek May Reveal That Starro Will Be Who Task Force X Is Tasked With Taking Down

THE SUICIDE SQUAD Sneak Peek May Reveal That Starro Will Be Who Task Force X Is Tasked With Taking Down

Until DC FanDome on Saturday, we were under the impression that Peter Capaldi was playing The Suicide Squad's lead villain, but some fans believe they've spotted evidence of Starro in the sneak peek...

By JoshWilding - Aug 27, 2020 03:08 AM EST
Filed Under: The Suicide Squad

Starro was first introduced by DC Comics during the Silver Age, and happens to be the first villain defeated by the Justice League of America. While it's hard to imagine the big screen version of that heroic team ever battling the alien who resembles a giant starfish, his ability to take over people's minds by attaching miniature starfish to their faces makes him undeniably formidable.

It's those some fans believe they have spotted in the featurette for The Suicide Squad released over the weekend. At the 00:15 and 00:45 second marks, a closer look appears to reveal downed soldiers with starfish attached to their faces. Honestly, it's hard to imagine what else those might be! 

There's not a better filmmaker than James Gunn to bring Starro to the big screen, and it makes sense for Task Force X to be dispatched against a threat like that. Previously, we were under the impression that Peter Capaldi would be The Suicide Squad's lead foe, but it was confirmed at DC FanDome on Saturday that he's actually a member of the team as the villainous Thinker. 

Using Starro as the movie's big bad promises to be a lot of fun, and explains why the villains are needed to take down all those soldiers in what appears to be a South American country. 

Check out this possible first look at Starro's army below:
 

Is the secret villain, Starro The Conqueror in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad? from r/DCEUleaks
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dracula
dracula - 8/27/2020, 3:29 AM
Cool, would have liked to see the justice league take him on, but this works, considering starro is more of a plot device than a character, can put more focus on developing the team
Origame
Origame - 8/27/2020, 4:03 AM
@dracula - idk. I think you can make a cool villain with starro. Just not one with a set actor. Think the angel from the fallen meets john carpenter's the thing.
dracula
dracula - 8/27/2020, 4:08 AM
@Origame - yeah there are plenty of cool things to be done with him, just mean he is a character you dont need to put much time into, going into motivations and personality
Humperdink
Humperdink - 8/27/2020, 4:30 AM
@dracula -

True. I think an alien enemy like The Thing or Starro definitely gives you a lot of room to develop your characters as well as build up a lot of tension for the unexpected. I'm impressed that Gunn went there, actually. This makes me even more excited.

Your move, Reeves. 😏

Origame
Origame - 8/27/2020, 5:42 AM
@Humperdink - batman is the new captain america.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 8/27/2020, 3:33 AM
Starro is both the kinda shit James Gunn would use and also what I want to see in a JL movie.
tmp3
tmp3 - 8/27/2020, 3:34 AM
Sounds like those rumors were true. Gonna guess Taika voices him
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 8/27/2020, 4:21 AM
@tmp3 - that would make it unnecessarily funny. I like it
Battabing
Battabing - 8/27/2020, 5:57 AM
@tmp3 - I'm thinking Taika voices King Shark.
tmp3
tmp3 - 8/27/2020, 6:03 AM
@Battabing - If he’s king shark they would have announced it already, more likely there’s no voice actor for him yet. Cooper didn’t join Guardians until well after it wrapped.
Also, Taika as King Shark would just be Korg 2.0, I’d rather they do something more fresh here
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 8/27/2020, 6:21 AM
@Battabing - they’ve confirmed who’s voicing and mo-caping King Shark, it’s Steve Agee.

He played Gef in GOTG.
Grodd87
Grodd87 - 8/27/2020, 3:35 AM
Why would Starro be on earth and Superman or a JL character not show up?
connorblaze
connorblaze - 8/27/2020, 3:42 AM
@Grodd87 - you’re willing to accept a plot about a giant telepathic starfish but you can’t fathom the notion of Superman being too busy or unable to deal with them? Why couldn’t he help in the first movie?

Maybe he’s busy fighting an evil sea cucumber somewhere else.
Grodd87
Grodd87 - 8/27/2020, 3:46 AM
@connorblaze - I just feel like the squad should go against military groups or hive sometime that doesn’t involve aliens.
dracula
dracula - 8/27/2020, 3:46 AM
@Grodd87 - considering how well superman has been presented so far, who cares
Darth258
Darth258 - 8/27/2020, 3:49 AM
@connorblaze - He was dead in the first movie.
Repian
Repian - 8/27/2020, 3:51 AM
@connorblaze - Perhaps the heroes are controlled by Starro and Meta-Humans from all over the world are rebelling against humanity. Now the villains are the last hope.
Repian
Repian - 8/27/2020, 4:13 AM
@Grodd87 - Bane, Ra's, Talia and a war in a Middle East country.
KWilly
KWilly - 8/27/2020, 4:24 AM
@Grodd87 - Superman is in "Tahiti" until further notice
toylled
toylled - 8/27/2020, 4:52 AM
@Repian - I mean.. that would save on actors budget.. just get the stunt doubles in with starfishes on their faces. SOLVED.
Battabing
Battabing - 8/27/2020, 5:58 AM
@Grodd87 - Maybe they're busy off-planet.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/27/2020, 3:42 AM
lol, i wanted to see Starro for so long, in a perfect world we got a JL movie with Starro as the main villain and not 'wolf.
Darth258
Darth258 - 8/27/2020, 3:52 AM
@Doomsday8888 - I'd imagine Brainiac as a better first enemy.
Starro would just mean half the JL fighting the other because eventually they'll get controlled.
Or the Crime Syndicate.
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 8/27/2020, 3:47 AM
I'm just sayin Gunn and Sam Jackson love them some hentai tentacles.
https://m.imgur.com/hB2iXyA
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 8/27/2020, 3:50 AM
Also my imagination Suicide squad (which I've said many times before) is the squad intercepting an unknown terrorist weapon and by the end of the movie we learn they're in Kandaq and the weapon is actually a dictator by the name of Black Adam who kills a good chunk of the squad at the end whose now goal is to get that info to Waller and the rest of the world.
tmp3
tmp3 - 8/27/2020, 4:05 AM
@MrCamw1 - I think that was the plot for the Gavin O’Conner Suicide Squad; which got canned when Birds of Prey got further in development
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 8/27/2020, 11:43 AM
@tmp3 - really?! Interesting
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