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Warner Bros. also confirmed Will Smith, Tom Hardy, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, and Cara Delevingne are set to play classic DC Comics villains for writer-director David Ayer.

Warner Bros. on Tuesday announced an ambitious cast for Suicide Squad, one of the studio's upcoming slate of films based on major DC Comics titles.

Warner Bros. on Tuesday announced an ambitious cast for Suicide Squad , one of the studio's upcoming slate of films based on major DC Comics titles .

David Ayer (Fury, Training Day) is writing and directing the film, about an elite group of super villains contracted (or often coerced) by the government to go on high risk top secret missions. The film is slated for release on Aug. 5, 2016, following Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on March 25, 2016.

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