10 Unused DC Extended Universe Concepts Which Need To Be Used In Future Movies
Batman villain The Scarecrow in the Suicide Squad? Sign us up for that...
While concept art for the DC Extended Universe is rarely shared (it's certainly not as commonplace as what fans get to see from the Marvel Cinematic Universe), when it is, it tends to feature some drastically different designs to what ultimately ended up on screen. Some will argue that it's because Warner Bros. makes so many changes during shooting and post-production, but that makes them no less interesting!
Not everything ends up influencing what winds up on screen, of course, and there are some incredible, unused ideas which never make it beyond that pre-production stage. Sometimes, it's easy to see why they were overlooked, but there are a lot of ideas which definitely shouldn't have been ignored.
It's those you'll find here, and it's hard to understand why they weren't used in the first place. Whether it's characters who didn't make the final cut or sequences and story ideas which could have had major ramifications for the DCEU, these are all really cool, and could be re-used in the near future.
Just like Star Wars frequently reuses ideas from the past (a lot from the original trilogy has made it into The Mandalorian, for example), Warner Bros. can now do the same as the DCEU continues to evolve, and the concept art here could, and should, serve as a basis for what comes next...
10. Scarecrow Joins The Ranks Of Task Force X - Suicide Squad
This piece of concept art comes from early on in the development of Suicide Squad, and reveals that Scarecrow was once set to assemble alongside the rest of Task Force X. Considering the fact that David Ayer's 2016 movie mostly focused on Batman's villains, Jonathan Crane being considered isn't overly surprising, but it would have been fun seeing how the filmmaker planned to reinvent him.
This take on the villain from Ed Natividad is a grounded and appropriately sinister interpretation of the fear-inducing bad guy, and the rest of the team being freaked out by him was probably a given!
However, as Task Force X ended up battling mindless monsters, there's really not much someone with the power to instil fear in his foes with a toxic gas could do here to make much of a difference, even if he was wielding that undeniably badass scythe.
James Gunn's The Suicide Squad is light on Batman baddies, and with the roster having already been revealed, there's no chance of Scarecrow showing up. However, this take on the character is one that should definitely be used somewhere in the DCEU.