6 Things We Can Expect From Suicide Squad 2 With Gavin O'Connor As Director

by Danny Meegan

1. A Batfleck Appearance

The Batman Ben Affleck
Warner Bros.

With Ben Affleck's Batman future in serious doubt, what better way to get him to stick around than by bringing one of his former collaborators into the DC Extended Universe?

Consider this: Affleck had a fantastic time working with O'Connor on The Accountant. Creatively, they clicked, and Affleck had a lot for respect for the director before they even made the movie together - interviews like this Collider one, where Affleck gushes about O'Connor at every opportunity, are all the proof you need.

So now, with O'Connor set to helm Suicide Squad 2, wouldn't it make sense for Affleck to make an appearance and once again work with a director he greatly admires?

Bear in mind that O'Connor pitched his own version of the movie to Warner Bros, who then approved of it. After just recently working with Affleck, who's to say that pitch didn't include him in the movie? Is that why the studio were so supportive, quickly sending O'Connor off to write his story?

We're getting into speculative territory here, but if we boil all this down, the likelihood of Ben Affleck appearing in a Gavin O'Connor-directed Suicide Squad 2 is high - if the actor is still our Batman.

How does this director news affect your excitement for Suicide Squad 2? Let us know in the comments thread!

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!