8 Suicide Squad Members We Want To See In The Sequel

Despite its flashy trailers and talented cast, this summer's Suicide Squad wasn't exactly a hit with the critics. The trailers promised more humour and a lot more Joker than it eventually gave us, and besides the two very obvious exceptions, not enough time was spent with the characters.

The Suicide Squad is known for being an ensemble of supervillains, often including as many as a dozen bad guys all at once (by the way, they are bad guys, just in case the film didn't tell you that enough). Let's not name any names, but if DC distanced themselves from the Will Smith and Margot Robbie show, they might realise that they had a long history of characters, each offering an entirely new skill set, and each able to stand on their own merit.

Okay so that is naming some names, but you get the point.

So where do they go next? There are lots of possibilities from the gallery of former Suicide Squad members and some in particular could go some way to brightening up the DC Extended Universe on their characters alone. Though to be fair, it wouldn't take much to brighten up this movie universe.

Eric Needham joins the Suicide Squad in DC’s New 52 reboot, and he remains one of the only members to be offered his freedom by Amanda Waller. A sort of anti-Batman, Needham gets high and kills his own father, cleans himself up, and begins a war on the drug trade as the vigilante Black Spider.

He believes that he and Batman are natural allies, but the Dark Knight is forced to bring him in as his methods spiral more and more out of control. Needham is unhappy at the idea of working with criminals, and Waller ultimately offers him the chance to quit, on the grounds that he is not a monster.

Who Could Play Him?

Taye Diggs is a self-proclaimed comic book nerd who's moving further away from his theatre background and into the realms of drama, while Resident Evil actor Boris Kodjoe is becoming an action veteran.