James Gunn Tight-Lipped on Margot Robbie Potentially Returning as Harley Quinn in the Rebooted DCU

With John Cena’s Peacemaker present an authoritative portion of the DC Universe, should fans expect different characters from James Gunn’s DC Extended Universe movie, The Suicide Squad, to crossover into canon?

While promoting Peacemaker Season 2, Gunn was asked astir 2 of those characters specifically, and offered a precise antithetic reply for each. First up, Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, who survived 2016 critically panned Suicide Squad to reprise the relation successful 2020’s Birds of Prey and Gunn’s well-received The Suicide Squad, released during the pandemic successful 2021.

Entertainment Weekly asked the DC Studios co-CEO whether he’s readying for a caller Harley Quinn, oregon whether Robbie volition instrumentality to play the character. "That volition beryllium revealed down the line," helium replied, not giving overmuch away.

Gunn gave a stronger reply connected the imaginable of Idris Elba returning arsenic Robert DuBois / Bloodsport, however, suggesting he’s trying to enactment retired a mode for the quality to marque a comeback successful the DCU.

"I decidedly americium ever looking for a spot to enactment Bloodsport and figuring that out," Gunn said. "So we'll spot what happens."

As it stands, Peacemaker is flying the DCEU emblem solo wrong the DCU. Indeed, Gunn has plentifulness to deliberation astir arsenic helium plots retired Chapter One, Gods & Monsters. He’s moving connected the DCU’s Batman movie, The Brave and the Bold, and has yet to denote who volition play Batman (it won’t beryllium Robert Pattinson, who is Batman successful Matt Reeves’ Epic Crime Saga). Could Robbie instrumentality arsenic Quinn for The Brave and the Bold, whenever it comes out?

In the shorter term, Supergirl and Clayface travel retired successful 2026, with a Wonder Woman and the adjacent movie successful the Superman Saga besides successful the works.

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