New Suicide Squad Trailer Is Filled With Easter Eggs
By Steve Lam
The newest Suicide Squad trailer has hit the net. And like every new footage from a comic book film, fans have already been picking it apart for Easter eggs, homages, and references. Some blatantly obvious ones are Batman’s presence (who made his first DC Extended Universe appearance in the recently released Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), Harley Quinn’s mallet, and a shot of the Joker looking like he jumped right out of a panel from Batman: Endgame.
Check out the latest trailer and see what other Easter eggs, references, and homages you can find.
Next: Watch the original Suicide Squad trailer
Suicide Squad has a United States release date of August 5, 2016, and will be part of DC’s new shared universe of films which started with Man of Steel (2013) and will also include the upcoming highly anticipated Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Suicide Squad is being written and directed by David Ayer, and stars Will Smith as Floyd Lawton / Deadshot, Jared Leto as The Joker, Margot Robbie as Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Jai Courtney as George “Digger” Harkness / Captain Boomerang, Cara Delevingne as June Moone / Enchantress, Viola David as Amanda Waller, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Waylon Jones / Killer Croc, Karen Fukuhara as Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana, Adam Beach as Christopher Weiss / Slipknot, and Jay Hernandez as Chato Santana / El Diablo. Scott Eastwood, Jim Parrack, Ike Barinholtz, Common, Alex Meraz, David Harbout, and Raymond Olubowale were also cast in undisclosed roles.