Will Smith lent his charisma to make the supervillain character Deadshot endearing in 'Suicide Squad' that became a global super hit in 2016. The sequel to the film has seen some delays as director David Aiyer walked out of the project and Gavin O Connor who replaced him also left. James Gunn in snow incharge of writing the screenplay and also directing and plans are on to start shooting in the latter part of this year and release sometime in 2021.

In another setback Will Smith is out of 'Suicide Squad 2' due to scheduling conflicts and the buzz is that Gunn is in final negotiations with Idris Elba to replace him. Elba has portrayed Heimdall in the Marvel movies including 'Thor' and 'Avengers : Infinity War'. Margot Robbie who swayed audiences as Harley Quinn is also expected to reprise her role while it is said that most of the other roles will be recast. Stay tuned to more on this exciting project.