Will Smith played Deadshot in the first ‘Suicide Squad’ Both Suicide Squad and The Suicide Squad follow a secret government program known as Task Force X, nicknamed the Suicide Squad.

Will Smith was one of the focal points of the 2016 supervillain team-up film, Suicide Squad.In fact, his character, Deadshot, was arguably one of the story’s nominal leads, alongside Margot ...

Say goodbye to Deadshot. Will Smith will not be returning for the Suicide Squad sequel, according to multiple reports. Smith played the deadly assassin in the 2016 villain-led DC Comics film ...

Will Smith as Deadshot for Suicide Squad (2016). Pic credit: Warner Bros./YouTube. Updates are coming for Suicide Squad 2, but it doesn’t look like Will Smith will be joining the cast again.

The comic book Deadshot first appeared on the scene in 1950’s Batman Vol. 1 No. 59, going on to become an assassin for hire before joining up with the Suicide Squad, a group ideally suited to ...

Will Smith's recasting in 'The Suicide Squad' suggests that James Gunn has big plans for Deadshot. By Richard Newby James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is quickly shaping up and starting to fill out ...

If you were wondering how different the Suicide Squad sequel/relaunch will be from its predecessor, we now have at least one answer: It won’t feature its top-billed star. Will Smith is out as ...

Suicide Squad: Why Will Smith signed on to play Deadshot. For the Oscar nominee, ... So some might be scratching their heads over why Smith would sign on to play Deadshot, ...

The fact that The Suicide Squad never acknowledged Will Smith's Deadshot left his fate ambiguous and made it possible for him to return in an eventual sequel, but of course, the DCEU continued to ...

Portraying Floyd Lawton/Deadshot in the Suicide Squad also won’t be Smith’s first time playing a gun wielding action star. In fact, when you think about it, the majority of Will Smith’s ...

Will Smith has previous superhero movie experience from starring in 2008’s Hancock, but this August, he’s jumping into the world of DC Comics as Floyd Lawton, a.k.a. Deadshot, in Suicide Squad.