The Suicide Squad’s after-credits scene, explained

The Suicide Squad is a fairly open-and-shut film. A standalone movie within the truest sense, it doesn’t require information of any prior DC Comics movies, nor does it have any cliffhangers for apparent sequels. However there’s a post-credits scene, and what it’s referring to won’t be apparent for viewers who don’t sustain with each tidbit of behind-the-scenes information. To not fear although, we’re right here to assist.

[Ed. note: Spoilers for The Suicide Squad to follow.]

The scene is a short one: Two of Amanda Waller’s brokers are seen in a hospital, the place they’re informed somebody was pulled from the rubble and survived. The survivor is none aside from John Cena’s Peacemaker, closely injured and unconscious however in any other case alive. The brokers, moderately ominously, inform the attendant doctor that they’re gonna want him for a job “saving the world,” and the movie cuts to black.

This scene isn’t establishing a Suicide Squad sequel, nor one other movie solely, however the introduced Peacemaker TV collection for HBO Max, which, this scene suggests, will happen a minimum of partly after the occasions of The Suicide Squad. Actors Steve Agee and Jennifer HoOlland are anticipated to renew their roles as Amanda Waller cronies John Economos and Emilia Harcourt, whereas Danielle Brooks (Orange Is the New Black), Nhut Lee (Kroll Present), Chukwudi Iwuji (Designated Survivor), and Robert Patrick (Terminator 2) spherical out the solid.

Not a lot is thought concerning the new collection — it’s written by James Gunn, who additionally directed nearly all of the primary season’s episodes, and “a chance to delve into present world points by the lens of this superhero/supervillain/and world’s largest douchebag,” per the Suicide Squad filmmaker. Becoming a member of Gunn as a director is none aside from Eastbound and Down creator-director Jody Hill.

Peacemaker is at present anticipated to premiere on HBO Max in January 2022. Within the meantime, dive into our record of the very best Suicide Squad comics of all time.