WILL SMITH SET FOR DC COMICS' SUICIDE SQUAD

Warner Bros has confirmed Will Smith, Tom Hardy and Margot Robbie as Deadshot, Rick Flagg and Harley Quinn for its DC Comics villain team Suicide Squad, a Dirty Dozen-type mission movie where a group of supervillains are brought together to tackle high-risk black ops missions for the government. Jared Leto has also been set to play The Joker.

Other cast members confirmed include Jai Courtney for Boomerang and Cara Delevingne for Enchantress in the David Ayer-directed film. Charles Roven is producing with Richard Suckle and Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns are exec producers.