James Gunn Has Fun Slipping in ’80s Pulp References

If it hasn’t change into clear but, Warner Bros./DC’s “The Suicide Squad” is James Gunn’s child. The “Guardians of the Galaxy” director has proudly proven off how his love for traditional movies and pulp fiction have influenced his tackle Task Force X, and he did it once more with a brand new social media submit displaying off Idris Elba, John Cena and Joel Kinnaman sporting outfits primarily based on an ’80s pulp motion novel collection.

The submit exhibits a pic from the movie of the trio sporting weapons in entrance of an overturned, blazing automobile alongside a portray in Gunn’s home taken from “Able Team,” a collection of pulp novels written by numerous authors beneath the pen title Dick Stivers. The “A-Team”-esque collection adopted a gaggle of Vietnam War veterans who labored for an underground anti-terrorist drive saved secret by the federal government…very like the antiheroes of Gunn’s new movie.

Gunn has additionally shared how he labored with Warner Bros. to develop a theatrical poster impressed by the 1967 basic “The Dirty Dozen,” which “The Suicide Squad” additionally closely attracts plot inspiration from with its story a few staff of Army prisoners despatched on a suicide mission simply earlier than the Allies stage the D-Day invasion in World War II. As we get nearer to the movie’s launch on August 6, don’t be shocked if Gunn shares extra of what impressed his twisted, humorous superhero romp.