根據The Hollywood Reporter(THR)的查證，消息來源透露，岡恩計劃兩部都要拍，但是自殺突擊隊2會先推出，該片已經訂下2021年8月6日的上片檔期，也已經安排Idris Elba接手Fresh Prince在第一集的角色。

After the firing, Gunn moved on to Warner Bros. and DC to write and direct The Suicide Squad, which has Idris Elba set to star and an Aug. 6, 2021 release date. Gunn plans on doing both films, with The Suicide Squad coming first, according to sources.

THR報導中還有這一段文字：What almost no one knew was that Marvel and Disney had never undertaken a search and had gone back to Gunn and made a deal ... in secret, according to insiders.，根據了解內幕人士的說法，外界幾乎無人得知的情況是，原來Marvel與米老鼠之家根本從來就沒有去找接替人選，而是私下與岡恩接觸。我的推測是，雙方的接觸不是很順利(所以搞了半年多)，而華納已經先馳得點簽下岡恩，所以，岡恩目前的優先任務是自殺2，反正岡恩在被fired前就宣佈星際3的劇本已經完工，自殺2上片後，星際3應該可以很快開工。

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