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The Suicide Squad is an upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics team of the same name. Produced by DC Films, Atlas Entertainment, and The Safran Company, and set for distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is intended to be a standalone sequel to Suicide Squad (2016) and the eleventh film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Written and directed by James Gunn, the film stars an ensemble cast including Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, and Peter Capaldi. In the film, a task force of imprisoned convicts are sent to destroy a Nazi-era prison and laboratory.

A sequel to Suicide Squad was expected before that film's release, with David Ayer returning as director, but in December 2016 he chose to develop a Gotham City Sirens film instead. Warner Bros. considered several directors to take on the sequel before hiring Gavin O'Connor in September 2017, but he left a year later. In October 2018, Gunn was hired to write the film after being temporarily dismissed by Disney and Marvel Studios as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). He was confirmed to be directing The Suicide Squad in January 2019, and looked to the 1980s Suicide Squad comics as well as war films for inspiration. The film includes some returning cast members and also introduces new characters, while telling a new story separate from the first film's narrative. Filming began in Atlanta, Georgia, in September 2019, and concluded in Panama in February 2020.

The Suicide Squad is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on August 6, 2021. It will be released for streaming on HBO Max on the same date. Peacemaker, a spin-off television series starring Cena, is set to debut on HBO Max in January 2022.

Imprisoned convicts of Belle Reve penitentiary are sent as members of Task Force X to the South American island of Corto Maltese to destroy Jotunheim, a Nazi-era prison and laboratory which held political prisoners and conducted experiments.