DC just dropped a bunch of trailers for upcoming movies (Batman, Black Adam, recut Justice League, new Suicide Squad). Kind of interesting to watch them and see the faces that pop out.
Amber Heard - Domestic abuser
Ezra Miller - Recently choke-slammed a girl
James Gunn - sketchy pedophilia comment history
I fully understand they can't cut Flash, and Gunn is a desperate, last-ditch effort to inject GotG style fun into their moribund universe. But surely in a movie that was being made specifically for recut scenes they could have ditched ones with the sociopathic abuser?
Maybe DC are just taking a "fuck cancel culture, we'll use anyone that we want" stance, in which case, more power to them, even if their choice is assholes. I'm not going to be too surprised though if it simply ends up with them being massive hypocrites.
Speaking of which, revealing the new Suicide Squad game by Rocksteady -- but it's still two years out from release, ugh -- and despite it reportedly taking place within the Arkham timeline, Deadshot is now black, despite being white in two games and an animated feature that takes place within the same universe.
I get it's for brand recognition due to the first SS movie with the fresh prince playing Deadshot, but Floyd Lawton's identity was already established multiple times, and now they're just shifting it for no good reason.
Ultimately, not a huge deal, but a bit jarring.