It turns out that the reason Gavin O'Connor appears to be no longer writing and directing Suicide Squad, thus featuring the first live-action feature adaptation of DC's Task Force X.

Suicide Squad notably starred Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in her first live-action appearance along with Birds of Prey, was recently given the green light and will now release in February 2020. But, it appears that moving that movie into pre-production has inadvertently forced the current team behind Suicide Squad 2 to vacate the project.

Related: James Gunn is Writing Suicide Squad 2

According to Variety's James Gunn to write Suicide Squad 2 and potentially direct.

This news obviously comes on the heels of Gunn being fired by Disney as the director for secret Sony horror movie he produced, which is now expected to release in 2019.

Aside from the big news that Gunn has gone from Marvel Studios to DC Films - though it's not surprising that Warner Bros. would hire him considering that the studio gave him his first major writing gig with the early 2000s live-action Scooby-Doo movies - what's interesting is the direction he might take the characters and the story. While little is known about what O'Connor's Suicide Squad 2 would've entailed, judging by what has been reported about the Birds of Prey movie, it seems it could've seen Task Force X restoring order in Gotham City that had been left unprotected by Batman. But that's something fans will just have to wait and see.

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Source: Justin Kroll