Warner Bros. is back to searching for a Suicide Squad 2, now that previous frontrunner Jaume Collet-Serra has instead signed on to direct Dwayne Johnson’s Jungle Cruise movie for Disney.
While Suicide Squad was a blockbuster hit in 2015 with a final global cume of $745.6 million ($325.1 domestically, $420.5 internationally), it’s been anything but smooth sailing for Warner Bros. to pull together the creative team for the supervillain sequel. David Ayer, who directed the original, has opted to focus his energies on the spinoff Gotham City Sirens instead, and bids to secure helmers like Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson have come up short.
Related: Suicide Squad 2 Officially Confirmed at SDCC 2017
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