New ‘The Suicide Squad’ Trailer Leaked Online Reveals Villain: WATCH

The newest trailer for director James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad leaked (apparently by the cast) early on Tuesday.

Polygon: A new trailer for James Gunn’s upcoming DC comic book movie The Suicide Squad has arrived — but watching it was basically a roulette. Instead of releasing the bigger look at the movie on conventional channels, Warner Bros. debuted the spot via YouTube preroll ads. An official version was finally uploaded to any DC or WB channel, but left unlisted for the cast to “leak.” The only way to see it before then? Watching YouTube videos without instinctively hitting “Skip Ad.” (You can still do that if you want, and we recommend the Polygon kind.)

Whereas the first teaser flexed the film’s R-rated status with profane lunacy, the full trailer for The Suicide Squad expands on the comic bookiness of it all. The new footage starts by introducing Idris Elba’s character Bloodsport, who evidently put “Superman in the ICU with a kryptonite bullet.” Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller spells out why she needs a(nother) team of villains: Something has gone haywire with “Project Starfish,” and now a giant spore-firing monster is on the attack. The real joy of the new look is an extended riff on Weasel, the humanoid weasel. “He’s harmless,” says Joel Kinnaman’s Rick Flag. “Well, he’s not harmless, he’s killed 27 children…”

And it looks like the big bad this time is none other than Starro the Conquerer. The giant starfish from space who plagued the Justice League of America in their very first appearance as a team in The Brave and the Bold #28 from March of 1960.

The Suicide Squad hits theaters and HBO Max on Aug. 6. Along with the trailer, WB also released a batch of new images.