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‘Suicide Squad’s’ Harley Quinn is Creepy, Violent, and Crazy!
There’s no argument that Harley Quinn – Joker’s fun-loving sidekick – is one of the greatest characters in the DC universe. And what’s more insane is that she was created for the awesome “Batman: The Animated Series,” which is quietly streaming on Amazon.
As much as we’re all talking about Batman’s (Ben Affleck) cameo in Suicide Squad, as well as the return of The Joker (now played by Jared Leto), Quinn is the one antagonist that everyone is clamoring for.
Margot Robbie performance looks like lightning in the trailer for the DC Comics adaptation set for release on August 5th. She’s zany, whacky, and dark as fuck – borderline scary.
“Harley is creepy, violent, crazy — all of the things that I aspire to be!” Robbie joked to Cineplex. “No. It’s the fun of living vicariously through someone who is doing things that I would never do in real life.”
Robbie also spoke about reuniting with Focus co-star Will Smith, who stars as Deadshot in the David Ayer-directed superhero film.
“I enjoyed working with Will so, so much that I was overjoyed when I heard that we would be working together again,” she explained. “I actually texted him when I heard he was in negotiations to be in Suicide Squad and kept peer-pressuring him, ‘You’d better be taking this movie!’ He obviously signed on for his own reasons, but I was so incredibly happy that we got to do Round Two. He’s awesome on set and awesome off set. He’s just a really, really good person.”
The trailer for Suicide Squad looks like one of the darkest hero films since Batman Begins. And while that kind of film has become trite and a bore, Suicide Squad‘s edginess feels pretty damn authentic.
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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