James Gunn’sThe Suicide Squadfor Warner Bros. continues to flesh out its cast, as the project has reportedly cast comedian Steve Agee for a major role. According to a new report,Steve Ageewill provide the voiceover to humanoid shark supervillain King Shark. This will be King Shark’s first appearance in a big screen adaptation, although he has been portrayed in the Arrowverse seriesThe Flash. The character was originally created in the ’90s when he made his first appearance in theSuperboycomic book series for DC.
In his original storyline,King Sharkis forced to help the Suicide Squad take on the Silicon Dragons. He has since made multiple appearances in other DC comic book series.
Suicide Squadwill serve as a mini-reunion for Gunn’s Marvel movieGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, as Agee starred in that movie as the Ravager Gef. He has also appeared in the superhero-inspired moviesSuperandBrightburn, and a slew of television shows includingAmerican Princess,Superstore,New Girl, andThe Sarah Silverman Program. As a writer, Agee has also lent his comedic voice to shows likeJimmy Kimmel LiveandThe Andy Milonakis Showand served as a consulting producer forRidiculousness. Oddly enough, Agee also performs regularly for the comedy rock band Baked withMetalocalypsecreator Brendon Small.
Following hisexit from Disney over inappropriate jokesmade many years before on his Twitter account, Gunn joined the plannedSuicide Squadsequel project earlier this year. Now calledThe Suicide Squad, the movie will see Gunn directing in addition to penning his own screenplay. While details on the plot aren’t exactly clear, what’s known is that it will serve as a sequel of sorts to the previous DCEU movie rather than serving as a complete reboot. It has since been reported Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, and Viola Davis will be reprising their roles, with Idris Elba playing a new character to replace Deadshot. David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Storm Read, and Flula Borg have also been cast for roles.
When Disney controversially fired Gunn, the entire cast ofGuardians of the Galaxypledged their support to him, urging Disney to reverse their decision. Ultimately, the House of Mouse would come around, finally hiring back Gunn to helmGuardians 3as originally planned. However, because Gunn has since committed to first completingThe Suicide Squad, it looks like we’ll be getting theGuardianssequel much later than originally planned. Still, it’s better for Gunn to complete the trilogy later rather than not doing it at all, which was supposed to be the case when Disney gave him the pink slip.
Warner Bros. and DC will releaseThe Suicide Squadin theaters on Jul 23, 2025. Given Gunn’s involvement,The Suicide Squadis shaping up to be one of the most anticipated superhero projects to be in the works. With production expected to begin in September, more information about its cast and possible plot details is likely to start hitting the web this fall. This news comes to us fromDeadline.
