Suicide Squad Director Teases A.R.G.U.S. With New Image

Suicide Squad director David Ayer released a photo that may be teasing the cinematic existence of one of DC Comics’ most significant acronym organizations, A.R.G.U.S. The photo seems to show a manual for Non-human Entity Joint Combat Operations (NHEJCO) stamped with the seal of the Department of Homeland Security and a blue and red seal that resembles that of A.R.G.U.S.

In the DC Comics universe, A.R.G.U.S. is a U.S. government agency run by Amanda Waller, who will be played by Viola Davis in Suicide Squad. The organization’s history is rumored to date back to the American Revolution, beginning as the Armed Revolutionaries Governing Under Secrecy and becoming the Anonymous Ranger Group of the United States following the war. In the modern day, they have shifted their focus to super-humans and been rechristened the Advanced Research Group Uniting Super-Humans.

The modern incarnation of A.R.G.U.S. is often led in the field by Steve Trevor. Trevor (played by Chris Pine) will be featured during the DCEU’s World War I era in Wonder Woman. Perhaps we’ll see Trevor involved with an early version of A.R.G.U.S., making him the DCEU equivalent of the Marvel cinematic universe’s Agent Peggy Carter, and making A.R.G.U.S. the DCEU equivalent of the MCU’s S.H.I.E.L.D, though that’s just speculation.

Suicide Squad will be the third installment of the DC Extended Universe, following Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The movie will introduce a new cinematic incarnation of iconic villain the Joker and will be the cinematic debut of the Joker’s sidekick/love interest, Harley Quinn. Filming began in April 2015 and concluded in August 2015.

In Suicide Squad, it feels good to be bad… Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?

Ayer both wrote and directed Suicide Squad. The film’s ensemble cast includes Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood, and Cara Delevingne.

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