Clever Suicide Squad Easter Egg Revealed

New photos have surfaced from the set of David Ayer's Suicide Squad movie and they reveal the director has inserted an easter egg to show respect to the father of the modern day Suicide Squad. A building being used in the film has been named after John Ostrander.

Suicide Squad was first introduced in 1959's The Brave and the Bold #25, but the modern day version we know and love didn't take shape until comic book writer John Ostrander revived it in 1987's Legends #3. Ostrander was the primary writer on the series from the late '80s until the early '90s. During his run, he established Amanda Waller's secret task force that sent out lower tier DC villains on suicide missions. If they survived they would have their sentences reduced. Ostrander modeled the series after the classic 1967 World War II film The Dirty Dozen. In 2007, he returned to the property with an 8-issue miniseries.

Check out the Ostrander easter eggs in the tweet below.

In T.O. #SuicideSquad filming overnight Sat. on Bay from Queen to King & overnight Sun. on Bloor from Bay to Avenue. pic.twitter.com/Y3He6f9Y8e

— John R Kennedy (@GlobalJRK) May 9, 2015

The cast includes Jared Leto as The Joker, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Will Smith as Deadshot, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag and Cara Delevingne as Enchantress. Viola Davis will play Amanda Waller.

Suicide Squad is being directed by David Ayer and is set to be released August 5, 2016.

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