There’s a lot going on in the two trailers that have been released for James Gunn’s
The Suicide Squad. The spots are packed with obscure DC heroes and villains and more explosions and gore than you can shake a javelin at, so one might be forgiven for not thinking too much about the literal big bad that’s revealed in the red band trailer with a tech yelping “We got a kaiju up in here!”
Yes, it’s a giant killer starfish and you can be forgiven if you like me saw that and thought “well that makes sense for a movie with a talking shark” and moved on, but I’ve been informed by my old pal the internet that the giant killer starfish is actually character called Starro with a long DC history. You learn something new every day in this job. We even fantasized right here on The Mary Sue about Starro getting their own movie and the day is finally here!