Remember how Will Smith won’t be returning to play Deadshot in James Gunn’s upcoming Suicide Squad sequel? Remember how Idris Elba was to instead be taking on the Deadshot role in this follow-up? Well, it turns out that all is not quite as it seems on that front.

Courtesy of Variety, a decision has been made to have Elba play a different character in the movie. The main reason behind this is that Warner Brothers and Gunn didn’t want to feel like they were disrespecting Smith, while also leaving the door open for the Fresh Prince to return as Floyd Lawton in any future feature.

Right now, it’s not know just which characters the powers-that-be have lined up for Idris Elba to play, although it will be somebody associated with the ragtag Task Force X team in the comics.

While it’s been expected that the majority of the first movie’s cast will be back – bar Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn and Will Smith’s Deadshot – it’s now been confirmed that Jai Courtney will be back as Captain Boomerang and Viola Davis will be reprising her role of Amanda Waller. In terms of new additions, King Shark, Ratcatcher, Polka-Dot Man and Peacemaker are joining the action in The Suicide Squad.

To be written and directed by James Gunn, The Suicide Squad – yes, this sequel to 2016’s Suicide Squad is bafflingly titled The Suicide Squad – it set for an August 2021 release. After production wraps on the sequel, Gunn will then turn his attention to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.