The Suicide Squad: James Gunn Talks the Creative Freedom of That R-Rating The Suicide Squad is the DCEU's wildest, weirdest, most R-rated project yet. Director James Gunn told us all about it. A couple of days. That’s how long director James Gunn had to wait before Warner Bros. and DC came calling in 2018. https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-suicide-squad-james-gunn-talks-the-creative-freedom-of-that-r-rating/