The COVID-19 Pandemic has been affecting the movie industry, but not just in regards to delays. Even films that were currently in production have halted their production due to studios encouraging social distancing during this pandemic. This means that films slated for 2021 releases like Matt Reeves’ The Batman will be pushed back depending on how much longer the coronavirus will last. Fortunately, there’s one DC film still set for 2021, as James Gunn reassured that his upcoming DC project The Suicide Squad will not be delayed for the time being.

Right now there’s no reason for #TheSuicideSquad release date to move. We are on or ahead of schedule. We were extremely fortunate to wrap shooting & set up editing from our homes (due to a post production team & studio with foresight) before quarantine. https://t.co/URRFXX58r3

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) April 12, 2020

The news came about when Gunn was responding to some questions on his Twitter page, amongst them the status of The Suicide Squad‘s production. He was asked if the film was expected to be pushed back and replied by saying that, due to production being ahead of schedule, there is no reason to delay the film yet. “We were extremely fortunate to wrap shooting and set up editing from our homes (due to a post production team and studio with foresight) before quarantine,” Gunn stated in his reply.

I wish we were but, as you might imagine, although editing #TheSuicideSquad has been pretty smooth in the time of quarantine (I’m working on the cut right now), there are a lot of other factors slowed – some of those related to releasing images, trailers, etc. https://t.co/Mk64ax3fUu

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) April 12, 2020

While The Suicide Squad has been a lot further into production, Gunn also told fans not to expect any first look images or trailers anytime soon. Gunn did mention, however, that he has been working on cutting the film right now and editing  has been very smooth, stating that there are other factors slowing down any image or trailer releases. Hopefully if things are much better in the coming months, The Suicide Squad will not have to go through any delays before its release.

The Suicide Squad is set for release August 6th 2021.