“I have loved the Suicide Squad since I was very young,” explains the film’s writer-director James Gunn says. “They’re one of my favorite groups of comic book anti-heroes. I’m always interested in people who have not lived their best lives and have an opportunity to become something better — a chance at redemption.

“Some of them take it, some don’t; it’s humanity in all its various degrees of morality, and I get to put it on screen in a really grand, exciting way,” he adds, “with aliens and monsters and a walking shark.”

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“Black Widow” cinematographer Gabriel Beristain worked to capture the human element of the film: “The director, Cate Shortland, and I took our cameras close to the emotion, while respecting the performance process.

“By using our three cameras and very little lighting, we took the audience as close as possible to those moments when the audience needed to have an emotional investment in the character.”

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