( The Hollywood Reporter ) Oscar-winning rapper-turned-actor Common has closed a deal to join the cast of `` Suicide Squad , '' Warner Bros. ' all-star action movie featuring DC Entertainment super-villains . David Ayer is directing the feature , which already boasts actors Jared Leto as the Joker , Will Smith as Deadshot and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn . Also in the lineup are Joel Kinnaman , Cara Delevingne , Viola David , Adam Beach , Ike Barinholtz , Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Scott Eastwood . There will also possibly be cameos of Jesse Eisenberg who plays Lex Luthor and Ben Affleck as Batman in `` Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice , '' who are rumored to appear as Warners builds its own cinematic universe . Hollywood Reporter : 'Suicide Squad ' is 'Dirty Dozen ' with supervillains . The story tells of imprisoned villains recruited by a government agency to perform covert operations . Details for Common 's role have not been revealed . Warners had no comment on the deal . The movie is in production in Toronto . Common is currently on screen with Warners ' Liam Neeson thriller `` Run All Night '' and was part of the cast for acclaimed civil rights movie `` Selma . '' For the latter he won an Oscar for best original song , which he shared with John Legend . He is due to shoot Relativity 's `` Hunter Killer '' with Gerard Butler in July . Hollywood Reporter : What happens when 'Star Wars ' is just a war film ? He is repped by CAA and Myman Greenspan . Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment are both units of Time Warner , as is CNN . ©2015 The Hollywood Reporter . All rights reserved .
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