( CNN ) -- There 's another casting rumor going around about `` Suicide Squad , '' and this one is a doozy . According to Latino-Review , Viola Davis is said to be in negotiations to land the role of Amanda Waller in the upcoming movie , which is based on the DC Comics series . Studio Warner Bros. Pictures , which shares a parent company with CNN , has already announced some of `` Suicide Squad 's '' cast . Jared Leto will play the Joker , Will Smith will portray Deadshot , and Margot Robbie has been cast as the Joker 's girlfriend , Harley Quinn . Jared Leto is Joker , Will Smith is Deadshot in 'Suicide Squad ' One lingering casting announcement is that of Waller , the government agent who heads up `` Suicide Squad 's '' team of villainous antiheroes . Davis has long been thought of as a contender for the role , along with Oprah Winfrey and Octavia Spencer . Should Davis be made an official member of the cast , she 'll have to clear room in an already packed schedule . In addition to appearing in two dramatic films slated for release in 2015 , she 's also now the star of ABC 's hit drama `` How To Get Away with Murder '' -- a show that 's given Davis the kind of meaty leading role she 'd been waiting for . `` I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden , mammy-ish , '' Davis told The New York Times ' Magazine in September . `` A lot of lawyers or doctors who have names but absolutely no lives . You 're going to get your three or four scenes , you 're not going to be able to show what you can do . You 're going to get your little bitty paycheck , and then you 're going to be hungry for your next role , which is going to be absolutely the same . That 's the truth . '' If nothing else , playing Amanda Waller would definitely be a change of pace . In addition to Leto , Smith and Robbie , `` Suicide Squad '' also stars Tom Hardy as Rick Flagg , Jai Courtney as Boomerang and Cara Delevingne as Enchantress . The movie 's scheduled to arrive in theaters on August 5 , 2016 .
Viola Davis might be cast as Amanda Waller . Reports say she 's close to landing the part . It would be something different than what she 's done in the past .