Comic-Con News: Setting the stage for next month’s release of the supervillain team-up film Suicide Squad, Warner Bros. released a three minute and 18 second sizzle reel that includes a fair amount of new footage.  There’s plenty action, but also humor and a bit of emotion, elements that were largely missing from super serious Batman v. Superman—and nothing to indicate that Suicide Squad won’t be the late summer smash that all the box office analysts (and comic book fans) are expecting.

With Suicide Squad opening nationwide on August 5, Warner Bros. has been stoking up the hype machine at San Diego (see “Suicide Squad Releases Character Specific Promos”).