January 18, 2016 - 14:43 AMT
Star-studded anti-hero movie "Suicide Squad" unveils 1st poster

Director David Ayer debuted the first poster of his upcoming superhero movie "Suicide Squad" on Monday, January 17, AceShowbiz reports.

The poster illustrates the movie's lead characters such as Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney's Boomerang, Jared Leto's The Joker, Joel Kinnaman's Rick Flag, Karen Fukuhara's Katana, Cara Delevingne's Enchantres, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's Killer Croc, Jay Hernandez's Diablo, Will Smith's Deadshot and Adam Beach's Slipknot.

Some of the leading actors like Delevingne and Smith also shared some character posters. All of the posters were given same tagline: "Worst Heroes Ever."

The posters were debuted ahead of a new trailer which will be released on Tuesday, January 19. The movie's new footage will be shown as part of DC special which will air at 9 P.M. ET on The CW. In addition to showing the new footage, the event will share behind-the-scenes footage of other DC films like "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Wonder Woman".

"Suicide Squad" centers on a group of imprisoned villains who are recruited by the government to perform black operations in exchange for clemency. The anti-hero movie is due to arrive stateside on August 5.