Joel Kinnaman in early Suicide Squad negotiations

Rumor has it that Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) is in early negotiations to replace Tom Hardy as Rick Flagg in the upcoming Suicide Squad film. Hardy was scheduled to play the group's leader, but he backed out a couple weeks ago due to scheduling conflicts and apparently he had issues with the script, too.

Kinnaman hit the big scene after starring in AMC's The Killing and he was the male lead in the recent RoboCop reboot. I didn't see either the show or the movie, so I have no opinion on whether he would be a good replacement for Tom Hardy. If he does wind up getting the role he will join the existing cast of Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Jai Courtney, and Cara Delevigne.

The Killing canceled for the second time

After being revived by AMC for a third season, the network has decided to pull the plug on The Killing. The show was originally canceled by AMC after the second season due to poor viewer numbers and overall negative reviews. After yet another season of the same old story it is gone for good.

It will be interesting to see what out of this world show AMC replaces The Killing's time slot with. Either that or if an on-demand network, like Netflix, will pick it up for the few people who enjoyed it.