The premise

As the blitz trailer revealed, the Suicide Squad is formed by Amanda Waller as a response to the appearance of superheroes (and supervillains alike). Superman's name is mentioned, in a scene which reminds everybody (we believe, at least) of Bruce Wayne's paranoia.

But the Man of Steel is now dead "“ so when does the movie take place? Before or after this crucial event of the DCEU?

We are inclined to believe that it takes place before the events of Batman v Superman "“ it wouldn't be a first in the DCEU, seeing that Wonder Woman's solo flick will revolve around the First World War. And there are a couple of hints suggesting that.

The first one is that the Batmobile has no guns on it "“ which, of course, could also suggest that Batman has left aside his murderous ways and now is just catching the criminals. However, that same scene also involves the capture of Harley, maybe soon after her creation.

And, as we said before, there will be plenty of scenes taking place in flashbacks, scenes about the origins stories of the most important characters (we do see the Joker tormenting and changing the good doctor, just like we see him dropping her into the vat of chemicals, just to rescue her afterwards).

If Suicide Squad took place after Superman's death, then the Man of Steel wouldn't have been the reason named in that meeting. It would have been Wonder Woman, or even someone like Doomsday.