The former Augusta Richmond County Law Enforcement Center may face a wrecking ball one day, but not before it has its 15 minutes of fame.

The site, which closed as the city jail in 2014, will be the location on Oct. 15-16 for the upcoming movie code-named "El Dorado," according to Takiyah Douse, the city's Central Services Director. Various media outlets have reported the film will be a sequel to the 2016 DC comics super-villain movie "Suicide Squad."

Tweets from director and writer James Gunn, who is known for directing “Guardians of the Galaxy,” say the name of the film currently in production will be “The Suicide Squad.”

Tammy Smith Casting in Atlanta posted the calls for background actors for “El Dorado” in Augusta. The Warner Bros. picture began filming in the Atlanta area in September and is expected to wrap up in January 2020. So far, most of the casting calls have been for background actors for scenes involving military guerilla types, military officers, prisoners and guards, prostitutes and party-goers. Some have specified actors with weapons training and many of the posts required actors to look “Hispanic.”

Earlier this week, Jennifer Bowen with the Augusta Convention and Visitors Center confirmed a film project was coming to the area, but she did not say if there would be any additional days of filming beyond those October dates.

Augusta was the site for filming of the Clint Eastwood movie “The Mule” last year, but multiple independent films have also been shot in the Garden City in recent years. Earlier this year, the film “Tulsa,” which featured “Dukes of Hazzard” and “The Have and The Have Nots” actor John Schneider spent a month filming in Augusta.

In 2017, the independent sci-fi film, “Encounter,” with actor Luke Hemsworth, was filmed in Augusta. Released in 2018, the DVD hit the shelves of Walmart earlier this week, according to Denton Adkinson, a local cinematographer, who has worked on most of the independent film projects shot in the area. He said the jail was also used for eight days of filming in June for a project called “One Heart.”

While there may be paid background actors from Augusta in “The Suicide Squad,” it’s not as likely that there will be local production crew used for this film. If it’s a union production, Warner Bros. will probably bring its own crew members for the two-day shoot, he said. There is a union that covers the area, but Adkinson said not many area residents are union members.

On Sept. 13, Gunn tweeted a star-studded graphic with the line “don’t get too attached.” Among the stars in the movie are Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, Viola Davis, Nathan Fillion, John Cena and Pete Davidson. “The Suicide Squad” is set for a 2021 release.

The first movie, “Suicide Squad,” had a $175 million production budget. It pulled in $746.8 million at the box office.

Staff writer Jozsef Papp contributed to this article.