He also has experience adapting literary material into a feature length film from his work on Warm Bodies, so he could represent the right choice to translate Task Force X to the silver screen in a more faithful way than David Ayer ever could.
It’s also worth mentioning that Levine was at one time considered to take on the Spider-Man franchise, so there’s ample precedent for him to potentially work within the superhero genre.
By contrast, Jonathan Levine has considerably less experience with straightforward action, but his filmography is chock full of offbeat comedies that could easily match the tone and style necessary for a Suicide Squad movie.