comical Koran movies have long had a weird legacy ; as io9 pointed out recently , Fantastic Fourrebootshave been come about approximately once a decade since the nineties . But the slip of DC’sThe Suicide Squadis an peculiarity all its own . David Ayer ’s film arrived in 2016 and relent underwhelming results ; then , James Gunn madeSuicide Squad , a sort - of subsequence that fared much well , in 2021 . Shortly before the latter plastic film ’s release , Ayer spoke upabout howthe film that dispatch theaterswasn’t congressman ofhis intended adaptation — and it ’s a matter he ’s returned toover the years , include this hebdomad .
For circumstance , 2021 was the yearZack Snyder ’s Justice League , aka “ the Snyder cut , ” ultimately see the light of day after much fan agitation andmillions ofadditional Warner Bros. bucks . So when Ayer first brought up the idea of “ the Ayer cut ” ofThe Suicide Squad , the mind did n’t seem so far - fetched . But a lot has changed in the movie biz since 2021 ; Gunn is now the co - pass of DC Studios , and Warner Bros. is far more interested insaving moneythan seemingly ever before .
In early 2024 , Gunn spoke tothe Hollywood Reporterabout hisThe Suicide Squadcut ; he ’d talked to Gunn about it when Gunn took over at DC , but had n’t pick up any updates since . “ I can take the hint . It ’s been radio silent , and I ’m done pushing a rock uphill , ” he told the trade then , emphasizing that he ’d moved on to other projects .
David Ayer directing Margot Robbie in 2016’s The Suicide Squad.© Warner Bros.
In a new interview withTHRpublished this week , he revisited those remark . While he said he ’s gotten no late update from the studio apartment ( “ When I did mouth with James [ Gunn ] , he want to [ first ] get some scores on the board . DC has its chronicle and its bequest , and it ’s taking some work to restore that IP and get it moving in the direction they want . So it ’s absolutely fair for them to do that ” ) , he also had a bite of “ never say never ” to add to that .
“ Maybe with enough time , it ’ll be date as a more nostalgic thing . But just for the saki of everybody that worked on [ 2016’sSuicide Squad ] , it really does merit to be seen , ” Ayer said . “ I am unbelievably proud of the work I did there . But at the same clip , it ’s not my IP , and it ’s not my studio . So I absolutely empathise what James is doing , and I believe he ’s going to have some real successes with the lane he ’s going down . ”
It ’s for certain clear he has a good relationship with Gunn ; perhaps that ’ll aid tip the graduated table in the futurity ifThe Suicide Squadever gets a revisit . So how different would his version have been ? Ayer explicate : “ A portion of the major element got vetoed too soon on . The bake - off was then my version oftheircut and their reading of their cut . My version mostly deliver the goods , but it still was not the movie I made at all . ”
What do you suppose : bring out the Ayer cut or letThe Suicide Squadrest in peace ?
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