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David Ayer is upset over his Fast and Furious legacy: “I got nothing to show for it”

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With the conversation in Hollywood shifting to the mistreatment of writers, one filmmaker is adding his voice to the rally cries. David Ayer, writer of films like Training Day, Suicide Squad, and End of Watch, is opening up about his forgotten place in the history of The Fast and the Furious. Ayer penned the script […]

David Ayer isn’t giving up on Suicide Squad Director’s Cut, teases James Gunn blessing

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Suicide Squad came out in the summer of 2016, and believe it or not, it changed DC Studios forever. The film’s reception, along with the now infamous-studio meddling, led to a very polarizing film and shifted the course of all things DC for many years. For fans and filmmakers, this is a film we can’t […]

David Ayer opens up about his one Jared Leto Joker regret: “It’s the one aesthetic choice I wish I hadn’t made”

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We’ve known that 2016’s Suicide Squad had significant studio interference for quite some time. After the reception of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the film’s intense aesthetic, Warner Bros got quite nervous and changed things at the very last minute.  That has never sat well with director David Ayer, and he’s often spoken […]

James Gunn says DC Studios is open to David Ayer’s Suicide Squad and other DC fan requests

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As James Gunn enters the new era as the chief of DC Studios, he is looking to make friends with all sides of the fandom. During a Twitter thread on Sunday, Gunn took the social media platform to express that he plans on giving DC fans an experience like never before. With so many corners […]

David Ayer to direct Jason Statham in action flick The Beekeeper

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As we approach the 75th Cannes Film Festival, expect plenty of announcements regarding new films being shopped up-and-down the croisette, one of which is the intriguingly titled The Beekeeper, which will see Suicide Squad‘s David Ayer directing Jason Statham in a “fast-paced action-thriller”. Deadline report that the Miramax film will come from a spec script […]

Netflix not moving forward with Bright 2

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As the fallout from ‘the slap’ continues to see Will Smith’s future projects cancelled, you can now add the sequel to David Ayer’s Bright to the pile, because it has been revealed that Netflix have cancelled plans to move forward with a follow-up to the 2017 action-fantasy. One Netflix’s first big-hitters, Bright was critically mauled […]

Suicide Squad’s David Ayer shares alternate Joker and Harley Quinn images

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Although he’s said he’ll no longer be speaking publicly about the movie with regards to his issues with Warner Bros., director David Ayer seems happy to continue to give fans a peek behind-the-scenes of his 2016 DC supervillain team-up Suicide Squad, with the filmmaker sharing an early concept for Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, along with […]

Trailer for Bright: Samurai Soul, an anime spin-off of David Ayer’s Bright

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Things have gone pretty quiet when it comes to the chances of a live-action sequel to David Ayer’s blockbuster Netflix fantasy Bright, so the streaming giant have decided to expand the universe with an anime spin-off, casting Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ Simu Liu among its voice cast. Watch the trailer here… […]

Revisiting David Ayer’s Suicide Squad Five Years Later

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Shaun Munro revisits 2016’s Suicide Squad… James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is now in cinemas, but one way or another it likely wouldn’t exist without the release of 2016’s David Ayer-directed Suicide Squad. Despite pulling in a commendable $746.8 million worldwide, Ayer’s film was widely dunked-on by critics and received indifferently by audiences, with many dubbing it […]