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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 […]

David Ayer says he’ll no longer speak publicly about Suicide Squad

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With James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad beginning its international rollout this weekend, filmmaker David Ayer has taken to social media to release a lengthy statement – apparently his final word – on 2016’s original Suicide Squad. Ayer reiterates his past comments that he believes he “made something amazing” with the film before Warner Bros. hacked up […]

Movie Review – Sabotage (2014)

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Sabotage, 2014. Directed by David Ayer. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams, Terence Howard, Joe Manganiello, Josh Holloway, Max Martini, Harold Perrineau and Mireille Enos. SYNOPSIS: Members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s post political return […]

David Ayer says he “made an amazing movie” with Suicide Squad

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Zack Snyder may have to got to see his original vision for Justice League shared with the world thanks to the release of The Snyder Cut, but it seems that opportunity isn’t being afforded to fellow DCEU director David Ayer and his original cut of Suicide Squad. WarnerMedia moved swiftly to crush the #ReleaseTheAyerCut campaign […]

WarnerMedia CEO says “we won’t be developing David Ayer’s cut” of Suicide Squad

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No sooner had WarnerMedia and HBO Max announced that they were allowing Zack Snyder to complete the Snyder Cut of Justice League than a section of the DC fanbase began calling for similar treatment for David Ayer and his 2016 supervillain team-up Suicide Squad. Ayer, who had reshoots and changes enforced on him by the […]

Joel Kinnaman lends his support to The Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad and Jared Leto’s Joker

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While it hasn’t been met with the same level of enthusiasm among fans as #ReleaseTheSnyderCut, the campaign for Warner Bros. to allow director David Ayer to release his original version of 2016’s Suicide Squad continues to attract attention, with Rick Flag actor Joel Kinnaman becoming the latest cast member to lend his support to Ayer’s […]

Suicide Squad director shares previously unseen footage of Jared Leto’s Joker

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While the #ReleaseTheAyerCut campaign hasn’t attracted the same level of support for that of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, director David Ayer has teased fans of the DC supervillain ensemble Suicide Squad by sharing a brief, three-second clip featuring Jared Leto’s Joker. The filmmaker’s original cut of the 2016 movie was subject to enforced reshoots and […]

Jared Leto talks Zack Snyder’s Justice League, David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, and Sony’s Morbius

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2021 is shaping up to be a pretty big year for Jared Leto on the comic book movie front; not only do we have the delayed release of Sony’s vampiric Marvel movie Morbius, but the Oscar-winner is also reportedly set to make his return as The Joker with a role in HBO Max’s Zack Snyder’s […]

James Gunn praises David Ayer for his Suicide Squad castings

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Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Suicide Squad franchise has been in the headlines often as of late, what with James Gunn now deep in post-production on next year’s The Suicide Squad, and David Ayer frequently commenting about his original cut of the first movie on social media as some fans look to mount a #ReleaseTheAyerCut […]

David Ayer says his cut of Suicide Squad “is f*cking amazing”

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While the release of the first trailer during the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International met with much enthusiasm and excitement from fans, it’s now widely accepted that Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Suicide Squad failed to deliver on its early promise. Like a number of DC projects – most notably, Zack Snyder’s Justice League – […]