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Movie Review – The Tax Collector (2020)

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The Tax Collector, 2020. Written and Directed by David Ayer. Starring Bobby Soto, Shia LaBeouf, Conejo, Lana Parrilla, Elpidia Carrillo, Chelsea Rendon, Cinthya Bornacelli, George Lopez, Cheyenne Rae Hernandez, Noemi Gonzalez, Gabriela Flores, and Rene Moran. SYNOPSIS: A “tax collector” for a crime lord finds his family’s safety compromised when his boss’ old rival shows […]

Suicide Squad’s David Ayer reveals climactic Joker scene we “were not permitted to see”

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David Ayer, the director of Suicide Squad, has revealed a climactic Joker scene that was cut from the film after being shot. It is no secret that David Ayer isn’t happy with what Warner Bros. did to his Suicide Squad movie. Ever since Zack Snyder’s Justice League was announced, Ayer has been campaigning for his […]

Suicide Squad director confirms what he actually wanted Enchantress to look like

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David Ayer, the director of Suicide Squad, has confirmed what he actually wanted Enchantress to look like in the movie. Director of the DC Extended Universe movie Suicide Squad, David Ayer, has made it clear that the film that reached cinemas wasn’t what he set out to make. He is even pushing for WB to […]

Suicide Squad director urges fans to ask HBO Max about the ‘Ayer Cut’

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It may have taken close to three years, but the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut fan campaign achieved its ambition when it was announced in May that Zack Snyder’s Justice League is set to arrive on the HBO Max streaming service in 2021. Almost as soon as the news broke, some fans of the DC Extended Universe began lobbying […]

First trailer, poster and images for David Ayer’s The Tax Collector starring Shia LaBeouf

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RLJE Films has debuted the first trailer, poster and images for writer-director David Ayer’s upcoming crime thriller The Tax Collector which stars Ayer’s Fury star Shia LaBeouf as a man who finds himself fighting to protect his family when the rival of his crime lord boss returns to L.A., upending his business. Joining LaBeouf in […]

Jared Leto was “mistreated” and his Joker performance “ripped out of” Suicide Squad says director David Ayer

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David Ayer, the director of Suicide Squad, says that Jared Leto was “mistreated” and his Joker performance was “ripped out of the movie.” Since HBO Max announced that Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be released, a similar fan movement for David Ayer’s Suicide Squad has emerged. His film was changed dramatically from his initial vision, […]

Birds of Prey director Cathy Yan sympathises with David Ayer over Suicide Squad reshoots

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Cathy Yan, the director of Birds of Prey, says she sympathises with David Ayer over the troubled production of Suicide Squad. With the news that Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be made public, other directors in the comic book movie sphere have discussed their own troubled productions. One of these is Suicide Squad director David […]

David Ayer on Suicide Squad reshoots: “Imagine if Joker was reshot and recut because it was too dark”

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David Ayer has recently joined a movement, started by fans of his Suicide Squad film, in hopes of replicating the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut campaign and convincing Warner Bros. to release the director’s original version of the 2016 DC movie, prior to studio-enforced reshoots and recutting. The filmmaker has been actively discussing ‘The Ayer Cut’ of Suicide Squad […]

Suicide Squad director says ‘The Ayer Cut’ release would be “incredibly cathartic”

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It seems like Zack Snyder’s Justice League coming to HBO Max opened the flood gates for filmmakers wanting to see their original visions, and it seems that David Ayer, director of 2016’s Suicide Squad, is hoping to see his film get the same treatment as Snyder’s much-talked-about cut of Justice League. Recently on Twitter, Ayer […]

Suicide Squad director David Ayer shares new Joker deleted scene image

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Amid renewed interest in his cut of the film following the announcement that Zack Snyder’s Justice League is coming to HBO Max, Suicide Squad director David Ayer has shared a previously unseen image from the original third act of his version of the 2016 DCEU supervillain team-up featuring Jared Leto’s Joker, which shows the Clown […]