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David Ayer to direct adaptation of Harlan Coben’s Six Years for Netflix

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Having handed over directorial duties on Bright 2 to Louis Leterrier, David Ayer has now added a new Netflix project to his slate in Six Years, an adaptation of the 2018 novel from Harlan Coben (The Stranger). The Amazon blurb for Six Years reads: Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love […]

Suicide Squad director is heartbroken that most of Jared Leto’s Joker work won’t be seen

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David Ayer, the director of Suicide Squad, says that his “heart breaks” for Jared Leto as most of his “magnificent” work as the Joker won’t be seen. It’s fair to say that Jared Leto’s performance as the Joker in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad didn’t live up to most people’s expectations. It’s true though that the […]

Suicide Squad director David Ayer confirms Joker fan theory

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David Ayer, the director of Suicide Squad, has confirmed a fan theory about Jared Leto’s Joker. The first attempt to bring Suicide Squad to the big screen certainly wasn’t a slam dunk, even if it did make some big bucks at the box office. One element fans didn’t respond too well to was Jared Leto’s […]

Suicide Squad director David Ayer explains The Joker’s grill and ‘Damaged’ tattoo

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During an interview with Empire, Suicide Squad director David Ayer has addressed one of the most controversial aspects of the DC supervillain team-up – The Joker’s tattoos and grill – explaining how they came about. “This is sort of my personal thing and maybe less about a larger connection,” said Ayer. “But Joker killed Robin […]

David Ayer discusses The Joker and Harley Quinn’s tattoos in Suicide Squad

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Warner Bros. has certainly done a fine job of building excitement for August’s Suicide Squad with a splendid marketing campaign for the DC Extended Universe supervillain team-up. However, things didn’t particularly  get off to the best of starts, with the first-look image of Jared Leto’s Joker coming in for some heavy criticism due to the […]

Margot Robbie and David Ayer talk Suicide Squad’s Harley Quinn

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With Harley Quinn set to make her big screen debut this August as part of Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad movie, actress Margot Robbie and director David Ayer have been speaking about the fan favourite DC character in an interview with Vogue. “She doesn’t even have superpowers,” states Robbie. “She’s just a psychopath who runs around […]

The Maze Runner screenwriter joins Netflix’s Bright 2

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With screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos kicking off production on his directorial debut Shrine, Discussing Film is reporting that The Maze Runner’s T.S. Nowlin has been brought in to co-write the script for Netflix’s Bright sequel. Along with all three instalments of The Maze Runner trilogy, Nowlin’s other screen credits include the sci-fi horror Phoenix Forgotten and […]

David Ayer offers an update on Netflix’s Bright 2

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The original Netflix fantasy film Bright debuted back in 2017 and even though it wasn’t praised critically, the streaming service announced that the film would be getting a sequel. However, more than two years of waiting for the film to enter production, director David Ayer has offered an updated on the upcoming sequel. In an interview […]

David Ayer says he had the opportunity the helm the Suicide Squad sequel

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Director David Ayer has revealed that after directing Suicide Squad back in 2016, he was offered the opportunity to helm the sequel but he decided to pass on the chance. “I had a chance to do it, but I went another way,” Ayer claimed in a recent interview with ComicBook.com after Fox’s presentation at TCA. However, […]