David Ayer Still Hopes His Original Vision of SUICIDE SQUAD Will Be Released One Day
Director David Ayer still hopes that one day his original cut of Suicide Squad will see the light of day. He recently shared a fan poster made for the film and he noted:
“I hope my real film can be shared one day. I appreciate the continued support and interest.”
I have no idea if Warner Bros. and DC Studios will ever release Ayer’s cut of the film. I’d be very surprised if they did, but anything is possible!
When Ayer was previously asked about his biggest Hollywood heartbreak, he explained that Suicide Squad broke him: “Hollywood — I tell people — is like watching someone you love get f**ked by someone you hate. The big one is Suicide Squad. That shit broke me. That handed me my ass.”
Every time he talks about this experience he always explains how the studio screwed him over. He went on to share how everything fell apart for the movie:
“Come right off Fury, right? I had the town in my hand — could’ve done anything, and I did do anything, and [I] go on this journey with [Suicide Squad]. And the same thing — authentic, truthful, let’s do all the rehearsal, let’s really get in each other’s souls.
“Let’s create this amazing, collaborative thing, right? And then Deadpool opened, right? And they never tested Batman v. Superman, so they were expecting a different result, and then they got hammered by all the critics. Then it’s like, ‘Okay, we’re going to turn David Ayer’s dark, soulful movie into a f**king comedy now.’”
When previously talking about his original cut of the film, the director said: “All I know is my unseen film plays much better than the studio release. The interest in my cut being show seems real and organic.”
The director once said that he would love a one-off “funeral screening” of the film to help him get some closure and move on.
He said: “That’s been the toughest part of my career. I made a great movie. I made an amazing film. I’ll go on record. Anyone wants to dispute that: Come look me in the eye.
“To have something I put so much love and so much heart into get taken away, reengineered… you know that Eric Andre meme where he shoots the guy and says, ‘Why’d you do that?’ That’s been like Suicide Squad. ‘Why’d you do that?’ I didn’t.”
He went on to talk about the criticisms he’s received for the film, saying: “Every time a new movie comes out in that space it starts up again. I get attacked for something that I didn’t do.
“It’s pretty unjust, and at the end of the day, at this point, I get it, it’s corporate America. It’s corporate IP. You know these are multi-billion dollar companies, but I think ripping the guts out of a filmmaker like that is is pretty unfair.”
When asked about the possibility of a one-off screening, Ayer said: “I would love a ‘last rites’ screening. A funeral screening, you know, even just bringing the cast and crew together to show them what they actually made. That that would be fair for everyone.”
Do you think that WB will ever release this thing?
I hope my real film can be shared one day. I appreciate the continued support and interest.
— David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) December 5, 2024
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