David Ayer's Cut of SUICIDE SQUAD Might Be Coming To HBO Max

A lot of fans have been reaching out to director David Ayer and asking him questions about his Suicide Squad movie on Twitter, and the filmmaker has been happily answering them. In the process, he’s explained that the version of the film we saw was not his cut, but a cut of the film that the studio guided him to make. He explained that the audience and critical response to films such as Batman v Superman and Deadpool are to blame for his vision of Suicide Squad being changed.

When previously talking about the film, Ayer said: “My cut would be easy to complete. It would be incredibly cathartic for me. It’s exhausting getting your ass kicked for a film that got the Edward Scissorhands treatment. The film I made has never been seen.”

Well, it looks like Ayer might get a chance to share his original vision of the film with the fans. According to a report from DCEU Mythic, “they have begun talking about the possibility of releasing the cut at some point on HBO Max just like they’re doing with Zack Snyder’s Justice League. And the good news is doing so would be much easier (and cheaper) than the task of finishing the Snyder Cut.”

The report goes on to share some things that were in the original cut of the film, which included “a lot more Joker including a big fight with him in the subway.” It’s also explained that the beginning of the film “wasn’t edited like a music video, as all of the flashbacks happened in chronological order.” One of the most important aspects of his original cut was that there was “a very different and clear tone to the Joker and Harley’s relationship, which actually fits better with the opening of Birds of Prey.”

This report of talk of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad coming to HBO Max is just a rumor for now, but who knows! At this point anything is possible.