At this point, it's no secret that Warner Bros. made some major changes to David Ayer's Suicide Squad, with multiple editing companies tasked with lightening the tone of the 2016 movie (which is why characters were introduced several times and the first twenty minutes or so were basically a music video). Now, though, the filmmaker has shared more detail on what happened.
As you can see below, Ayer recently shared a series of Tweets revealing more about what he endured during the making of the commercially successful, but critically panned DC Comics adaptation.
It seems the negative response to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the success of Deadpool sent Warner Bros. into panic mode and, as Ayer explains, "major elements of my cut were ripped out before I could mature the edit." He also reveals that comic book writer Geoff Johns wrote the pages the director was forced to reshoot, making this the second movie the Doomsday Clock scribe has got involved with much to the chagrin of who was behind the camera.
Ayer notes that the first 40 minutes of his Suicide Squad were "ripped to pieces," a shocking claim, but one that definitely makes sense.
Whether all this will lead to the "Ayer Cut" being released remains to be seen, but Warner Bros. is unlikely to appreciate how vocal the Suicide Squad helmer is being about these behind the scenes issues. Ultimately, it's just another PR nightmare for the DC Extended Universe.
About The Author:
Comic Book Reader. Film Lover. WWE and F1 Fan. Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic and ComicBookMovie.com's #1 contributor.