Tag: David Ayer

Suicide Squad Extended Cut Announcement Trailer Released

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Warner Bros. has released a new trailer announcing the extended cut of Suicide Squad. No further details about the content of the Suicide Squad Extended Cut were released, but it is most likely similar in concept to the Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition, which restored many scenes that were removed from the film’s theatrical release during editing. We know that much of Jared Leto’s performance as the Joker was cut from Suicide Squad’s theatrical release and that director David Ayer’s original cut of the film was heavily…

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David Ayer Explains Robin & Joker Connection

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We get some backstory on Batman, the dead Robin Jason Todd, and Joker in the DCEU. Empire caught up with Suicide Squad director David Ayer who offers up the reason why Joker has certain tattoos as well as why he wears a teeth grill, which has to do with what went down with Robin. “This is sort of my personal thing and maybe less about a larger connection,” Ayer said. “But Joker killed Robin and Batman basically smashes his teeth out and locks him up in Arkham Asylum. It’s in…

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David Ayer Reacts to Negative Reviews

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When noon struck on Aug. 2, the Suicide Squad review embargo ended, bringing a whole new wave of critical scorn and disappointment from fans upon DC. While it didn’t take long for a gloomy picture to get painted on Rotten Tomatoes, it didn’t take long for writer/director David Ayer to defend his film either. Ayer first responded on Twitter by repeating a quote from Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapta, translating to “I’d prefer to die on my feet than to live on my knees.” Ayer then tweeted in English without quoting…

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David Ayer shoots down Suicide Squad fan theory

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Since the first look at Jared Leto’s Joker from Suicide Squad debuted (along with the defaced Robin costume from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) there has been a fan theory with growing popularity: the Clown Prince of Crime is actually the former Boy Wonder gone bad. What began as simple postulating online quickly gained traction, but director David Ayer is here to derail that train. Speaking with WSVN-TV, Ayer shot down the fan theory when asked what the most ridiculous rumor he heard about Suicide Squad was. “It ain’t…

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Trailer 2 for “Suicide Squad”

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Directed by David Ayer and starring Jared Leto, Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Ben Affleck and many others, “Suicide Squad” hits screens on August 5. Amanda Waller has put together the baddest of the bad in this Suicide Squad. How can she control these baddies to do something good for society when they are crazy wicked from the maximum prison built just to hold them and others of their kind. How deserate is the government to use them. Are they expendible and how does Waller…

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