Suicide Squad Director David Ayer Reveals That His Cut Was Too ‘Dark’ For The Studio

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With a “Snyder Cut” of Justice League being greenlit by HBO Max, Suicide Squad director David Ayer has been dropping hints that fans might one day see a different version of his maligned 2016 supervillain team-up movie.

Suicide Squad director David Ayer has continued his support for fans campaigning to see his original cut of the movie released, claiming studio scissor work “mistreated” Jared Leto and his take on The Joker.Ever since Warner Bros announced that Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League would be completed for HBO Max, fans have turned their attention to Ayer’s Suicide Squad.Leto’s performance was one of the most divisive aspects of the critically maligned 2016 superhero movie, delivering a vastly different take on the iconic villain.In response to a tweet about the ongoing #ReleaseTheAyerCut campaign, Ayer said that Leto’s performance had been “ripped out of the movie” in the edit.Jared was pretty mistreated during this.

Ever since Zack Snyder made the announcement that his much-hype cut of “Justice League” was going to be released on HBO Max in 2021, a certain contingent of fandom has seen their years-long battle as the first win in an overall war with studios. Fans are now rallying around folks like David Ayer in hopes that his cut of “Suicide Squad” will be released by HBO Max, as well as any other disputed version of a film that fans feel was interfered with by evil studio bosses.

With a “Snyder Cut” of Justice League being greenlit by HBO Max, Suicide Squad director David Ayer has been dropping hints that fans might one day see a different version of his maligned 2016 supervillain team-up movie.

Fans are campaigning for Ayer's cut of the 2016 film to be released

David Ayer claims that Jared Leto was "mistreated" in 'Suicide Squad'.

A few weeks ago, DC Extended Universe fans welcomed the announcement of Justice League Snyder Cut. The new version of the Justice League will bring Zack Snyder's original vision against the version released in 2017. Following the news, a few fans have begun campaigning to demand the OG version of Suicide Squad. The 2016 release was helmed by David Ayer and it featured Jared Leto as the Joker. While the movie wasn't a critical success, fans are now demanding the Suicide Squad Ayer Cut is released for it was reported that the theatrical release was different from the originally planned version. 

Leading up to the release of David Ayer’s “Suicide Squad,” there were a number of reports that said Warner Bros. was concerned about the tone of his film because of the negative reviews for Zack Snyder’s “Batman v.

“Suicide Squad” director David Ayer laments that following major reshoots and edits before its 2016 release, “My soulful drama was beaten into a ‘comedy.'”

The director once said releasing his original version would be "incredibly cathartic"

The Snyder Cut is real and hitting HBO Max sometime in 2021. And because fans are feeling like superheroes themselves, it appears that the same vocal outpouring of support that forced Warner Bros.

It didn’t even take a full day for the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut fandom to turn its focus on David Ayer and “Suicide Squad,” as #ReleaseTheAyerCut has become a trending topic on Twitter. With the success of its two-plus year campaign, the folks that were able to convince Warner Bros.

By Jordan Moreau

Fans have been campaigning for the director's version of the DC movie to be released

“Suicide Squad” director David Ayer is responding to the fan calls to #ReleaseTheAyerCut.

"My cut may always be just a rumour"