Over the past several years director David Ayer has talked about his true cut of Suicide Squad and how much better it is than the version of the film the studio released. He got a lot of fans hyped to see this epic vision of Suicide Squad, but the filmmaker has confirmed that he’s “Done with DC” and that he will no longer pushing for his Suicide Squad extended cut.
Following his initial post on X, saying “I’m done with DC,” a fan asked if he was still going to petition for the Suicide Squad extended cut to be released, and he said: “Nope. Done and done. Very sad. You’ll be fine after a good cry. I feel healthier. It’s a wound that needs to heal.”
Ayer was then asked if the whole DC Studios revamp had anything to do with his giving up on the Suicide Squad director’s cut, and he said: “Nothing about the situation feels good. [The] studio has no interest in releasing it. It’s time to run and not look back.”
In another post, Ayer added: “Don’t need to be walking around with a begging bowl. Gonna protect my heart more moving forward.”
It sounds like the filmmaker had some hard truths slapped on him after saying that his Suicide Squad director’s cut “was coming.” It’s kind of a bummer to hear, but life does go on.
When Ayer was previously asked about his biggest Hollywood heartbreak, he went on to explain that Suicide Squad broke him, saying: “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.”
You can tell he hated that experience. Every time he talks about it, every time he responds to a fan about it, he tries to explain his best that 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. And Gunn told me it would have it’s time to be shared. He absolutely deserves to launch his DC universe without more drama about old projects. In a way I’m chained to this thing. I’m riding a tiger here and navigating this situation the best I can. Life is a very strange journey.”
So, now it’s time to just let it go. We’re never going to see Ayer’s original vision of Suicide Squad.
