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The Suicide Squad Bombs: Opening Total Beats Wonder Woman 1984 But Is Still Lower Than Expected

August 9, 2021

The Suicide Squad, a much-hyped release going in, posted the second-lowest opening in the DCEU this weekend at $26.5 million. Source: The Suicide Squad (2021), Warner Bros. Pictures Related: Audience Sco...

Director David Ayer Releases Statement Declaring That “The Studio Cut” Of Suicide Squad “Is Not My Movie”

JB Augustine

August 1, 2021

Movies

Though Suicide Squad’s production woes, such as the missing material involving Jared Leto’s Joker and the 40-minutes snipped from the film's total run time, are all well-documented, director David Ayer has main...

James Gunn Shares His Reaction to Being Temporarily Fired by Marvel, Explains Why the Jared Leto Joker Isn’t In The Suicide Squad

JB Augustine

July 29, 2021

Celebrity, Movies

In a massive interview with The New York Times given ahead of The Suicide Squad's release, director James Gunn has both detailed the events of his 2018 firing from Marvel and what it was like working on his upc...

Suicide Squad Editor David Hickman Reveals David Ayer’s Original Cut Had “Less Comedy” And Was “Much Darker”

JB Augustine

June 23, 2021

Movies

It’s been said enough to the point of becoming common knowledge, but David Ayer’s intended vision for the Suicide Squad wasn’t the film that was released in 2016. Source: Suicide Squad (2016), Warner Bros. ...

Jared Leto Clarifies Story He Gave a Dead Rat to Margot Robbie While Filming Suicide Squad

JB Augustine

February 14, 2021

Celebrity, Movies

Among the many stories from the set of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, the most infamous is perhaps that star Jared Leto gifted co-star Margot Robbie a dead rat, in a failed prank allegedly done in an attempt to ge...

James Gunn Says Warner Bros. “Never Once Slightly Interfered” With The Suicide Squad

JB Augustine

February 9, 2021

Movies

On the heels of comments made by Birds of Prey director Cathy Yan, who claimed that interference from Warner Bros. negatively impacted the Harley Quinn-led DCEU film, director James Gunn has revealed that his e...

Cathy Yan Cites Warner Bros.’s Creative Control As Reason Birds of Prey Failed

JB Augustine

February 8, 2021

Movies

Damage control for the performance of Birds of Prey continues a year after it came and went from theaters. Related: The Angry Birds Movie Actor Sean Penn Asks President Donald Trump To Take Cyanide...

Rumor: HBO Max Considering a Deadshot Spinoff Starring Will Smith

JB Augustine

November 13, 2020

Movies

It's clear Warner Bros. is saving Deadshot for when Suicide Squad star Will Smith is not busy, and a new rumor indicates they may have narrowed down where audiences will see him next. Related: Suicide Sq...

David Ayer Says Suicide Squad Was ‘Ripped to Pieces’ And Missing 40 Minutes Of Footage

JB Augustine

November 5, 2020

Movies

It's no secret by now the Suicide Squad released to theaters in 2016 wasn't what director David Ayer intended. What is still becoming crystal clear slowly is how severely his vision was corrupted. Respon...

James Gunn Reveals He Was Free to Kill Any Character in The Suicide Squad — Even Amanda Waller

JB Augustine

October 29, 2020

Movies

James Gunn is a noted horror director and, fair to say, familiar with the formula-breaking trope offered up in Psycho and Scream. The character you thought was the lead wound up killed off in the first act. ...

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