“It’s over with DC”: checkmate for “Ayer’s Cut”

David Ayer cuts ties with DC

In a series of tweets, most of which have since been deleted, David Ayer announced on January 4 that he was effectively done with DC. In other words, he will not have the opportunity to return to the new extended universe developed by James Gunn, now in charge together with Peter Safran of DC Studios. And as far as the past goes, he is the end of his long crusade aimed at producing theAyer cut” from his 2016 film Suicide squad.

If the story is legitimately painful for David Ayer, for the rest it is a general relief. The previous DCEU had a complicated and very uneven history, and its image suffered from tensions between Warner Bros. and Zack Snyder, crystallized by the conflict over the film Justice League released in 2017 and the famous Zack Snyder’s Justice League released in 2021. Struck by family drama in 2017, Zack Snyder was unable to finish filming Justice Leaguethen taken up by Joss Whedon who did something completely different.

Inspired by the phenomenon ofZack Snyder’s cut“, David Ayer also tried to release his version of his film Suicide squad. The 2016 film, which brought together the “villains” of the DC universe, was a major success at the global box office with almost $750 million of recipes. But reviews were negative, and shortly after its release David Ayer explained that Warner Bros. had changed his film during editing and post-production, not respecting his vision.

Finished for “Ayer’s Cut”

Therefore, like Zack Snyder, David Ayer campaigned for the release of a potential film David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. Many fans and actors from the film such as Will Smith and Jared Leto joined him in this movement. The latter played a quirky, freewheeling Joker, and would be one of the characters to be most affected by the studio’s decisions. But as David Ayer wrote in X, This time it’s over.

In a reply, since deleted, where one user asked him if he would continue to fight for the release of Ayer’s CutDavid Ayer said: “NO. It’s over. Very sad. Everything will be fine after a good cry. I feel better. It’s a wound that needs to be healed.” And in another response, when asked if James Gunn’s arrival at the helm of DC had anything to do with this decision: “Nothing is right in this situation. The studios do not intend to release it (his version, ed.). It’s time to leave and never look back.”

The arrival of James Gunn, who will direct it in 2021, is obvious The suicide squada sequel to the 2016 film appeared primarily as a restart -, who came to make a clean sweep of the DCEU, both artistically and behind the scenes, would certainly have done so bury the project of this Ayer cut.

The decision comes at the right time for David Ayer. Indeed, his film The beekeeper starring Jason Statham will be released in American theaters on January 12, 2024, perhaps before the worldwide release on Prime Video. The opportunity to finally move forward.

Source: Cine Serie

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