David Ayer Has Praised James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ Trailer
By George Robbins
This previous weekend was a big weekend for DC in general given that it was the first time ever that DC FanDome has taken place. Overall, DC FanDome was a massive success and they didn’t really have any issues when it came to how the convention ran. This means that they successfully managed to put together an entirely online event without any massive issues that would normally plague an all-online event of such a scale. Movies that have been shown off this past weekend were all films that people were looking forward to seeing something for. Among the movies that were shown was one that had mixed feelings before anything had been shown for it and that was ‘The Suicide Squad.’
This upcoming movie is also known as ‘Suicide Squad 2’ so that it can be more easily distinguished from its predecessor, but it is meant to be an entirely different film. Director James Gunn has said that this choice of title was one made by an executive that liked the title ‘The Suicide Squad’ when Gunn made the title as a joke. Thus we now have ‘The Suicide Squad’ instead of simply ‘Suicide Squad 2’ but it is easily distinguishable based off what we’ve seen of it recently. The first film was torn apart by fans and critics alike even before its release due to the trailer for the first film. The issue with it was the fact that the studio apparently interfered and changed much of the movie after it was already done.
Now it would seem that this upcoming film will be one that is wholly different from the first film and this is something that was made clear when Gunn was revealed to be the director. Gunn is well known for his work on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy‘ and its sequel which are both well-regarded films that are also very stylish. It became much more apparent that this upcoming sequel will be an interesting change when the trailer dropped for the new sequel this past weekend. Gunn’s film won’t directly continue Ayer’s storyline but will feature some of the same characters and Ayer has been supportive of Gunn’s upcoming version of the film. Ayer did not want to return to direct a sequel and thus Gunn took his place and made it known that his version of the film would not have any interference. To show support, Ayer said on social media that he thought the trailer for the new film looked good and the film itself looks good as well.