‘Suicide Squad’ Director’s Cut
By George Robbins
There is absolutely no doubt in anyone’s minds that the DCEU is not a cinematic universe created with any real kind of direction in mind. This, in my opinion, is the reason why everything feels so out of place in that franchise, as well as the fact that executives apparently have a hard time allowing directors to do what they want. The movie production process is one that requires a discussion between directors and producers and not simply producers doing whatever they want. That way of thinking is generally how we end up with things like directors’ cuts in the first place since they are the films that the directors wanted to make to begin with. This does end up, however, working out for both the Director and executives in the end.
This doesn’t change the fact that the consumer can end up getting a piece of media in the end that is better than the original content. So it should be seen as a good thing that the divisive ‘Suicide Squad’ movie actually has a Director’s Cut in the works that is nearly finished. This movie was one that many people looked forward to seeing, but were worried about after having seen the trailer. That worry ended up being for good reason because the movie was a critical failure as far as many were concerned. Many were hoping for a far more interesting movie considering the source material and it was promoted as being similar to it in ways people were hoping for.
‘Suicide Squad’ director David Ayer has said that the director’s cut for the movie has not only been in the works for awhile, but it’s nearly finished with only some VFX work remaining. Ayer is trying to get the fanbase for his anti-hero movie to petition Warner Bros. the same way they had for the Snyder cut of ‘Justice League.’ He wants to be able to show the movie the way that he originally intended to have it shown. So without the help of people on the outside, he will not get to show his dream version of the movie he worked so hard on. There is no way of telling if it would be worth it to get that version released, but the same can be said about ‘Justice League.’ So, hopefully the new cut will be able to release and hopefully it will be better than the original if it is put out.