David Ayer Says His ‘Suicide Squad’ Director’s Cut “Will Change the Course of History”

It’s highly amusing following David Ayer ranting, for seven years now, about how he was done wrong by Warner Bros with his 2016 film “Suicide Squad.”

Ayer is now tweeting (or is it X-ing) that his director’s cut “will change the course of history.” Hilarious. Ayer had previously stated that the butchering of his original cut of ‘Suicide Squad’ was “like watching someone you love get fucked by someone you hate”.

Can someone please release the director’s cut already? This man is suffering. He’s probably been to therapy way too many times over this. He needs closure.

The story goes, according to Ayer, his words, that, after ‘Batman vs Superman,’ Warner Bros feared releasing another serious and dark superhero movie, which led the studio to heavily interfere with his vision and edit the cut of “Suicide Squad” that he had, focusing on the comedy instead of its darker undertones.

Should we believe Ayer when he says that his cut of “Suicide Squad” is “vastly better” than the theatrically released version? Purely based on the theatrical cut, nothing would indicate to me that a good movie is hidden somewhere inside that mess of visual debauchery.

With that being said, the #ReleaseTheAyerCut movement is real. There are many people out there who want to see it, especially after Ayer claimed his own cut was "ripped to pieces" by Warner Bros. And, know what? They’ll probably get it at some point. Ayer has definitely been hinting at his version seeing the light of day sometime soon.

Ayer‘s filmmaking career is one that fascinates and frustrates. Initially known for his hit screenplays (he wrote “Training Day,” and “The Fast and the Furious,” among many others), the 49-year-old director quickly managed to make his mark as a director with the gritty “Harsh Times,” “End of Watch” and, the underrated, “Fury.”

Ever since “Suicide Squad,” his career has taken a turn for the worst with the critical drubbings of “Bright,” “Sabotage” and “The Tax Collector.”