Written By Kieran Bugg
Additional scenes from Jared Leto and Ben Affleck highlight The Ayer Cut. Huge details from director David Ayer’s original cut of 2016’s Suicide Squad now appear online.
Back in 2016, hype for the first live-action Suicide Squad movie was astronomical. The trailers for the film were among the best for an upcoming comic book movie at the time. Moreover, it had impressive star power with the likes of Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Viola Davis in the cast.
In addition, Suicide Squad featured an ace director with David Ayer of Fury fame. Ayer also wrote the acclaimed Training Day.
It seemed like it would be impossible for Suicide Squad to disappoint. After all, the movie promised Jared Leto’s Joker and Ben Affleck’s Batman. How could it go wrong?
Report: Jared Leto And Ben Affleck Highlight The Ayer Cut
Image: Warner Bros.
Well, it did. Jared Leto and Ben Affleck barely appeared in it. Indeed, the movie would inevitably fall victim to studio interference. Likewise, with Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Warner Bros. tragically butchered Ayer’s original vision.
Since then, critics regarded Suicide Squad as one of the worst comic-book movies to date. After HBO Max unleashed ZSJL, fans immediately began campaigning for The Ayer Cut. Furthermore, a Twitter page dedicated to getting Warner Bros. to release The Ayer Cut was even started.
Recently, one of the account’s admins was lucky enough to witness Ayer’s original vision. This makes them one of the only people in the world to have seen the movie.
Ayer himself confirmed this before the admin revealed the news via the Release the Ayer Cut Twitter account. With this private viewing, key details about The Ayer Cut have been revealed.
Report: Jared Leto And Ben Affleck Highlight The Ayer Cut
Image: Warner Bros.
Via Small Screen, the admin revealed that:
- Compared to the theatrical cut’s two-hour, three-minute runtime, The Ayer Cut is 20 minutes longer.
- The story is vastly different from what the studio gave us.
- Ayer’s vision has a much deeper message.
- As in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Leto’s Joker is a scene stealer. As matter of fact, another report added that Leto’s Joker “stole the show.”
- And, best of all, there’s even more of Affleck’s Batman in the movie.
Already this sounds like a much better movie than what we got.