David Ayer Slams Studio Cut of ‘Suicide Squad,’ Praises James Gunn’s New Movie

After watching James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad,” you really can’t imagine the team fighting any other villain than Starro. The giant, colorful, frankly ridiculous alien starfish fits perfectly with the tone set forth through the first two acts of Gunn’s superhero film.

Warner Bros. might not be jumping up and down about the box office return of “The Suicide Squad,” however, WarnerMedia seemed happy enough to give James Gunn his own spinoff HBO Max series “Peacemaker” and have indicated they want him to make more films for them.

This article contains spoilers for “The Suicide Squad”As expected, there was a whole lot of death in James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad.” And though it was hard for fans, the squad members themselves were largely unphased by most of them, save for Rick Flag’s. But there was one other death that really hit home for both fans and Polka Dot Man in particular — Milton.But let’s be honest: Polka Dot Man’s reaction was just…logical.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“The Suicide Squad,” the R-rated comic book adaptation directed by James Gunn, underwhelmed in its box office debut, collecting $26.5 million from 4,002 North American theaters.Those ticket sales were easily enough to lead domestic box office charts despite falling short of expectations heading into the weekend.

We left our three year old at home and went with our oldest two – ages 8 and 6 – to go see James Gunn‘s new The Suicide Squad movie starring Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, John Cena and more. There were tears! It was… a lot. Watch to check out our thoughts!

David Ayer who? If you’re the folks at Warner Bros. and DC Films, that’s the exact question they want audiences to ask after seeing James Gunn’s latest film, “The Suicide Squad.” Though Ayer did, technically, make a “Suicide Squad” film back in 2016 (though it might not conform to his exact vision), the studio behind that feature is hoping you have selective amnesia and embrace what is happening in Gunn’s reinvention of the misfit supervillain troupe, Task Force X.

And when I say major spoilers, I'm talking who lives, who dies, spoiling-the-end-of-the-movie MAJOR spoilers.

Warning: this post contains spoilers for “The Suicide Squad”There have been a number of actors who have popped up in movies based on both Marvel and DC Comics properties, and “The Suicide Squad” has a couple of its own to add to the list: David Dastmalchian, who was also in “Ant-Man and The Wasp,” as well as a surprise cameo appearance by someone director James Gunn brought over from his “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies.Director James Gunn made an appearance on the latest episode of the Happy

Taika Waititi's name was part of the original cast announcement for James Gunn's semi-sequel, semi-reboot, totally-its-own-thing take on. But when the director eventually unveiled who was playing who in the movie, Waititi's role went conspicuously undisclosed.At the time, we predicted perhaps Waititi would voice King Shark (though that was revealed to be none other than Sly Stallone).

James Gunn, the director of the new The Suicide Squad movie, went on the Happy Sad Confused podcast and revealed his thoughts on those infamous Martin Scorsese comments about the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

disagree with me on this). The original’s director, David Ayer, who has never delivered a decent film, has been scrapped and replaced by James Gunn of “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Most of the earlier movie’s cast and characters have also sat this one out.Running time: 132 minutes.

Martin Scorsese’s criticism of Marvel films, after the director previously stated they were “not cinema”.In 2019, Scorsese divided audiences after comparing comic-book movies, like Marvel’s Avengers and Spider-Man, to theme parks, saying: “It isn’t the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being.” He later elaborated on his stance in a New York Times essay.Gunn, director of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and DC’s The Suicide Squad, has

A great comic book movie requires a lot of elements to fall into place. You need a great special effects team, at least one compelling hero or antihero to rally behind for two hours, and a snappy script peppered with engaging action.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— The 2016 David Ayer-directed “Suicide Squad” may have been rock bottom for Warner Bros.'s DC Comics universe, but the follow-up/rebuild by James Gunn might be a high point.

With James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” arriving in theaters and HBO Max this weekend, there’s going to be a lot of talk about the new villains (or anti-heroes, if you prefer) that show up in the DC superhero film. And while you should really be excited for Idris Elba’s Bloodsport and David Dastmalchian’s scene-stealing Polka-Dot Man, many fans will have a keen eye on John Cena’s Peacemaker, as that character is already lined up for his own HBO Max series.

James Gunn knows how to keep a good thing going. After breaking out with, the writer-director-fanboy auteur was brought up from the indies for Marvel's and its sequel,.

The Suicide Squad‘s James Gunn has opened up about how he uses music in his films.The filmmaker, whose Marvel film Guardians Of The Galaxy featured a soundtrack of iconic 1970s hits, spoke to NME on the matter of music.“I write all of the songs into the screenplay, and then those songs we play on set as we do the scenes,” the filmmaker revealed.“So when you see them walk through the rain to Pixies‘ ‘Hey’, we have Pixies’ ‘Hey’ blasting on set.”He continued: “Not only do I have the songs that I

took to Twitter to defend his original idea for the film just one week before the release of James Gunn’s upcoming retooling, aptly titled “The Suicide Squad,” which has already received significant praise from critics. Many have compared Gunn’s version to Ayer’s disappointing effort, which Ayer claims is not fully his work.“I don’t know what quit is.

The Suicide Squad star Idris Elba has laid out the differences between the film and its 2016 predecessor.Speaking to NME on the day of the film’s release (July 30), Elba said that the differences ultimately come down to James Gunn and David Ayer’s contrasting approaches to the franchise.“I think fans will appreciate that these are two great filmmakers who attacked it differently,” he said.He added that he felt fans would “take some comfort in the fact that James Gunn is an absolute almanac for