‘Suicide Squad’ Director David Ayer Says Studio Re-Editing His ‘Dark, Soulful Movie’ Into A Comedy ‘Broke’ Him

When it comes to Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts franchise filmmaker David Yates returning to the Max TV series, he tells Deadline, “Never say never.”

Brent Lang Executive Editor With “Pain Hustlers,” David Yates was ready to exchange Hogwarts for strip-mall medical offices. It was time for the British director behind many of the Harry Potter films and the “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” series to leave magic behind for a grittier look at muggledom. “Having spent such a long time making films about wizards, I wanted to do a film in the real world and a social-issue driven, but one that wasn’t too earnest and serious,” Yates says a week before the Netflix release debuts at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.

It was not just incomings that dominated the headlines at Old Trafford over the summer.

Usually, it’s the director looking to push the boundaries on a given film. With The Nun II, it was the audience who demanded a more extreme version of the movie.

One last story from Jon Bernthal’s podcast with David Ayer about “Suicide Squad.” Sorry, but this one’s full of juicy tidbits. OK, Bernthal has a podcast called “Real Ones,” where he brings his friends on mostly.

Quentin Tarantino is going to make his self-declared “final” film in his hometown of Los Angeles, and the Golden State is welcoming the Oscar winner with open and lucrative arms.

It’s a decent film, nowhere close to a masterpiece, but the stories of the making of David Ayer’s WWII tank drama “Fury” are nearly legendary. Ayer put his cast, including Brad Pitt, through a rigorous boot camp; they all took it very, very seriously, bonded, and seemingly all started acting the part of tough guy soldiers in real life when cameras weren’t even rolling.

David Zaslav said today that Warner Bros. Discovery had anticipated putting Hollywood strikes in the rear-view mirror this month, but with no end in sight, “We are really going to fight to get this resolved.”  

“I don’t know that much in particular about this dispute, but it feels like this is a moment,” said Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav about the current showdown between big cable provider Charter and the Disney.

The upcoming film, “The Exorcist: Believer,” holds significance for film fans for a number of reasons. First, we are just about one month past from the death of the original film’s director, William Friedkin, and secondly, we are 50 years past from the debut of the 1973 classic.

Denzel Washington is another star who likes to do his own stunts in his movies.

Despite its disputes being more than seven years old, David Ayer’s 2016 superhero film, “Suicide Squad,” continues to be a source of controversy for dejected fans online and a point of contention for the filmmaker. Part of it is because “Suicide Squad” was a vestige of the old Zach Snyder-led DC Universe, which is no more, and part of it is because the film was apparently tampered with beyond belief.

Bethesda fans are the “smartest” in the gaming space according to director Todd Howard, who thanked the community for their patience and passion for Starfield over the years.“Hey everyone! Long time lurker here,” said Howard in a post to the game’s subreddit yesterday (August 30).“A quick THANK YOU for your passion and excitement for Starfield. I can remember when this sub started, and as it’s grown, your excitement has fuelled all of us at Bethesda.

Suicide Squad is the biggest heartbreak in his career.The director, who has previously been outspoken about the 2016 film’s theatrical cut being “beaten into a comedy”, discussed the transformation from his original “dark, soulful movie” during an appearance on Jon Bernthal’s Real Ones podcast.Asked what his biggest heartbreak is in the film industry, Ayer said: “Hollywood – I tell people – is like watching someone you love get fucked by someone you hate. The big one is Suicide Squad.

David Ayer is looking back on one of his biggest movies, which wound up being one of his biggest disappointments – Suicide Squad.

David Ayer is recalling his feelings on Suicide Squad and says that the cut that was released of the film was his biggest Hollywood heartbreak.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director David Ayer appeared on the latest episode of Jon Bernthal’s “Real Ones” podcast and cited “Suicide Squad” as his biggest heartbreak in Hollywood. The director has been vocal over the last several years about the 2016 theatrical cut of “Suicide Squad” not being his preferred version of the film. That cut was widely panned by critics, but Ayer has long maintained that the studio changed the film’s entire tone from his original concept.

It’s crazy to think, but it has been over seven years since the release of David Ayer’s “Suicide Squad.” And though that film did amazingly well at the box office, the filmmaker has consistently spoken out about how Warner Bros. completely changed his film in post-production and released a bastardized version of his superhero film.

The “Fast And Furious” franchise may be one of the biggest in Hollywood at the moment, but one of its original creators feels like it’s left him behind. EW reports that David Ayer, who penned the the first film in the blockbuster series, “The Fast And The Furious,” said he has “nothing to show,” for writing the picture.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Writers Guild of America told members Wednesday that the latest offer from the studios is “not yet good enough,” and said that it would continue to fight to address “existential threats” to the writing profession. In an email, the WGA picked out half a dozen areas where it believes the studio offer falls short. The guild noted that the studios are willing to enshrine the concept of a TV staff size in the contract for the first time.