Releasing director's cut of 'Suicide Squad' would be 'incredibly cathartic': David Ayer

Suicide Squad director David Ayer says it would be "incredibly cathartic" to be able to finish and release his original version of 2016 film, which he believes is "better" than what audience has seen. Ayer wrote and directed DC movie, starring Jared Leto and Margot Robbie, but copy of film that was released in cinemas is said to be starkly different from his vision.

''Ayer Cut'' of Suicide Squad

Last week, fans began calling for ''Ayer Cut'' of Suicide Squad to be released, with director responding and saying it "may always be just a rumour". Ayer has w responded to why his unreleased version can't be shown on a platform like HBO Max. "This is a good question. My cut would be easy to complete. It would be incredibly cathartic for me.

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"It''s exhausting getting your ass kicked for a film that got Edward Scissorhands treatment. film I made has never been seen," filmmaker replied to a question on Twitter on Monday. In a response to ar question, Ayer said his cut "isn't apoosis of filmmaking", but was "simply better than what public has seen".

Suicide Squad also starred Will Smith, Joel Kinnaman, Cara Delevingne, and Viola Davis. It followed a group of DC supervillains who are recruited by a secret government ncy to execute dangerous black ops missions and save world from a powerful threat. Though film was a big commercial success for studio, Warner Bros, it was panned by critics. Ayer earlier said he could have directed a sequel to film but decided against it. w, a reboot of movie, titled Suicide Squad, is in production with director James Gunn. film is currently scheduled to be released in August 2021, although it is unclear if that will be affected by coronavirus pandemic. 

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