Suicide Squad: 10 Major New Details You Need To Know About The Ayer Cut

Despite current world events, James Gunn's The Suicide Squad is still set to be released next August. The filmmaker has confirmed that post-production is taking place remotely, while shooting finished long before productions were forced to close down. It's expected to serve as a reboot of the franchise, albeit with some of the characters from the first instalment (Harley Quinn, for example).

Surely, though, he doesn't want a competing Suicide Squad movie also coming out in 2021? "I'd be okay with whatever [David Ayer] [and] Warners wanted to release with that no problem," he recently admitted to a fan on Twitter, confirming that this original cut being seeing wouldn't be an issue.

That's certainly unexpected (a surprised Ayer responded with "James, I really appreciate that, however this crazy ride unfolds"), especially if David Ayer's Suicide Squad is no better than the theatrical version. After all, moviegoers sitting through a crappy Suicide Squad movie before The Suicide Squad is released isn't exactly going to heighten interest in the sequel. If it's good, though, it could help it!