‘Suicide Squad’ Director David Ayer Says His Film Isn’t In Continuity With James Gunn’s

James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is not a sequel to the 2016 supervillain team-up flick directed by David Ayer.

While responding to a hater on Twitter, Suicide Squad director David Ayer said that the highly-anticipated James Gunn movie is not a sequel but rather a “reinvention” of the property. David Ayer explained that James Gunn is still using characters and elements that were introduced in Suicide Squad, but he’s also “reinventing the universe” with his follow-up.

You can check out David Ayer’s Suicide Squad-related tweets below.

The Suicide Squad will take the franchise in a new direction, drawing more inspiration from Jon Ostrander’s classic run than the New 52 relaunch of the comics that inspired the 2016 movie. The new take is said to emphasize more comedy than its predecessor, but with an expected R-rating, it is also likely to be more violent and have a higher body count.

David Ayer’s Suicide Squad followed a team of supervillains who were recruited by the government for a dangerous black ops mission in exchange for reduced sentences. The James Gunn-directed follow-up will see the return of four cast members from that film: Robbie as Harley Quinn, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, and Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag.

James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is expected to deliver a new take on the titular supervillain team, with Idris Elba playing a new character on the team, David Dastmalchian starring as Polka-Dot Man, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher, and Steve Agee voicing King Shark. Other cast members confirmed for the ensemble picture include John Cena, Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Nathan Fillion, Taika Waititi, Peter Capaldi, Michael Rooker, Sean Gunn, Mayling Ng, Jennifer Holland, Pete Davidson, Juan Diego Botto, Alice Braga, Tinashe Kajese, Julio Ruiz, and Joaquín Cosío.

The Suicide Squad opens in theaters on August 6, 2021. Stay tuned for the latest news regarding David Ayer, James Gunn and the future of DC Films.

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