Warner Bros changed the tone of David Ayer’s “The Suicide Squad”

This weekend one of the most anticipated films of the summer will be released in Spain, Suicide squad del director James Gunn. The film of the most dysfunctional antiheroes in the DC universe is causing a sensation in the first reactions of international critics, quite the opposite of what the previous installment achieved. We highlight the “previous” and not “first” because, although in principle it was going to be a continuation, This new story exudes reboot from every pore. During the promotion of his new movie, Gunn has boasted of unprecedented creative freedom in which they even told him that he could kill any character. A free will that the director of the previous version, David Ayer, did not seem to enjoy. The maker of Steel hearts, I had in mind, from what can be seen in the preview that was screened at the comic-con, a version much darker and more fearsome than the final result. But why did this change occur?

To explain it in detail you have to go back in the fast-paced process of Warner Bros Pictures and DC to achieve with less time and fewer films, the repercussion that The Marvel Cinematic Universe had achieved. Overproduction Man of steel It was a success, but not at the level executives expected, largely to blame for the first Avengers movie sweeping late last year. Warner was in a hurry and instead of going little by little, posed the sequel to Batman vs Superman as an express prequel to The Justice League to introduce various characters from the group of superheroes. On the other hand, David yesterday was in charge of the Suicide Squad project. In theory the filming went quite well and by surprise, Yesterday and the cast appeared with a preview at the San Diego Comic-Con. That teaser was dark and dramatic, but mostly it was a piece that was not intended for the general public to see.

Warner had two versions, a poor quality one that I did not want to show on YouTube, so they decided to show the version dark of the squad. The first real trailer was totally different in tone, including the Bohemian Rhapsody theme and putting in a lot of comedic moments. And it is that at that time the production company that handles the rights of DC Comics, wanted to have its own version of Guardians of the Galaxy, which had given so many joys to The House of Ideas. David Ayer would not continue in the direction of the next project and Warner rescued the director of Guardians, James Gunn who at that time had been fired from Disney.