Suicide Squad
The upcoming The Suicide Squad - Missione Suicida, the new film dedicated to the famous anti-heroes of the DC universe to be premiered in Italian cinemas from 2 April, seems to have convinced critics and overseas audiences thanks to its mix of action and unruly comedy. In any case, the film is completely disconnected from the events seen in the previous Suicide Squad, released in 2016 and directed by David Ayer (here at a special price). Now, it is the director of the first film dedicated to Task Force X to talk again about his ominous project, which would have been literally "quartered" by the upper floors of Warner Bros. before being released in cinemas all over the world.Ayer is back to talk about "his" version of Suicide Squad, writing an open letter on social media in which he again brings to light all his bitterness for a film that was brought to theaters in a totally different form from com 'was originally conceived. After explaining that he had lived through a youthful phase of profound discomfort and social problems, alternating the most humble jobs (such as the house painter or the electrician), the director declared that he had put his whole life into Suicide Squad, creating something incredible, a complex and exciting journey with people treated as waste of society, a theme dear to him. David Ayer remarked that the version of the film released in the cinema is not his version, just as the latter is not a simple replacement, but almost another film made with the collaboration of Lee Smith and John Gilroy, all helped by the column sound by Steven Price devoid of any musical single).
The filmmaker then explained that the never born Suicide Squad has traditional evolutionary arcs for the characters, as well as incredible interpretations of the actors and a more coherent and compact plot, especially in the third act. Ayer claims the film exists, but only a handful of people have had the pleasure and honor of seeing it. In closing, the director says he still supports Warner Bros., including the fact that James Gunn's work will be "miraculous", capable of taking the franchise in new directions. The hope, however, is that someone will listen to his long outburst, perhaps leaving a glimmer about a possible release of a David Ayer's Suicide Squad.
The Suicide Squad - Mission Suicide stars John Cena, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman and Sean Gunn, as well as Nathan Fillion, Taika Waititi, Viola Davis, Michael Rooker, Idris Elba, Daniela Melchior and Sylvester Stallone. The film is also expected in the HBO Max catalog, several days after its US theatrical release.
Several big things are different about Harley Quinn in 'The Suicide Squad' (including her love life)
Idris Elba teams with Margot Robbie in James Gunn's 'The Suicide Squad'
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Harley Quinn is single and ready to do more than mingle in “The Suicide Squad,' and no one’s more excited about that than Margot Robbie.
Robbie’s debut as the infamous Batman villainess (and sometime antiheroine) in 2016’s first “Suicide Squad” dealt with her notorious relationship with the Joker, while the pair’s permanent breakup was integral to last year’s “Birds of Prey.” And in writer/director James Gunn’s new “Squad” (in theaters and on HBO Max Aug. 6), Harley is now navigating killer romantic-comedy hijinks when she's wooed by a South American island dictator (Juan Diego Botto).
© WARNER BROS. PICTURES Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) goes guns-a-blazing again in 'The Suicide Squad.'“Yeah, Harley on the prowl. That was a new aspect to the character that was really fun,” Robbie tells USA TODAY. “She's always looking for love in the wrong places but she's given herself a few rules this time to look out for, red flags having learnt from past experiences with Mr. J. But that doesn't stop every single version of her looking for love ending in disaster.”
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While Gunn has a huge cast of personalities in his “Squad” film, and introduced a lovable crew of Marvel misfits in his “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies, Harley was one of his favorite characters to write. “Groot in the comics wasn't really that consistent. He was different things. He really came to life in his cinematic form,” Gunn says.
However, Harley – criminal psychiatrist turned homicidal moll – “came to me pretty much fully formed,” Gunn says. “It was really just me letting that character be fully her true self and going hog wild with that.”
Check out the first look at James Gunn's 'The Suicide Squad'
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The director and Robbie could change whatever they wanted about Harley, so they got rid of the “Rotten” tattoo along her jawline that Harley’s been sporting since the original “Squad.” Gunn thought it was “ugly,” he says. “And also Margo didn't like it. It takes a lot of time to put on and I didn't find it aesthetically pleasing.”
One idea that Gunn implemented was the concept of “Harley Vision”: When she goes to town on a bunch of goons while breaking out of imprisonment, cartoon flowers and birds fill the air as Harley leaves a trail of broken bodies and bloody corpses behind her. “I just wanted to create a movie where we had no rules and we see through her eyes,” Gunn says.
© WARNER BROS. PICTURES Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) gets strung up by some goons in 'The Suicide Squad.'Robbie “loved” the post-modern element and recalls that when Gunn described it to her, she knew he was the right man for the job. “He's like, ‘The blood on the wall is going to turn into flowers,’ and I was just like, ‘Oh, this guy totally gets her! This is absolutely the way I think of her.’ It's all based the research I've done over the years into what specific versions of mental illness might Harley have and how does she see the world and what is her moral compass? Where does she draw the line?
“It's so fun to have that foundation of what you've prepped, but then also just put it into a big crazy playground the way you get to do with James in these films. It is entertaining, but also, yeah, it means something to him and to me.”
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Several big things are different about Harley Quinn in 'The Suicide Squad' (including her love life)