We’re happy to offer our DC readers the chance to attend tonight’s free early screening of The Beekeeper, starring Jason Statham! The film is directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, Fury).
Synopsis: In The Beekeeper, one man’s brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as “Beekeepers.”
The screening takes place tonight, January 8th at 7:00pm at Landmark E Street. If you’d like to attend, RSVP at the MGM site here. Please remember all screenings are first come first served and you’ll need to arrive early to ensure seating. Enjoy the show!
The Beekeeper opens in theaters on January 12th.
Expose the corruption. Protect the hive. Watch the restricted trailer for #TheBeekeeper directed by David Ayer and starring Jason Statham. Only in theaters January 12. pic.twitter.com/GsgevsCh38
Jacob Elordi had a tremendous 2023, and that was without a single episode of Euphoria, the HBO series that served as his breakout. He can be seen right now in Saltburn, as well as crime thriller He Went That Way, and he played Elvis Presley in Priscilla just a few months ago, and be seen next in Sean Price Williams’ buzzy The Sweet East. But now Elordi will get to work with Guillermo Del Toro for the first time by joining the cast of his upcoming Frankensteinmovie.
Variety reports Elordi has joined the live-action Frankenstein cast, which has a confirmed lineup of Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Christopher Waltz, and other recent additions Felix Kammerer (All Quite On the Western Front), Lars Mikkelsen (Ahsoka), David Bradley (Del Toro’s Pinocchio), and Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth).
Missing from the list? Andrew Garfield, who is being replaced by Elordi as the movie monster. Garfield’s departure has to do with scheduling conflicts caused by the recent strikes, a problem we’ve seen impact several productions.
Elordi is currently shooting Paul Schrader’s upcoming film Oh, Canada alongside Richard Gere and Uma Thurman. He’ll be seen next in
It’s unclear when we’ll see Del Toro’s Frankenstein, but when we do it’ll be available in both theaters and Netflix.
Down but certainly not out, the Golden Globes are back and attempting to reclaim their place in awards season prominence. For the most part, this year’s awards, at least on the film side, weren’t terribly surprising. Well, the exception might be how explosively host Jo Koy bombed. My only question for that is, “Didn’t ya’ll see his movie last year”? Could’ve predicted this. But then we’d not have Taylor Swift’s epic shade to meme for the rest of the year…so thanks, Jo Koy?
Anyway, it was a huge night for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer which came away with five big Golden Globes wins, including Best Picture Drama, Best Director for Nolan, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., and Best Original Score.
On the flip side, those expecting the other half of the Barbenheimer package to perform equally well, it didn’t happen. Instead, it was Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things that won Best Picture Comedy or Musical, with star Emma Stone also taking Best Actress in the same category.
On the dramatic side, Killer of the Flower Moon‘s Lily Gladstone capped off an incredible breakout year by winning Best Actress.
It was a very good showing for The Holdovers, as well, with Paul Giamatti winning Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph taking Best Supporting Actress.
Barbie didn’t leave emptyhanded, though. The film won the newly-created Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award, fittingly as the highest-grossing movie of 2023. Billy Eilish’s powerful “What Was I Made For?” also won for Best Original Song.
In a slight upset, Hayao Miyazaki’s comeback film The Boy and the Heron won Best Animated Feature over Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
The full list of Golden Globes winners on both the film and TV sides is below!
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
ANATOMY OF A FALL (NEON)
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Apple Original Films)
MAESTRO (Netflix) OPPENHEIMER (Universal Pictures) – ***WINNER***
PAST LIVES (A24)
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (A24)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
AIR (Amazon MGM Studios)
AMERICAN FICTION (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
BARBIE (Warner Bros. Pictures)
THE HOLDOVERS (Focus Features)
MAY DECEMBER (Netflix) POOR THINGS (Searchlight Pictures) – ***WINNER***
BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED THE BOY AND THE HERON (GKIDS) – ***WINNER***
ELEMENTAL (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Sony Pictures Releasing)
THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (Universal Pictures)
SUZUME (Crunchyroll / Sony Pictures Entertainment)
WISH (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT BARBIE (Warner Bros. Pictures) – ***WINNER***
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (Lionsgate)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART 1 (Paramount Pictures)
OPPENHEIMER (Universal Pictures)
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Sony Pictures Releasing)
THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (Universal Pictures)
TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR (AMC Theatres Distribution)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ANATOMY OF A FALL (NEON) – FRANCE – ***WINNER***
FALLEN LEAVES (MUBI) – FINLAND
IO CAPITANO (Pathe Distribution) – ITALY
PAST LIVES (A24) – USA
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (Netflix) – SPAIN
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (A24) – UNITED KINGDOM / USA
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
ANNETTE BENING (NYAD) LILY GLADSTONE (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON) – ***WINNER***
SANDRA HÜLLER (ANATOMY OF A FALL)
GRETA LEE (PAST LIVES)
CAREY MULLIGAN (MAESTRO)
CAILEE SPAENY (PRISCILLA)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
BRADLEY COOPER (MAESTRO)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
COLMAN DOMINGO (RUSTIN)
BARRY KEOGHAN (SALTBURN) CILLIAN MURPHY (OPPENHEIMER) – ***WINNER***
ANDREW SCOTT (ALL OF US STRANGERS)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
FANTASIA BARRINO (THE COLOR PURPLE)
JENNIFER LAWRENCE (NO HARD FEELINGS)
NATALIE PORTMAN (MAY DECEMBER)
ALMA PÖYSTI (FALLEN LEAVES)
MARGOT ROBBIE (BARBIE) EMMA STONE (POOR THINGS) – ***WINNER***
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
NICOLAS CAGE (DREAM SCENARIO)
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET (WONKA)
MATT DAMON (AIR) PAUL GIAMATTI (THE HOLDOVERS) – ***WINNER***
JOAQUIN PHOENIX (BEAU IS AFRAID)
JEFFREY WRIGHT (AMERICAN FICTION)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
EMILY BLUNT (OPPENHEIMER)
DANIELLE BROOKS (THE COLOR PURPLE)
JODIE FOSTER (NYAD)
JULIANNE MOORE (MAY DECEMBER)
ROSAMUND PIKE (SALTBURN) DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH (THE HOLDOVERS) – ***WINNER***
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
WILLEM DAFOE (POOR THINGS)
ROBERT DE NIRO (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON) ROBERT DOWNEY JR. (OPPENHEIMER) – ***WINNER***
RYAN GOSLING (BARBIE)
CHARLES MELTON (MAY DECEMBER)
MARK RUFFALO (POOR THINGS)
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
BRADLEY COOPER (MAESTRO)
GRETA GERWIG (BARBIE)
YORGOS LANTHIMOS (POOR THINGS) CHRISTOPHER NOLAN (OPPENHEIMER) – ***WINNER***
MARTIN SCORSESE (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
CELINE SONG (PAST LIVES)
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
GRETA GERWIG, NOAH BAUMBACH (BARBIE)
TONY MCNAMARA (POOR THINGS)
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN (OPPENHEIMER)
ERIC ROTH, MARTIN SCORSESE (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
CELINE SONG (PAST LIVES) JUSTINE TRIET, ARTHUR HARARI (ANATOMY OF A FALL) – ***WINNER***
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
JERSKIN FENDRIX (POOR THINGS) LUDWIG GÖRANSSON (OPPENHEIMER) – ***WINNER***
JOE HISAISHI (THE BOY AND THE HERON)
MICA LEVI (THE ZONE OF INTEREST)
DANIEL PEMBERTON (SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE)
ROBBIE ROBERTSON (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“ADDICTED TO ROMANCE” — SHE CAME TO ME
Music & Lyrics by: Bruce Springsteen
“DANCE THE NIGHT” — BARBIE
Music & Lyrics by: Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin
“I’M JUST KEN” — BARBIE
Music & Lyrics by: Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
“PEACHES” — THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE
Music & Lyrics by: Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, John Spiker
“ROAD TO FREEDOM” — RUSTIN
Music & Lyrics by: Lenny Kravitz
“WHAT WAS I MADE FOR?” — BARBIE – ***WINNER***
Music & Lyrics by: Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
1923 (PARAMOUNT+)
THE CROWN (NETFLIX)
THE DIPLOMAT (NETFLIX)
THE LAST OF US (HBO | MAX)
THE MORNING SHOW (APPLE TV+) SUCCESSION (HBO | MAX) – ***WINNER***
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (ABC)
BARRY (HBO | MAX) THE BEAR (FX) – ***WINNER***
JURY DUTY (AMAZON FREEVEE)
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING (HULU)
TED LASSO (APPLE TV+)
BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE (NETFLIX) BEEF (NETFLIX) – ***WINNER***
DAISY JONES & THE SIX (PRIME VIDEO)
FARGO (FX)
FELLOW TRAVELERS (SHOWTIME)
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY (APPLE TV+)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
HELEN MIRREN (1923)
BELLA RAMSEY (THE LAST OF US)
KERI RUSSELL (THE DIPLOMAT) SARAH SNOOK (SUCCESSION) – ***WINNER***
IMELDA STAUNTON (THE CROWN)
EMMA STONE (THE CURSE)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
BRIAN COX (SUCCESSION) KIERAN CULKIN (SUCCESSION) – ***WINNER***
GARY OLDMAN (SLOW HORSES)
PEDRO PASCAL (THE LAST OF US)
JEREMY STRONG (SUCCESSION)
DOMINIC WEST (THE CROWN)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
RACHEL BROSNAHAN (THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL)
QUINTA BRUNSON (ABBOTT ELEMENTARY) AYO EDEBIRI (THE BEAR) – ***WINNER***
ELLE FANNING (THE GREAT)
SELENA GOMEZ (ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING)
NATASHA LYONNE (POKER FACE)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
BILL HADER (BARRY)
STEVE MARTIN (ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING)
JASON SEGEL (SHRINKING)
MARTIN SHORT (ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING)
JASON SUDEIKIS (TED LASSO) JEREMY ALLEN WHITE (THE BEAR) – ***WINNER***
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
RILEY KEOUGH (DAISY JONES & THE SIX)
BRIE LARSON (LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY)
ELIZABETH OLSEN (LOVE & DEATH)
JUNO TEMPLE (FARGO)
RACHEL WEISZ (DEAD RINGERS) ALI WONG (BEEF) – ***WINNER***
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
MATT BOMER (FELLOW TRAVELERS)
SAM CLAFLIN (DAISY JONES & THE SIX)
JON HAMM (FARGO)
WOODY HARRELSON (WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS)
DAVID OYELOWO (LAWMEN: BASS REEVES) STEVEN YEUN (BEEF) – ***WINNER***
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ON TELEVISION ELIZABETH DEBICKI (THE CROWN) – ***WINNER***
ABBY ELLIOTT (THE BEAR)
CHRISTINA RICCI (YELLOWJACKETS)
J. SMITH-CAMERON (SUCCESSION)
MERYL STREEP (ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING)
HANNAH WADDINGHAM (TED LASSO)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ON TELEVISION
BILLY CRUDUP (THE MORNING SHOW) MATTHEW MACFADYEN (SUCCESSION) – ***WINNER***
JAMES MARSDEN (JURY DUTY)
EBON MOSS–BACHRACH (THE BEAR)
ALAN RUCK (SUCCESSION)
ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD (SUCCESSION)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN STAND-UP COMEDY ON TELEVISION RICKY GERVAIS (RICKY GERVAIS: ARMAGEDDON) – ***WINNER***
TREVOR NOAH (TREVOR NOAH: WHERE WAS I)
CHRIS ROCK (CHRIS ROCK: SELECTIVE OUTRAGE)
AMY SCHUMER (AMY SCHUMER: EMERGENCY CONTACT)
SARAH SILVERMAN (SARAH SILVERMAN: SOMEONE YOU LOVE)
WANDA SYKES (WANDA SYKES: I’M AN ENTERTAINER
It’s pretty astounding that Wonka has been out for a month and is still holding the number 1 spot. What’s troubling though is that it’s done that and hasn’t broke $200M, a troubling omen for the state of theater ticket sales.
The rare Blumhouse film to not nab a #1 opening weekend, Night Swim can now add mediocre box office to it’s mediocre reviews. Here’s where Hollywood can learn from the house of Blum, though. This isn’t going to break them…hell, it will still turn a profit at the end of the day because the film hit theaters with just a $15M budget. This is how it’s done bean counters. More importantly, I want you to show me the difference in quality between this film and something that costs far more.
3. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom – $10.6M/$100M
It may not be the 10x’s larger original film but Aquaman crossed that $100M line this week…something that superhero films used to do in their first weekend, but in 2023 (now 24) doing so seems the exception instead of the rule.
Far from the original film which enraptured audiences in the 80s The Color Purple lost almost all of its pull dropping 59.4% of its box office in week 2, more than any other film in the top 10.
The path to Universal and Blumhouse’s Wolfman movie, titled Wolf Man, has been a hairy one…no pun intended. Filmmakers and stars have come and gone and returned, but the project is finally moving forward with Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell behind the camera, and Christopher Abbott starring. And now Abbott has a co-star, someone he worked with in the past: Julia Garner.
Deadline reports Ozark star Julia Garner has joined Abbott in Wolf Man. The two worked together previously in Garner’s first professional acting role in the cult film Martha Marcy May Marlene. She joins a film that Whannell was attached to direct Ryan Gosling in, only for Whannell to be replaced by Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance. Both Cianfrance and Gosling would leave, however, with Whannell returning and Abbott stepping in for Gosling, who remains attached as exec-producer.
Julia Garner most recently starred opposite Jessica Henwick in Kitty Green’s thriller The Royal Hotel. She is a three-time Emmy Award winner for her role as Ruth Langmore in the long-running Netflix series, Ozark.
Ever since The Invisible Man was a hit three years ago, Universal has been trying in earnest to launch more modern horrors using their classic library of movie monsters. There hasn’t been a ton of progress, but one that is moving forward is a secret project directed by Scream duo Radio Silence.
In a time of gentle parenting and TikTok therapy, Schitts Creek star and co-creator Dan Levy brings us Good Grief, which contemplates the very millennial question “What is the right way to grieve?”
Levy, who stars, writes, and directs this as his first feature, plays Marc, a long-happily married gay artist living in a renovated London townhome with his husband, Oliver (Luke Evans). During their annual Christmas party attended by Marc’s best friends Sophie (Ruth Negga) and Thomas (Himesh Patel), Oliver leaves early for a book signing in Paris. He kisses his husband goodbye, before handing him an envelope and saying they have a lot to discuss.
Two minutes later, Marc looks out the window to see ambulance lights cruising down the street.
To the viewer, Oliver’s death doesn’t leave Marc as devastated as expected. Thomas moves in and Sophie frequently visits, but Marc is functioning. As he starts to question his healing process, he finally opens up the card Oliver gave on the first anniversary of his death. In it, it revealed that his husband wanted a polyamorous relationship.
Through findings from his financial advisor, Marc discovers Oliver kept an apartment in Paris, indicating his lover may be there as well. Under the guise of a thank-you trip, he takes his three friends with him across the continent to investigate.
Because the story is filtered through Marc’s lens, his companions don’t get the same in-depth deep dives as the lead does. However, Good Grief’s final act leans into those arcs as if the script earned its payoffs. It’s slightly unsatisfying as Levy has written two compelling characters that Negga and Patel perform beautifully.
Negga brings a youthful chaos to Sophie despite being a thirty-five-year-old woman. Her hot mess lifestyle is running its course on both her career and her relationship. Her drinking problem seems to come out of nowhere by the film’s end and its resolution feels unsatisfying. Patel’s Thomas is very vocal about other people’s issues but his own seem to not get enough airtime. His storyline should have been explored more.
Moments of Levy’s script are gut-punchingly funny made so by great cameo character performances. Kaitlyn Dever pops up during the funeral scene as a vapid Hollywood starlet, grieving her career rather than her friend’s death. David Bradley is known for his fantasy and historical roles in things like Harry Potter and Game of Thrones but gives a quiet and captivating performance as Oliver’s father. Emma Corrin plays a young performance artist who is just how you think a young performance artist would be. Celia Imrie, however, almost steals the whole movie as Marc’s by-the-book financial advisor whose frank nature is undercut with biting humor.
For a first feature, Dan Levy paints a wonderfully relatable and complex portrait of modern grief. While some of the character development is undercut by his vision, his balance of melancholy and comedy makes Good Grief a wonderful cinematic start to the new year.
Good Grief is streaming on Netflix. Watch the trailer below.
James Gunn is cracking the door open for Margot Robbie to return as Harley Quinn. Just yesterday, Robbie made some news by suggesting she was through with the role, which she made popular in three movies: Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey, and Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. Instead, she looked forward to passing the torch to others, such as Lady Gaga who plays Harley Quinn in the upcoming Joker sequel, but is a disconnected Elseworlds movie.
While Gunn has previously stated that only Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, John Cena as Peacemaker, and Xolo Maridueña as Blue Beetle will carry over into the DCU, he walked that back on Threads when it comes to Robbie.
“I haven’t talked to Margot about Harley for a long time,” he wrote. “But I’d love to work with her again as Harley or as someone else. There are no plans at this time for anyone else to play Harley (I mean, other than in Todd’s movie or the animated show/s.)”
We might all be looking at this with rose-colored glasses, myself included. Gunn could simply be saying there are no plans to use Harley Quinn at all right now. And when you go back and look at Robbie’s responses, she really does seem ready to move on to different things.
There’s still plenty of time before the DCU launches with Gunn’s Superman: Legacy in summer 2025. That film will kick off the first chapter, titled Gods and Monsters, with five movies and five TV shows. Will Robbie’s Harley Quinn find her way into one them?
It’s hard to deny the idea of Superhero fatigue at the moment, but I don’t think it’s a general tiredness of all things superhero but rather a yearning for something different then what we’ve seen. Avengers: Endgame should have been the final installment in the type of superhero film we had seen up to that point with some new angle taking it’s place. Admittedly we should have been given a 2-3 year break to refresh our desire for the genre but when there’s money to be made that’s never going to happen.
It’s possible, however, that Deadpool, of all people, could be the one to reinvigorate us. Deadpool 3 is already soaked in fan service but, perhaps more importantly, seems poised to take the “multiverse” idea down a few pegs. It was a valiant effort but it’s just not something audiences are every going to latch onto long term. That’s not to say it hasn’t brought us some amazing moments, not the least of which was the entrance of Patrick Stewart’s Professor X looking exactly the way he did in the 90’s beloved X-Men animated series.
Thanks to a recent chat with ComicBookMovie.com, we now know with some level of certainty that Stewart hasn’t taken his last ride in that iconic yellow hoverchair. Honestly, thank God for that…if our last moment with him in that getup was him getting his neck broken by a grief stricken Scarlett Witch…well, that would just be criminal. Addressing Josh Horowitz the iconic actor said with regard to the mutant leader, “I do now have every confidence that he’s still around. [Deadpool 3] has come up. There’s been a process.”. Honestly I’d be amazed if Professor X wasn’t included given Deadpool’s proximity to the mutant team but it was always a toss up whether it would be Stewart or McAvoy.
Of course, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows during their conversation. Stewart, a classically trained actor who’s been doing his thing for more then 4 decades, hasn’t had a great time with post-COVID set restrictions. Speaking of his time on Dr. Strange and the Multi-verse of Madness Stewart said that the last few years have been “frustrating and disappointing” due to the isolation required. While Stewart was sure to point out that the Sorcerer Supreme’s second outing was not to blame, but rather the pandemic, he did use his experience there as an example, saying “I was alone. I think that the big scene, each one of the leading actors had the same experience.”
It makes sense, a great actor, especially one as seasoned as Stewart, knows that your performance comes from both within and around you. You’re performance is fed by your scene partners and taking that away must leave some potential on the table.
In any event, and regardless of its effect on the genre as a whole I think we can all agree that Deadpool 3 is going to be one hell of a memorable ride.
Well, it sounds like any hope of seeing the Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad is lost. At least for now. For a while now, David Ayer, and emboldened DC fans, have been pushing Warner Bros. to release the uncut, original version of his superhero film, the one that studio brass didn’t meddle with. Following the success these fans had getting the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, and the critical praise it earned, there was at least some reason for optimism.
However, nothing has panned out. And now the official Ayer Cut social media account has sad news from Ayer himself who is encouraging fans to move on.
“So I think this might be the end of an era, guys😭,” the account wrote earlier this week. “I had a chat with @DavidAyerMovies, and the mood isn’t sounding too good right now on the Ayer Cut front, and probably not for a few years unless things change. I want to thank everyone who’s been supporting the movement for the ride-.”
Ayer basically confirmed this in a series of since-deleted tweets. However, one tweet he did not delete, and it speaks for itself…
And there you go. There’s no incentive for WB to give fans another version of Suicide Squad, anyway. While it might be a cool novelty to see the film we thought we were going to get in 2016 when that awesome first trailer dropped, honestly it was already a financial success with $747M and an Oscar victory to its credit. That is far and away more than what WB ever could’ve hoped for from a movie full of D-list characters. Most importantly, there just isn’t the clamor for the Ayer Cut the way there was for the Snyder Cut.
Besides, James Gunn and Peter Safran are starting over with DC Studios and the new DCU, beginning with Superman: Legacy in 2025. Ayer has spoken about his experiences on Suicide Squadand how they “broke” him, so maybe it’s best to put all of it in the rear view for good.
So I think this might be the end of an era guys 😭
Had a chat with @DavidAyerMovies and the mood isn’t sounding too good right now on Ayer Cut front and probably not for a few years unless things change.
I want to thank everyone who’s been supporting the movement for the ride-
Ke Huy Quan’s return to Oscar-winning glory with Everything Everywhere All at Once was one of last year’s true fairy tale stories. Since then, Quan has been choosey in the roles he’s taken, although he managed to create another beloved character in season two of Loki. But now Quan has found a lead role for himself in a major studio flick, as he’ll star in actioner With Love, from Universal and producer David Leitch.
Details on With Love are being kept under wraps, so we don’t know what Quan will be up to just yet. The film marks the directorial debut of Jonathan Eusebio, who seems to be following the same path as Leitch. A longtime 2nd unit director and stunt coordinator, Eusebio has worked on other Leitch films such as John Wick and Deadpool 2. He also worked on Birds of Prey in the same capacity, joining the DCEU film that Leitch’s frequent collaborator Chad Stahelski oversaw action scenes for.
The screenplay is by Luke Passmore, based on an original script by Warrior writer Josh Stoddard.
Coming up for Quan is the Russo Bros.’ adaptation of the graphic novel The Electric State alongside Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. That film is expected to open later this year. [Deadline]
