Suicide Squad Facts

Fact 16

According to sources close to the production of the film, David Ayer was under unbelievable stress to deliver a final cut ahead of schedule in order to make the August 5, 2016 release date. The stress of Warner Bros. executives breathing down his neck, a never-ending cycle of different editors, and conflicting ideas on the tone of the film were among the stress inducers especially after the lukewarm response of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice by critics and audiences with both groups citing the dark and gritty tone to be too much for that film. This lead to Warner Bros. executives demanding reshoots for certain scenes in order to interject humor and a light-hearted nature to contradict the gritty and violent tone of David Ayer's original cut of the film.