David Ayer Says Suicide Squad Is About 'Family'

by Helen Earnshaw | 8 May 2015

David Ayer says he is creating a 'family' and a 'brotherhood' with new film Suicide Squad.

Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad is one of the most talked about movies this week as Ayer took to Twitter to release the first group image from the film - which has just started shooting and will be released next year.

Suicide Squad is the latest DC Comic project to go into production and is set to be one of the biggest movies of 2016. Ayer is back in the director's chair for the film and has dropped little hints as to what we can expect from the film.

Speaking to CityTV's Breakfast Television in Toronto, the director said: "I'm all about real drama, real performance, and real people, so my twist on this is: I'm creating a family, a brotherhood here.

"I'm creating a very real chemistry and I have this incredible ensemble of actors led by Will Smith, who are basically playing dimensional characters with lives and souls."

Suicide Squad will be the first directorial outing for Ayer since the success of Fury and will see him tackle a comic book project for the first time.

The director has assembled a terrific cast list as Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Jared Leto, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Scott Eastwood, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Cara Delevingne are just some of the names on board.

Suicide Squad is just one of two exciting comic book movies on the slate for Warner Bros in 2016 as Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice is also set to hit the big screen in March. There is also a possibility that we may see Ben Affleck and Jesse Eisenberg make an appearance in Suicide Squad as Batman and Lex Luthor.

Filming is under way on Suicide Squad but we have well over a year to wait before the film is released here in the UK.