While Suicide Squad managed to impress at the box office when it hit theaters back in 2016, it didn’t really impress audiences or critics in the slightest, and is considered to be one of the more disappointing entries in the DC Extended Universe. So, when James Gunn came on board to do The Suicide Squad, a reboot of sorts that seems as though it will be undoing everything from that first film, we assumed the studio didn’t go back to Ayer for the second one.

Apparently not, as the filmmaker revealed on a panel at the TV Critics Association event. From the sound of it, there was an opportunity for him to continue on with the franchise.

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“I had a chance to do it, but I went another way,” Ayer said. Of course, we don’t know the details behind that. It could have been a situation where creative differences came in or another where Ayer simply wasn’t interested in a sequel. But don’t think that just because he’s not back for The Suicide Squad that he’s gone from comic book movies.

“I love the world creation of it and I love the power of the IP and the fans,” Ayer said. “It’s dangerous. It’s like juggling chainsaws, but I am drawn to it and it’s definitely an arena I’ll play in again.”

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SOURCE: /Film