Suicide Squad slayed at the box office and even won an Academy Award, but the film released into theaters 10 years ago this summer was not the version conceived by writer-director David Ayer. Will David Ayer's original vision for Suicide Squad ever see the light of day? In Ayer's eyes, however, those accolades might as well have gone to another movie entirely because Suicide Squad (2016) as we know it did not represent his preferred cut of the star-studded blockbuster, which has gained a similar groundswell to Zack Snyder's Justice League. Will the Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad (2016) Ever Be Released? "But just for the sake of everybody that worked on [2016’s Suicide Squad], it really does deserve to be seen," he added.