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EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear and BlockFilm — the new production label of former Miramax boss Bill Block — are set to heat up the AFM market some more today with action movie Levon’s Trade, which will star Jason Statham (Fast & Furious franchise) and be directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad) from a screenplay…

Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax have released the trailer for The Beekeeper, the action film that teams star Jason Statham and director David Ayer. The film hits theaters January 12, 2024. Statham stars as a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as "Beekeepers." He…

David Ayer is recalling his feelings on Suicide Squad and says that the cut that was released of the film was his biggest Hollywood heartbreak. While making an appearance on the Real Ones with Jon Bernthal podcast, Ayer talked about how the DC movie broke him. “Hollywood, I tell people, is…

David Ayer is furious about a fast one Hollywood has apparently pulled. In a recent interview on Jon Bernthal’s “Real Ones” podcast, the writer/director (Suicide Squad and End of Watch) said he has “nothing to show” for writing The Fast and the Furious, the first film in the long-running…

David Ayer, the director of 2016’s Suicide Squad, is looking back at the DC film and opening up about one of his creative decision regrets. Jared Leto portrayed supervillain Joker in the comic book-based movie and his version of the character had the word "damaged" tattooed across his forehead, an…

David Ayer is giving fans of 2016’s Suicide Squad that his cut of the film will eventually see the light of day. The filmmaker has been open about disliking the final cut of the DC film that starred Jared Leto as The Joker, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Will Smith as Deadshot and Viola Davis as…

David Ayer will write and executive produce the upcoming racing series Lollipop alongside partner Chris Long and their Cedar Park Studios. The series will invite audiences to actively participate in a narrative written by Ayer as they compete in a virtual racing circuit linked to the plot. The…

EXCLUSIVE: David Ayer and Chris Long's Cedar Park Studios has hired former Netflix Original Series executive Kate Regan as SVP Development for TV and Film. Regan spent the past three years at Netflix developing a slate of drama programming from greenlight to launch, including titles such as Pieces of Her and The Lincol…

EXCLUSIVE: Following its debut as a pre-sales title in Cannes earlier this year, MGM has swooped on the Miramax film project The Beekeeper from director David Ayer (Suicide Squad) and starring Jason Statham (Hobbs & Shaw). MGM has picked up theatrical distribution rights in the U.S., as well as a handful of…

EXCLUSIVE: Suicide Squad filmmaker David Ayer is aboard to direct Jason Statham in action movie The Beekeeper, a hot package which Miramax will be shopping at the upcoming Cannes market. As we revealed last year, Miramax acquired the spec script by Kurt Wimmer (Salt) in a seven figure deal and now that Ayer is aboard…

David Ayer is bringing his 2012 movie End of Watch to television. Fox has handed a script-to-series commitment to the police drama project based on original film, which starred Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña. Co-written and executive produced by Ayer and former Them showrunner David Matthews, the End of Watch series…

Suicide Squad director David Ayer has taken to Twitter to give his perspective on the 2016 Warner Bros. feature, responding at the same time to those who continue to criticize it. In a three-page letter posted to his account Thursday, titled “My Turn,” Ayer disavowed the studio’s cut of the film as well as a “10 week…