‘Suicide Squad’ undergoing reshoots to make it “more fun”
Remember when the Suicide Squad trailer looked fucking fun? An antidote to the misery of BvS? Well, apparently the trailer contained all (I’m not making this up) the fun. WB, attempting to do something right, has ordered reshoots to add more humor to the movie. Cause yeah. That trailer looked fun. It’s okay to have fun, WB.
According to Birth Movies Death, all the jokes or levity that you see in that first Suicide Squad trailer consisted of the entirety of all the jokes or levity that you’d see in the whole film. Namely, the film really isn’t as fun as the trailer would have you believe. Given that, and the critical response to the distinct lack of fun in Batman v Superman, the site reports that Warner Bros. is currently spending “tens of millions” to “alter the tone of the film” and bring some humor to the goings on. Before you get too concerned, they’re not looking to turn Suicide Squad into Deadpool, just that they’re “beefing up fun character moments and interactions.”
Now reshoots on a big superhero movie are not uncommon, nor are they anything to get worked up about; almost all blockbuster films have them baked into their original budget before filming even begins. But, these Suicide Squad reshoots are a different animal. For one, they’re abnormally expensive compared to most reshoots. For another, they’re in reaction to something that happened after they wrapped shooting, including something that has been playing out over the past few days. Its a proactive reaction to both the response to the trailer and the response to Batman v Superman. Normally that would be concerning, but this looks like something that could actually very much improve the film.