David Ayer is currently at Comic-Con to promote his upcoming Netflix projectBrightand he took a moment to discuss his reasoning behind taking onGotham City Sirensinstead of jumping intoSuicide Squad 2. Netflix released the trailer forBrightand it appears to be a blend of all of Ayers filmmaking talents and it gained quite a lot of excitement for the upcoming movie.Brightis set to premiere on Netflix in December.
IGNcaught up withDavid Ayerat Comic-Con and they asked him why he chose to take onGotham City Sirensinstead of a sequel toSuicide Squad. Ayer responded with a very simple, heartfelt answer. He explains.
“It’s a story about three fantastic women who’re trying to find their way in the world, and realize that they have more power together than they do individually. I have daughters, and I want to create something that might be able to help them get along in the world a little bit.”
It might also help the decision to take on a new project after fans and critics alike trashedSuicide Squad. Though it wasn’t received very well, it still went on to make some pretty serious money at the box office.
Gotham City Sirenswas a short-lived DC comic book series written by Paul Dini with art by Guillem March.Gotham City Sirensrefers to three of the most popular characters that inhabit Gotham City including Catwoman,Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn. The first issue of the series was released in 2009 as a part of the Batman: Reborn. The story starts with Catwoman getting revenge on Hush for ripping out her heart. Catwoman steals all of Hush’s money and distributes it to the Gotham City female criminals.
TheGotham City Sirensare alluded to in theBatmanArkham series of video games and it’s implied that they were together before the events of the second game of the series, Arkham City. It was announced in December of 2016 that Warner Bros. was developing a spin-off ofSuicide Squadbased on theGotham City Sirenscomic book series. It has been reported that the movie was put on the fast track and it will take place within the DCEU. David Ayer is on board to direct and Margot Robbie will reprise her role asHarley Quinnin the movie. She’ll also presumably appear in theHarley Quinn vs. The Jokermovie that was recently announced during Comic-Con. It has also been reported that production would have started this summer, but it appears as if that will not be the case since it was announced thatShazam!will be the next DC movie to go into production.
After the release ofSuicide Squad, David Ayer dove directly intoBright, starring Will Smith. It’s unclear when the director will jump into the production ofGotham City Sirens, but one would assume that the project is at least in the casting stage at this time.Brightis all set to hit Netflix in December 2017 and more news forGotham City Sirenscould be announced this weekend at Comic-Con.
