James Gunn erases the air on how much of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad is DCU Canon

James GunnThe director behind Suicide AND PacifierHe recently faced the amount of David Ayer 2016 Suicide Squad In reality it counts as a canon in the DC universe.

The topic was born because Pacifier Season 2 made a surprising nod to Ayer’s film, triggering curiosity among fans on what the elements officially bring.

During his appearance on zero phase: a podcast film & TV, the Host Brandon Davis noticed how the show referred Joel Kinnaman’S Rick Flag Jr. still has romantic ties Cara DelevingneJune Moone, also known as Enchantress, of Ayer’s film.

In response, Gunn explained: “Yes, I know. And then, sometimes I regret it, because it was like, of course, our June Moone still has the powers of the sorceress. It is [Flag Jr.] betraying it. It is not the great love story that was presented as in David’s film. So it’s as if there were some differences there. “

Gunn stressed that in a world full of metumans, it makes sense that Flag Jr. gravitated towards someone extraordinary.

He described Flag Jr. as “this beautiful -looking boy, who is a soldier, and it seems that he would be attracted to a metuman girl”.

Davis therefore pressed further, asking if more than Ayer Suicide Squad It could be considered “vaguely canon” or if “the more we go back, the more it is blurred.”

Gunn revealed that even while he did his own Suicide In 2021, he had conversations on what aspects of the canon they would bring.

When Davis asked if this meant David DastmalchianThe polka dot man could still be alive, Gunn was clear about his position. He said he wouldn’t raise characters who had already died because “he becomes too confused”.

However, he also recognized that the actors like Nathan Fillion AND Michael Rooker They returned to different roles despite their characters died in the 2021 film. This leaves the door open to someone as Dastmalchian to repay in a brand new role within the DCU.

So while Ayer is Suicide Squad He has a certain persistent influence, Gunn is clarifying that not all the details translate directly into the DCU canon. The edges are blurred and, although there are characters and family references, Gunn is carving out their own path for the franchise going on.