Reddit User Threatens Suicide Squad Lawsuit for False Joker Advertising

Warner Bros. had a big weekend at the box office as Suicide Squad broke records with $135.1 million, shattering the August debut set by Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy ($94.3 million) two years ago. Regardless of its commercial success, the movie was not a hit with critics, and apparently not with an unnamed fan in the U.K., who is filing a lawsuit against Warner Bros. for “false advertisement,” regarding The Joker (Jared Leto). This fan and his brother, who apparently is a lawyer, are suing because several scenes that were featured in the trailers and TV spots were nowhere to be found in the finished film.

A Reddit user known as “BlackPanther2016,” posted a thread this morning, where he revealed his plans to file a lawsuit against, presumably, Warner Bros. and DC Comics. This U.K.-based moviegoer claims their case has been accepted and it begins on August 11. Here’s part of his lengthy Reddit post below, where he details the scenes shown in the trailers and other bits of footage that weren’t included in the theatrical cut.

It seems this unnamed Redditor may also be suing the specific movie theater that he went to in London, for kicking him out, but we don’t know for sure. We also don’t know where this case has been “accepted” and/or how long it will actually last in the court system for. Regardless, ‘BlackPanther2016,’ had this to say about movie studios’ tendencies to show footage in trailers and not have those scenes in the theatrical cut.

Of course, it’s not terribly surprising that the scenes ‘BlackPanther2016’ mentioned in this Reddit post weren’t in the finished cut, since this has become a fairly common practice. While director David Ayer has hinted there will be plenty of deleted scenes, he also said that the theatrical version was his “director’s cut,” so we’ll have to wait and see if these scenes are included in the Blu-ray and DVD edition. As you can imagine, the original Reddit thread is filled with colorful comments, which you can check out in the link above, and stay tuned for any updates on this lawsuit.

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