By Travis Johnson
We’re getting a longer version of DC/Warner’s Suicide Squad when the supervillain team blockbuster hits digital on November 16 and disc on December 7. Thirteen minutes longer, to be precise. This follows in the footsteps of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, which was released to home viewing as the fabled Almost Watchable Cut, and, frankly, almost every other major blockbuster these days.
But what’s in it? Thirteen minutes is a long time. As an educated guess, a lot of that extra footage is going to land in the third act, which is a bit of a lurching mess in the theatrical cut. Hopefully very little of it is jammed into the first act, which is insanely exposition-heavy as it stands. And you can take it as a given that we’ll be getting a lot more Joker & Harley action, as the teaser clip portends:
#SuicideSquad Extended Cut. Spread the word. pic.twitter.com/lNPjUqieVt
— The Suicide Squad (@SuicideSquadWB) October 5, 2016
Or – just spit balling here – maybe it’s just thirteen minutes of backstory on Slipknot. We wait with bated breath.
