Disappointed man sues Warner Bros and DC for deleted Joker scenes
A Suicide Squad moviegoer accuses Warner Brothers and DC Comics of “unjust” false advertising.
A Scottish Reddit user has alleged that he and his lawyer brother are set to begin legal action against Warner Bros and DC Comics later this week (August 11). He narrated in his post that he drove 300 miles from Scotland to London just to get nothing he expected from the trailers and TV spots of Suicide Squad WB presented.
"Movie trailers are like food menus, they give you a preview of what your gonna get," the post begins, before the anonymous author continues: "Suicide Squad trailers showcased several SPECIFIC Joker scenes that I had to pay for the whole movie just so that I can go watch those SPECIFIC SCENES that WB/DC had advertised in their trailers and TV spots."
"I drove 300 miles to London to go watch these specific scenes they had explicitly advertised in their TV ads... and they didn't show them to me," he went on to add. "I wasted a lot of money paying and travelling to go watch this movie because of these specific scenes they had advertised to me... All lies. I told the theatre about this unjust act and said I didn't get what I came here to see... can I have my money back. They laughed at me and kicked me out. So I'm now taking this to court."
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"I want my refund, the trauma of being embarrassed as I was being kicked out and people laughing at me for wanting my refund, and also the £160 of fuel money I used to drive to London from Scotland."
"If you advertise something... give me what you have advertised. Period. This is becoming a habit with movie studios, showing epic scenes in trailers... but [they are] never shown in the movies. It's unjust."
Jared Leto, who played the Joker in the movie, admitted that he was surprised that most of his scenes were cut down. "I understand [this Suicide Squad film] is a bit of an introduction to The Joker. It’s more of a supporting part than it could have been”.
Leto said in a separate interview: "There are a lot of [Joker] scenes that didn’t make it to the final film. Hopefully they will see the light of day.". The actor even said that his character (presumably his version of it), deserves its own solo movie.
In an interview from BBC 1 Radio, he said that he shot way more than what actually appeared in the movie. So much ended up in the cutting room floor, that an entire Joker movie could be made from the leftover footage. Check out that interview here:
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