Stop The Presses, Zack Snyder Wants To Make Another Snyder Cut, And He Already Knows Which Movie
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Fans of filmmaker Zack Snyder understand that the theatrical cut of each director’s movies is not the be all and end all version. The director frequently brings Director’s Cuts of his best works, and those tend to be the versions of the films that his fans prefer, be it the Director’s Cut of Watchmen, to the legendary Snyder Cut of Justice League … which has a celebrated, controversial history. There have been rumblings of a “Snyder Cut” of one of Snyder’s lesser-known features (at least compared to, say, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), with the director adding fuel to the fire to get fans amped up.
Zack Snyder directed a number of music videos before bursting on the scene with 2004’s Dawn of the Dead, which belongs in the conversation of the 30 best horror movies. He moved on to 300 and Watchmen, which earned him more than enough cache to start doing “one for me” projects. That included Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole and Sucker Punch, and it’s the latter that Snyder is currently discussing as being worthy of a Director’s Cut.
This longer cut has been rumored for some time, with co-star Jamie Chung talking about how the existing, extended scenes would have changed the movie from PG-13 to R. And now, in a conversation with The IFC Center, Snyder touched on the possibility of a longer Sucker Punch cut surfacing one day, and he said:
Ah, studio notes. The bane of creativity in Hollywood. It feels like Zack Snyder has faced more notes from studio executives than most any other director. Or, at least, he makes his struggles public, open to talking about his obstacles in interviews such as this. And again (not to keep bringing this up), but the debacle over the Snyder Cut of Justice League fueled social media for years. Heck, I even wrote a book about it.
Should Zack Snyder eventually get to release the Director’s Cut of Sucker Punch, he will have extended cuts of so many versions of his films, suggesting that Snyder has had to compromise his vision almost every time to get his movies into theaters. This might be a big part of the reason why Snyder has transitioned over to Netflix for more original movies, including Army of the Dead and the highly anticipated sci-fi thriller Rebel Moon. It’s very possible that he sees more creative freedom (and less notes) from the streamer. Either way, it’s working for him.
We don’t know what needs to happen for Snyder to get to release his director’s cut of Sucker Punch, but if there’s any movement on that front, we’ll bring it to you immediately.
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Sean O’Connell is a journalist and CinemaBlend’s Managing Editor. Having been with the site since 2011, Sean interviewed myriad directors, actors and producers, and created ReelBlend, which he proudly cohosts with Jake Hamilton and Kevin McCarthy. And he's the author of RELEASE THE SNYDER CUT, the Spider-Man history book WITH GREAT POWER, and an upcoming book about Bruce Willis.