Zack Snyder Says He's Still Planning That SUCKER PUNCH Director's Cut

Zack Snyder Says He's Still Planning That SUCKER PUNCH Director's Cut

Although Zack Snyder has found a new home at Netflix, the Batman v Superman director still plans on releasing a director's cut of Warner Bros.' 2011 psychological fantasy action film, Sucker Punch.

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By MarkJulian - Aug 05, 2023 08:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: sffgazette.com

Sucker Punch, a massively ambitious sci-fi fantasy action movie from fanboy-favorite director Zack Snyder, never quite lived up to its tremendously entertaining premise. The director of Batman v Superman previously revealed that he intended to release a director's cut of Sucker Punch, following the release of Zack Snyder's Justice League on HBO Max.

However, there hasn't been any progress on the project since those claims were made in 2021. Snyder is presently working on prequels/sequels within his Army of the Dead franchise through his first-look development deal with Netflix. Snyder is also putting the finishing touches on Rebel Moon, a unique science fiction epic that was originally a Star Wars movie he proposed to Lucasfilm.

Snyder hasn't given up on his desire to see the Sucker Punch director's cut released, as he recently informed fans on his via his Letterboxd account. 

"I've never gotten around to doing the director's cut. I still plan to at some point," said Snyder. "But in the original ending when Babydoll is in the chair in the basement with Blue - she's already been lobotomized - when the cop shines the light on her, the set breaks apart and she stands up and she sings a song on stage."

"It's weirdly not optimistic and optimistic at the same time. That's kind of what the tone was at the end. We tested it, and the studio thought it was too weird, so we changed it. You'll get to see it at some point, I'm sure. I hope."

Following Sucker Punch's release in 2011, an R-rated extended cut was included on the film's Blu-ray and DVD release. The extended cut added 18 minutes of footage; however, Snyder previously shared that it's not his definitive version of the film as it doesn't have his desired ending.

Sucker Punch is now streaming on HBO Max.

Sucker Punch Official Synopsis: Born from the creative vision of filmmaker Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300), this epic action fantasy launches from the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Locked away against her will, Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four fellow captives – outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung) and reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish) – to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors Blue (Oscar Isaac), Madam Gorki (Carla Gugino) and the High Roller (Jon Hamm).

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TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 8/5/2023, 8:28 AM
Zack, you seem like a nice guy, but have ben doing direct to streaming movies for the past 2 years...that's your reality, stop living in the past when people called you "visionary", and you were getting $300M+ budgets for movies with theatrical releases.
Origame
Origame - 8/5/2023, 8:57 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - he just has to settle on the lowly budgets of $166 million for the likes of rebel moon. 🙄

Straight to streaming isn't the same as straight to video used to be. Chris pratt, in his prime, did straight to streaming movies.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 8/5/2023, 9:44 AM
@Origame - As far as I know, $300M =/= $166M, and no filmmaker on Earth is ok from going to making theatrical blockbusters to straight to streaming mediocre content.
You think Chris Pratt or Hermsworth are happy with...whatever they do for streaming? as Tarantino said, who even remember those movies?
xfactor
xfactor - 8/5/2023, 10:02 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - I completely agree , I’ll even go as far as saying it’s actually quite embarrassing now. He needs to move on already.
Origame
Origame - 8/5/2023, 10:10 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - 1) I didn't say it was the same. I'm saying it's still a substantial budget.

2) justice league is literally the only movie he ever made that was over $300 mil. And that was only after he left the project and they had whedon turn it into a completely different movie. Neither of his other dc projects was over $250 mil. And rebel moon actually costs more than everything else he made.

3) so the Russo Brothers aren't film makers now? Because they were ok going from endgame to the Grey man on netflix.
Origame
Origame - 8/5/2023, 10:12 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - and...yeah? Chris Hemsworth just made extraction 2, and is lined up to do extraction 3.

If these guys didn't want to do them, why would they be doing them? Are you seriously arguing either of them need to do those movies for work?
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 8/5/2023, 10:17 AM
@Origame -

1 - Is not about money, is about making "content" and not "movies"
2 - Both MoS and BvS were over $300M.
3 - How many movie did the Russos made in the past 7 years?

@xfactor - As another user posted yesterday, Snyder is starting to become Al Bundy
Origame
Origame - 8/5/2023, 10:26 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - 1) well these are movies. By every possible metric. Only not made for theaters, but guess what? These movies often still get a theatrical run.

2) MOS was $225 mil. BVS was $250 mil.

3) 15, both in production and already made. And isn't including shows.
Origame
Origame - 8/5/2023, 10:36 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - also, how can you say it's not about money when that's literally what you highlight? If it's not about the money, don't bring up the money as the only point.
UrbanTheEmcee
UrbanTheEmcee - 8/5/2023, 8:31 AM
It's like... Why though???
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/5/2023, 8:38 AM
I have the directors cut on Blu-Ray already, does he mean he's adding more footage?
MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 8/5/2023, 9:34 AM
@marvel72 - You have the extended cut. There's no director's cut.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 8/5/2023, 9:36 AM
@marvel72 - That's the Extended Cut. It sounds like the Directors Cut will have an extra musical number right at the end. And probably some sweater-sniffing.
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/5/2023, 2:20 PM
@MarkJulian - Not much difference when it shows more footage but yeah you're right.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 8/5/2023, 8:43 AM


When one of us CBM guys gets time travel, on the way back from killing baby Hitler, could we make a quick stop and pick off baby Zack too please?
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/5/2023, 9:05 AM
@DocSpock - harsh,I like his visual style but he sucks as a writer.
MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 8/5/2023, 9:36 AM
@marvel72 - Yes, he has great ideas but can't execute them for shit. He's the perfect guy to do a story treatment and then let someone else actually direct and write the script.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 8/5/2023, 10:29 AM
@marvel72 -

I loved Watchmen. I liked 300 quite a bit. I watched goofy sucker punch and thought it was kinda okay.

But his work on my favorite characters in the DCFU just killed me.
MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 8/5/2023, 12:12 PM
@DocSpock - Watchmen and 300 were great because he basically followed the comic book to the letter. He's very good at adapting specific storylines. Terrible at trying to change or modernize them.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 8/5/2023, 12:43 PM
@MarkJulian -

I agree.

He was so arrogant as he wanted his whole new personal spin on great characters that were developed over many decades.

It's like if he took the Odyssey and turned all the characters into venal robots.
Arthorious
Arthorious - 8/5/2023, 1:08 PM
@DocSpock - if he did an elseworld story of the DC then I’d be ok with that, knowing that there is a better version of these characters out there. I say that because while I dislike his DC films there are some interesting ideas that he does have.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 8/5/2023, 3:32 PM
@Arthorious -

I can see that. But I doubt I'll ever be able to look past his pathetic casting of Eisenbooger as the great & terrifying Lex Luthor.
EZBeast
EZBeast - 8/5/2023, 8:44 AM
Always wanted to see this movie but the reviews kept me away…
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/5/2023, 9:09 AM
@EZBeast - Great visuals but the acting and writing isn't that great.
EZBeast
EZBeast - 8/5/2023, 9:14 AM
@marvel72 - the visual flare always looked amazing! But my friends all said it was incredibly boring except for those shots.
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/5/2023, 9:27 AM
@EZBeast - Pretty much,shame really.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 8/5/2023, 9:38 AM
Zack Snyder Sucker Punch movie was terrible.
Usernametaken
Usernametaken - 8/5/2023, 9:55 AM
I saw this movie in theaters, never saw it again.
xfactor
xfactor - 8/5/2023, 9:58 AM
Does this movie have a fan base ? A movie over ten years old and people asked for a directors cut? I don’t think so
bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/5/2023, 10:12 AM
@xfactor - the simps will buy anything with his name on it..
Usernametaken
Usernametaken - 8/5/2023, 11:03 AM
@xfactor - Nobody did, but it's his movie. If he can and want to do a director's cut you don't have to watch it.

I know I won't.
xfactor
xfactor - 8/5/2023, 4:07 PM
@Usernametaken - if WB owns the film, then he has no say on whether or not we see a director’s cut. I understand what you’re implying, but with his severed relationship over at WB, highly unlikely
Usernametaken
Usernametaken - 8/5/2023, 4:22 PM
@xfactor - That's why I said "if he can".
Forthas
Forthas - 8/5/2023, 10:01 AM
Warner Brothers made the biggest mistake in the studio's history by not combining the Dark Knight Trilogy with Man of Steel. and finding someone who could shepherd the franchise. Instead they looked only at WB directors that they were already working with limiting their own option and the rest is history. If the following conversation had happened way back in 2013 WB's DC film universe would be every bit as popular and as profitable as Marvel.

HOW IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED....

WARNER BROTHERS: Hey Zack, why are we not building our shared universe from Man of Steel and the ultra popular Dark Knight Trilogy?

ZACK SNYDER: Well, I would like to hire some of my friends, like Ben Affleck to play an old Batman.

WARNER BROTHERS: Wait what? Uh, Zack we already have a wildly popular Batman who just delivered us back to back billion dollar films. It makes no sense to change that now. I don’t understand.

ZACK SNYDER: Well, like I said, I want to hire some of my friends. We can put Superman in the background and build up a new Batman with Affleck in the role

WARNER BROTHERS: You know we love Ben Affleck around here, but didn’t he try to launch a superhero title and failed miserably. I think that was Daredevil.

ZACK SNYDER: Yeah, well he can help capitalize on the popularity that Christian Bale has created as Batman.

WARNER BROTHERS: The popularity of Batman, that Bale created! Do you see the problem there? I get that Affleck is a friend of yours, but doesn’t it make sense to use the person that is a proven quantity as opposed to someone who is not. Bale is a bit younger, established in the role and is an academy award winning actor. That sounds like the perfect person to lead the franchise.

ZACK SNYDER: Don’t worry, Affleck is a friend of mine so he is completely qualified.

WARNER BROTHERS: The Dark Knight Trilogy established a successful blueprint for how to move forward. Why not just follow that?

ZACK SNYDER: Hey, come on guys, let’s all understand, it’s a different world.’ In the Batman universe that Chris Nolan created, Superman would have a hard time existing.

WARNER BROTHERS: But you have just made a Superman film in a world that is supposed to be realistic, just like in the Dark Knight films. In your interview to the LA Times you said and I quote Man of Steel is "... the most realistic movie I've made" Fans like it, its made us some money so what is the problem?

ZACK SNYDER: Well now that Christopher Nolan is no longer involved, I want to go full fantasy and introduce unreaslistic characters so I can have more explosions and slow motion scenes. Remember how that worked in the movie 300?

WARNER BROTHERS: Sure Zack, but the sequel - 300 Rise of an Empire - had the same look and feel and once the novelty faded, nobody cared anymore. Why not just keep it grounded and as realistic as possible which has so far been consistently successful.

ZACK SNYDER: Well, I don’t have that level of creativity to make a world like that, with fantastic elements and yet feel realistic. That is not something that is possible in this genre.

WARNER BROTHERS: Despite the fact you just did it with Man of Steel, other acclaimed films like "Chronicle" a film about people who develop super powers: "District 9" about aliens coming to earth; and "Let the Right One In" about a vampire girl, are all set in a realistic world but contain fantasy elements and all of them were pretty well received. Chronicle has an 85% rotten tomatoes critic score and 71% audience score. District 9 has an 90% rotten tomatoes critic score and 82% audience score and Let the Right One In has an 98% rotten tomatoes critic score and 90% audience score. So clearly it can be done! You are telling us that you are risking the DC universe which could be a huge money generating machine on the fact that you want to hire your friends and that you are not creative enough to stick with a proven blueprint and build off of the goodwill of a billion dollar popular franchise? Is that right?

ZACK SNYDER: Yeah that about sums it up!

WARNER BROTHERS: Well Zack, thank you for your candor but we are not betting this multi-billion dollar franchise on a risky strategy like that. I think we will see if Jonathan Nolan is free and you can concentrate on other projects and hire Ben Affleck for that. Good luck with everything!

SOON AFTER WB/DC BECOMES THE GREATEST AND MOST PROFITABLE FRANCHISE IN HISTORY!
Variant
Variant - 8/5/2023, 12:27 PM
@Forthas - Why did you just write an entire novel? But also, it wasn't up to Snyder or WB. Nolan wasn't letting anyone touch his trilogy. He's said countless times, his plan from the start was to make a trilogy, nothing less, nothing more, and no one would ever touch that character again.
Forthas
Forthas - 8/5/2023, 12:34 PM
@Variant -

"Why did you just write an entire novel?"

Cause I felt like doing it!

"Nolan wasn't letting anyone touch his trilogy. He's said countless times, his plan from the start was to make a trilogy, nothing less, nothing more, and no one would ever touch that character again."

This is demonstrably FALSE! Christopher Nolan does not own the films. Warner Brothers are free to do with it what they like including adapting sequels of derivative films. In addition to that, Christopher Nolan publicly encouraged Warner brothers to make a spinoff Catwoman film featuring Anne Hathaway which would therefore have to include characters from the trilogy. Here is a link to the article.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jul/12/anne-hathaway-dark-knight-rises

Nolan said HE was not going to make anything past a trilogy. That in no way precludes someone else from doing it.




DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 8/5/2023, 12:37 PM
@Forthas - This reminds me how Snyder said the other day he wanted to cast Christian Bale as Alfred in old age make-up in BvS to emphasize how not connected to TDK trilogy it was.
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