Zack Snyder Hopes To Reshoot The Ending Of One Of His Most Controversial Movies With Main Cast
Director Zack Snyder wants to return to his controversial 2011 film Sucker Punch and reshoot the ending with the original cast. Once described by Snyder himself as “Alice in Wonderland with a machine gun,” Sucker Punch was Snyder’s fourth directorial effort and his first film based on a completely original concept. Sucker Punch was widely panned by critics and harshly criticized for its portrayal of women, but an early R-rated extended cut, which included over 18 minutes of additional footage, received a wider response when it was later released on home video. In a recent interview with Total Film (via Inverse), Snyder revealed that he is currently negotiating with Warner Bros. to return to Sucker Punch and reshoot some of the final scenes with original cast members Emily Browning and Abby Cornish. Despite Sucker Punch receiving its own extended edition, the director also revealed that he is still not happy with the final product and suggests “it’s not the fully realized movie.”
Zack Snyder’s Movies Always Work Better As Extended Cuts
Known as one of the most polarizing figures in modern Hollywood, Snyder’s films often receive mixed reviews from professional critics and wider audiences. However, although many of his films caused divisive opinions among viewers upon their initial release, subsequent additions and changes to his films largely resulted in significant improvements in the final product. Yet while many of his movies have been responsible for leaving viewers divided at the time of their original release, his subsequent additions and alterations to his movies have largely served as a considerable improvement on the final product. While the director is best known for the 2021 release of the 4-hour Zack Snyder’s Justice League, he has a long history of returning to several of his projects and providing audiences with alternate cuts more closely aligned with his original visions for the movies. Not only intent on revisiting his DC movies, over the years Snyder would also revisit other projects such as his acclaimed 2004 Dawn of Dead remake and 2009’s Watchmen. Moreover, Snyder already has plans for alternate cuts for his latest Netflix project, Rebel Moon, whose first installment is set to arrive on the streaming platform later this month.
Watchmen is available in both a director’s cut and an ultimate cut, the latter of which includes the animated story “Tales of the Black Freighter.” However, Snyder has cited the director’s cut as his preferred version. With original theatrical releases often constrained by abbreviated runtimes and the desire to achieve certain age ratings to maximize potential box office, in many cases movies can suffer from the result of the initial editorial decisions made with these end goals in mind. Snyder, perhaps more frequently than many of his contemporaries, however, always seems to work better without the imposition of such constraints. Perhaps even his plans for Sucker Punch, one of his most controversial movies, will serve to redeem the final product in the eyes of many of its previous detractors.