author: Remigiusz Rozanski
Zack Snyder Hopes To Reshoot The Ending Of His Most Controversial Film
Zack Snyder is passionate about director's cuts and recently expressed his desire to create a new ending for Sucker Punch.
It seems Zack Snyder may never be fully content with his films, evident from his penchant for director's cuts. Watchmen's Ultimate Edition added over thirty minutes of footage, modest compared to Zack Snyder's Justice League which was double the length of its original version.
Snyder, the mind behind the DCEU, is keen to revisit Sucker Punch, one of his more divisive films. Though it was released on Blu-ray as an extended version, Snyder believes it didn't fully capture the essence of Babydoll's story (source: Deadline). In a conversation with Total Film (vide: Bingefire) Snyder mentioned that the movie's released version didn't align with his initial vision.
Sucker Punch is probably the most obvious example of direct satire I've made. I still think I didn't go far enough, because a lot of people said it was simply a movie about scantily clad girls dancing in a brothel.
During the promotional tour for Rebel Moon, Snyder told Inverse about his efforts to persuade Warner Bros. executives to explore more of Sucker Punch. Given Snyder's determination, there's a chance he might realize this vision and unveil the true narrative of Babydoll and her resilient allies.
What could we expect from a director's cut of Sucker Punch? Primarily, an altered ending. Snyder shared his original vision for the ending in an interview with Letterboxd.
I still haven't managed to shoot the director's cut of the movie, but I still plan to do it someday. In the originally planned ending, Babydoll was given a lobotomy. She is sitting in a chair in the basement with Blue when a policeman comes up to her and shines a flashlight on her. Then the scenery falls apart and our heroine ends up on a stage where she sings a song. Her words read: "Oh, child, everything will work out." She is joined by Blondie and all the dead. The idea is that Babydoll has undergone a lobotomy, but is stuck in a euphoric loop. It's not an optimistic ending, but it's not suboptimistic either. It was the ending we dreamed up, but the label thought it was too weird, so we changed it.
Are you interested in seeing new ending of Sucker Punch?