Batman V Superman Director’s Cut will come in 30 minutes longer than the theatrical version.
With just a week until Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice hits cinemas, Zack Snyder has been talking about the film, and in particular, the planned Batman V Superman Director’s Cut, R-rated version hitting the home markets later in the year. The director spoke about the film’s running time, which looks like it will be 30 minutes longer than the theatrical version, which already clocks in at nearly two and a half hours.
Here’s what he had to say to The Hollywood Reporter.
“[The DVD version] is a half-hour longer, and some of that additional material is some of the stuff we took out for the rating. I was like, ‘Cool, I can put it back in for the director’s cut.’ There was nothing by design. This was the material I just put back in, and then when [the MPAA] looked at it again, they were like, ‘Oh, now the movie’s rated R.’ And, by the way, it’s not a hard R. There’s no nudity. There’s a little bit of violence. It just tips the scale.”
Batman V Superman Director’s Cut running at 3 hours?
The filmmaker also spoke about how he feels when the Internet compares the growing DC universe with Marvel. Does it annoy him?
“No. You have these two giant comic book powers, and it would make sense that they would in some ways be compared to each other. It’s like comparing Downton Abbey and Mr. Selfridge. Like Star Wars and Star Trek. Those are things that you could compare, but no one ever does. Those [DC versus Marvel] conversations are fun for the Internet. But in truth, it represents such a small group of people who are actually versed in the difference between DC and Marvel. The average moviegoer doesn’t know. Like my dad would be, ‘Is Spider-Man ever going to be in any of your films?'”
The filmmaker provides quite a decent commentary on all things DC with the trade, and you can read all of it at the end of the link above.
Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice hits cinemas around the world on March 25th, 2016.
