Right before Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice opened up in theaters this past weekend, Zack Snyder revealed details about the “Ultimate Cut”. The Ultimate Cut will have an additional 30 minutes of footage and will be rated-R. Now that the explosive box office weekend is up, Zack and Warner Bros. have a release date for the Ultimate Cut Blu-Ray.
In an interview with Collider, Snyder explained the whole ideology behind the Ultimate Cut and why it’s essentially necessary.
“We call it the ‘Ultimate Cut’ because to me it’s a deeper dive into that world and there are storylines in there that get fleshed out by the longer version… I would say that we didn’t really take out much of the Superman/Batman story because I felt like, you know that’s kind of the movie, but there was some sort of interstitial stuff that surrounds the story, that kind of finishes some of the ideas that we trimmed back, and I think that’s what you get.”
Snyder also tells Collider why the Blu-Ray will be rated-R. “There’s a little bit of action, there’s a little bit of violence that we trimmed out for the MPAA that we put back. The Batman warehouse rescue, there’s a couple shots of Doomsday that were too intense. Then there’s a little bit longer ending, sort of the ending sequence, and the opening of the movie, the North Africa sequence is really much different.”
Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice Ultimate Cut will be releasing in stores July 16th. Make sure you see the film in theaters ASAP, or if you want to see the film in its original form, wait until the Blu-Ray hits your local retailers.