Zack Snyder talks Watchmen DVD Release

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Zack Snyder to discuss WATCHMEN and he spilled the beans on the plans for DVD! He revealed the DVD release will have a ton of cut scenes with a run time of over 3 hours;

We’re hoping at the time of release of the DVD in July that they release the director’s cut which is 3 hours long and that in Fall, they’re going to do the Black Freighter cut. You know, we shot all the ins and outs of the Black Freighter which is basically the comic book within the comic book and we shot all of those so the final result of that is like a 3 hours and 25 minute version of the movie which is everything. You know, it’s the kitchen sink version or the kitchen sink cut which is also cool. It’s like a whole other experience. I mean, it’s really three different movies in a lot of ways. I think the theatrical version, though radically strange in its own way, fits IMAX so there’s that.

And then, I think the director’s cut which is almost exactly 3 hours is pretty much most of the stuff we’ve shot, 99 per cent of what we shot, which I like by the way. And then, I think the Black Freighter is just fetishistic and crazy in a great way. It kind of goes in varying degrees. My personal feeling is the theatrical version is… the director’s cut is slightly uncompromising. It’s more violent if you can imagine. It’s slightly more sexy, it’s more Manhattan nudity, it’s just more of everything, it’s a little bit more, a little harder experience to watch or better depending on your taste level, like what you like.

Look for our complete interview with Zack Snyder tomorrow where he talks all about turning WATCHMEN the comic into a feature film.