Follow us on Google News
Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed
Zack Snyder, on multiple occasions, has made it clear that his films are not for everyone. The man who directed DC’sMan of Steel(2013) andBatman v Superman(2016) is known for his intricacies with comic book adaptations that a majority of his audience can’t often relate to.
Directors who put their sweat and blood into projects can put a lot at stake to get their films to the silver screens, but that isn’t the case with Zack Snyder. As much as he has been passionate about his take on the superhero genre, there was one particular film he wanted“shelved.”
In an interview with The New York Times, the director got candid about the film –Watchmen(2009) and confessed a bizarre reason why he wanted that.
Watchmenhad been an expensive undertaking for the studios as it could only earn $185 million on an estimated budget of $130 million, according to Box Office records on IMDb.
Read more:“It’s gonna be better than most Marvel films”: Zack Snyder Cult Claims Upcoming $166M Film Will Destroy MCU
Zack Snyder MadeWatchmenFor Himself
Even though film critics have hardly been on his side,Zack Snyderhas never missed a chance to speak his mind when it came to the love he’s had for his projects.
He told HuffPost in an interview in 2014 that he adored Alan Moore’s work on the graphic novel.
“So, honestly, I made Watchmen for myself. It’s probably my favorite movie that I’ve made. And I love the graphic novel and I really love everything about the movie. I love the style. I just love the movie and it was a labor of love.”
Considering Zack Snyder loved his passion project that much, it definitely raises the question as to why he didn’t want the film to be released when it did.
Read more:Zack Snyder Revealed His Top 10 Movies and None of Them Are DC or Marvel
Zack Snyder OnWatchmenGetting Shelved
BeforeWatchmenwasreleased, Fox Studios and Warner Bros. were dealing with a court case regarding copyright infringement that the former sued the latter over.
The film suffered release date delays and Zack Snyder hoped that the studios never release it.
“I thought if the movie gets shelved for all time it would be awesome,”he told The New York Times.“There are a couple of my friends that have seen it, and they were like, ‘We would go on a lecture tour and just describe the film to people. That would be our whole thing.’”
Suggested:After One Piece, Leonardo DiCaprio Making Live Action Movie of Zack Snyder’s Favorite $49M Anime Film
Not putting the film out there, Snyder believed that it could have enjoyed a mythical nature as people would talk about it and weave the story with their own imagination.
Watchmen,starringPatrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Billy Crudup,Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jackie Earle Haley, andMalin Akerman, is currently streaming on HBO’s Max platform.
Source:The New York Times,HuffPost
Ojaswi Chaudhary
Articles Published :265
Extremely passionate about a great story since the little guy was 8. He has lived through nothing short of almost 300 of Hollywood’s finest pieces of work, and is now creating some of his own here at FandomWire. He loves to make time for a good book and a good meal.
