Zack Snyder Refuses 3D for SUCKER PUNCH
Avatar struck gold with it's ridiculous $2.7 BILLION taking, almost every studio in town has made plans for their forthcoming blockbusters to emulate Fox's success either by filming in 3D, or by taking the cheap post-conversation process. It's a literal goldmine for studios and producers right now; slap a 3D label on a movie poster and it justifies a much higher admission fee and usually results in more Joe Popcorn interest. And although audiences are being delivered an inferior product (as opposed to being shot in native 3D), the process is here to stay because audiences don't know any better and haven't yet caught on to the fact they are being conned. As long as profits are soaring high, we will be stuck with this reality. But while studios are enjoying their new seduction-scheme, certain directors have been pretty verbal about their lack of interest in the conversion. One of those directors is Zack Snyder, the mastermind behind both 300 and Watchmen. MTV News spoke with Snyder recently about the possibility of his high-octane, nearly all female, alternative reality action flick Sucker Punch (or as originally pitched; 'Alice in Wonderland with machine guns') being converted to 3D in post production. The director's response was pretty surprising, especially as Warner Bros. have been pretty adamant to date that Sucker Punch will be in 3D. Has Snyder stood up for what he believes in? We didnt shoot in 3-D... Theyve talked about doing a conversion and theres been a lot of talk about us doing Sucker Punch in 3-D, but Im still waiting to see. Weve looked at a bunch of conversions, so whether or not we have the time to do it right Im not going to do it if we dont have the time to really be meticulous with it, he said. Its such an awesome piece of work and everyones worked so hard to make it awesome, so I dont want to screw it up with bad 3-D.