Zack Snyder is one of the most visionary filmmakers out there and he does love his director's cuts. In 2020, after several years of asking, he and fans finally prevailed on Warner Bros. to release the director's cut of Justice League, the DCEU movie he exited during post-production so he could deal with his daughter's death.
Snyder plans to release the director's cut of his upcoming Netflix space opera film Rebel Moon following its December release. He has also voiced his desire to release a director's cut of his 2011 psychological fantasy film Sucker Punch. However, his 2021 zombie heist film Army of the Dead will not be getting the same treatment, he has clarified.
During a recent interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, Snyder explained that Army of the Dead will not be getting a director's cut because Netflix never tried to restrict his vision for it in the first place. He told Weintraub the streamer was cool with his idea for the movie from the start and gave him free rein to pursue his vision.
The only exception was a scene featuring a zombie penis, which Netflix requested to be removed. In his words, "I think the only thing they wanted me to take out was the zombie penis because we had it in the opening credits. One of the Chippendale's dancers had this huge cock with a bite taken out of it. I had a shot of it, and they were like, 'Look, is there any way…?' And I was like, 'Alright.'"
