Original Batman v Superman Cut was 4 Hours Long by filmjunkee
With the Batman v Superman Ultimate Cut that will run three hours and be rated R, the editor of Batman v Superman chimed in on the difficulties of editing the superhero romp and how the first cut was almost four hours long. How about that? I remember when there was a rumor that Batman v Superman was going to be a two-parter and we laughed at that notion. Maybe they should’ve done that.
It was a lot to juggle. So the plot lines of a couple characters had to go. These people are currently in the movie but we don’t track them, and it’s okay. What’s kind of fun is that we went back and did an extended cut where we put a lot of this stuff back, and we refined it into the same rhythm as the theatrical release. So what was once a nearly four-hour cut with absolutely everything was ridiculous – ended up being about a three-hour cut, once all these added story lines were refined with the fat was cut out.
I remember being a little worried. Three and a half hours, okay, that’s fine for a movie of this size, the way Zack likes to work. This was more daunting. But we cut down ‘Man of Steel’ from about 3 and half hours, I knew we’d get this done.