With the ever-increasing shift to make big-budget movies resemble videogames and live-action graphic novels, one form of media isn’t enough. You need to diversify. You need to tie-in. Knowing this full well is Zack Snyder and his marketing team at Warner Bros., who have put together a hard-cover coffee table book to coincide with the release of the man’s latest, the female-led SUCKER PUNCH. Hard to believe? Peep a few of the artwork photos from the new SUCKER PUNCH book below!
About the endeavor, Snyder confessed:
“I saw the book as a visually interesting way to deconstruct the process of designing and prepping a film- peeling it apart layer by layer. So much amazing artwork is generated throughout the development process of a film, especially one that occupies so many different worlds and environments. I wanted to be able to share that in a meaningful way, beyond what’s captured on screen.”
As for the movie, it opens March 25th. Remember to:
Close your eyes. Open your mind. You will be unprepared.
“Sucker Punch” is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary.
She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls—the outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), the street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), the fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung) and the reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish)—to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue (Oscar Isaac), Madam Gorski (Carla Gugino) and the High Roller (Jon Hamm).
Led by Babydoll, the girls engage in fantastical warfare against everything from samurais to serpents, with a virtual arsenal at their disposal. Together, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to stay alive. But with the help of a Wise Man (Scott Glenn), their unbelievable journey—if they succeed—will set them free.