The novel ends with Tyler vanishing from the narrator's head, and the bombs malfunctioning and failing to go off.

Palahniuk's original ending is amusingly similar, albeit without the involvement of the authorities. “He was tried and sentenced to a mental asylum. “Tyler and the gang were all arrested,” the author said in a substack newsletter about the change. He was discharged from the hospital in 2012.” “After the trial, Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. The new movie ending can be found on the Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video, which replaces some of the final scenes with a text-only screen reading: “The police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding,” it reads. He is then seen watching bomb explosions that collapse several skyscrapers as The Pixies classic 'Where is My Mind' plays, signaling the toppling of the global economy as the headquarters of international banks are turned to rubble. Have You Seen This Sh*t? This is SUPER wonderful! Everyone gets a happy ending in China! /20UzTi1nyI- Chuck Palahniuk January 25, 2022ĭavid Fincher’s original film ending shows Edward Norton’s narrator killing off his dangerous alter-ego, Tyler Durden (played by Brad Pitt), with a well-placed gunshot to his own head. “So, in a way, the Chinese brought the movie back to the book a little bit.” “The irony is that the way the Chinese have changed it is they’ve aligned the ending almost exactly with the ending of the book, as opposed to Fincher’s ending, which was the more spectacular visual ending,” he said.

During an interview with TMZ, the 59-year-old author of the original novel said that, unlike many movie fans, he isn’t mad about the new Fight Club ending.

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