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Scripts for both Justice League Part Two (or Justice League 2) and Justice League Part Three (a.k.a. Justice League 3) to follow Justice League/Zack Snyder's Justice League were ultimately never written and never had any writers assigned to them; however, Snyder had a plan for their stories and comic artist Jim Lee illustrated "breakdown boards" for them. As we all know, production was originally expected to commence after the release of Justice League/Zack Snyder's Justice League, but work on the second one halted after Snyder stepped down in May of '17, and it was pushed indefinitely that December in favor of a standalone Batman film. After Justice League proved to be a commercial disappointment and received mixed reviews from both critics and fans alike, D.C. and Warner Bros. decided to re-evaluate their strategy for the D.C.E.U. and transition from Snyder's vision, causing Snyder and his cast and crew to slowly begin leaking the details about his Justice League trilogy plans.

Please note: The following details are mostly based upon the storyboards that Snyder created with Jim Lee's help and were a very rough outline for his five- or six-film story arc. They were made from 2014 to '15 and, by the releases of both versions of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, these storyboards became outdated and were abandoned as Snyder's vision evolved. However, they are on display at The Dreamscapes of Zack Snyder's Justice League Exhibition in downtown Dallas, Texas.

1. After teasing Darkseid in Zack Snyder's Justice League and Zack Snyder's Justice League: Justice Is Gray Edition, he would have been the main villain in Justice League Part Two.

2. Batman was going to die in Justice League 3.

3. Following a now-cut ending from Zack Snyder's Justice League, which originally featured the Green Lanterns John Stewart, Kilowog, and Tomar-Re, which was later repurposed to include both Stewart and the Martian Manhunter before it was cut out, members of the Green Lantern Corps were expected to appear in Justice League 2, including Hal Jordan. Producer Charles Roven was rumored to have an interest in having Mark Wahlberg portray the Corps' most famous member, though he was never officially cast in the role. In earlier scrapped ideas of Justice League Part 2 and 2A from '14 to 2015, Hal Jordan would have been introduced in the final Justice League film set in the "Knightmare" future. By '16, with those ideas having been partly scrapped and/or altered, it would seem that plans for Hal to also appear a bit earlier in Justice League 2 alongside the rest of the Green Lantern Corps were altered.

4. Snyder said that the scene in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with crosses over Superman's corpse were a cryptic reference to events in Justice League Part Two.

5. The "Knightmare" would have been crucial to the plot. Snyder's plans for the "Knightmare" timeline and beyond were loosely inspired by the plot of the 2013 video game Injustice: Gods Among Us and Grant Morrison's '08-'09 D.C. crossover storyline "Final Crisis", as well as Geoff John's D.C. crossover storyline "Flashpoint".

6. While on the set of Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker at Pinewood Studios - where Justice League/Zack Snyder's Justice League was also created - Kevin Smith met with some of the crew who worked on Snyder's films and learned about what the future would have held. He revealed that Justice League 2 was supposed to end in defeat, comparing it to films like Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Avengers: Infinity War.

7. Smith also said that Justice League 3 would have been set entirely in the post-apocalyptic "Knightmare" Earth seen in Bruce Wayne's dream in B.vS.D.o.J., with a rough synopsis of it being, "The heroes' final stand against Darkseid and the forces of Apokolips." Conversely, however, Snyder later stated that it would have been Justice League Part Two that would've been set in the "Knightmare" version of Earth.

8. Snyder planned to flesh out the past story between Batman and the Joker in Justice League 2 by exploring how Robin died, including flashbacks of how the Joker and Harley Quinn murdered Dick Grayson before burning down Wayne Manor and confronting Batman. His idea was that there was a moment inspired by the Last Supper with the Insurgency in which they all told each other stories out of the belief that they were all going to die the following day, with the Joker telling the story about how he and Harley killed Robin and Snyder said that the fight sequence would have been seen on-screen, showing that Robin did not go down and out without a fight.

9. Justice League Part Two would have featured Earth's downfall when Superman succumbed to the Anti-Life Equation, forcing the Flash to travel back to the past to prevent Superman's fall to darkness. The heroes would've fought Darkseid along with all of Earth's armies, navies, air forces, and marine corps united once more, including aircraft carriers, U.S. Army Special Forces members, the Atlanteans rising out of the oceans, and the Amazons leaving Themyscira.

10. The Flash would've been the only survivor of an attack by the Anti-Life-controlled Superman, and would only escape Superman through time travel.

11. At some point into Justice League 3, the time-traveling Flash would avert the apocalyptic future. Superman would become the League's leader and the central character following Batman's death at Darkseid's hands, sacrificing himself to save Lois. He would revert back to his classic red-and-blue suit and complete his five- or six-film character arc as Snyder intended since the release of Man of Steel, and united Humanity and all of Earth's armies, navies, air forces, and marine corps for the upcoming invasion. Aquaman would have led the Atlantean forces, while Superman would have led Humanity's forces against Darkseid. The Green Lantern Corps would have joined in the fight as well to fend off Darkseid's invading Apokoliptian forces. Wonder Woman's mother would've died in the war, with Diana succeeding her as the Queen of the Amazons. Aquaman would have united all the Kingdoms of the Sea and be recognized as the true king for uniting with the surface. Sometime after the end of the war, the Amazons would open up Themyscira to the rest of the world again. Barbara Gordon would succeed her father Jim after his retirement and take over for Batman until Superman and Lois's powerless son becomes the new Batman twenty years later.

In January 2019, Snyder released a t-shirt as a reward for donating to a crowdfunding campaign with all proceeds going toward the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. His design, which resembles the Kabbalah Tree of Life, is said to contain the plot of his five-film arc including a planned Justice League trilogy within a mosaic of cryptic symbols and phrases. The reverse side of the shirt has a quote from Joseph Campbell, American literature professor famed for his creation of the Hero's Journey, which reads: "All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you". The Dreamscapes Of Zack Snyder's Justice League Exhibition in downtown Dallas revealed an outline for Justice League Parts 2 and 2A by Snyder, lettered by Geoff Johns, and with art by Jim Lee, showed costumes and props that were used in the additional photography for Zack Snyder's Justice League.

In February 2021, Snyder stated that as far as he knows, Warner Bros. currently has no interest in hiring him for further Justice League sequels or any D.C.E.U. movies overall, though he remains hopeful. He later revealed at Justice Con 2021 that he cast Wayne T. Carr as Green Lantern John Stewart and filmed footage for the film´s epilogue, but the studios turned this down.

With Marvel's Lego Marvel Super Heroes games serving as their direct response to D.C.'s Lego Batman video game trilogy, and Lego Marvel's Avengers acting as their M.C.U.-oriented spin-off of the former series, what would you guys and gals say about a potential Lego Justice League video game serving as the D.C.E.U.-dedicated spin-off on the latter series? In a fashion similar to how the main campaign in Lego Marvel's Avengers adapted the characters, elements, plots, archive audio footage, and music from both Marvel's The Avengers Assemble by Alan Silvestri and Avengers: Age of Ultron by Brian Tyler and Danny Elfman, Captain America: The First Avenger by Alan Silvestri, both Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World by Brian Tyler, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier by Henry Jackman, while D.L.C.s adapted those of Ant-Man by Christophe Beck, season 1 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. by Bear McCreary, and Captain America: Civil War by Henry Jackman, I think that the main campaign for a Lego Justice League video game should adapt those of Justice League by Danny Elfman, both Zack Snyder's Justice League and Zack Snyder's Justice League: Justice Is Gray Edition by Junkie X.L., both Wonder Woman by Rupert Gregson-Williams and Wonder Woman 1984 by Hans Zimmer (including Wonder Woman 1984: Sketches from the Soundtrack), and, depending on D.C. and Warner's decisions on whether or not to proceed with Man of Steel sequels and/or a Batfleck trilogy, the first Man of Steel sequel and the first in Batfleck's trilogy by whoever they'd respectively choose to compose them, with D.L.C.s being dedicated to those of Aquaman by Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Flash by Benjamin Wallfisch, and, if they change their minds and decide to release it, Cyborg by whoever they'd choose to score it. I thought about including both the theatrically released Justice League and both versions of Zack Snyder's Justice League since Justice League is much brighter and more humorous (as most Lego games strive to adapt), and since even darker stuff like Zack Snyder's Justice League can also be translated into the fun Lego styles. And I have to admit: such a game definitely should be pitched to Traveler's Tales games and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. But what do you guys and gals think? Any ideas of your own for such a game that you might like to suggest? Just lemme know in the comments section below.

If I was put in charge of the production of Justice League/Zack Snyder's Justice League, in an attempt to bring at least some more brightness and humor amidst all the bleak darkness that the franchise utilizes, as well as to better connect to each and every character and their respective backgrounds, personalities, characteristics, traits, and the like, I would've incorporated virtually every aspect of both versions at exactly the same time, with just three exceptions:

1. Danny Elfman's score, which I for one have actually come to appreciate, but also know disappoints this franchise's most hardcore fans.

2. The part in Justice League when the Flash accidentally lands on-top of Wonder Woman, face-first into her boobs and cleavage, when pushing her out of the way of the falling rubble, visually displaying Whedon's both sexist and unprofessional behavior.

3. The part in Justice League when Wonder Woman simply destroys Steppenwolf's Electro Axe at the climax of the final battle, knowing that Steppenwolf dying was the original intent.

Who knows? Perhaps that would've made a more complete and entertaining audiovisual experience on-screen. We'll ultimately never really know for sure, but still. Perhaps I might utilize such a mixture in part of my own work.... ;) Just thought I'd let you all know that. However, I'd also never hire either Snyder or Whedon to help.

Supposing that D.C. and Warner Bros. decide to change their minds and thus develop and release both Justice League Part Two and Justice League Part Three to follow up where Zack Snyder's Justice League left off at the end, which were part of Snyder's outline for a full Justice League story and would've respectively revolved around Darkseid's invasion of Earth and our heroes' final stand against him and the forces of Apokolips, what would you guys and gals like to see in it? Whether or not the apocalyptic future depicted in visions that our heroes experience in both versions of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Zack Snyder's Justice League will come to pass ultimately remains to be seen, since the Flash urged Bruce to find "us", and he ultimately did bring them together; but since Part Two and Part Three are said to revolve around such an epic conflict, it's possible that the dark future known as the "Knightmare" may be part of it. I for one would also like to see the League continuing to expand with more and new members, such as Zatanna, the Martian Manhunter (obviously, given the last scene), a Green Lantern (especially given how one of them helped repel Darkseid's first invasion in the beginning), Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing, Supergirl, Shazam, Green Arrow, and Hawkgirl. But what do you guys and gals think?