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==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
''In ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'', determined to ensure [[Superman]]’s ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]] aligns forces with [[Wonder Woman|Diana Prince]] with plans to recruit [[Justice League|a team of metahumans]] to protect the [[Earth|world]] from an approaching [[War for Earth|threat of catastrophic proportions]]. The task proves more difficult than Bruce imagined, as each of the recruits must face the demons of their own pasts to transcend that which has held them back, allowing them to come together, finally forming an unprecedented league of heroes. Now united; Batman, Wonder Woman, [[Aquaman]], [[Cyborg]], and [[Flash|The Flash]] may be too late to save the planet from [[Steppenwolf]], [[DeSaad]], and [[Darkseid]] and their dreadful intentions.''
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''In ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'', determined to ensure [[Superman]]’s ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]] aligns forces with [[Wonder Woman|Diana Prince]] with plans to recruit [[Justice League|a team of metahumans]] to protect the [[Earth|world]] from an approaching [[War for Earth|threat of catastrophic proportions]]. The task proves more difficult than Bruce imagined, as each of the recruits must face the demons of their own pasts to transcend that which has held them back, allowing them to come together, finally forming an unprecedented league of heroes. Now united; Batman, Wonder Woman, [[Aquaman]], [[Cyborg]], [[Flash]] and [[Calvin Swanwick|Martian Mahunter]] must save the planet from [[Darkseid]] and [[Darkseid's Elite|his elite]] and their dreadful intentions.''
   
 
==Cast==
 
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*[[Robin Wright]] as General [[Antiope]]
 
*[[Robin Wright]] as General [[Antiope]]
 
*[[Kiersey Clemons]] as [[Iris West]]
 
*[[Kiersey Clemons]] as [[Iris West]]
*[[Harry Lennix]] as [[Calvin Swanwick|Calvin Swanwick/Martian Manhunter]]
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*[[Harry Lennix]] as [[Calvin Swanwick|Martian Manhunter]]
 
*[[Karen Bryson]] as [[Elinore Stone]]
 
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*[[Jared Leto]] as the [[Joker]]<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jared-leto-to-play-joker-in-zack-snyders-justice-league-exclusive Jared Leto to Play Joker in Zack Snyder's 'Justice League' (Exclusive)]</ref>
 
*[[Jared Leto]] as the [[Joker]]<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jared-leto-to-play-joker-in-zack-snyders-justice-league-exclusive Jared Leto to Play Joker in Zack Snyder's 'Justice League' (Exclusive)]</ref>
 
*TBA as [[Granny Goodness]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/brookstweetz/status/1360283159036846082 Reviews by Brooks (@brookstweetz) - Twitter]</ref>
 
*TBA as [[Granny Goodness]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/brookstweetz/status/1360283159036846082 Reviews by Brooks (@brookstweetz) - Twitter]</ref>
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==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==

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"They said the age of heroes would never come again."
"It will... it has to."
Diana and Bruce Wayne[src]

Zack Snyder's Justice League, often referred to as the "Snyder Cut", and officially known by the Writers Guild of America as Justice League: The Snyder Cut[2], is the upcoming director's cut of the 2017 film Justice League—the fifth film in the DC Extended Universe based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name—and presents the original and uncompromised vision for the film by director Zack Snyder, with a screenplay with Chris Terrio and story by Snyder, Terrio, and Aquaman screenwriter Will Beall.

Like the 2017 theatrical release, Zack Snyder's Justice League is a follow-up to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and tells the formation of the Justice League—Batman (Ben Affleck), Superman (Henry Cavill, Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), and Cyborg (Ray Fisher)—as they come together to protect Earth from the threat of Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds) and his army of Parademons following Superman's death at the hands of Doomsday.

The film is scheduled to be released on HBO Max on March 18, 2021.[1] With a run time of approximately four hours, it is the longest DCEU film to date. It will also be the third R-rated DCEU film following Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Ultimate Edition (2016) and Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020).[3]

A grayscale version of Zack Snyder's Justice League will also be available alongside the standard film, known as the "Justice is Gray Edition".[4]

The film will be thematically be separated into six parts: "Don't Count On It, Batman"[5], The Age of Heroes[6], Beloved Mother, Beloved Son[7], "Change Machine"[8], All the King's Horses[9], and "Something Darker".[10]

Synopsis

In Zack Snyder's Justice League, determined to ensure Superman’s ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions. The task proves more difficult than Bruce imagined, as each of the recruits must face the demons of their own pasts to transcend that which has held them back, allowing them to come together, finally forming an unprecedented league of heroes. Now united; Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, Flash and Martian Mahunter must save the planet from Darkseid and his elite and their dreadful intentions.

Cast

Appearances


History

Production and release of Justice League

Justice League theatrical poster

Theatrical poster for Justice League, showcasing a highly saturated, Alex Ross-inspired look inline with the film's overall brighter tone

The 2017 theatrical cut of Justice League had a troubled production history, with its script and photography undergoing major changes before and during production as well as a change in directors, resulting in the release of a version markedly different from what was initially conceived during pre-production and principal photography. Most of the changes were driven by the negative critical reception to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which caused shake-ups at Warner Bros. despite the film's overall commercial success.

Justice League was initially helmed by director Zack Snyder through most of its production, from principal photography to an undetermined amount of post-production. Snyder completed principal photography in October 2016, then stepped down from post-production in May 2017 following a family tragedy, and director Joss Whedon took over as an uncredited director (he had writer credits, however). Whedon oversaw reshoots and other changes that added a brighter tone and more humor to the film, and cut the runtime down to 120 minutes in accordance with a mandate from Warner Bros. executives.

The theatrical release of Justice League was a commercial failure and was met with mixed reception from critics and audiences, leading Warner Bros. to re-evaluate the future of the DC Extended Universe. With details surfacing about the movie's troubled production and the state of the movie before Snyder stepped down, interest was shown for an alternate cut more faithful to Snyder's vision for the movie. Fans of Snyder's works, members of the cast and crew, and other film industry figures began petitioning for the release of this "Snyder Cut", though Warner Bros. stated they had no current plans to release an alternate cut of Justice League. The "Snyder Cut" would finally be announced on May 20, 2020 by Zack Snyder, entitled "Zack Snyder's Justice League" and launching on HBO Max in March 2021.

#ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement

Immediately after the theatrical release of Justice League, fans created an online petition to release the "Snyder Cut" that gained more than 180,000 signatures. The movement, which used the hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyderCut on social media, began before fans had any knowledge that a cut of Snyder's Justice League film actually existed in any capacity. The movement was ignited by the divisive reaction toward the theatrical cut, knowing that Snyder left directorial duties and the final cut of the film in the hands of Joss Whedon, and the assumption that Whedon created an inferior film. The circumstances have been compared to a similar situation with the film Superman II (1980). The productions of both Justice League and Superman II experienced the replacement of the director, for different reasons, before completion of the film, which led to a second director coming in and making substantial changes to the tone. Although the reasoning behind each Snyder and Donner's departure from their respective films differs, Donner was able to complete his Superman II cut in 2006. Some assumed that an alternate cut of Justice League was inevitable because historically several of Snyder's films have been re-released as extended cuts for home media (Watchmen, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) often seen by critics as superior to the original version. Several members of the Justice League cast and crew showed support for the "Snyder Cut"'s release, including actors Ben Affleck, Ray Fisher, Gal Gadot, Ciarán Hinds, Joe Manganiello and Jason Momoa, as well as photographer Clay Enos, storyboard artist Jay Oliva, cinematographer Fabian Wagner, and Ben Affleck's stunt double Richard Cetrone. Other film and comic-book-industry figures not related to Justice League have also supported the release of a "Snyder Cut" including filmmaker Kevin Smith, television producers Steven S. DeKnight and Damon Lindelof, and comic book writers Rob Liefeld, Robert Kirkman, and Jerry Ordway. People involved in former DCEU movies such as Christina Wren also supported the release of the cut. The hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyderCut was relayed over 800,000 times on Twitter on November 17, 2019, making it to the top trends worldwide on the second anniversary of the theatrical release of Justice League.

Zack Snyder

Members of the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement petitioned to see the original vision of Justice League by director Zack Snyder

Other figures were less optimistic that the "Snyder Cut" would ever be released. Shawn Robbins, chief analyst for Boxoffice.com suggested the size of the movement was too small to make an impact, stating, "another cut of Justice League just doesn't seem to be something many outside the die-hard fan base are clamoring to see." Clay Enos, who supports the release, also pointed out several logistical complications as hurdles impacting a possible release, including how royalty payments would be handled with two different versions of the same film. Citing industry sources, writer Mario F. Robles said Warner Bros. didn't trust Snyder's vision and wouldn't be willing to spend the millions of dollars it would cost to finish his cut. Brooks Barnes, Hollywood reporter for The New York Times theorized that the "Snyder Cut" would never be released due to a mix of the high cost to finish the project and corporate ego. He elaborated: "The ego kind of comes in where, like, no studio will ever put itself in a position of looking like they made the wrong decision. Let's just say it was finished, they put it out, everyone loves it, 'Oh my God, this should have been the movie.' That puts jobs at risk at the high level. Right? And so right there, it's not happening." Writing for Forbes, Scott Mendelson suggested it would be more likely for audiences to see either an animated or comic-book adaptation of Snyder's script than a polished, full-length feature film being finished and released. Box-office analyst from Exhibitor Relations didn't believe Snyder's version of the film would have fared much differently from the theatrical release, stating, "His Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was a train wreck of a film, and that was all on him. So, with that as a barometer, I don't have much faith that there was anything inherent to his vision that would have pushed this past $1 billion."

Members of the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement engaged in acts of activism to promote their cause. Assuming that corporate leadership was what was preventing the release of a "Snyder Cut", fans directly reached out to new figures related to Warner Bros. to demand its release. In June 2018, fans reached out to executives at AT&T following a merger between the company and Warner Bros.' parent company Time Warner (now WarnerMedia); in June 2019 they reached out to new WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff, who replaced Kevin Tsujihara following his resignation, and again the following month with a mass letter-writing campaign; and in July 2019 they reached out to WarnerMedia following the announcement of its new streaming service HBO Max. Ahead of the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, a fan launched a crowdfunding campaign with half of the funds going toward an advertising campaign including billboards and a flying banner ad promoting the "Snyder Cut", and the other half would be donated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. For a similar campaign at 2019 New York Comic Con, the movement purchased ad space on two billboards over Times Square featuring quotes from members of the cast and crew.

Some accused large elements within the movement, or the movement at large, of taking their activism beyond promotion, into areas of toxic behaviors including cyberbullying and harassment. Yohana Desta of Vanity Fair described the act of fans demanding an alternative cut as an example of toxic fandom, placing it in the same vein as the alleged 2017 harassment of Star Wars: The Last Jedi actress Kelly Marie Tran. Brandon Katz of the Observer noted that the movement is composed of, "both toxic DC fans that hurl vitriolic harassment at any and all opposition, and supportive moviegoers that genuinely enjoy Snyder's style and are just hoping to see the conclusion of his trilogy that began with 2013's Man of Steel. As with any contingent, there are both extremists and level-headed individuals in its ranks." In September 2018, former DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson deleted her Twitter account as a result of excessive online harassment from some members of the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement. Warner telephone operators inundated with regular calls about the "Snyder Cut" had been trained to treat these inquiries as prank calls. Bob Rehak, Swarthmore College Associate Professor and Chair of Film and Media Studies, said fandoms including #ReleaseTheSnyderCut revolt when someone makes a modification to something they love that doesn't align with their preference for what it should be. He said instances toxic fandom usually occur within a smaller subsection of a larger fandom who believe they are greater in number than they really are and whose voice often dominates the mainstream conversation, elaborating that, "When people learn these kinds of weaponized ways of discoursing at each other, and once those tactics get into play, it doesn't really matter how much of the community they speak for. It tends to kind of paint the whole community with a really broad brush."

In March 2019, Snyder confirmed after 16 months of speculation that his original cut did exist, and stated it was up to Warner Bros. to finish and release it.[15] In November, an insider in a Variety article claimed it was unlikely that Warner Bros. would ever release Snyder's version of the film in any form, calling it a "pipe dream." The following month however, Snyder posted a video on his Vero account, showing boxes with tapes labeled "Z.S. JL Director's cut", with the caption "Is it real? Does it exist? Of course it does."[16]

Zack Snyder's Justice League production

Discussions with Warner Bros. surrounding the potential release of Snyder's cut of Justice League began in late 2019, and lasted for a few months.[17] The studio first approached Snyder to release his cut unfinished, but Snyder objected to this and insisted on either finishing it or not completing it. According to Deborah Snyder, it took several months before the studio would recognize Snyder's intent to give the fans what they desired.[18] WarnerMedia decided to move forward with the Snyder Cut in February 2020, after chairman Toby Emmerich acknowledged the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement and reached out to Snyder.[11]

Zack Snyder's Justice League teaser poster

Teaser poster for Zack Snyder's Justice League released with the announcement on May 20, 2020

Zack and Deborah Snyder invited executives from Warner Bros., HBO Max and DC to their home to view the Snyder Cut. Zack Snyder presented ideas such as potentially releasing the cut in an episodic format rather than a film. The executives were impressed, and decided to let the project proceed. Soon after, Snyder began to reassemble the film's original post-production team in order to finish the cut.[11] Snyder notified the original cast of Justice League of his plans to release the Snyder Cut between April and May 2020, and according to Snyder, Cyborg actor Ray Fisher initially thought he was joking.[11] In May 2020, following a virtual screening of Man of Steel and years of speculation, Zack Snyder confirmed that the Snyder Cut would be released in 2021 on HBO Max, entitled Zack Snyder's Justice League.[19]

It was initally unclear what format Zack Snyder's Justice League would take for its release, whether it would be a four-episode miniseries or one four-hour long film. The Hollywood Reporter reported that Zack Snyder's Justice League would be expected to cost $20–30 million to complete, however Robert Greenblatt indicated to finish and release the film would be "wildly expensive" and cost more than the reported maximum of $30 million.[17] Sandra Dewey, president of productions and business operations for WarnerMedia, stated in an interview that they were aiming for an "early to mid-2021" release.[20]

Initial reports indicated there would be no new material filmed for Zack Snyder's Justice League, as Snyder had not been given permission by WarnerMedia to do so. However, on September 23, 2020, it was revealed Snyder was preparing to shoot additional footage in October. Affleck, Cavill, and Fisher reprised their roles for the shoot. With the cost of the additional footage shot, the budget was estimated to have increased to around $70 million. The additional shoots began by October 6. Later that month, Amber Heard, Jared Leto, and Joe Manganiello joined the cast to reprise their roles as Mera, the Joker, and Deathstroke, respectively. Jared Leto's return as Joker was noteworthy, as the character had not been seen since 2016's Suicide Squad and was not present in the original theatrical release of Justice League. Snyder also directed an additional scene with Flash actor Ezra Miller over Zoom, while he was in London for the shoot of the third Fantastic Beasts film set to release in 2022.[21] In January 2021, Snyder confirmed his work on the cut is now complete.[22]

Differences from the theatrical cut

Notes

  • Months before the announcement, Zack Snyder posted the image of a film canister that seemed to confirm the existence of his cut. It was listed as 214 minutes (3 hours 34 minutes long). This was later revealed to be a photograph from the set of Army of the Dead, also directed by Snyder, who used the film canister alongside prop canisters in the film.[23]
    • Since his confirmation of its runtime, Snyder has expanded the project to his unrestrained vision, leaving behind the "214 cut" in favor of a four hour version.
  • In October 2020, additional photography began, shooting under the working title of "Project 166."
  • In December 2020, Aquaman writer Will Beall was announced to co-write.
  • In December 2020 also brought news that the new VFX done for the film is, according to Snyder, 75% done.[24]
  • In January 2021, Zack Snyder hired editor Dody Dorn, Dorn worked previously with Christopher Nolan and David Ayer.

Soundtrack

  • Junkie XL's score for the film was removed and replaced by Danny Elfman's.
  • On October 29, 2019, Junkie XL confirmed his Justice League score is complete.[25]
  • On July 7th, 2020, Snyder implied Hans Zimmer's Superman theme would return.[26]
  • September 12, 2020 brought the first sound clip of Junkie XL's score to the internet via the DC FanDome convention.[27]
  • In an interview with FilmJunkee on YouTube on December 21, 2020, Zack Snyder teased yet another clip of XL's music, confirming a return to the steady beat and electric guitar usage XL tends to use, as opposed to the rhythm-changing, violin-and-choir-heavy Danny Elfman scores.[28]
  • In February 27, 2021, Junkie XL confirmed that his final score for the film would be completely different from the score that he initially completed for the 2017 release, citing different requirements for the two runtimes.[29]

Steppenwolf

  • The Invasion of Earth was much longer, including more scenes from the King of Men, Atlan, Yalan Gur, and the Old Gods.
    • Darkseid reportedly led the invasion and faced off against Ares instead of Steppenwolf. This was recently confirmed in a Vero post from Snyder which depicts Darkseid in the place of Steppenwolf.
  • In the final battle, Uxas/Darkseid was to make a cameo in the movie during two visions Cyborg had, and played an important role in Steppenwolf's motivation throughout the film.
  • Steppenwolf's demise was changed. In the original cut, Steppenwolf ends up impaled by Aquaman's trident and Wonder Woman decapitates him with the Sword of Athena.
  • Steppenwolf's head would roll through a boom tube to Darkseid's feet, and the united League would see Darkseid through the boom tube.

Cyborg

  • Before the release of the film, Zack Snyder stated that Cyborg would be the "heart" of the film.
    • Cyborg's origin story was cut:
      • A sequence in which Victor Stone played and won a football game for Gotham City University. This would end up impressing his mother, Elinore Stone.
      • A scene where Victor is speaking with his mother in a car about his father's absence in his life, leading Victor to angrily cause the accident that damaged his body and killed his mother.
      • His revival by Silas Stone using a Mother Box, as seen in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
  • Several scenes were cut or changed for Victor's story throughout the film:
    • After his father was taken by Parademons, Victor walked to the broken window and peered into the sky where the Parademons flew off to.
      • There was a cut scene that involved Victor hiding the Mother Box from a Parademon, discovering his "arm cannon" in the process.
      • Victor then went to the roof of his father's apartment building, where, after some initial difficulty, he learned to fly and took off into the sky.
    • Later scenes show Victor learning more about his powers: his ability to tap into any computer network, deploy weapon systems, and even controlling and dismissing several ICBMs.
    • A storyboard showed Cyborg teaching the Justice League about the Mother Boxes, including their discovery by the Nazis and how it eventually made its way to S.T.A.R. Labs, where Silas Stone used it to revive him. He then reveals to the Justice League that Silas Stone is his father.
      • Victor explains that the Mother Box rearranges matter at the will of its master.
  • During the final battle, Cyborg has a vision that reveals what happens if the Unity is completed. The vision shows the Knightmare, and Darkseid makes an appearance.
    • It has also been confirmed that Cyborg was going to have flashes of this vision in his countdown before resurrecting Superman. On the count of "one" he would see a brief flash of Darkseid and the Knightmare world. This vision was going to be shown in greater detail in the final battle.
    • This scene was meant to complete the vision Bruce Wayne has in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Batman

  • Bruce Wayne's entire search for Arthur Curry was cut down - only the very final scene, when he finds him in an isolated Icelandic village, made it to the movie.[30]
  • Bruce's investigation of the Parademons is cut down from the film. The scene with Batman and the mugger at the beginning is an addition by Joss Whedon, including the revelation that Parademons can smell fear and are attracted to a siren.

The Flash

  • Kiersey Clemons' Iris West was cut from the film.[31]
    • A scene in which Barry saves Iris from a car crash was shot and VFX was added, but not completed. The scene ultimately was scrapped and Iris was cut entirely from the film. Clemons is unconfirmed to appear in The Flash following her removal from Justice League.
  • During the Battle at Heroes Park, the Skirmish under Gotham Harbor, and the Battle of Pozharnov, Barry played a bigger role.
    • Scenes involving Barry battling more Parademons in the Battle of Pozharnov and the Skirmish under Gotham Harbor were cut.
    • There was a moment of The Flash actively trying to kick Superman in the Battle at Heroes Park. This was cut.
    • There was a scene in the Skirmish under Gotham Harbor where Steppenwolf threw Wonder Woman into the wall and then charges his axe at her which she dodges. This attack caused a chain reaction in which the building started to crumble on the outside and led to falling debris, which led to a cut of the Star Labs people outside with the Flash. Flash saw the debris falling so he used his speed to punch the debris out of the way from the people but somehow missed the last big piece in which Cyborg shoots it out of the way. This was cut.
  • Barry's appearance in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice during Bruce's vision was further explained, involving the Cosmic Treadmill being used by Barry to travel back in time and warn Bruce.
  • Snyder revealed there will be something to do with The Flash's abilities that had never been seen before.[32]

Lois Lane

  • Lois's visit to the Heroes Park was shortened to a montage of the world without hope. The full sequence involved former Jimmy Olsen actor Marc McClure portraying a cop who Lois routinely brought coffee on her way to the memorial.
  • The scenes between Lois and Martha Kent were changed.
    • At least one scene involving Lois Lane and Martha Kent talking about their grief of Clark's death was cut.
  • The scene where Lois awakens in her apartment alone before Alfred attempts to call her is cut down and re-purposed for the opening montage.

Superman

  • The events surrounding Superman's rebirth were changed.
    • While the Justice League was formulating how to revive Superman without him transforming into another Doomsday, it was revealed that the Growth Codex inside of Superman's cells would prevent his cells from destabilizing and keep him Kryptonian.
    • The Battle at Heroes Park took place at night, and involved the military, who were firing at Superman due to his confusion after his revival.
    • Superman was not going to say a single line in this entire sequence.
  • He would be using a black suit in the movie, as shown in a scene revealed by Zack Snyder on a YouTube livestream on the Justice Con channel.[33]

Aquaman

  • The fight between Steppenwolf, Aquaman, and Mera was cut down severely. In the theatrical release, the bodies of Parademons can be seen in the background, revealing a more prolonged battle.
    • Mera and Aquaman's dialogue was changed partially.
    • Nuidis Vulko makes an appearance shortly afterward, but Arthur instead leaves to the surface.
  • At the end of the film, Mera and Nuidis Vulko meets up with Aquaman to request him to journey with Atlantis.[34][35]
  • Arthur states that he's going to see his father, Thomas Curry, and his story would have been picked up again in the Aquaman film.[36]

Other changes

  • A scene of the world reacting to the events of the unity, including Lois Lane, Martha, Silas, London, Gotham, the Iceland village, etc. during the events of the final battle was cut.
  • There was no inclusion of the Russian family originally.[37]
  • Many scenes in the first act of the film were completely re-ordered and/or cut down.
  • A scene before Superman's resurrection involved Silas and the other S.T.A.R. Labs personnel faking a code red in the Kryptonian ship and evacuating it to allow the League members to get into the ship's genesis chamber without any issues was cut.
  • A moment in the Attack on Themyscira in which an Amazon infected with the energy from Steppenwolf's Electro Axe killed herself before turning into a parademon was cut.
  • Another moment during the Attack on Themyscira, which shows Connie Nielson as Hippolyta running up several walls.[38]
  • Jonathan Kent will make an appearance.
  • There will be at least one new Knightmare sequence.
  • There will not be any footage shot by Joss Whedon.

Music

Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) is set to compose the film. He had previously completed an entire score for Justice League, but was replaced by Danny Elfman after Joss Whedon's arrival.

The first track from the score, "The Crew at Warpower", was released on February 17, 2021.

Song title Artist Location(s)
"Hallelujah" Leonard Cohen
  • Teaser Trailer
"Time" Tom Waits "The Mother Box Origins" teaser

Videos

Teaser

Trailer

Clips

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Reviews by Brooks - Twitter
  2. "Justice League: The Snyder Cut" - Writers Guild of America
  3. https://comicbook.com/movies/news/zack-snyders-justice-league-rating-revealed/
  4. Zack Snyder on Vero - "Justice is Gray"
  5. Zack Snyder's Justice League (@snydercut) - Twitter
  6. Zack Snyder's Justice League (@snydercut) - Twitter
  7. Zack Snyder's Justice League (@snydercut) - Twitter
  8. Zack Snyder's Justice League (@snydercut) - Twitter
  9. Zack Snyder's Justice League (@snydercut) - Twitter
  10. Zack Snyder's Justice League (@snydercut) - Twitter
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named THR
  12. Ray Porter (@Ray__Porter) - Twitter
  13. Jared Leto to Play Joker in Zack Snyder's 'Justice League' (Exclusive)
  14. Reviews by Brooks (@brookstweetz) - Twitter
  15. Zack Snyder Confirms A Snyder Cut Of Justice League Exists - Screen Rant
  16. Zack Snyder Shares Photo of Justice League Director’s Cut - Screen Crush
  17. 17.0 17.1 The Snyder Cut Will Be a “Radical Rethinking” of ‘Justice League’, Costing Considerably More Than $30 Million to Finish - SlashFilm
  18. Ep 145: Deborah Snyder - LightCast Podcast
  19. "HBO Max to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut" - WarnerMedia Pressroom
  20. HBO Max’s Sandra Dewey Talks Racism, Inclusion at Cannes Keynote - Variety
  21. Justice League: Zack Snyder Used Zoom To Remotely Film New Ezra Miller Scene - The Direct
  22. Zack Snyder's Justice League Is Officially Complete - Comicbook
  23. "Zack Snyder Seemingly Confirms 'Snyder Cut' Exists" - IGN
  24. Justice League's VFX Are 75% Done, Zack Snyder Says - CBR
  25. EXCLUSIVE: Justice League Snyder Cut Score Is Done Confirms Junkie XL - Screen Rant
  26. Hans Zimmer's Superman theme in Zack Snyder's Justice League.
  27. TheSnyderCut on Twitter
  28. Zack Snyder Teases Junkie XL's Justice League Score
  29. "Junkie XL on Starting the Justice League Score Over and Releasing of the Full 4 Hours" - YouTube
  30. "Batman Searches For Aquaman In New Justice League Snyder Cut Image" - Screen Rant
  31. "After being cut from ‘Justice League’, Kiersey Clemons confirms she’s still Iris West in ‘The Flash’" - Batman-News.com
  32. www.dcfandome.com
  33. Spotlight on Zack Snyder Panel
  34. "Check Out Willem Dafoe’s Deleted Justice League Scenes In New Snyder Cut Images" - CinemaBlend
  35. "***UPDATE*** Never-Before-Seen Footage Of Aquaman In ‘Justice League’ Discovered" - Reel Anarchy
  36. "Justice League Snyder Cut Images Reveal How Aquaman Got His Costume" - Screen Rant
  37. "Here’s why ‘Justice League’ had a random Russian family" - Batman-News.com
  38. [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/connie-nielsen-on-wonder-woman-1984-and-giving-zack-snyder-her-blessing-for-justice-league-directors-cut/
  39. "Justice League: The Shocking, Exhilarating, Heartbreaking True Story of #TheSnyderCut" - Vanity Fair

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