[Movie] Justice League

On June 08 2012 09:31 Brutaxilos wrote:
I think you should add in the OP that Warner Bros is rebooting the Batman franchise for this film. That alone is a significant controversy.

On June 08 2012 09:42 xParadoxi wrote:
A good movie with Ryan Reynolds is an oxymoron. Hes been in great movies such as "The Green Lantern", "Blade Trinity" and Definitely Maybe. /Sarcasm. Also he's deadpool too. Whats next Robert Downey jr as the Martian?

On June 08 2012 09:52 BreakfastBurrito wrote:

good movies ryan reynolds has been in: Safehouse
Xmen origins
The Proposal (Don't hate lol)

and plenty of cameos i dont think those count though

not diagreeing with you on the bad ones though, especially green lantern.. good lord that was awful.


anyways, i'd like to see more DC movies. the Dark Knight series has been excellent, and if they can do it like that I'd enjoy them... but there is a lot of room for it to be awful as well, so idk. Worth a shot I guess, WB has the money.

Some of the DC characters just seem... OP to me though. Superman and green lantern can both kinda do anything. Doesn't make it as compelling as the limitations other heroes have. Using kryptonite every time is a laaame device.

On June 08 2012 10:15 Crazyeyes wrote:
Isn't Superman weak to magic?
With the type of cast you have in TJL, they'd probalby be fighting space wizards or something. So you dont necessarily need kryptonite. I think. I don't really know my comic book shit too well.

On June 08 2012 09:42 xParadoxi wrote:
A good movie with Ryan Reynolds is an oxymoron. Hes been in great movies such as "The Green Lantern", "Blade Trinity" and Definitely Maybe. /Sarcasm. Also he's deadpool too. Whats next Robert Downey jr as the Martian?

On June 08 2012 10:19 Lightwip wrote:

You could also use supervillains that are so strong that no one but Superman would be able to fight them, leaving the rest of the Justice League without any real purpose.
Example: Darkseid

On June 08 2012 13:58 Zooper31 wrote:


Darkseid would be an amazing first villian.

On June 08 2012 11:44 Mjolnir wrote:

Ryan Reynolds isn't a bad actor, he just has a terrible habit of picking movies that end up being completely screwed.

It wasn't his fault that Green Lantern sucked. That movie/script was bounced around so much that it was doomed to be a total clusterfuck no matter what he did. He can do a serious role, it's just that any movie where he has done so has bombed for various other reasons. His performance in "Buried" was almost universally praised - only nobody saw that movie because it was limited release and advertised like shit.

To be fair, he really does excel at the wise-cracking comedic character. He would have been a fucking fantastic Deadpool and his stint as Weapon X was destroyed by the fact that they took away his ability to speak and thus Reynold's charm.

The guy can act - he just needs a better agent and/or roles.

On June 08 2012 13:44 riotjune wrote:
This is injustice.

On June 08 2012 13:58 Zooper31 wrote:


Darkseid would be an amazing first villian.

On June 08 2012 14:11 GARO wrote:

And then we'd still have moviegoers whine and moan about how powerless Batman and Green Arrow are actually members of the JLA after watching it.

On June 08 2012 10:19 Lightwip wrote:

You could also use supervillains that are so strong that no one but Superman would be able to fight them, leaving the rest of the Justice League without any real purpose.
Example: Darkseid

On June 08 2012 14:50 Vindicare605 wrote:


That sort of thing seemed to happen a lot in the Avenger's i feel.

When the action actually started it was really Ironman, Hulk, and Thor doing all the real work while the "regular" humans pretty much handled crowd control.

On June 08 2012 14:20 ore0z wrote:


I thought Superman/Batman: Apocalypse was a good animated movie featuring Darkseid.

Edit: Darkseid as the first villain would be a bit too much though.

On June 09 2012 01:16 Cainam wrote:
It doesn't work because of Superman.

You have to have a villain that is so strong that only Superman can beat him, which is dumb...

OR

you have to take Superman out in some incredibly cheesy way early in the movie which is also dumb.

On June 09 2012 01:16 Cainam wrote:
It doesn't work because of Superman.

You have to have a villain that is so strong that only Superman can beat him, which is dumb...

OR

you have to take Superman out in some incredibly cheesy way early in the movie which is also dumb.

On June 09 2012 01:49 HyperLink wrote:

Then how does Avengers worth with Hulk and Thor when you have Hawkeye and Black Widow..?

Each character needs to fill it's role. Captain America stepped up to lead, Iron Man/Hulk/Thor dealt most of the damage, Hawkeye spotted and Black Widow had nice boobs...

Sure Superman can do a lot, but he can't do absolutely everything. Martian Manhunter leads, Superman/Green Lantern/Wonder Woman deal the damage, Batman strategizes/co-ordinates, Flash will just be awesome and then you throw in some other token JLA members (Red Tornado, Black Canary, Booster Gold, etc) and there is your movie.

On June 09 2012 01:05 Lightwip wrote:
The problem is, Superman is so far ahead of everyone else that you'd have to have someone like Darkseid, who could easily crush the rest of the league put together.

On June 09 2012 01:49 HyperLink wrote:

Then how does Avengers worth with Hulk and Thor when you have Hawkeye and Black Widow..?

Each character needs to fill it's role. Captain America stepped up to lead, Iron Man/Hulk/Thor dealt most of the damage, Hawkeye spotted and Black Widow had nice boobs...

Sure Superman can do a lot, but he can't do absolutely everything. Martian Manhunter leads, Superman/Green Lantern/Wonder Woman deal the damage, Batman strategizes/co-ordinates, Flash will just be awesome and then you throw in some other token JLA members (Red Tornado, Black Canary, Booster Gold, etc) and there is your movie.

On June 08 2012 14:49 Vindicare605 wrote:


X-men origins was fucking awful.

one of the worst movies i have ever seen.

From the outside, Warner Bros. looks like it's riding high, with the latest movie from its DC Comics Extended Universe, "Wonder Woman," now the highest-grossing movie of the summer.

But Variety is reporting a different vibe inside the studio, specifically for its next big DC release, "Justice League."

The movie that will combine some of the biggest superheros from the DC Comics — Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg — is going through some extensive reshoots. Approximately $25 million of them, in fact.

Though it's common for huge studio movies to have reshoots, recently the practice has become major news due to the end-result of some big titles. Reshoots were praised after the huge success of "Rogue One," though they led to mixed results for "Suicide Squad" (which was critically slaughtered, but earned over $750 million worldwide).

Now, it's time for "Justice League" to go through the ringer.

It seems the reshoots are extensive. Reshoots typically go for a few weeks, but for "Justice League" they have gone on for two months, sources tell Variety.

On July 27 2017 23:52 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote:

Steel Superman or Lex Luthor are my guesses. Both showed up at different times when Supes was missing/dead.

And they are working on moving past the Snyder-verse. Introducing Flash: Flashpoint is a guarantee that they want to move past what Snyder laid out and go in the direction Geoff Johns and DC.

On July 28 2017 01:24 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote:

At this point in the DCEU, they can do pretty much anything they want. They're gonna Flashpoint it and redo it anyway. Snyder-verse didn't work. As Feige did with Marvel and Disney, Johns will do with DC and WB.

I'm hoping it's Lex Luthor in his new suit. THAT would be awesome. In Superman Reborn, he donned a fake Supes body and went to protect the world, so who knows.

On July 28 2017 04:27 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote:

If you think Luthor is going to remain in prison for very long, at any point, ever, in the DC, you've gotta read some more comics.
If they were going to introduce GL, they wouldn't be sitting on this, and the floor wouldn't have been shaking when he walked in. Clark would fly/hover. So would GL.

Batman Notes shared set photos of two new reshoot sites in the United Kingdom including Southill Estate in Bedfordshire. The aesthetic of the sprawling property is very reminiscent of the Wayne Manor causing fans to immediately assume that it is a stand-in for the family-owned mansion. Further fueling the speculations is the recent spotting of Affleck in the area.

The second location is the brick covered Shorts Building where the crew was snapped while hard at work in setting up the place for scheduled filming. On top of the structure’s front doorway, there is a sign that reads “Lakeview Apartments” which could mean that one of the members of the League is living in the property, possibly Barry Allen.

Prior to filming in the two new aforementioned venues, shooting supposedly took/is taking place at the Southill Lake and Woods and given the site’s water access, it could potentially be for new Aquaman close-up shots. Although, it is important to note that since the lake is part of the massive lot where the earlier mentioned manor in Southill Park is located, the scenes being shot may be connected to Bruce.

This massive additional work is reportedly causing some problems at Warner Bros. On top of the recently controversial Cavill mustache kerfuffle due to the actor’s filming conflict with Paramount’s Mission: Impossible 6, the extended reshoots being done on Justice League is costing the film studio an extra $25 million – a significantly high price compared to the usual backup budget reshoots have for just $10 million.

Provided that the Whedon reshoots are being done on location instead of just on a closed-off set, it is not difficult to imagine Justice League‘s budget growing rapidly. That said, the visuals that these sites offer seem to add to the visual appeal of the film with its sweeping landscape and realistic set pieces.

Reshoots are a normal part of any major film: fixing everything from continuity errors to how certain scenes fundamentally played out. Famously, Ben Kingsley went into reshoots for Iron Man 3 believing that the studio was going to make them reshoot the Mandarin twist ending into something more in line with the comic books. Justice League’s final round of reshoots, which evidently cost upwards of $25 million, were anything but typical. They evidently overhauled the entire film: making sweeping change to the main characters, fundamentally altering the tone and cutting out lead-ins to the now-canceled Justice League Part 2.

By all accounts, Joss Whedon shot a completely different movie from the one that Zack Snyder originally made. And even though the new trailers – which were supposed to reflect and sell these changes to the movie-going public – were unabashedly terrible, the film’s new direction and Whedon’s involvement were enough to make fans of the franchise hopeful for an improvement over the series’ shaky foundations.

Now a week out from the film’s release, people have seen the movie. And when the social media embargo – NOT the review embargo – finally lifted, the results were surprisingly positive. Rather than the deluge of negative press that many anticipated leading into the Frankensteined blockbuster, most praised it for the demonstrable improvements that it made compared to its predecessors.

Thank God for small miracles, I guess.

Looking through the fresh perspectives on the upcoming blockbuster, most reactions appear to be mixed. While not on par with The Avengers – or even Wonder Woman, for that matter – most called it a fun, if flawed, movie that was in line with most bloated, studio-driven, multi-million dollar blockbusters. Paul Shirley of Joblo.com called it “a fun, bumpy ride that succeeds in character, but fails in narrative. It’s a mixed bag of execution that’s saved by the actors, who rise above the shortcomings to deliver an engaging, funny and hopeful, yet flawed, entry to the DCEU.”

Erik Davis of Fandango said that it “is better than BvS and #SuicideSquad – it’s lean, mean & packed w/ superhero action. I dug most of its lighter moments & I think it has one of the best action sequences ever in a DCEU movie. And of course Wonder Woman steals the show.” Haleigh Foutch of Collider said that the movie is “solid entertainment despite some problems. They pulled off a strange alchemy that works better than it should. The story is lacking, but the League is great and it’s a blast to watch them in action together. Wonder Woman is clutch, obvi.”

More and more critics have similarly weighed in, mostly to the same end. The movie is perfectly alright. It’s better than its terribly reviewed forebears. The characters, and especially Wonder Woman, work well in it. It’s lighter and funnier than previous entries, although the story, direction, villain and special effects are a mixed, less-than-functional bag.

It appears, at least preliminarily, that the movie won’t go down as the titanic mess than most had assumed it was going to be. It’s important to note, however, that this is just the social media embargo, not the full review embargo. It allows those rare few who have seen it in advance to give condensed, initial impressions (often in less than 140 characters). These are not full reviews, detailed opinions nor ringing endorsements. They roughly sketch out “it could have been worse” and “this might not tank the DCEU” across social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.

The rest of us won’t have to wait long to find out how good (or bad) the movie is for ourselves. Justice League opens next week.

On November 17 2017 21:16 Kipsate wrote:
Haven't seen the movie yet but given that they have to introduce 3 new superheroes, make them fight together, probably reintroduce superman somewhere along the way and build up a villain out of nowhere im going to go ahead and claim that this movie is probably too fast paced?

On November 23 2017 06:16 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
As I said Snyder has destroyed the DC universe. Why the fuck would they give him a directing contract after the shitshow that was Watchmen and Sucker Punch.

On November 23 2017 06:20 Manit0u wrote:


Watchmen was decent.

On November 27 2017 12:11 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Overall, I thought Justice League was pretty good. I'd recommend seeing it, although I'm not raving about it. I liked it more than most other DC movies, but I liked it less than Wonder Woman and most Marvel movies. Spoilers ahead!

Elaboration, feedback, and questions I have:

+ Show Spoiler +

On November 28 2017 06:51 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


That's the issue that many of us have with the movie. For me, I was hoping it would be the DC equivalent of The Avengers, in the sense that now there's a cool team of heroes who can work together and achieve what the individual could not. But it's not that, because the Avengers have multiple heroes who actually pull their own weight (Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, etc.). This movie formed the Justice League, sure, but it also cemented the idea that the Justice League is 99% Superman and 1% other-"heroes"-making-sure-Superman-doesn't-die.

If at first your movie studio doesn’t succeed, restructure and restructure again. After Justice League received subpar reviews and underwhelming box office returns, Warner Bros. is looking to shake-up its DC Films division—again. Per Variety, DC Films co-head and producer Jon Berg will step down, and the studio is considering bringing DC’s film operations closer to Warner Bros. proper.

The establishment of a “DC Films” with film producer Berg and DC Comics veteran Geoff Johns as co-heads came after the failure of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and was WB’s attempt to emulate Marvel Studios and their president Kevin Feige, who is not only an experienced film producer but has an encyclopedic knowledge of Marvel comics. Although the first film with this pair in charge, Wonder Woman, was undoubtedly a success, the same couldn’t be said for Justice League. Johns is expected to stay on in at least an advisory capacity.

Warner Bros. is also considering bringing its DC films operation under the same umbrella as their other studios. Although Marvel Studios is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, it generally operates independently—Fox and Sony, on the other hand, are more directly hands on with their X-Men and Spider-Man franchises, respectively. A move from WB would probably resemble Fox and Sony more so than Disney.

Justice League received a 40% score on Rotten Tomatoes (our review here ) and grossed $570.3 million worldwide in three weeks; in comparison, the first Avengers film made up to $1.5 billion in the same amount of time. Production problems plagued Justice League—already coming off of a lambasted Batman v Superman, WB executives were quite skittish about the future of the franchise. According to a large spread by The Wrap, the changing of hands from Zack Snyder to Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon, clashing visions and studio interference and an overall rushed production led to a “Frankenstein” (although really, it’s Frankenstein’s Monster) of a film.

A replacement for Berg will be announced sometime soon. The next DC movie will be Aquaman directed by James Wan (The Conjuring, Furious 7) for a release date of Dec. 21, 2018.

New reports say that Zack Snyder was fired from Justice League, months before he publicly shared that he was no longer involved with the project.

Entertainment reporter Josh Dickey is leaving the industry, and tweeted a series of links with some context about his time there. One of his claims was that Snyder didn’t leave the project voluntarily, but was instead fired from the film, according to unnamed sources.

Collider is backing up Dickey’s tweet, reporting that Warner Bros. fired Snyder in January or February 2017 — months before Snyder announced he was stepping away from the project to deal with the personal matters after the death of his daughter.

“I’d heard similar things from separate sources over the last year as well,” Collider’s Matt Goldberg wrote. “I also heard that Snyder’s rough-cut of the movie was ‘unwatchable’ (a word that jumped out at me because it’s rare you hear two separate sources use the exact same adjective). Of course, even if that’s true, there’s obviously more to the story since rough cuts can be fixed up with reshoots, rewrites, etc.”

The sensitive nature of Snyder’s family tragedy played a part in keeping this story from being reported, according to some, but it also seems true that no one was willing to go on the record to confirm or deny whether Snyder left or was fired.

Goldberg and Dickey’s reporting supports other developments that were happening at Warner Bros. at the time; developments that, in hindsight, foreshadowed Snyder’s work on future movies. In May 2016, just a few months after the disastrous release of Batman v Superman, Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara removed Silverman as a supervisor overlooking the DC Comics film slate. The Wrap reported that Tsujihara was investing heavily in Warner Bros.’ DC Comics brand, and wanted films with better critical reception.

“It’s no secret the studio wanted better critical reception on the DC properties,” sources told The Wrap.

The Wrap later reported that executives at Warner Bros. first raised major concerns over Snyder’s work in mid-2016, after the release of Batman v Superman. Those same executives pleaded with Silverman, who worked with Snyder on 300, to remove him from Justice League and give the project to someone else. Silverman refused. Less than a year later, in December 2016, Silverman was ousted from the company.

Variety reported that company executives were not happy with the performances of other DCEU films, including Suicide Squad, which Silverman oversaw. It was only a few months after, based on Dickey’s and Goldberg’s reports, that Snyder was also fired from the production.

We’ve reached out to Warner Bros. for comment. The company has spoken on Snyder’s future involvement with the DC films in the past.

“Zack Snyder is not currently scheduled to direct a DC film, but he is serving as a producer or executive producer on upcoming DC pictures such as Wonder Woman 2 and Aquaman,” Warner Bros. told Polygon in a previous statement.

On February 23 2018 10:44 Plansix wrote:
Damn, that with the story that Snyder was let go from Justice League it being a mess, I think it is safe to say that DC movies are fucked.

Warners had been trying to enlist Cavill, who most recently co-starred in Mission: Impossible — Fallout, for a Superman cameo in Shazam!, which stars Zachary Levi and will bow April 5. But contract talks between Cavill's WME reps and Warners broke down, and the door is now closing on other potential Superman appearances.

That's because the studio has shifted its focus to a Supergirl movie, which will be an origin story featuring a teen superheroine. This effectively removes an actor of Cavill's age from the storyline's equation given that Superman, aka Kal-El, would be an infant, according to DC lore.

Furthermore, Warners isn't likely to make a solo Superman film for at least several years, according to another source. "Superman is like James Bond, and after a certain run you have to look at new actors," says a studio source. As such, Cavill will join Ben Affleck, who isn't expected to reprise his role for director Matt Reeves' forthcoming Batman stand-alone film, as a hero on the way out.

"We have a great relationship and great respect for Henry Cavill that continues to remain unchanged. Additionally we have made no current decisions regarding any upcoming Superman films," read a statement from a Warner Bros. spokesperson after the initial publication of this story.

A Warners source says the Shazam! deal fell apart because of scheduling conflicts. And that is backed up by the fact that Cavill recently signed on to star in the Netflix series The Witcher. However, another source says that the Witcher commitment came after the Warners impasse, suggesting a change in Warners' strategy.

"There's a recognition that some parts of the previous movies didn't work," says the studio insider. Another source says Warners is trying to hit a "reset" button with the DC universe, steering its ship slowly into another direction.

While Affleck and Cavill are segueing out, others who were seen together onscreen in Justice League are carrying forward. Gal Gadot is returning for Wonder Woman 1984, to hit theaters in November 2019. Jason Momoa headlines a solo Aquaman movie this December. And Ezra Miller remains on board to star in a Flash movie, which is due to shoot in early 2019.

Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara and chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group Toby Emmerich are looking to reinvigorate the studio's DC Universe, which is still playing second fiddle to the Marvel Universe in terms of box office and critical acclaim. Just six years ago, when The Dark Knight Rises closed out the Christopher Nolan trilogy, DC was the superhero team with the mojo. But so far, only Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman spinoff has lived up to the promise of the franchise.

What Warners hasn't done is wiped the slate clean in one fell swoop, something that is nigh impossible to do given the years of planning that goes into these films. When asked about the studio Sept. 6 at an investor conference, new WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey said, "Hats off to Kevin and Toby and their team." But he also took a shot at DC. "Some of our franchises, in particular at DC, we all think we can do better."

On September 13 2018 04:28 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote:
Some light rumors of Michael B Jordan being cast as Supes. WB is doing their best to sabotage and ruin DC characters. WB execs need to be fired and the whole company restructured. This is embarrassing.

The social media firestorm over Henry Cavill's fate in the next installment of 'Superman' turns out to be an invented conflict ... TMZ has learned.

Sources in the know tell TMZ, there's no real discussion over the main role because there's no active 'Superman' project. It's true ... Cavill has felt he was underpaid for the role and that's an issue, as is what some say was an underwhelming performance.

We're told if and when the next 'Superman' project is greenlit, Cavill along with others would be in play. If, for example, a director felt he was the perfect guy for the role, he could end up with another cape assuming he and the studio could come to terms.

Cavill posted a video Wednesday insinuating the door is not closed.

The whole brouhaha started when Cavill turned down a cameo in "Shazam!" over money, and then accepted a Netflix deal for "The Witcher." Apparently, some people thought he moved on from 'Superman,' but the fact is there's no conflict ... because up to this point there's no movie project.

Warner Bros.' Aquaman continued to rule the holiday box office Christmas Eve, earning $11.2 million from 4,125 theaters in North America and swimming past the $500 million mark globally.

The DC superhero pic, starring Jason Momoa in the titular role, debuted domestically over the weekend to $67.4 million, easily enough to beat Christmas competitors Mary Poppins Returns and Bumblebee. Aquaman began opening mid-December overseas, where it has earned north of $420 million to date. Its domestic total through Monday is $79 million, including sneaks.

On December 26 2018 08:18 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Looks like the post Snyder era for DC is going very well:



Source

So this looks like this is the second in a row for WB and DC film that will top 1 billion is box office sales. WB needs to cough up and keep Cavill and Affleck in their respective roles.

On December 26 2018 09:53 Sermokala wrote:

The second in a row? The last DC movie that hit a billion was TDKR Teen titans broke 50 million which was impressive but justice league didn't crack 700 I'm pretty sure.

DC needs to get over their contempt for the property they're basing the movies off of. They could start by having someone in their movie say justice league.


I liked aquaman. It was three movies of story that they squished into one but instead of it being a problem like other movies they kept the same characters for all the stories so it didn't fall apart. I'm disappointed they didn't have enough faith to make black manta the main enemy so they had to ham up a cliche "forgotten son heir to the throne" storyline that black panther already did in reverse.

It feels like they're burning through content as fast as they can in order to get what they can out of superhero movies before it chrash's. obligatory marval talk I think marvel is doing the same thing but its hard to argue that they need to slow down when they're swinging for a billion dollars a movie.

On May 23 2020 01:49 Pandemona wrote:
I always thought the DC universe has more substance to it than the Marvel one though, following comic book lore and some of the Marvel movies that have tried to portray them haha.

I guess the main issue is trying to commercialize a deep plot comic book to the whole world results in what films we get. This Justice League film sums it up, it was just a light hearted family film with some superheroes people know, rather than having a story to it.

Zack Snyder is looking to bring his highly anticipated director's cut of Justice League to the big screen — and his new footage would likely tip the four-hour opus into an R-rating.

"Here's one piece of information nobody knows: The movie is insane and so epic and is probably rated R — that's one thing I think will happen, that it will be an R-rated version, for sure," Snyder tells EW. "We haven't heard from the MPAA, but that's my gut."

Asked for details about what makes the new footage explicit, Snyder reveals, "There's one scene where Batman drops an F-bomb. Cyborg is not too happy with what's going on with his life before he meets the Justice League, and he tends to speak his mind. And Steppenwolf is pretty much just hacking people in half. So [the rating would be due to] violence and profanity, probably both."

Perhaps an even bolder move than a cussing Dark Knight is Snyder pushing for Warner Bros. to release his recut and supersized HBO Max film on the big screen in 2021, at a time when parent company WarnerMedia is trying to boost its nascent streaming service with as much exclusive content as possible. To be clear, a decision on whether to release the film theatrically has not yet been made, and Warner Bros. had no comment for this story. But Snyder has previously stated that adding a big-screen rollout along with the HBO Max release is his preference and now the director suggests steps are being taken in that direction.

"I'm a huge fan and a big supporter of the cinematic experience, and we're already talking about Justice League playing theatrically at the same time it's coming to HBO Max," Snyder says. "So weirdly, it's the reverse [of the trend]."

Warner Bros. is releasing every film on its 2021 slate on HBO Max at the same time as their theatrical release, a move that's drawn considerable criticism from filmmakers such as Christopher Nolan and Judd Apatow. Where did Snyder land on this polarizing issue? "It felt like a pretty bold move and that maybe the implication wasn't 100 percent thought out," he says. "I feel like there's a lot of people panicking during COVID. I hope that, in the end, that's what this was — some sort of knee-jerk to COVID and not some sort of greater move to disrupt the theatrical experience. I thought we were kind of already getting very close to the ideal theatrical window where you still had marketing material out there and you hadn't forgotten about the film by the time it came out on DVD or streaming. I thought we were starting to hone in on that sweet spot, but this kind of throws a monkey wrench in the works."

Snyder was the original director on Justice League and then stepped down from the project. Director Joss Whedon took over the film and shot new footage for the theatrical version released in 2017, which received a negative reception from fans and critics. After a massive fan lobbying campaign to "Release the Snyder Cut," WarnerMedia decided to fund Snyder's vision to rework the film into a limited series for HBO Max at a reported cost of up to $70 million. Snyder's new footage, shot over eight days, includes scenes with the core cast, including Ben Affleck (Batman) and Ray Fisher (Cyborg).

On March 23 2021 05:09 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Well one thing is for certain. Whedon fucked the original way up with his edits and reshoots.

I'm just pissed we will never get a follow up films, because it seemed like there was a plan being formed.

On March 23 2021 11:57 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote:
I've said it once and I'll always repeat it. Snyder was the worst possible choice to give the reins to for making a DCEU that could stand up to the MCU.