Three Years After Marvel’s Avengers Director Joss Whedon’s Justice League Film Hit Theaters, DC Comics Confirms That The Watchmen Director Zack Snyder’s Original Justice League “Snyder Cut” Movie To Hit HBO Max in 2021!
DC Comics report.
Director Zack Snyder and HBO Max today announced that the highly sought “Snyder Cut” of Justice League will be coming exclusively to HBO Max in 2021. Snyder broke the news to fans today during a Man of Steel watch party.
#ReleaseTheSnyderCut. Only on HBO Max 2021. @ZackSnyder https://t.co/cfXCK1B6pA pic.twitter.com/hqeA9i7tTL
— HBO Max (@hbomax) May 20, 2020
While Snyder is the credited director of 2017’s Justice League, the film was finished by
[Marvel Cinematic Universe Avengers] director Joss Whedon prompting a social media fan initiative to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut.“I want to thank HBO Max and Warner Brothers for this brave gesture of supporting artists and allowing their true visions to be realized,” Snyder shared. “Also a special thank you to all of those involved in the SnyderCut movement for making this a reality.”
Justice League represented the first time the superstars of the DC Universe were seen together in live action on the big screen, and starred Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash and Ray Fisher as Cyborg. It also gave DC fans their first cinematic taste of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World with the appearance of Steppenwolf as the movie’s villain.
In the movie, fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act at the end of Batman v Superman, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.
“Since I got here 14 months ago, the chant to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut has been a daily drumbeat in our offices and inboxes,” said Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, Warner Media Entertainment and Direct-To-Consumer. “Well, the fans have asked, and we are thrilled to finally deliver. At the end of the day, it really is all about them and we are beyond excited to be able to release Zack’s ultimate vision for this film in 2021. This could never have happened if it weren’t for the hard work and combined efforts of the teams at HBO Max and Warner Bros. Pictures.”
In the two and a half years since Justice League’s release, several of the movie’s heroes have broken out with franchises of their own, including Momoa’s Aquaman and Gadot’s Wonder Woman, the latter of whom will return to theaters later this year in Wonder Woman 1984. But Snyder’s Justice League marked his final film in the series, and fans have long wondered what his director’s cut might look like. Sounds like they won’t have much longer to wait to find out.
If you’re hungry for more info, check out today’s feature in The Hollywood Reporter. For now, though, let us know what you think! Are you all in for this new cut of Justice League?
THR reports that:
- HBO Max will debut the project in 2021 — possibly in a four-hour director’s cut or in six TV-style “chapters” — as the helmer gets the gang back together with the original postproduction crew to score, cut and finish visual effects.
The film is expected to include a black costume Superman.
That is derived from the Death and Return of Superman storyline.
A lot has been mused about the Snyder Cut and whether it was even complete; now we know.
