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Justice League
Directed byZack Snyder
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Chris Terrio
  • Zack Snyder
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFabian Wagner
Edited by
Music byDanny Elfman
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26) (Beijing)
  • November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17) (United States)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$300 million[2]
Box office$657.9 million[3]

The 2017 film 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 theatrical release of a version reportedly markedly different from what was initially conceived during pre-production and principal photography.[4][5] Most of the changes were driven by the negative reception to the previous installments of the DC Extended Universe Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad.[6] Helmed by director Zack Snyder though most of it's production, Snyder stepped down in May 2017 following a family tragedy and director Joss Whedon took over in post-production, completing the film as an uncredited director. 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.[6][2][5]

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.[7] With details surfacing about the movie's troubled production and the state of the movie before Snyder stepped down, interest has been 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 have petitioned for the release of this "Snyder Cut", though Warner has not stated if they have any intention of doing so.[5] Film editor Chris Dawson is working on a fan edit called Justice League: Black Suit Edition that aims to re-create Snyder's vision.[8][9]

Original Snyder/Terrio script (2014–2016)

Following the release of Man of Steel (2013), director Zack Snyder outlined the basis of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), which centered around a five-film arc including Man of Steel, Batman v Superman and a Justice League trilogy. As interpreted by Stephen M. Colbert of Screen Rant, the structure of the franchise would have been the "inverse" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Instead of solo films culminating in cross-over Avengers films, DC's take would have primarily been cross-over films with occasional solo films on the side set at different points in time.[10] Snyder's original vision for the series was to have Batman v Superman be one of the darkest in the franchise, and have the movies become more hopeful in tone from there. Despite this, Snyder describes his original Justice League script written with Chris Terrio as "dark" and "scary". According to concept art, the scenes involving Apokolips and the New Gods were heavily influenced by sci-fi and the work of H. R. Giger.[11][12]

"The original Justice League that Chris [Terrio] and I wrote, we didn't even shoot. There's a lot of it that we shot [but] the actual idea, the hard, hard idea, the scary idea, we never filmed because the studio was like, 'That's crazy.' And we were so insecure at the time after [Batman v Superman] came out, we were just like, 'I guess it is crazy. We're f—in' nuts. There's gonna be mass hysteria in the streets if we film this.'"

—Zack Snyder, Syfy Wire[13]

Concept art for David Ayer's Suicide Squad suggests that originally, Steppenwolf and his Parademons were going to be the villains controlling Enchantress with the Mother Boxes, although Snyder has noted he was never aware of this early concept [14][15].

It is believed by many that Darkseid was going to be the primary protagonist in the original concept of Justice League. According to Snyder, at least part of the film was set to explore Bruce Wayne's "Knightmare"—the scene in Batman v Superman where Bruce Wayne has a vision of a post-apocalyptic future Gotham, followed by the Flash appearing to tell him that Lois Lane is "key" and worries that he is "too soon". In the early script for Justice League, the continuation of the "Knightmare" had Darkseid use a boom tube to teleport into the Batcave and kill Lois Lane. This would have made Superman susceptible to Darkseid's Anti-Life Equation, the fictional mathematical formula from the comic books for controlling the minds of sentient beings. With Superman under Darkseid's control, they take over Earth and create the post-apocalyptic future from Wayne's "Knightmare". Batman and Cyborg worked together to create a time machine to send Flash back in time to save Lois and prevent Superman from falling under Darkseid's control. The Flash has two possible destinations in time, one of which resulted in his "too soon" speech in Batman v Superman.[13][11][16][17] This version of Justice League was never filmed and no footage of it exists, although speculation may point to it serving as the basis for Snyder's intended sequel to Justice League. [18]

The "Snyder Cut" (2016–2017)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was panned by critics (holding a 27% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes[19]), with common critiques of the film centered around its dark tone, lack of humor and slow pace. Audiences polled by CinemaScore graded the movie a B. This reaction caused Warner Bros. to ask Snyder and Terrio to re-evaluate upcoming films in the DCEU, particularly Suicide Squad, which had already wrapped principal photography, and Justice League, which was a month away from filming. Snyder and Terrio had always planned on having the DCEU films become progressively more light and positive in tone, but the reaction to Batman v Superman caused them to rewrite Justice League as even more hopeful in tone than originally planned.[11][20] In cinematographer Fabian Wagner's first meeting with Snyder, he said he "get away from the stylized, desaturated, super-high contrast looks of other films in the franchise."[21] Warner hired Jon Berg and Geoff Johns to oversee the DCEU, with their first task being to help with Justice League rewrites to make the film more hopeful and optimistic.[6] Batman actor Ben Affleck was hired to help with script re-writes and also serve as executive producer on Justice League, mainly to ensure continuity between the film and The Batman, which he was expected to star in and direct at the time.[22] Jeremy Irons, the actor who portrayed Alfred Pennyworth and was an outspoken critic of Batman v Superman, said the "Snyder Cut" script was simpler, smaller and more linear than its predecessor.[23] Because of the Justice League re-writes, Steppenwolf was cut as the major villain from Suicide Squad and was last-minute replaced by Enchantress' brother Incubus.[14][15] Principle photography was shot entirely using 35 mm film[24] and wrapped in December 2016.[25] Months later, multiple cuts of Snyder's Justice League were shown to Warner executives, in addition to friends and family of Snyder.[26][25] A final run-time and picture lock were achieved, though the cuts had incomplete VFX shots, partial audio mixing and Junkie XL's soundtrack was mid-way through production.[27][28] During the Director Cut Event organised by Snyder, the director said that he had multiple cuts that were essentially "done," only needing "a few CG tweaks" to complete, but that it was ultimately up to Warner to release it.[29][30] This mostly finished version of Justice League is what's often referred to as the "Snyder Cut".

The "Snyder Cut" is presumed to be 214 minutes (about three-and-a-half hours) long.[5][31] The basic framework of Snyder's Justice League story was somewhat maintained for the theatrical release: Batman and Wonder Woman seek out the other metahumans, form a team, resurrect Superman, and defeat Steppenwolf in a final battle in Russia. However, dozens of additional scenes, backstories, mythos, worldbuilding elements, new characters, and teases for upcoming films were present in the "Snyder Cut" but not the theatrical release. The time-travel aspect of Snyder and Terrio's original draft was maintained for the "Snyder Cut", but on a smaller scale. Steppenwolf was originally planning to free himself from Darkseid's rule using the mother boxes which were a containment vessel for his mother Heggra, a powerful entity in DCEU. In this version, Cyborg fails to stop "The Unity" and Flash travels back in time to give him a second chance.[32] It spent more time introducing the three new main characters to the DCEU: Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg.[4] The "Snyder Cut" also introduced several new supporting characters from the source comic books, including: Justice League antagonist Darkseid (played by Ray Porter),[33] master torturer Desaad (actor unknown),[34] Aquaman's mentor and trainer Nuidis Vulko (played by Willem Dafoe),[35] scientist Ryan Choi who takes on the mantle of Atom in the comics (played by Ryan Zheng),[36] Cyborg's mother Elinore Stone (played by Karen Bryson),[37] Barry Allen's love interest Iris West (played by Kiersey Clemons),[38] and Green Lantern Corps members Kilowog and Tomar-Re (actors unknown).[39] Other side characters had additional screen time and more important roles in the "Snyder Cut", including: Superman antagonist Lex Luthor (played by Jesse Eisenberg),[4] Cyborg's father Silas Stone (played by Joe Morton),[40] Atlantean warrior Mera (played by Amber Heard),[41] reporter and Superman love interest Lois Lane (played by Amy Adams),[42] and Wonder Woman antagonist Ares (played by Nick McKinless).[43]

Warner executives who saw his cut noted that Snyder made significant efforts to lighten the tone following the criticism of Batman v Superman.[6] After the test screening of Aquaman, the movie was said to have a similar tone to the "Snyder Cut".[44] Despite this, Warner was still unhappy with the results and executives reportedly described the cut as "unwatchable".[45] The first two trailers for Justice League used footage from the "Snyder Cut" before Whedon's contributions,[46][47] and were subject to a mixed reception.[48][49][50][51] Neil Daly, who oversaw the test screenings, said test audiences ranked Batman and Superman the lowest of the main cast.[52] Warner has reportedly stated it has no plans of releasing an alternate cut of Justice League though Jay Oliva has refuted this claim. [53]

#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 Snyder Cut fans have also raised over $106,000 dollars for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention which also brought out confessions from numerous fans detailing how Zack Snyder's movies have helped them overcome their own struggles.[31][54][53] The movement, which uses the hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyderCut on social media,[5][55] began before fans had any knowledge that a cut of Snyder's Justice League movie actually existed in any capacity.[31][56] 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 continued confirmation by Jay Oliva, a similarly accomplished DC movie and animation director, who was storyboarding each Zack Snyder movie in DCEU. The circumstances have been compared to a similar situation with the film Superman II (1980). Both Justice League and Superman II feature a director that was replaced, for different reasons, before completion of a film, which led to a second director coming in and making substantial changes to the tone of each film. Although the reasoning behind each director's departure differs, Richard Donner was able to complete his Superman II cut in 2006.[5][55][57] Countless industry figures have stated 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.[58][59] Several members of the Justice League cast and crew have shown support for a "Snyder Cut" release including actors Jason Momoa,[60] Ciarán Hinds[61] and Ray Fisher,[62] as well as photographer Clay Enos,[63] storyboard artist Jay Oliva,[64] cinematographer Fabian Wagner,[65] stage and theatre artists Greg Draven (who plays a Viking king who led the human coalition in Snyder Cut and buried the mother box) and Ray Porter (who portrayed Darkseid). Both have been outspoken in their support towards fans with Ray Porter even going to the San Diego Comic Con 2019 to meet and support the fans there most notably with a fan identified as Jeff Purdy, as well as Ben Affleck's stunt double Richard Cetrone.[66] 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,[67] television producer Steven S. DeKnight[68] and comic book writer Rob Liefeld, Elijah Wood, Ben Shapiro, David French, Richard M. Castaldo, Sonny Bunch and Will Rowlands from Silent Eye series.[69]

Fans have consistently engaged in acts of activism for suicide prevention in order to raise awareness about it since Zack Snyder's own daughter committed suicide. Many have lavished praises on them for engaging in such charitable works with countless fans recounting their experiences and how this movement helped them. Conjecturiung that corporate leadership is what's preventing the release of a "Snyder Cut", fans have directly reached out to new figures related to Warner to demand its release. In June 2018, fans reached out to executives at AT&T following a merger between the company and Warner,[70] and in June 2019 they reached out to new Warner CEO Ann Sarnoff, who replaced Kevin Tsujihara following his resignation,[71] then again the following month with a mass letter-writing campaign[72] In July 2019 they reached out to WarnerMedia following the announcement of its new streaming service HBO Max.[73] Warner telephone operators inundated with regular calls about the "Snyder Cut" have been trained to treat these inquiries as crank calls. [74] [75]

#ProjectComicCon

Ahead of the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, an awareness campaign for the "Snyder Cut" was organized by a fan and culture writer-analyst by profession named Eric M. Blake, inspired by efforts initially made by a group at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 to spread love for Zack Snyder's DCEU. Branded Project Comic-Con, the campaign centered on a crowdfunding GoFundMe launched by actor Will Rowlands, with Alessandro Maniscalco as beneficiary managing the funds for the purpose of raising awareness of the "Snyder Cut".

Half of the funds would go toward the advertising campaign, including a billboard on the East Line of Interstate 5 leading into San Diego, bus wrap around the corner of the Hall of Justice in San Diego; a fly-over banner reading "WB #ReleaseTheSnyderCut of Justice League" flown for 2 hours on the Friday of Comic Con; and a half page color ad on page 19 of the double-sized issue of The Hollywood Reporter. Funding also was used to finance flyers & various ground activity spearheaded by the Nerd Queens to raise awareness to Comic-Con attendees. The various ads were covered by different media outlets such as ScreenRant, The Hollywood Reporter, and Syfy Wire.

The other half of the money donated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Had the Snyder Cut been announced prior to the event, all of the money raised would go to charity. Currently, the crowdfunding has raised $26,759 as of 21 July, 2019. [76]

Criticism & Debate

Other figures are less optimistic that the "Snyder Cut" will ever be released. Citing industry sources, writer Mario F. Robles said Warner doesn't trust Snyder's vision and aren't willing to spend the millions of dollars it would cost to finish his cut. [77] Brooks Barnes, Hollywood reporter for The New York Times theorizes that the "Snyder Cut" will 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."[5] 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 2017 harassment of Star Wars: The Last Jedi actress Kelly Marie Tran. Several such articles invited severe backlash from fans with countless of them posting innumerable screenshots of the writers, journalists and bloggers harassing Zack Snyder, insulting his daughter's passing and personally attacking his fans while promoting the behaviour of fans who desecrated an obituary post by Russo brothers demanding the Avengers Endgame trailer. Jay Oliva has on numerous occasions lashed out at such articles with such intensity that the writers have had to retract their words. [78] 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 rather than a polished, full-length feature film being finished and released.[79] However, many fans have refuted such "cost of completion" stances by stating how the movie only needs "a few CG tweaks" in Snyder's own words. Filmmaker Chris Dawson, who has made his own immensely popular edits to Justice League, showed how he completed the effects with extremely low cost in his Black Suit Edition movie. Fans with engineering and animation backgrounds have also stated that the Snyder Cut requires only existing textures to be replicated and polished at best, further adding that such replication work requires a lot less time and a negligible amount of money compared to making the models from scratch. Jay Oliva has supported this stance along with the artists, Ray Porter and Greg Draven.

Scrapped outline of Snyder's Justice League 2 & 3

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Justice League trilogy outline
image icon T-shirt design by Zack Snyder posted to his Twitter account. The cryptic logo allegedly outlines Snyder's entire plan for his five-film arc, including his Justice League trilogy.

Scripts for Justice League 2 and Justice League 3 to follow Snyder's Justice League were never written and never had writers assigned to them,[80][81] but Snyder had a plan for their stories and comic-book artist Jim Lee drew breakdown boards for them.[82] Production was expected to begin shortly after the release of Justice League,[81] but work on Justice League 2 was pushed back indefinitely in December 2017 in favor of a stand-alone Batman film.[83] After the commercial flop of Justice League causing Warner to re-think their DCEU strategy and move away from Snyder's vision, Snyder and members of the cast and crew slowly began leaking details about his Justice League trilogy plan. Those details include:

  • After teasing Darkseid in the "Snyder Cut", he would have been the main villain of Justice League 2.[81]
  • Batman was going to die.[84][85]
  • A Green Lantern was expected to appear in Justice League 2.[81] Producer Charles Roven was rumored to be interested in having Mark Wahlberg play Hal Jordan, though he was never officially cast in the role.[86][87]
  • Snyder said the scene in Batman v Superman with crosses over Superman's dead body were a cryptic reference to events in Justice League 2.[88]
  • The "Knightmare" would have been important to the plot.[80] Snyder's plans for the "Knightmare" future were loosely inspired by the plot of the 2013 video game Injustice: Gods Among Us.[89]
  • Justice League 2 would have been inspired by Grant Morrison's 2008–2009 DC crossover storyline "Final Crisis".[84][90]
  • While on the set of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker at Pinewood Studios—where 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 the films The Empire Strikes Back and Avengers: Infinity War.[82][91]
  • Smith also said that Justice League 3 would have been set entirely in the post-apocalyptic "Knightmare" Earth seen in Bruce Wayne's dream sequence in Batman v Superman, with a rough synopsis of it being, "The heroes' last stand against Darkseid and the forces of Apokolips."[82][91]
  • Snyder also mentioned that time travel would again be key in this movie with Batman, Flash and a broken Cyborg trying to figure out the correct window to travel since the two points of time have to be in the same coordinates in space otherwise Flash will end up outside of Earth in space in the past. He also went on to elaborate that "Batman would figure out two windows with the Flash and Cyborg. One window was leading to Bruce during the events of Batman v Superman in batcave that we saw. The other would lead to Lois Lane sometime between BvS and JL 3. Batman would then ask Cyborg about which window he'd choose if he had to on his own. After Cyborg chooses a window, Batman tells him to go for the other one because the first window already was travelled to in Batman v Superman which would still lead to the Knightmare future despite the warning. With this they travel back to the past from where they would successfully prevent Darkseid from unleashing The Anti-Life Equation.

In January 2019, Zack 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."[92][93][94]

Theatrical cut (2017)

"Justice League came out as scheduled in November 2017, credited to Zack Snyder despite not looking or feeling or behaving like a Zack Snyder film at all. The course he'd set had manifestly been abandoned; the DCEU had taken the opportunity afforded by his absence to dramatically rebrand. The curt two-hour runtime. The relative bubbliness. The distinctly Whedonesque quippiness. "Itchy," quips Superman, when asked by Amy Adams's Lois Lane how it felt to come back from the dead; the Flash, meanwhile, rambles on about brunch and pratfalls face-first onto Wonder Woman's chest."

—Rob Harvilla, The Ringer[5]

Main article: Justice League (film)

After disapproving of the direction of the "Snyder Cut", Warner hired filmmaker Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron) to re-write the script and help with extensive re-shoots.[53] Warner CEO Kevin Tsujihara mandated that Justice League's length was not to exceed two hours.[6] The film company also decided not to push back the release date to allow the filmmakers more time to properly complete Justice League so that executives could keep their annual bonuses, and they were unsure if AT&T would dissolve the studio in an upcoming merger, possibly resulting in the incomplete film getting scrapped altogether.[95] Snyder was officially expected to film the scenes that Whedon re-wrote but it was later revealed that Whedon was brought on by Geoff Johns after Snyder stepped away to mourn for his daughter, Autumn who had passed away in March 2017. Reportedly, Johns proceeded to reshoot the movie despite Affleck's and Terrio's objections. [53][96] It was officially announced that Snyder had brought in Whedon which was refuted by Snyder family later on. [26][96] His wife Deborah Snyder who was producing Justice League also stepped away from the project.[26] There are also conflicting reports that Snyder may have been quietly fired from the project in January or February 2017, months before his daughter's suicide and before officially departing from the film. This however was refuted by Jim Lee. [45][97] With Snyder completely off the project, Whedon assumed full control over completing the theatrical cut of Justice League under Johns's supervision.[96] Warner COO Toby Emmerich said at the time:

"The directing is minimal and it has to adhere to the style and tone and the template that Zack set. We're not introducing any new characters. It's the same characters in some new scenes. He's handing the baton to Joss, but the course has really been set by Zack. I still believe that despite this tragedy, we'll still end up with a great movie."[26]

In accordance with Warner's run-time limitations, the Justice League theatrical cut is exactly 120 minutes (two hours) long including credits. Musician Junkie XL, who was midway through completing the score, was last-minute replaced by Danny Elfman abruptly (Spider-Man, Batman).[28] All of the re-shot scenes were filmed digitally using an Arri Alexa 65.[24] The scenes that Whedon wrote or re-shot for the theatrical release added a brighter tone, questionably sexual dialogues and crass humor, as well as reducing the level of violence seen in Snyder's direction.[53] To meet the mandated run-time, over 130 minutes of footage from the "Snyder Cut" was removed while the remaining 70 minutes were remade to such an extent that barely 10 minutes of unabridged footage of Snyder cut remained in the released product despite adhering to the basic outlined story established by Snyder. While the "Snyder Cut" was reportedly poorly received by test audiences, the early screening of Whedon's cut scored as high as Wonder Woman did with test audiences, so Warner decided to move forward with it.[6]

Upon release, the theatrical cut of Justice League was met with mixed critical reviews but very harsh reviews from fans over the reshoot of the movie, especially the poor CGI, dialogues and visible differences between the appearances of actors. Several critics described it as a "Frankenstein"[89][95][98][99] film, in that similar to Frankenstein's monster that is composed of different human's body parts, Justice League was very obviously the work of two different directors with competing visions for the finished product. Warner decided to move away from Snyder's vision for a shared universe of interconnected films and focus on stand-alone films and solo franchises instead.[100] The previously announced sequel to Justice League scheduled for a 2019 release was pushed back indefinitely.[83] Similar to the fallout after Batman v Superman, Warner initiated a shakeup of executives between late-2017 and mid-2018, ahead of the release of the next DCEU film, Aquaman. Both Jon Berg and Geoff Johns, who were hired as co-chairmen and co-runners of the DCEU after Batman v Superman to get the franchise back on track, departed DC Films at the end of 2017.[101][102] In early 2018, Berg and Johns were replaced by Walter Hamada (It, The Conjuring) and Chantal Nong.[103][104] Warner's head of casting Lora Kennedy departed in May 2018.[105] The Hollywood Reporter quoted an insider familiar with the station as saying Hamada, "walked into a shitshow, and he's trying to clean it up."[106] Several DCEU actors also departed the franchise following Justice League, including Henry Cavill (Superman),[107] Jesse Eisenberg (Lex Luthor)[108] and Ben Affleck (Batman),[109] with several others in question. Most notably Ben Affleck, despite having one major appearance left on his contract as Batman, publicly denounced the rewritten Batman movie during a promotional interview for Triple Frontier saying that he "didn't want to do a version I wasn't excited about" which fans have pointed out to be in stark contrast to his unending enthusiasm and support for his and Snyder's vision for their Batman. Moreover, Jay Oliva and Joe Manganiello described Affleck's Batman script as "best batman script" they have read with "some of the best Batman and Deathstroke elements" in it.[110] [111] This revelation has caused a huge outcry among fans who have called for his return to the role.

Scenes removed from the "Snyder Cut"

  • Numerous scenes involving Victor Stone / Cyborg and his family were removed for the theatrical release one shot of Victor playing football was shown in the first trailer. The "Snyder Cut" featured Stone's origin story starting with scenes of him playing football, the car accident that killed his mother and gave him his injuries, and additional scenes of him learning how to use his new abilities and newfound connection with a Mother Box. Victor's father Silas Stone was alive at the end of the theatrical cut, but in the "Snyder Cut," he died in a battle at S.T.A.R. Labs. Silas left a recording for his son, which was to be heard in voice-over narration. Cyborg was said to be the "heart" of the film and had power that rivaled Superman, as well as having a bigger role in Superman's resurrection. In the final act, Stone went inside the Mother Boxes to stop the Unity, and the Mother Box used a projection of his dead parents to try to stop him. Supposedly a version of Snyder's cut ended with Steppenwolf ripping Cyborg in half and the Justice League devising a plan to rebuild him. [24][32][4][80][112][113][114]
  • Several scenes involving Arthur Curry / Aquaman, supporting characters and lore from his franchise were removed for the theatrical release. The "Snyder Cut" featured additional footage of Aquaman before Bruce Wayne finds him, Aquaman approaching the Dead King of Atlantis' throne, and retrieving the armor and quindent he is seen with later in the film.[114] The "Snyder Cut" ended with Nuidis Vulko (portrayed by Willem Dafoe) and Mera asking for Aquaman's help, who declines in favor of visiting his biological father, directly tying into the events of Aquaman.[115] All of Vulko's scenes were cut from the theatrical release, while several scenes involving Mera were either cut or altered, including a longer underwater confrontation with Steppenwolf.[4][116] Though he supports the release the "Snyder Cut",[60] Jason Momoa defended the removal of these scenes, stating: "There was no need for it because you're going to see it in Aquaman. It's not an Aquaman movie, it's a Justice League movie."[117]
  • Marc McClure, the actor who played Jimmy Olsen in the Christopher Reeves Superman films, was Lois Lane's body guard throughout the entire "Snyder Cut". McClure was not entirely removed and still makes a small cameo appearance as a prison guard in the theatrical cut.[118]
  • A second "Knightmare" vision came to Cyborg, after the first vision that came to Bruce Wayne in Batman v Superman. His vision would have shown the same apocalyptic future with Darkseid bringing the Mother Boxes together to terraform the planet. A destroyed Hall of Justice made an appearance. In the "Snyder Cut" during the Justice League's confrontation with a resurrected Superman, Cyborg's defense system targeted Superman because of what he saw in his vision. In the theatrical release, there is no reason given for why his defense systems target Superman.[4][119]
  • Snyder has said the version of Doomsday that appeared in Batman v Superman wasn't the real Doomsday,[120] and that the character's "mythology" would be explored in his Justice League film.[121]
  • As an act of heroism, Batman was going to drive his Batmobile into certain death, only to get saved by Aquaman and Wonder Woman at the last second, who convince him his methods aren't the right way.[24]
  • Superman's black suit, famous for its appearance in "The Death of Superman" storyline that was loosely adapted for Justice League, was set to make an appearance.[122] Actor Henry Cavill teased the black suit through social media during production[123] and appears as an Easter egg in a deleted scene in the home media release.[4]
  • Actor Sam Benjamin said he filmed 20-30 minutes worth of scenes for a military subplot that was cut from the theatrical release.[124]
  • Around the time principal photography wrapped, the relationship between Bruce Wayne and Barry Allen was described as "fascinating" by Ezra Miller because the two characters were diametrically opposed "between someone who is naive and excited and someone who is experienced and jaded."[125] This relationship was not shown in the theatrical cut.
  • The Flash learned how to briefly travel through time and used this ability to save Cyborg at the end of the film.[32]
  • A scene involving Barry Allen saving Iris West from a car accident was cut.[4]
  • Desaad, master torturer and follower of Darkseid in the comic books, appeared in a minor role in the "Snyder Cut".[34][126]
  • Director Zack Snyder had a non-speaking cameo sitting in a cafe that was cut from the theatrical release.[127]
  • Darkseid appeared at the end of the film following Steppenwolf's defeat, teasing his appearance in a sequel.[128]
  • A post-credits scene was filmed with Kilowog and Tomar-Re visiting Bruce Wayne at his lake house, teasing either the then-upcoming Green Lantern Corps film or Green Lantern joining the Justice League in future films.[39]

Scenes added or altered for the theatrical cut

Justice League endured extensive re-writes and re-shoots that dramatically altered the final film. The above image shows Cyborg, Aquaman and Wonder Woman ready for battle in the first trailer from Zack Snyder's version before he departed the project. The below image shows the exact same shot from Joss Whedon's theatrical cut featuring a digitally altered sky color and set design, and Cyborg and Aquaman have been digitally removed entirely from the original scene.
  • Whedon added jokes and humor to the majority of the scenes he re-shot.[129]
  • The opening scene with Batman using a burglar as bait to catch a Parademon was written and filmed by Whedon. According to actor Holt McCallany, who played the burglar character in the film, Whedon's scene was written and filmed as a comedy but Warner felt the film shouldn't open on a funny note and altered it to be more serious.[130] Whedon also introduced the idea both in this scene and at the end of the film that Parademons are drawn to the smell of fear and hate the sound of sirens.[131]
  • The song "Everybody Knows" (originally by Leonard Cohen and covered by Sigrid for the film) was selected by Whedon for the "world without Superman" sequence.[4]
  • Most of Henry Cavill's Superman scenes were re-shot by Whedon. Justice League re-shoots were scheduled around the filming of another film starring Cavill, Paramount's Mission: Impossible – Fallout. Paramount wouldn't let Cavill shave the mustache his character needed in Mission: Impossible, so Warner digitally altered his face with CGI. Under tough time constraints, the CGI job was rushed resulting an awkward-looking finished product. Nearly all of Superman's scenes throughout the entire film feature the CGI lip, suggesting they've all been re-shot, except for one moment during the final battle with Cyborg and the Mother Boxes.[131][129] The scene with a newly resurrected Superman returning to Kent Farm included mention of Clark Kent and Lois Lane's engagement ring from Batman v Superman.[4] Following the young Superman portrayed in Man of Steel and the conflicted Superman portrayed in Batman v Superman, the version of Superman that appeared in the "Snyder Cut" was described as completing his arc and becoming the "true" Superman as depicted in the comics after being reborn.[132] Superman's behavior at the end of the "Snyder Cut" was described by storyboard artist Jay Oliva as "unhinged".[133]
  • Wonder Woman's opening bank heist scene was shortened and given a new ending in the theatrical version.[131]
  • Steppenwolf's visual appearance was significantly altered from the character's cameo appearance in Batman v Superman, which would have been maintained for the "Snyder Cut".[4]
  • While the theatrical cut keeps the Mother Boxes as a plot device, the "Snyder Cut" included the detail that they contained Steppenwolf's actual mother, named Heggra—a re-imagining of Heggra, Steppenwolf's step sister from the comics.[128]
  • The theatrical cut includes a scene of Barry Allen and Victor Stone digging up Clark Kent's body in an attempt to bring him back to life. In the "Snyder Cut", Wonder Woman and Aquaman were also present for this scene.[4]
  • The scene with a newly resurrected Superman fighting the Justice League in a park was digitally altered to look like daytime (the "Snyder Cut" had this scene set at nighttime) and removed the military's involvement.[4]
  • Scenes of the Russian family hiding in their house, avoiding the swarm of Parademons that appears throughout the film were written and filmed by Whedon.[131]
  • The flashback scene illustrating Steppenwolf's first invasion of Earth against the Olympian Old Gods, Amazons, Atlanteans, Green Lantern Corps and humans was altered for the theatrical release. The "Snyder Cut" was longer, included a younger version of Darkseid named Uxas instead of Steppenwolf, a battle between Ares and Darkseid, additional footage of the Green Lantern Yalan Gur, and included dialog from all of these characters that was removed from the theatrical release.[24][131][134]
  • The first major battle scene in the tunnels was largely redone.[131]
  • When Steppenwolf strikes his ax into the ground, it creates a glowing red symbol. In the "Snyder Cut" this was explained to be a representation of the Anti-Life Equation, but the theatrical cut never addresses what the symbol is.[80]
  • The final battle between the Justice League and Steppenwolf was largely redone. Whedon added the redish hue coloration, the root-like structures growing out of the ground, a redesign of Steppenwolf's base of operations inside the nuclear silo, and the Russian family. Batman played a larger role in the action in the "Snyder Cut".[4] Wonder Woman decapitated Steppenwolf at the end in the "Snyder Cut", The severed head then rolls Into the feet of Darkseid (which teases the future encounter between him and the Justice League), who alongside with his family await to invade earth on the other side. But the "Boom tube" as mentioned by Zack Snyder, closes or breaks down due to the motherbox getting destroyed. [131]
  • The post-credits scene with Superman and the Flash wanting to race to see who is faster was written by Whedon.[131]
  • The post-credits scene with Lex Luthor and Deathstroke was rewritten and reshot by Whedon along with an Arkham Asylum breakout sequence entirely removed by Whedon.[4]

Justice League: Black Suit Edition fan edit (2019)

With a small team, film editor Chris Dawson began working on a fan edit of Justice League in 2018 under the title Justice League: Black Suit Edition—so named for Superman's black suit famous for its appearance in the "The Death of Superman" storyline that was expected to appear in the theatrical release. Dawson is using the theatrical cut, deleted scenes, early trailers, concept art and footage from other movies in an attempt to recreate the "Snyder Cut". After releasing a handful of trailers and clips from his project, he is teasing a possible release date of August 30, 2019 for his unofficial version of Justice League.[8][9][135]

See also

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