JUSTICE LEAGUE SNYDER CUT Huge Update: Zack Reportedly Screened Movie For WB Execs & Is Moving Ahead

It’s time to throw your copy of Justice League in the bin, get your fake moustaches out and tell me, do you read…you will..because we’re going through a big article from Heroic Hollywood about the new Snyder Cut of Justice League.

In the last year, we have really seen the release of the Snyder cut get more and more hype surrounding it. It trended worldwide on the anniversary of Justice League, had numerous stars share the hashtag release the Snyder Cut and Zack has been hitting up his Vero account with images of the film.

There’s been a tonne of back and forth around the project and two weeks ago we reported that Andy Signore had posted an article stating that the cut would not release and that Warner Brothers were furious with the director.

We did say that we thought this was untrue and it looks like it now is. Numerous people have come forth and stated that it is fake news so it’s looking worse than a CGI upper lip for Fandom wire right now.

Anyway, throughout this post, we’re gonna be going through a new report that looks like some amazing news for fans of the film. Before we get into it make sure you subscribe to the channel to never miss an update on the movie and please drop a thumbs up if you’re excited about the announcement.

Movie Update

Ok so as of the 17th of May, the website Heroic Hollywood has posted a big report on the progress of the movie.

If you want to read the full thing, click here, but it basically goes through a lot of the characters that were missing from the release as well as the screening that Snyder reportedly held for Hollywood execs.

It says:

After Zack Snyder left Justice League following a family tragedy, Joss Whedon was brought on board to help finish the DC team-up movie. The Avengers director oversaw the completion of the film, adding in his signature light-comedic tone and trimming the adventure down to a two-hour run time. Most recently, Justice League cinematographer Fabian Wagner claimed that the studio even changed the colour palette of the film after Snyder’s exit. Unfortunately, Justice League was met with a disappointing critical reception and also made a disappointing $657 million at the box office, reportedly losing Warner Bros. $60 million. However, as of February 6th, we have learned that Warner Brothers were interested in revisiting the project.

Profit Loss

Now the cost was always a point of contention with the piece and I’ve always stated one of the main things holding back the cut’s release was because Warner Brothers had already lost money on the project and thus would have to take another gamble on it.

People will argue about what day it is on YouTube with you so I just stopped saying this after a while because for some reason there were accounts that wouldn’t accept that the main thing holding back the Snyder Cut was the profitability of the project.

I’ve always thought that to release it, Snyder would have to complete most of the work on his end and then the studio would take the reigns for things like the VFX and additions that he was not able to do his own.

This was further fueled by several people confirming that they’d seen the cut including Stunt Co-ordinator Eunice Huthart and Jason Momoa.

Kevin Smith also stated that he’d spoken to people who had seen it and they’d said that it was watchable from a production perspective but that VFX was unfinished.

This naturally built a lot of excitement around the piece and every time we get news like this it feels like another milestone has been reached.

Screened To Execs

The report states that in February 2020, Snyder showed the film to executives who were interested in seeing the current state of his Snyder cut.

They say:

It seems like a recent screening of the film could lead to a wider release. Heroic Hollywood has exclusively learned and confirmed that Zack Snyder held a private screening of his cut of Justice League in the first quarter of 2020, with executives from DC in attendance. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, something is happening with Snyder’s cut of the film, and discussions are currently underway.

We can take this one step further and report that according to our sources, this screening took place on Thursday, February 6. No details emerged about what came of the screening, but reports confirm it happened.

Now what this does mean is that Warner Brothers are indeed interested in seeing the potential that the movie holds. Fan anticipation is at an all-time high with the project and it’s hard to turn a blind eye to the constant outcry for its release.

HBO Max Release?

There have been rumours that the film was going to release alongside the launch of HBO Max but I’ve always thought that this was a bit stupid as there was absolutely no promotional material to confirm this and it had not been reported by a legitimate source or even leaked.

There will be a tonne of eyes overseeing the streaming service before it launches and I think that at some point we would have heard of its existence there if that was the case.

That doesn’t mean that I don’t think it won’t eventually hit it but I think that rumours of it dropping with the release of the platform or a bit unfounded.

Additional Scenes

It was rumoured that Snyder needed to shoot some additional scenes such as the Martian Manhunter one and also one featuring some of the key characters. I’ve always thought there’s no way in hell that they would get Ben Affleck back but I guess we will see if this goes ahead. If it’s just a couple of days of shooting who knows but they would also have to secure Henry Cavill which is…yeah that’s a totally different video right there.

Lockdown Delays

So, it does seem like the wheels were at least in motion for the project however, there’s one big spanner in the works that I think will likely delay the release quite a bit and that is the imposed quarantine that currently exists in LA.

As the film still needs additional VFX, it seems highly unlikely that things will be ready for HBO Max’s release and I would say with the lockdown in place until August 2021 would be the release of the project at the earliest.

Project Format

It then has to be marketed and the studio also has to decide whether to release it through physical media or on HBO Max. HBO Max is not available in the U.K. and thus they would have to find an alternate solution to get the film out here.

This would add more complexities to the production of the piece so I think it will still be a while before the ball fully gets rolling.

I actually think what may happen is that the film could even end up being shown in an episodic format across HBO Max and then through something like Amazon Prime Video over here.

The cut is rumoured to be over four hours long and to drive subscriptions and increase profitability I can see Warners wanting to milk it as much as possible and drop the cut week by week in as many episodes as they can.

We all know it costs millions of dollars to CGI out a moustache and Warner Bros will likely want to recoup as much as they can.

Psssst…should’ve just let him have a beard…like the comics…you idiots.

However, they would have to also have Snyder agree to this and he may not want to slice up his film. So yeah, lots of things are still up in the air about the project but at least they are getting things going.

Anyway, Cinemablend followed up on this report by stating that Snyder now is playing ball with the studio and that he is currently obeying NDAs and Gag Orders so this could be why he’s stopped talking about it publicly. He even cut off the Batman V Superman stream just before discussing it so if we don’t hear anything about it for a while from now on I think that will be why.

How This Could Impact The Wider DCEU

Another interesting aspect that plays into all of this that I haven’t really seen many people talking about is how this will leave the state of the DCEU if it’s successful.

What if fans absolutely love the cut but the DCEU is now on a different track and thus Warner Bros will have to make some changes. Darkseid was originally supposed to appear in the film and we’ve seen this confirmed by multiple reports. So I don’t know whether they would now keep this movie as canon and move forward with the villain as the big bad or reintroduce him in New Gods.

Also, there is of course Batman.

After Affleck hit an impasse over his Dark Knight solo movie, Robert Pattinson was recast as the character and though we don’t know if the new Batman film will be linked to the DCEU it certainly makes things slightly more complicated.

Snyders 5 film plan sounded amazing but it’s pretty much been fully dropped now due to the recastings and removal of certain key elements of the DCEU.

Add to that the studio has to decide what to do with Amber Heard and Ezra Miller and you have a lot of things with its release that all need to be handled carefully.

The reason that Warner Bros waited 26 years to release their Dick Donner cut of Superman 2 is that they wanted everything to have settled and for there not to be any problems going forward.

I think with the Snyder Cut, everything surrounding the movie is as interesting as the movie itself and if it does turn out to be a success it will be intriguing to see whether it reshapes the DCEU as we know it or if the studio decides to remain on course with their current direction.

I guess time will tell but let’s at least celebrate another hurdle being crossed in terms of the film’s eventual release.