JUSTICE LEAGUE Cinematographer Backtracks Comments On Black-Suit Superman In New Interview

JUSTICE LEAGUE Cinematographer Backtracks Comments On Black-Suit Superman In New Interview

Cinematographer Fabian Wagner has clarified his previous comments that Superman was filmed sporting his black costume in the Justice League movie before the scenes wound up on the cutting room floor...

By KingLeonidas - Dec 15, 2017 11:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Justice League
Source: Collider
Many outlets, including CBM, reported about two weeks ago that Cinematrographer Fabian Wagner did in fact film scenes with a black-suited Henry Cavill as Superman that were later cut from the final film after the departure of original director Zack Snyder. Well it turns out that those original reports might not have been entirely true.

Collider recently sat down for a lengthy interview with Wagner and naturally asked him about this fan-favorite version of Superman that was unfortunately cut and disappointed so many fans of the character. Below is what he had to say.

Yeah you know actually, to be totally honest I just can’t remember if we were shooting it as a test or if we were actually shooting it as a full scene with the suit. I definitely shot it, but I just can’t remember if it was more of a test or a full scene. But definitely seeing the black costume was great. So I’m not 100% sure whether that would have been in the movie anyhow.

It seems though that the black suit might have been a concept only, and was never meant to actually feature in the film. This is completely normal for large blockbuster films where a lot of concepts are tried out before finalizing the direction of the narrative and the visual look.

Let us know what you think below.
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Forthas
Forthas - 12/15/2017, 11:08 AM
This is great for trivia...but it does not make the failure of Justice League any better.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 12/15/2017, 11:15 AM
Jeez.
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 12/15/2017, 11:18 AM
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 12/15/2017, 11:28 AM
this movie is like that one friend that doesn't take the hint that you want him out of your apartment because it's late. just go away already.
BuzzKillington
BuzzKillington - 12/15/2017, 11:31 AM
Pathetic backtracking
Knightrider
Knightrider - 12/15/2017, 12:30 PM
Didn't Henry Cavill do an Instagram post teasing the Black Suit? Seemed odd to tease if there wasn't at least a plan to have him in it at done point.
KingLeonidas
KingLeonidas - 12/15/2017, 1:16 PM
@Knightrider - I think it was a joke post. Not every concept during pre-production is used in filming.
Knightrider
Knightrider - 12/15/2017, 6:53 PM
@KingLeonidas - Agreed. It's just that normally these posts are teases to seeing the actual thing from a set photo.

It's a shame that one way or another it wasn't used.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 12/15/2017, 12:58 PM
Hey Justice League!

Kumkani
Kumkani - 12/15/2017, 1:05 PM
Okay but I'm just thinking about how surreal this is.

Literally nobody cares about a JUSTICE LEAGUE movie.

THE [frick]ING JUSTICE LEAGUE.
KingLeonidas
KingLeonidas - 12/15/2017, 1:19 PM
@BlindWedjat - Because it wasn't an event movie. In the way a SW film is or an Avengers film is.
HubbleFunk
HubbleFunk - 12/15/2017, 2:50 PM
Can't remember if it was a test scene...

ForDarkseid
ForDarkseid - 12/15/2017, 4:32 PM
He wore a black suit in Man of Steel anyways.
Kitschy
Kitschy - 12/15/2017, 4:34 PM
I love the black suit. Maybe he can wear it on Sunday's or something.
ImmovableForce
ImmovableForce - 12/15/2017, 7:12 PM
As far as I'm concerned, the black suit was just a cheap gimmick in the comic books it was shown in. What difference does a color make anyway? Geez. And yes, I do know it had something to do with how "charged" he is, but the whole thing was dumb imo. The fact that they didn't do the black suit wasn't one of the problems I had with the movie.
BisonScarBlood
BisonScarBlood - 12/15/2017, 9:19 PM
emeraldtaurus
emeraldtaurus - 12/16/2017, 2:33 AM
I smell BS! Somebody got a call from WB.
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