While third-party data has indicated that Zack Snyder's Justice League wasn't necessarily a huge hit for HBO Max, the fact that WarnerMedia has released no official viewing data has only helped spur on the #RestoreTheSnyderVerse movement. Now, the filmmaker himself has revealed the status of his current relationship with Warner Bros. and, well, it doesn't seem they're on speaking terms.
Asked if he's heard anything from the studio about potentially picking up where the Snyder Cut of Justice League left off, the filmmaker confirmed that there's been zero contact of any sort.
"I haven’t heard from them at all. After I released the movie, I haven’t gotten a phone call. It’s been radio silence," Snyder revealed. "The only communication was [Warner Bros. CEO] Ann [Sarnoff]’s article after the movie was released, but that wasn’t directly to me, that was to the people. So I don’t know. As far as I’m concerned, let’s see what happens with Discovery, and that’s cool. Who knows? All I know is that as of yesterday, Justice League was #1 in the UK again, so..."
In case it wasn't already clear, Warner Bros. released this version of Justice League with the hope that they could move on from Snyder's vision for the DC Extended Universe (that's basically what Sarnoff said in the article the director references). What they didn't bank on was that the movie would only serve to increase the desire for a sequel, something which wasn't helped by Snyder adding a cliffhanger ending!
It remains unlikely that the SnyderVerse will be revisited, though it is a little baffling that WarnerMedia doesn't just release a comic book to wrap up those dangling plot threads. Then again, that could backfire and make fans even more desperate to see the story play out in a live-action setting.
Are you hoping Discovery's WarnerMedia acquisition will #RestoreTheSnyderVerse?