Warner Bros. and their directors brought their A-game to CinemaCon in Las Vegas yesterday, showcasing all three of their upcoming DCEU films:
Justice League,
Wonder Woman, and
Aquaman. First up was
Justice League, as director Zack Snyder showed off an extended version of last weekend's incredible trailer. Here's a description of the extra footage (via
THR):
Alfred (Jeremy Irons) tells Bruce Wayne that his employer has been working like there is no tomorrow trying to assemble the team. Soon, we're in a Wayne warehouse, where Bruce is working on a giant vehicle. Bruce remarks that he spent $1 million on the security for that building, to which Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) answers he got his money's worth, because it took her almost a minute to disable it. Bruce explains the vehicle he's working on his a troop carrier (it seemed reminiscent of something from the Batman v Superman nightmare dream sequence.)
Later in the footage, Batman and Barry Allen/The Flash are standing on a roof (out of costume) and they see the Batsignal in the sky. "Oh awesome. It's the Batsignal! That's your signal," Barry tells Bruce, before apologizing for speaking too loudly about it. "That means we have to go now. That's so cool."
Also featured was a scene of Diana falling, trying to grab a hold of her sword, during which The Flash lends a hand in slow motion to help her catch it.
After the footage, the cast of
Justice League (minus Gadot, but including Henry Cavill) appeared on stage with Snyder to say hello to the crowd.
"Justice League is a culmination of a journey that for me has been seven years," said Snyder.
"I'm a huge fan of these characters and this is a dream come true to bring them all together in this single film."
Wonder Woman's footage was next, featuring an official name drop for
Ares, the god of war, along with Diana's father, Zeus. Diana belives that Ares orchestrated World War I and seeks to stop him.
"The god of war is our responsibility. Only an Amazon can defeat him … with this," Diana says to Steve Trevor, holding her sword. "Once I do, the war will end."
After Trevor makes a bed for her to lie in, she's confused why he won't "sleep with her" and he attempts to explain marriage to her. "Have you never met a man before? What about your father?" asks Trevor. "I had no father. My mother sculpted me from clay and I was brought to life by Zeus," she says, getting a laugh from the audience.
Once they land in London, the rest of the footage follows Gadot through an intense fight scene.
The footage was accompanied by director Patty Jenkins and Chris Pine, who plays Trevor. Pine described the love story between Diana and Trevor as a memorable one.
"It has a Casablanca feel which I don’t think we’ve seen in this universe before," he said.
While
Aquaman didn't have any official footage (as the film doesn't begin shooting until next week), director James Wan and star Jason Momoa made an appearance to show off a sizzle reel with plenty of concept art. Momoa first praised
Justice League, calling it
"the greatest movie ever made", before launching into the reel with Wan, which featured images of underwater dogfights with armored sharks, wide shots of Atlantis, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's
Black Manta.
At one point, Aquaman is shown tied up under water as though he's on trial or answering for a crime. "You get to see a whole different world you've never seen before," said Wan. "Jason Momoa is larger than life and he is the perfect embodiment."
Wonder Woman releases on June 2, 2017,
Justice League on November 17, 2017, and
Aquaman on December 21, 2018.