Zack Snyder's Justice League star Ray Fisher has made a series of vague (but specific) claims about how he was treated on the set of Joss Whedon's reshoots back in 2017. WarnerMedia's investigation into the matter has concluded, but Fisher isn't letting it go; recently, he's taken aim at DC Films boss Walter Hamada instead of Whedon and producers Geoff Johns and Jon Berg.
WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff weighed in on the matter during a recent interview with Variety, and the trade straight up asked whether the investigation corroborated any of Fisher's racism claims.
"No. Our investigator, Judge Katherine Forrest, has issued statements specifically about [DC Films president] Walter Hamada, saying that there was no evidence of interference by Walter in the investigation," Sarnoff explains. "She said that the cuts made in the Joss Whedon version of 'Justice League' were not racially motivated. We took it very seriously, so we hired one of the top investigators out there and gave her a tremendous amount of leeway."
Asked about Fisher's claims that a non-disclosure agreement has stopped him from sharing specifics about what happened on the set of Justice League are accurate, the CEO responded: "Not that I know of. No." She also went on to clarify that Hamada had zero involvement with the 2017 movie.
"About a year ago, Walter, [Warner Bros. Pictures Group head] Toby Emmerich, me, [former WarnerMedia chairman] Bob Greenblatt, [former HBO Max content chief] Kevin Reilly, and [HBO Max original programming head] Sarah Aubrey sat around the table with Zack and greenlit the Snyder cut," Sarnoff said. "That cut includes Ray Fisher’s entire story as Cyborg, which is something that he had been disappointed had been cut from the Justice League movie three years ago. Perhaps we’ve lost the plot a little bit which is that Toby and Walter were part of the green-lighting that allowed Zack’s vision to come to life, which includes sharing the full story about Ray’s character. There really was nothing that Walter did against Ray, in fact he offered him a role in the Flash movie."
Of course, Fisher's issues relate more to what Hamada has done in recent months; for example, allegations that he attempted to cover up what Johns did on Justice League in order to protect the producer. The actor has since said he'll never work with the DC Films boss, hence his removal from The Flash.
We're expecting Fisher to respond to these comments shortly...