Zack Snyder Reveals New JUSTICE LEAGUE Details And How The Solo Movies All Connect

Zack Snyder Reveals New JUSTICE LEAGUE Details And How The Solo Movies All Connect

Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder talks here about how all of the upcoming DC Extended Universe movies are vital to Justice League and how plans for that superhero ensemble with impact the solo outings. The producers meanwhile tease the studio's grand plan...

By JoshWilding - Jul 29, 2015 06:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Justice League
Source: Empire Magazine
Warner Bros. are taking a very different approach to their Cinematic Universe (or "Extended Universe" as they're calling it) than Marvel, with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League introducing the heroes before their origin stories are presumably told in solo outings which are going to follow those movies. It all begins with Batman v Superman next year though. "What we are doing is ground up all the way. It is one giant story," director Zack Snyder explains. "The first thing we had was the Justice League concept. The other movies, in a way, have to support that. That is our Wonder Woman, our Aquaman. They have their own creative concepts that supports them, but they do serve Justice League in the coming together of those heroes."

That won't restrict those in charge of the other heroes too much as the director goes on to explain that the other filmmakers contributing to the DC Extended Universe will have complete creative freedom, albeit with him keeping a very close eye on them. "I want all the other directors of the other films to be able to stretch their legs and do what they want, but at the same time there is a big interconnected universe. I have given everyone amazing access to our story, to me, and what we are doing. All the films have like minded conceptual jumping on points." Snyder wasn't willing to get into specifics, but he did tease what the magazine describes as an "elusive" cameo for Aquaman in Dawn of Justice by promising only that, "You will understand he exists."

Now, many fans have accused Warner Bros. of not having any sort of plan, but the magazine was lucky enough to see a board which maps out how and where the movies take place in the DC Extended Universe and how they all link up to wach other. Producer Deborah Snyder describes that as, "Kind of a timeline of what every movie is, where it is going, and where the films fit in relation to each other." Fellow producer Charles Roven meanwhile went into even further details about how they're ensuring that these movies all exist in the same world while not restricting their directors and writers too much. "We call it the sandbox. It has borders around it, but everybody gets to play in the sandbox. On Suicide Squad, David Ayer has a lot of specific control over his area of the sandbox. Even if he crosses the line a little bit, we see if we can push our boundaries back a little bit." With Justice League set to start shooting next Spring, expect to hear more soon!

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IAmNotGr00t
IAmNotGr00t - 7/29/2015, 6:37 AM
I am first
Pasto
Pasto - 7/29/2015, 6:37 AM
DC day?

DC day.
staypuffed
staypuffed - 7/29/2015, 6:37 AM
"The first thing we had was the Justice League concept. The other movies, in a way, have to support that."

And you people said WB never had a plan.
staypuffed
staypuffed - 7/29/2015, 6:37 AM
@Pasto
Yes, please.
MrJillyMcBeam
MrJillyMcBeam - 7/29/2015, 6:38 AM
All this DC news. Hell yeah!
BravoBoss
BravoBoss - 7/29/2015, 6:38 AM
Can we imagine if the marvel cinematic universe idea never got created? I met movie studios would just be creating movies just for the sake of creating movies then we would've probably gotten a Justice league movie with a bunch of different actors from the ones used before
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 7/29/2015, 6:38 AM
Soon.......

Spidey91
Spidey91 - 7/29/2015, 6:38 AM
hmmmm, all of this sounds REALLY familiar...
TheRanger
TheRanger - 7/29/2015, 6:39 AM
Marvel would be finished off already if DCEU had started in 08' tbh.
Pasto
Pasto - 7/29/2015, 6:39 AM
@TheParkRanger
Shoulda-coulda-woulda
Starfox
Starfox - 7/29/2015, 6:41 AM
New Gods please...
Kurne
Kurne - 7/29/2015, 6:41 AM
@TheParkRanger

What is it with people and that imaginary world?
TheRanger
TheRanger - 7/29/2015, 6:42 AM
@VisualMaximus50

There would be no Marvel if it wasn't it for DC. So Touche'
spang2005
spang2005 - 7/29/2015, 6:43 AM
"We call it the sandbox. It has borders around it, but everybody gets to play in the sandbox. On Suicide Squad, David Ayer has a lot of specific control over his area of the sandbox. Even if he crosses the line a little bit, we see if we can push our boundaries back a little bit."

Kevin Feige, April 2013: "It's all Marvel sandbox, right? We just play in it. Certainly Marvel is the 800-pound gorilla in that case, but one of the reasons the movie has turned out so well -- and all of the movies that we work on -- is because we want the filmmakers to have a voice. So, sometimes there's friction, but we want that. We don't want to hire a filmmaker, frankly, that does everything we tell them to do."
kinghulk
kinghulk - 7/29/2015, 6:43 AM
i see theparkranger has started the trolling off early

anyway sounds good i cant wait to see what they have to offer next year
batz11
batz11 - 7/29/2015, 6:43 AM
BvS should be amazing, hope it gets the DCEU going in the right direction, trustin' in Snyder big-time!
KrazyForKomix
KrazyForKomix - 7/29/2015, 6:44 AM
Yeah? It's already been established.
That's how a studio puts together a shared universe.
The template has ALREADY been created.

All that's left is producing the product.

leethario
leethario - 7/29/2015, 6:44 AM
So like the mcu.........or exactly like the mcu.
Now all we need is for Fox to come out and say they have a "plan" too.
HAILHYDRA
HAILHYDRA - 7/29/2015, 6:44 AM
LOL at Snyder for acting like what they're doing is groundbreaking. No. They're just following the blueprint that Marvel laid out for them.
batz11
batz11 - 7/29/2015, 6:44 AM
Thought I should unblock Park Ranger just out of curiousity, yep, still shit...
GetsugaTensho22
GetsugaTensho22 - 7/29/2015, 6:45 AM
This is what makes me most hopeful for the DCEU.
Over on Marvel, Kevin Feige's approach has choked off film-makers. Out of all the films, only Iron Man 1 and The Winter Soldier dared to do anything different, and they're clearly the best ones because of it. Every other film, including Ant-Man, are all bound down by the sameness...that formula that checks the most basic requirements.

I'm glad that all the film-makers will be able to have their own approach to the films. It's clear that Suicide Squad will be a whole different beast to BvS. One is clearly a David Ayer film and one's clearly a Zack Snyder film.

batz11
batz11 - 7/29/2015, 6:47 AM
When we finally see this...


Gonna be like this...
CapedBaldy
CapedBaldy - 7/29/2015, 6:49 AM
@HAILHYDRA

Marvel laid out the blueprint for DC?Wow,i learn something new on the internet everyday.
trytan
trytan - 7/29/2015, 6:50 AM
the movies, the tv series, am I the only one hoping that this all leads to an Infinite Crisis movie? The Arrow/Flash universe isn't connected to the movies or Gotham, Supergirl, or Titans. they are all separate universes that will collide in one huge movie.....OK I'm just dreaming a bit.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 7/29/2015, 6:51 AM
Just cast John Stewart all [frick]in' ready!!!!!

Agree @Gusto
Darktower
Darktower - 7/29/2015, 6:51 AM
Josh wilding is on fire tonight with DcEU!!
Kyos
Kyos - 7/29/2015, 6:52 AM
Or... we could stop fighting over who did or said what first and just appreciate that come next year we'll have two big, cohesive movie universes based on a multitude of characters we love...?!
HAILHYDRA
HAILHYDRA - 7/29/2015, 6:52 AM
@dukenukem777, have you been under a rock since IM1? Yeah Marvel showed DC how make a cinematic universe. Something WB/DC has been trying to do for 25 years.
Pasto
Pasto - 7/29/2015, 6:53 AM
DC: Molding blueprints around their directors to some extent, giving them SLIGHT leeway.

Marvel: Already having the blueprints printed, and if you can't fit that mold, you're fired (see Edgar Wright and Drew Goddard for further questions)
staypuffed
staypuffed - 7/29/2015, 6:57 AM
@Pasto
Don't forget Patty Jenkins.
CapedBaldy
CapedBaldy - 7/29/2015, 6:57 AM
@HAILHYDRA

oh,im sorry.I just had access to the internet today after 25years.Pardon my ignorance
Lockjaw
Lockjaw - 7/29/2015, 6:57 AM
What if batman v superman is shit???
Pasto
Pasto - 7/29/2015, 6:58 AM
@StayPuffed
McLaren wanted to have a talking tiger be in her film.

Any studio would have fired her.
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