There was a time when Zack Snyder was unofficially tasked with shaping the DC Extended Universe by Warner Bros., though none of us knew it at the time...including him! Man of Steel was the opening chapter, while Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice expanded that shared world with the debut of several new superheroes.
Warner Bros., concerned by the critical response to that movie and Suicide Squad, decided to change course and enlist Joss Whedon to take charge of Justice League. Believing the filmmaker behind The Avengers would deliver a guaranteed hit, he instead dropped a bigger bomb than anything that had preceded the 2017 flop in the DCEU.
Snyder finally got to share his epic original vision with the world when Zack Snyder's Justice League was released on HBO Max in 2021. Later this month, the filmmaker is going to bid a final farewell to his time in that comic book world with a "Full Circle" event featuring screenings of all three movies.
Benefitting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, it will hail from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, with all three movies playing on IMAX screens.
It's already sold out, but you can still share your support by picking up a "SnyderVerse" t-shirt featuring brand-new artwork by DC icon Jim Lee. Scheduled to be available through May 31, sales have already raised tens of thousands of dollars, with the funds also going to the AFSP.
As well as that organisation, the "Full Circle" event supports the Autumn Snyder Tribute Fund in memory of Snyder's daughter, Autumn Snyder, who died through suicide in 2017.
As much as many fans would love to #RestoreTheSnyderVerse, DC Studios is rebooting the franchise as the DCU, and we don't anticipate Snyder getting to realise his vision in the coming years. However, there's always a chance James Gunn and Peter Safran will bring the director's vision "full circle" by allowing him to end that story in a comic book or animated series.
You can purchase the t-shirt by clicking here or following the link in the Tweet below.