JUSTICE LEAGUE Director Zack Snyder Would Rather "Destroy" The Movie Than Use Footage Joss Whedon Shot

JUSTICE LEAGUE Director Zack Snyder Would Rather "Destroy" The Movie Than Use Footage Joss Whedon Shot

Zack Snyder is once again working on Justice League, but don't expect him to borrow anything Joss Whedon shot because he would rather "set it on fire" before using anything he didn't film himself...

By JoshWilding - Jul 26, 2020 05:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Justice League

Talking at "Justice Con" last night, original Justice League director Zack Snyder made it clear that he has no plans to use anything filmmaker Joss Whedon came up with during his reshoots.

While he never actually named the director (in fact, he later made it clear he had zero involvement in choosing The Avengers helmer as his replacement after leaving the project), Snyder was quick to point out that, "There would be no chance on Earth that I would use a shot that was made after I left the movie."

Snyder would go on to say that there's no way he would have returned to finish the "Snyder Cut" had he not been given full creative control over the project. "There would be no way...I would rather, I would destroy the movie, I would set it on fire before I would use a single frame that I did not photograph," he confirmed. "That is f***ing hard fact."

"By the way, anything you see in this movie that reminds you of the other theatrical movie," Snyder continued, "would be because that's a thing I had done and now it's been borrowed." He finished by reiterating that he's never watched Whedon's version of Justice League that played in theaters. 

Clearly, any sort of influence Whedon had on Snyder's movie will be well and truly wiped from history once this original version of Justice League is released on HBO Max early to mid-2021. 
 

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tmp3
tmp3 - 7/26/2020, 5:50 AM
They should destroy both cuts
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 7/26/2020, 6:09 AM
@tmp3 - Yep, best decision really.

The best thing about JL was the teaser of Infinity War before the film LOL

Goldboink
Goldboink - 7/26/2020, 8:37 AM
@tmp3 -
And salt the earth
Goldboink
Goldboink - 7/26/2020, 8:38 AM
@kylo0607 -
Cold
Blergh
Blergh - 7/26/2020, 5:51 AM
"Anything would be borrowed"

Erm...EXCUUUUUUSE me here Zack but they didn't borror sh*t. You shot it FOR THEM you pompous ass
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/26/2020, 5:54 AM
"I would rather, I would destroy the movie, I would set it on fire"

You already have, Zack. You already have.
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/26/2020, 5:58 AM
@AzulaCipher - "Really love that lifeless face he makes"
I think that's just his natural response to hearing Snyder talk for too long
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/26/2020, 5:58 AM
@AzulaCipher - and the guy who shot it. Who would've think that this gif would come to represent the entirety of Snyder's DC tenure. That dude was a genius.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/26/2020, 5:59 AM
Thought*
DoubleD
DoubleD - 7/26/2020, 6:01 AM
Zack your losing it son. You had my support early on but losing it. Go make your movie and shut-up talking to much undermines your credibility.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/26/2020, 6:03 AM
@DoubleD - it's weird that he's allowed to publically badmouth the studio like this while under their employment. He said much more than this on the stream. I'm sure Josh is in the process of posting another article about it lol.
inkniron
inkniron - 7/26/2020, 6:02 AM
For someone who butchered many, many DC characters, he has no room to bitch about someone "borrowing" someone else's idea and turning it into a pile of shit. His level of self awareness is like a zero.
Kurne
Kurne - 7/26/2020, 6:05 AM
DC's director driven universe, ladies and gentlemen.
Ace101
Ace101 - 7/26/2020, 6:06 AM
I wasnt a big fan of mos, BvS:DoJ and JL, but I'll download this to see for myself what all this hoolabaloo is and see if he's managed to improve over the last four years or if hes just thrown out something akin to the last 3.

Zach strengths lay in copying panel to panel and putting it on screen. Like 300 and what have you. When he has a vision of his own and when he gets David goyer involved eeeeeeeeeeeeeh neither of em understand the core of these DC characters.
Makiveli21
Makiveli21 - 7/26/2020, 6:10 AM
@kylo0607 - this is exactly what I was going to say. It's like Snyder is so out of touch with reality he doesnt know that he already destroyed it. God he sucks
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 7/26/2020, 6:07 AM
Don't worry Zack, you've destroyed it already.

Kurne
Kurne - 7/26/2020, 6:13 AM
Also, I love remembering back to the THR articles in 2017 that reported on Zack leaving JL. WB stated that Zack "hand-picked" Whedon to take over, lol.

The fact that Snyder's denying he did so now: forgive me for not believing that he's also (now) saying that he "chose" to walk away from JL. There's so many lies in this story from both sides at this point.

You were straight up fired, bud
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/26/2020, 6:14 AM
@Kurne - I mean, his kid died. It makes sense that he'd want to take a break from production. I don't like Snyder's movies at all, but have a little empathy.
Kurne
Kurne - 7/26/2020, 6:22 AM
@tmp3 - people started reporting in 2018 that WB used the whole thing as a cover. And that Zack was fired. And that obviously nobody wanted to admit/report that at the time (in 2017) because it was a sensitive situation.

And is that also really hard to believe, too? Zack's entire support of the Snyder Cut completely contradicts the story WB put out in 2017. He literally just admitted today that he never handpicked Joss like they said as well.

Like I said, the story is full of lies.
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