Much to the shock of everyone, the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement paid off back in 2021 when Zack Snyder's Justice League was released on HBO Max. The epic four-hour director's cut offered an idea of what the filmmaker had planned for the DCEU before Joss Whedon was enlisted to reshoot his movie, and received a positive response from fans and critics alike.
Now, the DCEU is dead, and a new DCU is being created by DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran. In recent weeks, Henry Cavill has been ousted as Superman, while Dwayne Johnson's time as Black Adam has also ended (rumour has it Gal Gadot could be done as Wonder Woman after Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash too).
Despite that, many fans hope the Snyderverse will live on, and a bizarre new campaign has begun on social media: #SellSnyderVerseToNetflix.
Both that hashtag and #SellZSJLtoNetflix have already created thousands of impressions on Twitter, with the hope being that Netflix would take charge of a separate DCEU slate made up of movies like Snyder's scrapped Justice League sequels and the "Ayer Cut" of 2016's Suicide Squad.
Other associated hashtags include #GunnAndSafranOut, #FireJamesGunnAndPeterSafran, and #BoycottWB, so the toxicity surrounding the Snyderverse appears to remain.
Zack Snyder's Justice League being released was a huge win, and while not every fan gets on board with campaigns like this, it's disheartening to see many DC fans unable to get excited about a new slate of interconnected movies. After all, what Gunn and Safran have planned may ultimately rival the scope of the MCU.
Do you think Warner Bros. should #SellSnyderVerseToNetflix?