ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE Disregarded By Warner Bros. Discovery; Only 2017 Version Considered Official

ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE Disregarded By Warner Bros. Discovery; Only 2017 Version Considered Official

In the wake of Batgirl's cancellation, many fans are hoping Warner Bros. plans to #RestoreTheSnyderVerse. Alas, it appears the opposite is going to happen as the studio looks to disregard the Snyder Cut.

By JoshWilding - Aug 04, 2022 05:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Justice League
Source: Rolling Stone

There's a lot of confusion surrounding what Warner Bros. Discovery has planned for the DC Extended Universe, though all signs point to The Flash rebooting this world. 

Superman is expected to be replaced with Supergirl, while Ben Affleck's Batman will be swapped out with Michael Keaton's original big screen Caped Crusader. This explains why the Batman and Batman Returns star was going to appear in Batgirl, and ridding themselves of Henry Cavill and Affleck means the studio can somewhat move on from the SnyderVerse. 

There are remnants, of course, including a number of actors who were cast by Zack Snyder. J.K. Simmons, for example, was going to appear in Batgirl after debuting in Justice League. However, neither that nor the fact that Keaton has just been switched out for Affleck in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom should be taken as an indication that Warner Bros. is about to #RestoreTheSnyderVerse.

Rolling Stone reveals that "In a telling sign of how far the studio is looking to distance itself from Snyder, a source says documentary filmmaker Leslie Iwerks recently asked to license clips from the 2021 Justice League for a film on the history of DC and was told there is only one Justice League: the 2017 incarnation."

Ouch. 

Clearly, this new regime would rather consider the 2017 version of the movie "official" than the four-hour cut that debuted on HBO Max last year. There may be a number of reasons for this, though. 

For starters, there's no denying that the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement led to a lot of toxicity online, including the harassment of several Warner Bros. employees. Warner Bros. Also, CEO David Zaslav doesn't seem to rate streaming titles that highly, and the $657 million Joss Whedon's cut made in theaters clearly means more to him than HBO Max viewership figures. 

There is speculation that The Flash sets the stage for a Crisis on Infinite Earths movie, but completely starting from scratch with DC at this point might be the best possible idea. 

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UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 8/4/2022, 5:31 AM
ZSJL was fine, but im ok with this news. just bring back Cavill.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 8/4/2022, 5:34 AM
@UnderBelly - Also, WB will be smart to follow up ZSJL with an animation project. That way both sets of fans will be happy, and their animation dept. Usually does some good stuff when it's not rushed.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 8/4/2022, 5:35 AM
@UnderBelly - I felt like ZSJL left the universe in a perfect place to continue on without Snyder. They could go in whatever direction and have Darkseid show up at a later date if they wanted to down that darker injustice route but I'm guessing they wanna go with 2017's mess of a movie lol 💀
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 8/4/2022, 5:52 AM
@ClungesForever - As a viewing experience with a solid story, Snyder's was superior, aside from the aspect ratio (his excuse was dumb there, it's never coming out it IMAX screens). But the characters generally end up in the same place as before. We just dont have Martian Manhunter or Darksied but still have Silus Stone (in established canon).

It's doesn't really matter anyway unless they do bring back Cavill as I doubt Affleck is going to be more than extended cameos, unless that's another thing they got up their sleeve.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/4/2022, 6:31 AM
@UnderBelly - the war has begun once again, stop the orcs and trolls!
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 8/4/2022, 6:32 AM
@UnderBelly - yeah true 😂 I think Zacks whole aspect ratio was his attempt at strong arming the studio into a limited IMAX theatrical release 😂💀
thewanderer
thewanderer - 8/4/2022, 8:16 AM
@UnderBelly - same. Snyder's version was slightly better, but essentially a longer movie with the same problems as the theatrical release.


Keep the Snyderverse actors (minus Ezra), lick your wounds and move on.
The1st
The1st - 8/4/2022, 10:05 AM
@UnderBelly - Two steps forward, 1 step back SMH.
The1st
The1st - 8/4/2022, 10:15 AM
@ClungesForever - Yeah, they're not exactly "tasting the food" are they?
MotherFuckerJon
MotherFuckerJon - 8/4/2022, 5:39 AM
I'll admit when I heard they were canning all these projects I kinda got excited. Maybe they are realizing their faults and are trying to fix it. Perhaps we would get a new DCCU to wash the bad taste away. Now it's clear to me from this article all they care about are box office numbers. Which isn't a good formula for good films. WB gonna WB.
JohnnyTBP
JohnnyTBP - 8/4/2022, 5:42 AM
I would like a Man of Steel II
IcePyke
IcePyke - 8/4/2022, 5:43 AM




Chappers
Chappers - 8/4/2022, 5:44 AM
This is incredible, there's not a bag of Popcorn large enough for all the news this week
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/4/2022, 5:46 AM
This was obvious since day 1, but K.

Only one version of those movies made it to the big screen and could've been considered canon.

Like...

C'mon, man...
Origame
Origame - 8/4/2022, 6:18 AM
@Doomsday8888 - but this isn't a question of Canon. Its a documentary that wanted to use clips of that specific version of the movie.
SethBullock
SethBullock - 8/4/2022, 9:16 PM
@Doomsday8888 - For me the Snyder version (with its flaws) is like a billion times better than the theatrical version and it will be the one I consider canon.

Snyder did a lot of sh*t wrong, and I like Whedon's work better, but that JL released in theaters was an abomination (not Whedon's fault imo), so I rather think of this DCEU thing as a Snyder trilogy with MoS, BvS and JL, being the first WW, the first Aquaman and the first Shazam some kind of appendages set in the same or similar universe, everything else I rather forget it (well, Gunn's Squad was ok too, I guess).
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 8/4/2022, 5:49 AM
I can't wait to see how they F up their reboot. They can't find the haystack that contains the needle
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 8/4/2022, 8:36 AM
@ProfessorWhy - “all I see is this stack o hay!”
“Alright nah settle down son #1, we’ll find that haystack in mornin”
“I’m scared Paw”
“Me too son #1”
MotherFuckerJon
MotherFuckerJon - 8/4/2022, 5:55 AM
How about actually getting someone from the comic industry EXCEPT Jim Lee to oversee all of this. Marvel Studios collaborates with Marvel comic writers all the time for every project. That's why their shit is so popular because it's done correctly. The stories differ from those is the comics, but still manages to capture what made the books so popular.

Again..Jim Lee is not this person.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 8/4/2022, 5:56 AM
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