Zack Snyder Discusses His Cut of JUSTICE LEAGUE and How It Fits in with The DCEU

DC fans are excitedly awaiting the release of director Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League next year. Many of the fans believe that the movie will be far superior to the one that Warner Bros. released on the big screen in 2017. I’m certainly curious to see what Snyder’s vision will be like.

Since the release of the original Justice League, Warner Bros. moved away from the plans that Snyder has set up with his films and the DC films have changed. During a recent interview with Beyond the Trailer’s Grace Randolph, Snyder discussed where his Justice League will fit with the continuity of the DCEU, saying:

“For me, where the movie falls, it really starts to represent its own path. It’s kind of separate now from what I would say the DC cinematic universe [is] in continuity. I think it’s divergent, in that way. And I think that’s a good thing. The power of DC, and one of its cool strengths, is the sort of multiverse concept … They also put filmmaker’s first and they say, ‘We want to hear your individual voices. Take these characters and do a run. Show us what you would do.’ In the great tradition of comic book writing, and runs that have been done with all of these amazing characters. … And so, for me, I think Justice League, I’ve heard someone say, ‘Oh, you’re entering the Snyderverse now.’ And frankly, this notion that, what you will see in Justice League, Batman v Superman and in Man of Steel, there’s continuity across those three movies. They are really, because I made them, that’s my main focus is to satisfy that narrative structure [and] continue that story.”

I do think it’s funny and interesting that in this comment, he said that the studio puts the “filmmaker’s first. and they say, ‘We want to hear your individual voices. Take these characters and do a run. Show us what you would do.’” Especially after what they did to him and his film. They came in and pretty much destroyed his vision for Justice League. Obviously, he’s back in with WB and they are giving him the opportunity and money to finally tell his Justice League story, so he’s got to say nice things about them.

This cut of Sndyer’s Justice League will be nearly four hours long, and there’s a possibility that it will be cut up into separate chapters when it’s released on HBO Max.

Snyder and his team are currently in the middle of doing a lot of work on the project, cutting the film together, finishing the VFX work, add the scores, and the cast will be brought back in to record additional dialogue. However, they will not shoot any additional scenes. This is going to cost the studio over $30 million. Hopefully, this version of the film will give the fans exactly what they’ve been hoping for.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be released in 2021.