Justice League director Zack Snyder put any remaining doubts to rest about what led to his departure from the 2017 film.
When asked if he left the film of his own volition, Snyder told The New York Times, “Absolutely. The decision to leave was 100 percent mine. I knew the fight that I was in for with them. And my family needed me, and I needed them. I was in a struggle at home, and then to go to my place of work and be in a second struggle there seemed like an outrageous thing to do to myself and my loved ones.”
Snyder departed Justice League in 2017 while the Warner Bros. film was in post-production due to the recent death of his daughter Autumn. As such, the studio replaced him with Joss Whedon, who went on to helm extensive reshoots and radically alter Snyder’s intended vision for the DC Extended Universe movie. Given Snyder’s already shaky status with Warner Bros. following the poor reception of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, speculation arose that he was actually forced off of Justice League.
“There was a definitely a shift in confidence that they had, and I think that kept multiplying as we went along,” Snyder said regarding his relationship with Warner Bros. after BvS. “They had this giant I.P. [intellectual property] and their confidence in my point of view had eroded.”
In Zack Snyder’s Justice League, determined to ensure Superman’s ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions. The task proves more difficult than Bruce imagined, as each of the recruits must face the demons of their own pasts to transcend that which has held them back, allowing them to come together, finally forming an unprecedented league of heroes. Now united, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash may be too late to save the planet from Steppenwolf, DeSaad and Darkseid and their dreadful intentions.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Ray Porter as Darkseid, Ciarán Hinds as Steppenwolf, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon. The film arrives on HBO Max March 18.
Source: The New York Times
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