As
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
moves closer to its long-awaited release, more details are continuing to pour in regarding the director’s intentions for the DC universe. Before the director was forced to depart
Justice League
in 2017, Snyder had huge plans for the future of DC movies through a
multi-part saga for the Justice League
.
This month, fans will get a peek at the world that could have been in Snyder’s cut of the film. However, with no return to the DCEU in sight, this seems to be where the former director’s superhero saga comes to an end as
the film is expected to close on a cliffhanger
.
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In the marketing for the film, Snyder continues to detail the future that will never be as he compares his plans to the
Lord of the Rings
franchise…
ZACK SNYDER’S LORD OF THE RINGS
In an exclusive interview with
Total Film
,
Justice League
director Zack Snyder shared details of his intended direction for the DC universe. The director revealed that while multiple directors
“made their own movies”
for the interconnected DC Extended Universe, he was determined to
“stay the course”
with
Justice League
to pursue his direction:
“In a lot of ways, I view this movie on its own. I love [Wonder Woman director] Patty [Jenkins] and I think she’s done an amazing job, and [The Suicide Squad director] James [Gunn] has done a great job — they’ve made their own movies. But I just thought, ‘I’m gonna stay the course that I thought was cool.’ There’s a bunch of stuff I do differently than what they do, but I just think of Justice League as its own thing at this point. It exists kind of on its own.”
The former DC filmmaker went on to describe the
“trilogy of films”
with a
“consistent tone”
that he chose to focus on when crafting the future team-ups — being
Man of Steel
,
Batman V Superman
, and
Justice League.
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Snyder described the intention to use the trilogy as a setup for two further
Justice League
sequels which
“stays true to that concept,”
but, unfortunately, the director doesn’t
“see that happening”
anymore. The format of the saga would’ve been
“like
Lord of the Rings
and not a one-off,”
he described:
“For me, there’s a trilogy of films that I sort of lean on. Man Of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Justice League are a continuity, and within that three-movie arc there is a consistent tone. Frankly, it was meant as the primer for another two [Justice League] movies — not that those movies are ever going to get photographed, I don’t see that happening — and it stays true to that concept. It was meant to be like Lord Of The Rings and not a one-off. That’s the way I think about it.”
WHAT DOES ZACK SNYDER MEAN BY THIS?
What exactly the director meant in these comments is unclear. However, the
Lord of the Rings
franchise is known for being a large-scale trilogy of films that come together to form a cohesive story — almost like one long film.
The extended cuts of Peter Jackson’s iconic fantasy franchise are renowned for their extreme length, something fans are now experiencing with the Snyder cut. In many ways, elements of the beginning of the
Lord of the Rings
saga set up its ending. Both
Batman V Superman
and
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
will have featured visions of a Knightmare future, something
the sequels were intended to explore further
.
ADVERTISEMENT
Snyder’s comments highlight the differences between the DCEU and the MCU, suggesting his universe was never intended to follow the same concept. It seems the
Justice League
director wanted to allow other directors to tell their own story while he largely followed his own superhero epic across his own films.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
will release exclusively on HBO Max on March 18 — with
worldwide release plans to be confirmed
.
As
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
moves closer to its long-awaited release, more details are continuing to pour in regarding the director’s intentions for the DC universe. Before the director was forced to depart
Justice League
in 2017, Snyder had huge plans for the future of DC movies through a
multi-part saga for the Justice League
.
This month, fans will get a peek at the world that could have been in Snyder’s cut of the film. However, with no return to the DCEU in sight, this seems to be where the former director’s superhero saga comes to an end as
the film is expected to close on a cliffhanger
.
ADVERTISEMENT
In the marketing for the film, Snyder continues to detail the future that will never be as he compares his plans to the
Lord of the Rings
franchise…
ZACK SNYDER’S LORD OF THE RINGS
In an exclusive interview with
Total Film
,
Justice League
director Zack Snyder shared details of his intended direction for the DC universe. The director revealed that while multiple directors
“made their own movies”
for the interconnected DC Extended Universe, he was determined to
“stay the course”
with
Justice League
to pursue his direction:
The former DC filmmaker went on to describe the
“trilogy of films”
with a
“consistent tone”
that he chose to focus on when crafting the future team-ups — being
Man of Steel
,
Batman V Superman
, and
Justice League.
“In a lot of ways, I view this movie on its own. I love [Wonder Woman director] Patty [Jenkins] and I think she’s done an amazing job, and [The Suicide Squad director] James [Gunn] has done a great job — they’ve made their own movies. But I just thought, ‘I’m gonna stay the course that I thought was cool.’ There’s a bunch of stuff I do differently than what they do, but I just think of Justice League as its own thing at this point. It exists kind of on its own.”
Snyder described the intention to use the trilogy as a setup for two further
Justice League
sequels which
“stays true to that concept,”
but, unfortunately, the director doesn’t
“see that happening”
anymore. The format of the saga would’ve been
“like
Lord of the Rings
and not a one-off,”
he described:
WHAT DOES ZACK SNYDER MEAN BY THIS?
What exactly the director meant in these comments is unclear. However, the
Lord of the Rings
franchise is known for being a large-scale trilogy of films that come together to form a cohesive story — almost like one long film.
“For me, there’s a trilogy of films that I sort of lean on. Man Of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Justice League are a continuity, and within that three-movie arc there is a consistent tone. Frankly, it was meant as the primer for another two [Justice League] movies — not that those movies are ever going to get photographed, I don’t see that happening — and it stays true to that concept. It was meant to be like Lord Of The Rings and not a one-off. That’s the way I think about it.”
The extended cuts of Peter Jackson’s iconic fantasy franchise are renowned for their extreme length, something fans are now experiencing with the Snyder cut. In many ways, elements of the beginning of the
Lord of the Rings
saga set up its ending. Both
Batman V Superman
and
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
will have featured visions of a Knightmare future, something
the sequels were intended to explore further
.
Snyder’s comments highlight the differences between the DCEU and the MCU, suggesting his universe was never intended to follow the same concept. It seems the
Justice League
director wanted to allow other directors to tell their own story while he largely followed his own superhero epic across his own films.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
will release exclusively on HBO Max on March 18 — with
worldwide release plans to be confirmed
.
