The first teaser trailer forThe Snyder CutofJustice Leaguehas been released online, ahead of the film’s release on HBO Max next year. The Snyder Cut is, of course, directorZack Snyder’s preferred cut of the superhero team-up movie that was released in theaters in 2018. Snyder entered production onJustice Leaguebefore hisMan of Steelfollow-upBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicehit theaters, and whenBvSwas met with some strong negative reaction, Warner Bros. got cold feet and worked to lighten upJustice Leagueon the fly. That included adding a host of new scenes in reshoots, whichJoss Whedonwrote and oversaw following Snyder’s exit from the film due to a personal tragedy.
Fans have long asked for Snyder’s cut of the movie to be released, but that posed a tricky prospect for WB given that he never actually finished his cut of the movie before leaving. Now, however, Warner Bros. has agreed to give Snyder the funds necessary to complete The Snyder Cut with added visual effects and likely ADR from the cast members, after which The Snyder Cut ofJustice Leaguewill be released directly on the streaming service HBO Max.
This short teaser uses dialogue fromBvSspoken byJesseEisenberg’s Lex Luthor and basically confirms that the villain of Snyder’s version ofJustice Leaguewas Darkseid, and he’ll be reinstated in The Snyder Cut. We watchGal Gadotas she looks on an ancient painting of the otherworldly villain, and then we see footage from that flashback battle explaining the Motherboxes only instead of bland old Steppenwolf, the Big Bad is Darkseid.
Indeed, Snyder originally envisionedJustice Leagueas a two-part story that would bring Darkseid fully into the fold, so it’ll be interesting to see how much of that overall story is restored in The Snyder Cut and whether it could lead to another sequel. After the box office disaster ofJustice League, Warner Bros. basically cut ties with the interconnected DCEU that Snyder was building and greenlit a series of films that go in different directions. So moving forward with Snyder’s overallJLplans would be rather complicated, and would impact films that are already filming/completed but not yet released likeThe Batman(in whichRobert Pattinsontakes over the role) andJames Gunn’sThe Suicide Squad.
Snyder says in the tweet to expect more reveals at the upcomingvirtual DC fan event DC FanDome, so mark your calendars for August. The Snyder Cut ofJustice Leaguewill be released on HBO Max in 2021.
