The threat of Darkseid (Ray Porter) and the need for the heroes united is brought into sharp focus in in this trailer for Zack Snyder's Justice League. Watch March 18 on HBO Max.
Zack Snyder's Justice League is a reworked "director's cut" of the 2017 film Justice League, developed for HBO Max by Warner Bros.
The initial release of Justice League was marred by director Zack Snyder's early exit from the film due to a family tragedy. The studio hired director Joss Whedon to finish the film, which created a great deal of controversy as a result. Whedon made significant revisions to the story which became less ambitious and focused on the secondary villain Steppenwolf, instead of Snyder's intended antagonist Darkseid. The resulting film was less-than-satisfying to fans, who immediately began demanding to see "the Snyder cut."
In 2020, Warner Bros announced plans to meet fan demand, allow Snyder to finish his vision for the movie and release it on the soon-to-launch HBO Max service. This would be more than a re-edit of the film as significant portions were never finished. The studio agreed to budget the additional filming as part of the new vision. Snyder went to work on the new version which is set to stream in 2021.
Justice League is a 2017 sequel to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It assembles DC Comics' flagship superhero team on the big screen for the first time.
Following the events of Batman v Superman, the man of steel (Henry Cavill) is believed dead, while Bruce Wayne realizes an other-worldly threat is coming that will need a powerful response. With the help of Diana (Gal Gadot) he learns that that the villain Steppenwolf is on Earth searching for three lost, powerful artifacts of Apokalips called Mother Boxes. Batman recruits Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and The Flash (Ezra Miller) to the cause, while Wonder Woman tracks down Cyborg (Ray Fisher) who himself is now empowered by a Mother Box. Finally, Batman hatches a scheme to revive Superman using the alien technology, thus forming the core group.
The movie was directed by Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon from a screenplay by Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon. The movie suffered from a mixed reception by fans and critics, who lamented the uneven pacing, dark tone and uninspired villain of the movie. It did not fair well at the box office, failing to achieve the tentpole status Warner Bros expected.
As the third DC Extended Universe movie from Snyder to get a lukewarm reaction from audiences, the studio pumped the brakes on a Justice League 2. Instead fans enjoyed the well-received Wonder Woman and Aquaman spinoffs, while an all-new take on Batman is in production.
