It always happens, right? Sooner or later, most major films are re-released in freshly packaged “director’s cut” versions, longer, more indulgent edits sandwiched between loads of new behind-the-scenes footage, star interviews, storyboard reveals, etc. So it’s not surprising that fans of director Zack Snyder and his Justice League (2017) have spent the last two years clamoring for the release of his “Snyder cut” of the movie, a fabled edit Snyder supposedly made before he had to leave the production due to a personal tragedy. Warner Bros. called in Avengers director Joss Whedon to finish up..
Snyder himself has added fuel to the fire on Twitter, together with stars Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot and Ray Fisher. Together, they’ve gotten #ReleaseTheSnyderCut to catch fire.
This ancient Amazonian can’t be wrong. #releasethesnydercut https://t.co/XBdaE1ynkL
— Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) November 17, 2019
Snyder fans thrilled to the idea, hoping the long-awaited “Snyder cut” would appear, noting it could easily serve as a glitzy centerpiece for HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s shiny new streaming service. But the bubble has been burst.
“There’s no way it’s ever happening,” a “knowledgeable insider” has told Variety, who reports that any wish for a Justice League Snyder cut is a “pipe dream,” mainly because it doesn’t exist (as a finished, or even started, project):
"Logistically, however, there’s little appetite at the studio for spending the millions of dollars it would require to finish visual effects and editing work on Snyder’s version, particularly as “Justice League” was a commercial disaster. There are currently no plans to release a Snyder version either in theaters or on HBO Max."
One would think such news might crush Zack Snyder fans, but Batman and Wonder Woman didn’t teach them to give up easily. There’s extra footage in a vault out there somewhere, just begging to be touched up and displayed in all its glory.
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