Zack Snyder Reveals His Original Plans for 'Justice League'
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Norrin Radd
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Zack Snyder Confirms Plan to Sacrifice Batman in Justice League Trilogy
WB might've dodged a bulletBy now, the story of Warner Bros. Justice League movie fiasco is infamous, and the push for Warner Bros. to release Zack Snyder's original cut of Justice League has been unrelenting. Many of the cast and crew who have worked with Snyder on Justice League have been championing the director's version of the movie, and contending with industry insiders who claim that the Snyder Cut of Justice League doesn't existence. Well, Zack Snyder himself finally weighed in on the matter today, revealing a photo of the real, physical, reels containing the Snyder Cut - and he's not stopping there.
Zack Snyder has been holding court over on Vero, answering fan questions. One answer was a confirmation that yes, Ben Affleck's Batman was going to die by Darkseid's hand in the Justice League sequels:
As you can see above, Snyder was asked about previous references he made to Batman sacrificing himself in the battle with Darkseid during the Justice League sequels, and his report was, "we always had that plan we would see that in final chapter."
If you don't know (or remember), Snyder's vision for Justice League was actually a trilogy that had a major DC villain (Darkseid) and a major time travel twist. As was previously teased by Snyder and confirmed by industry insiders:
- Snyder's Justice League would play like the theatrical version, with one ending twist: Darkseid revealing himself to the League, as Steppenwolf's master.
- Justice League 2 would've gone cosmic, with the League mounting an attack on Apokolips and Darkseid. That major event would've brought the New Gods of New Genesis and the Green Lantern Corps into the mix.
- The second movie would've ended on a dark and ominous loss, as Darkseid thrashed the Justice League and killed Lois Lane, taking Superman prisoner and creating the "Dark Superman" we saw in Batman v Superman through the Anti-Life Equation
- Justice League 3 would've seen Darkseid invade Earth without the League there to defend it, conquering the planet and creating the "Knightmare" reality in Batman v Superman.
- Through several time travel loops (including Flash's failed warning to Bruce in Batman v Superman) Batman would have to reach Superman and bring him back ot the side of good, so that the League could defeat Darkseid and save the world.
T’Challa’s Heir
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that sounds super convoluted. What was the run time gonna be on all those movies? That’s a ton of story to cover per movie.
Darkseid "killed" Batman in the comics and all it did was let dikk Grayson be Batman for about a year before Bruce Wayne came back.
It's comic books, folk don't stay dead.
AnonymityX1000
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The reason I don't like it is it is a waste of a dramatic moment doing it with little to no build up. Same way they killed Supes in BvS. People weren't even sure they liked the character yet and they killed him? And then immediately teased his resurrection.
The Batman death would have happened at the end of a trilogy though so it would have had sufficient buildup.
Would have loved to see this honestly
AnonymityX1000
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Oh OK, didn't realize that.
blankstairz
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Would have loved to see this honestly
Really. Wouldn't mind seeing Batfleck die in the movie.
"do you bleeeeeed".
When batman goes back in time and gets Superman to trust him by whispering Martha into his ear 
PlayerNinety_Nine
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Hearing this shytshow of ideas makes me glad they booted Snyder and cancelled this franchise. Killing Bats...
Snyder was trying to cram 6-8 films worth of story and moments into 3. I still don't get what the rush was.
Would have loved to see this honestly
I don't hate this idea. My only issue is that would be 8-10 years in the making. Ben Afleck would be really old before they finished this. Also they would have to release 2 &3 in back to back years because they couldn't release a movie in between obviously due to story continuity. So i could see DC rushing out a bunch of sequels between JL1 and JL2 in which half probably would have sucked. Good idea on paper, I just wouldn't have trusted the execution of it
Yea let me clarify I would’ve loved to see this over a span of about 10 years but trying to throw in plots from Injustice, intro Darkseid, sprinkles of Flashpoint, in a trilogy is just idiotic. Way too much too soon. Don’t know why they were in such a hurry.
Good thing this didn't happen.