CS Video: Zack & Deborah Snyder Talk Zack Snyder's Justice League

CS Video: Zack & Deborah Snyder Talk Zack Snyder’s Justice League

March 18, 2021

ComingSoon.net had the opportunity to speak with Zack Snyder’s Justice League co-writer and director Zack Snyder along with partner and producer Deborah Snyder about the highly-anticipated director’s cut. During the interview, the duo spoke about the differences between the original release and the four-hour film, including tonality, music, “how the visual effects were rendered,” and how Snyder’s initial shots for the first Justice League were being told through “someone else’s eyes” and a different point of view compared to Snyder’s fully-realized vision for the story.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League is now streaming on HBO Max. You can check out the interview in the player below!

Zack Snyder’s Justice League reportedly cost around $70 million in order to properly finish the editing and visual effects of the director’s original vision, as well as the additional photography.

Fueled by the hero’s restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Justice League sees Bruce Wayne enlist the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.

Justice League, which features a screenplay from Chris Terrio from a story by Snyder and Terrio, stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Connie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta, with J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon, and Amy Adams as Lois Lane.

Released in November 2017, the film earned mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike, praising the action and performances from Gadot and Miller while criticizing every other aspect of the film, namely the inconsistent tone that many fault Joss Whedon (The Avengers) for after taking over directorial duties from Snyder. With a large budget of $300 million and a break-even point of $750 million, the film is considered a box office bomb having grossed only $658 million.