{"id":31676,"date":"2021-03-29T09:04:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T09:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/?post_type=articles&p=31676"},"modified":"2026-03-05T19:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:51:27","slug":"the-true-kind-of-legendary-history-of-making-zack-snyders-justice-league","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/articles\/the-true-kind-of-legendary-history-of-making-zack-snyders-justice-league\/","title":{"rendered":"The Origin Story of \u201cZack Snyder\u2019s Justice League\u201d and What It Means for Moviemaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ray Fisher as Cyborg\/Victor Stone, Ezra Miller as The Flash\/Barry Allen, Ben Affleck as Batman\/Bruce Wayne, Henry Cavill as Superman\/Clark Kent, Gal Gadot as Diana Prince\/Wonder Woman and Jason Momoa as Aquaman\/Arthur Curry in ZACK SNYDER\u2019S JUSTICE LEAGUE. Cr: HBO Max<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Don’t Miss Our NAB Show Premiere Session, \u201cA Cut Above: The Editors Behind Zack Snyder\u2019s Justice League,\u201d April 15 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Polarizing fans and critics alike from the moment it was announced, Zack Snyder\u2019s Justice League<\/em> premiered on HBO Max in a global day-and-date release on March 18 (with the exception of China, France and Japan, where release dates are still to be announced). The four-hour film event served as a warning shot to rival streaming companies that HBO Max and the DC Universe were not to be underestimated. Seven years in the making, The Snyder Cut, as it became widely known, was the result of a Hollywood studio tug-of-war that dates back to 2014. It was also a capitulation to online fans who had been loudly demanding the release of the director\u2019s vision since the studio version, directed by Joss Whedon, flopped at the box office in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone would be intrigued by the project\u2019s looping, roller coaster-like backstory, which includes director changes, expensive re-shoots, disgruntled cast members, and even personal tragedy, but there was more: running just over four hours, The Snyder Cut was made in a nearly-square 1.33:1 aspect ratio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving sat through this new Justice League<\/em> in its 242-minute entirety, I can note that the two films represent utterly antithetical approaches to a project that might have benefited from a third, middle-ground option,\u201d film critic Justin Chang<\/a> wrote in his review for the Los Angeles Times<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cForced to choose between the two, the Snyder cut is probably the one I respect more, which doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s the one I prefer: The two-hour Justice League<\/em> was, for all its baggage, a watchable exercise in damage control, with welcome moments of levity that cut through the murky torpor of Snyder\u2019s storytelling. True, it butchered its convoluted mythology and left crucial material on the cutting-room floor \u2014 to which I can only say that by the end of the Snyder cut, I sort of wanted to kiss the cutting-room floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

READ MORE: Review: \u2018Zack Snyder\u2019s Justice League\u2019 has arrived. The wait was long \u2014 and so is the movie (Los Angeles Times)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Henry Cavill as Superman\/Clark Kent in ZACK SNYDER\u2019S JUSTICE LEAGUE. Cr: HBO Max<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Julia Alexander<\/a>, who has covered the saga of Justice League<\/em> extensively for The Verge<\/em>, noted in an interview with A Martinez<\/a> for NPR\u2019s Morning Edition<\/em> that the difference between the two films is like night and day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom length time to the fact that Zack Snyder\u2019s film clocks in at four hours and one minute to the fact that everything that Joss Whedon, who stepped in when Zack Snyder had to step back in 2017 after a personal tragedy \u2014 everything that he\u2019s done is basically gone. The biggest change for fans everywhere is that it is a cohesive film that actually makes sense and is far more enjoyable,\u201d she commented. \u201cIt is a fan\u2019s cut. It is a bigger win for fans of DC Universe than, I think, anyone except maybe Zack Snyder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n