The moment we were all waiting for. #ReleaseTheSnyderCut @ZackSnyder pic.twitter.com/vGwMoPMcUl
— HBO Max (@hbomax) May 21, 2020
March 2017. During the production of the Justice League film, tragedy struck in the life of the film’s director, Zack Snyder. His daughter has taken her own life. Because he knew that his family needed him the most at that time, Zack, along with his wife, Deborah, decided to step away from the production. He, however, declined to delay the release date, and decided to pass the baton to another director, Joss Whedon. Snyder’s dark and gloomy approach to the film, however, collided with Whedon’s “shoe-horned humour and cartoonish interplay”, and this would be seen in the final cut of the movie.
Sadly, the movie turned out to be a mess, and fans were not happy. And so some of them decided to cry out to Warner Bros. to release Snyder’s cut of the film.
The movement’s methods included, but weren’t limited to: flooding every single Warner Bros-related social media post without hesitation, whether it be trailers or obituaries; further petitions, billboards and custom merchandise; and even a plane with a banner of the hashtag gliding over San Diego Comic-Con in the summer of 2019.
The movement did not stop there, however.
More than $200,000 has also been raised for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Now, over two years later, the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement can now finally calm down as their request has been heard by Zack Snyder himself. Snyder’s Justice League will be released on HBO Max next year. The Justice League will finally be given justice.
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