Turns out, the campaign to release the superhero movie was aided by robot villains.
The Snyder Cut was a weird moment in time. Justice League was supposed to be Zack Snyder’s third movie in his trilogy and the biggest one yet. He had grand ideas, but behind the scenes, the vision at Warner Bros. was changing. Snyder frequently butted heads with Warner executives. While Snyder was in production on Justice League, his daughter passed away. He knew his family needed him, so he stepped away from the project. Executives hired Joss Whedon to come in, and the movie went forward.
The movie was released to lukewarm reviews. The tone and visuals were distinctly un-Snyder-like, and Snyder largely distanced himself from the film, claiming there wasn’t much of his work that hit the screen. The movie performed poorly at the box office and looked like it would fade into the back pages of history…
Author: Jason Hellerman
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