Today, Netflix debuted the first official images from director Zack Snyder’s upcoming zombie heist film Army of the Dead. However, eagle-eyed fans have spotted what could be a cameo by the ‘Snyder Cut’ of Justice League in one of the newly released photos.
During the post-production phase of Warner Bros. and DC’s Justice League, Snyder stepped away from the project due to a personal family tragedy, and Avengers director Joss Whedon was brought on board to carry the project through to its November 2017 release. However, the studio would also task Whedon with overseeing extensive reshoots that significantly altered Snyder’s original vision for the film. After Justice League debuted in theaters to poor reviews and disappointing box office figures, several fans launched a campaign calling on Warner Bros. to release Snyder’s original version of the DC film.
After roughly three years, the campaign culminated with Snyder declaring his cut of Justice League will debut on HBO Max in 2021. However, prior to the announcement, there had been some question regarding whether or not an alternate cut of the film even existed. In December 2019, Snyder attempted to prove his cut of Justice League existed by posting a photo of film canisters labeled “Z.S.,” “JL,” and “Director’s Cut” on social media. Now, fans believe those canisters are among the items being stored in the vault featured in one of the new Army of the Dead photos released through Entertainment Weekly.
Conceived initially after Snyder completed his remake of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead in 2004, Army of the Dead remained in development hell for years until Netflix acquired the distribution rights to the project from Warner Bros. in 2019. Featuring an ensemble cast that includes Dave Bautista and Tig Notaro, the story centers on a team of mercenaries attempting a heist on a Las Vegas casino in the midst of a zombie outbreak caused by a plague released from the Area 51 military base in Nevada. The film is set to be the first in a franchise that will also include an anime web series titled Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas as well as a feature-length prequel directed by and starring Matthias Schweighöfer.
In the meantime, Snyder is hard at work completing his cut of Justice League after shooting additional material for the new version of the film. Among those who participated in Snyder’s reshoots were Ben Affleck, Ray Fisher, Amber Heard, and Jared Leto as the Joker.
While Snyder had envisioned Justice League as one installment of a five-part story arc, his new cut for HBO Max will now exist in a separate universe with no connection to the ongoing DC Extended Universe franchise. In fact, Snyder recently noted that he does not intend to return for any more DC films after Justice League debuts on HBO Max.
Army of the Dead will be released on Netflix in 2021.
Source: Entertainment Weekly, UberKryptonian|Twitter
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