DC fans campaigned for years for Warner Bros. to “#ReleaseTheSnyderCut” before it was confirmed that Zack Snyder’s Justice League was being released. While many would have assumed that the campaigning would stop with the Snyder Cut coming to fruition, fans are not backing down. Their latest demand is for the studio to restore Snyder’s version of the DC universe.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League releases on HBO Max in a week, but fans aren’t even waiting to watch it before asking the production studio to “#RestoreTheSnyderVerse.” The hashtag was trending on Twitter on Thursday, March 11, with fans sharing their requests along with memes, GIFs, and images created from the Justice League trailer.
The trend appeared shortly after it was confirmed that actress Kiersey Clemons was officially returning as Iris West in Ezra Miller’s The Flash movie. Clemons was cast to play Barry Allen’s love interest in Snyder’s original cut of Justice League. However, her role was later cut from Joss Whedon’s theatrical edition of the film. It was confirmed that her scenes have been added back to the upcoming Snyder Cut, and she also appears in the film’s trailer.
This isn’t the first time that fans have made this specific demand online. Over the years, similar hashtags have emerged on social media, with #RestoreTheSnyderVerse trending on Twitter in December 2020 as well. The trends always have fans imploring DC to let Snyder complete his vision for the so-called SnyderVerse. Unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC Extended Universe has faced a chaotic fate since its inception. With 2013’s Man of Steel, the initial phase of the universe was introduced by Snyder. It was initially meant to launch a five-movie plan, with the second film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice releasing in 2016. Suicide Squad was the first spin-off film in the universe, which introduced fans to Joker and Harley Quinn in 2016.
However, after introducing Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman to the world, Snyder’s journey with the DCEU ended abruptly after facing a personal tragedy during the production of Justice League. Since then, the DCEU went in a different direction, one that was unlike Snyder’s vision. While Suicide Squad cast Jared Leto as Joker, who was also meant to appear in Snyder’s version of Justice League, the 2019 film Joker starred Joaquin Phoenix. Ben Affleck decided to step away and Robert Pattinson took over as a new version of Caped Crusader. While Aquaman and Shazam got their standalone films, Flash and Cyborg, both a part of the 2017 theatrical cut of Justice League, were turned into supporting cast members.
Now that Zack Snyder’s Justice League is releasing, fans want all these wrongs to be righted and to be given a chance to experience Snyder’s vision for the DC Universe. Unfortunately, there is little hope at the moment for their demands to be heard. Snyder, in past interviews, has revealed that Warner Bros. has no interest in a Justice League sequel. Even though the upcoming Snyder Cut promises to end with a cliffhanger, this might just be the end of the line for the SnyderVerse.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League premiers on HBO Max on March 18, 2021.
Source: Ray Fisher/Twitter
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