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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/BryanCranston was initially offered the part of Commissioner Gordon before Creator/JKSimmons was cast. Cranston previously voiced the character in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanYearOne''.
** Creator/LaurenceFishburne was supposed to reprise his role as Perry White (likely for just a cameo, as he was supposed to have only one day of filming), but he couldn't fit a trip to London into his schedule to film it. He wound up jumping ship to Creator/MarvelStudios and playing Bill Foster in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''.
** The film was originally going to be a MovieMultipack, with the first movie being ''Justice League: Part I'' and the 2019 sequel being ''Justice League: Part II''. Perhaps due to the increasing backlash against Movie Multipacks, the subtitles were dropped, and Zack Snyder assured fans that both movies would be complete, standalone films that happened to feature the same characters.
** Before ''Justice League'' became a movie as part of the DCEU, there were other attempts to bring the team to the screen:
*** There was a pitch for a ''Justice League'' movie given by Creator/GeorgeMiller. The movie, called ''Script/JusticeLeagueMortal'' would not have been attached to any other continuity (though it would've featured an appearance by Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth, reprising his role from the Creator/TimBurton[=/=]Creator/JoelSchumacher ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' film series). The film would have featured Creator/ArmieHammer as Batman, D.J. Cotrona as Superman, Megan Gale as Wonder Woman, Common as Green Lantern, Adam Brody as the Flash, Creator/AntonYelchin as Kid Flash, Creator/SantiagoCabrera as Aquaman, Hugh Keays-Byrne as the Martian Manhunter, Creator/TeresaPalmer as Talia al Ghul, and Creator/JayBaruchel as Maxwell Lord, the movie's BigBad. The plot would have involved Maxwell Lord trying to use his army of [=OMAC=]s to conquer the world. A major writer's strike from 2007-2008 (combined with the success of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'') killed the project, which remained dormant until the DCEU gained momentum. To show that there's no hard feelings, Miller is a producer of this movie. (Megan Gale and Hugh Keays-Byrne would later appear in Miller's film ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' as the Valkyrie and Immortan Joe.)
*** Had ''Superman Lives'' (the potential Superman movie that would have infamously featured Nicolas Cage in the title role) not been canned, it would have led to a Creator/TimBurton-directed ''Justice League''.
** One wonders how the film would have turned out had Creator/ZackSnyder not left the post-production work (or had ExecutiveMeddling not reworked the film, more exactly). Months after the movie came out, Snyder started posting behind-the-scenes photos on the social media Vero and sometimes answering questions about the originally intended version of the film. He stated he didn't see the theatrically released version and doesn't know about things like the Russian family, Barry Allen's obsession with "brunch", Lois being brought to calm Superman down after his resurrection, the 'crystal roots' summoned by the Unity and Lex Luthor's "league of our own" line. He also commented on the removal of Henry Cavill's mustache with CGI, stating "We all know that doesn't work". What's most notable is seeing how different a number of his scenes were to the intended final product, including scenes with clearly different locations than what was shown in the theatrical version, in addition to the ''numerous'' missing trailer scenes, deleted scenes and leaked VFX reels. It all went on to prove once and for all that the reshoots were extensive and did not stick to his original plans.
*** Ditto for Music/JunkieXL, who was replaced by Music/DannyElfman for the soundtrack.
*** Much of the original teasing in ''Batman v. Superman'' was rendered an AbortedArc due to the changes ultimately made to ''Justice League'', and it's unclear how they would have played out had things gone according to plan. It is rumored that the original plan was indeed to stretch the plot out over two films (despite WordOfGod claims to the contrary), with Darkseid appearing as the villain of the second installment and Batman ''dying''.
*** In an interview, Creator/CiaranHinds describes Steppenwolf's motivations as much more sympathetic than they ended up being in the finished product. Instead of an exile who wanted to conquer Earth so he could return home, Steppenwolf was Darkseid's slave, and he conquered other planets for Darkseid because it was the only way he could earn his own freedom.
*** On his podcast, Creator/KevinSmith confirmed that the ending of the movie was originally supposed to feature Comicbook/{{Darkseid}}, who would've [[spoiler: executed Steppenwolf for his failure]]. He then would've expressed a desire to go to Earth and meet "the Kryptonian," seemingly [[SequelHook setting him up to be the villain of a hypothetical sequel]]. [[http://www.comicsblog.fr//images/galerie/bigimage/Storyboard-darkseid-Snyder.jpg A piece of storyboard]] added more weight to this.
*** Cinematographer Fabian Wagner [[https://www.inverse.com/article/39092-justice-league-superman-black-suit-deleted-scenes confirmed]] that scenes featuring Superman's black suit were filmed, but ultimately ended up on the cutting room floor.
*** According to a VFX artist who worked on the film, one of the post-credit scenes was originally going to be a tease for the ''Green Lantern Corps'' film, with Kilowog and Tomar-Re arriving on Earth and meeting Bruce Wayne.
** Zack Snyder has said that Bruce was supposed to gift Barry with a new, more professional looking costume at the end of the film. However, the suit itself would not have been shown, as to allow the creative team of ''Film/TheFlash2023'' to reveal the new costume themselves.
** Concept arts showed that Aquaman was intended to have his iconic suit, and he ended up wearing a golden/green Atlantean battle suit in the film. The iconic suit was introduced in ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' instead. The reason behind this has probably something to do with the above, that is letting Creator/JamesWan reveal the suit in his film.
** [[https://batman-news.com/2018/10/11/zack-snyder-justice-league-parademon-too-scary/ A planned scene]] about Batman investigating a Parademon nest in which cocooned humans are turned into Parademons was [[ExecutiveVeto vetoed by studio executives]] for being "too scary". This likely would have resulted in Batman pushing forward to recruit other members of the Justice League. Instead, it was replaced by the scene Joss Whedon filmed with Creator/HoltMcCallany.
** At a 2019 Q&A session, Zack Snyder revealed that his original vision was never filmed, as Chris Terrio's script was thrown out and completely rewritten from scratch after the negative reaction to ''Batman v Superman''. The original script was significantly darker than the shooting script, and featured a dystopian future where most of Earth's heroes had been killed and Superman had turned evil after being exposed to the Anti-Life Equation. The events of the "Knightmare" sequence and Flash's cameo in ''BVS'' would've been explained, with the future Batman sending Flash back in time to warn the ''BVS''-era Batman about Lois being the key to stopping Superman from going bad. In one of the screenplay's darkest moments, Darkseid would've ''murdered Lois'' after using a Boom Tube to enter the Batcave. The second film would have involved a time travel plot that would have SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
*** Adding to this, a museum set (detailed below) showed other plotlines that would've tied into this. The so-called "league of our own", the Injustice League, would've actually formed in the sequel, where they are in a BigBadDuumvirate with Darkseid, and strike the heroes at critical moments while also helping bring Darkseid to Earth. Despite Lex Luthor's negative stance on Gods, he agreed to the partnership because they have a common enemy in Superman and Darkseid can let him control Earth as a necessary ruler. It would've then turned out that Aquaman's and Wonder Woman's deaths, as seen in Cyborg's vision, were actually caused respectively by Black Manta and Doctor Poison (on the other hand, an attack by Captain Cold fails to kill Flash and Cyborg), and Darkseid was only able to get Superman under the control of the Anti-Life Equation at all because once he said he needed Superman to submit instead of die, Lex told him about Lois. Once that happens, Darkseid [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders]] Superman to [[ILied kill Lex]]. An elderly Riddler, off his appearance in ''Film/TheBatman2022'' (when it was still set in the DC Extended Universe) would've solved the equation (and had been DrivenToSuicide as a result), and Ocean Master would've also have a part in the team.
*** Deadshot and Hal Jordan were originally part of Batman's resistance, as listed in those outlines, but were replaced by Deathstroke and Joker in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League''.
** A storyboard sequence featuring the conversation between Lois and Martha showed that once Lois left the room, Martha [[spoiler: was going to be revealed as ComicBook/MartianManhunter in disguise, who would then morph into General Swanwick.]]
** Creator/BryanCranston was initially offered the part of Commissioner Gordon before Creator/JKSimmons was cast. Cranston previously voiced the character in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanYearOne''.
** Creator/LaurenceFishburne was supposed to reprise his role as Perry White (likely for just a cameo, as he was supposed to have only one day of filming), but he couldn't fit a trip to London into his schedule to film it. He wound up jumping ship to Creator/MarvelStudios and playing Bill Foster in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''.
** The film was originally going to be a MovieMultipack, with the first movie being ''Justice League: Part I'' and the 2019 sequel being ''Justice League: Part II''. Perhaps due to the increasing backlash against Movie Multipacks, the subtitles were dropped, and Zack Snyder assured fans that both movies would be complete, standalone films that happened to feature the same characters.
** Before ''Justice League'' became a movie as part of the DCEU, there were other attempts to bring the team to the screen:
*** There was a pitch for a ''Justice League'' movie given by Creator/GeorgeMiller. The movie, called ''Script/JusticeLeagueMortal'' would not have been attached to any other continuity (though it would've featured an appearance by Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth, reprising his role from the Creator/TimBurton[=/=]Creator/JoelSchumacher ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' film series). The film would have featured Creator/ArmieHammer as Batman, D.J. Cotrona as Superman, Megan Gale as Wonder Woman, Common as Green Lantern, Adam Brody as the Flash, Creator/AntonYelchin as Kid Flash, Creator/SantiagoCabrera as Aquaman, Hugh Keays-Byrne as the Martian Manhunter, Creator/TeresaPalmer as Talia al Ghul, and Creator/JayBaruchel as Maxwell Lord, the movie's BigBad. The plot would have involved Maxwell Lord trying to use his army of [=OMAC=]s to conquer the world. A major writer's strike from 2007-2008 (combined with the success of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'') killed the project, which remained dormant until the DCEU gained momentum. To show that there's no hard feelings, Miller is a producer of this movie. (Megan Gale and Hugh Keays-Byrne would later appear in Miller's film ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' as the Valkyrie and Immortan Joe.)
*** Had ''Superman Lives'' (the potential Superman movie that would have infamously featured Nicolas Cage in the title role) not been canned, it would have led to a Creator/TimBurton-directed ''Justice League''.
** One wonders how the film would have turned out had Creator/ZackSnyder not left the post-production work (or had ExecutiveMeddling not reworked the film, more exactly). Months after the movie came out, Snyder started posting behind-the-scenes photos on the social media Vero and sometimes answering questions about the originally intended version of the film. He stated he didn't see the theatrically released version and doesn't know about things like the Russian family, Barry Allen's obsession with "brunch", Lois being brought to calm Superman down after his resurrection, the 'crystal roots' summoned by the Unity and Lex Luthor's "league of our own" line. He also commented on the removal of Henry Cavill's mustache with CGI, stating "We all know that doesn't work". What's most notable is seeing how different a number of his scenes were to the intended final product, including scenes with clearly different locations than what was shown in the theatrical version, in addition to the ''numerous'' missing trailer scenes, deleted scenes and leaked VFX reels. It all went on to prove once and for all that the reshoots were extensive and did not stick to his original plans.
*** Ditto for Music/JunkieXL, who was replaced by Music/DannyElfman for the soundtrack.
*** Much of the original teasing in ''Batman v. Superman'' was rendered an AbortedArc due to the changes ultimately made to ''Justice League'', and it's unclear how they would have played out had things gone according to plan. It is rumored that the original plan was indeed to stretch the plot out over two films (despite WordOfGod claims to the contrary), with Darkseid appearing as the villain of the second installment and Batman ''dying''.
*** In an interview, Creator/CiaranHinds describes Steppenwolf's motivations as much more sympathetic than they ended up being in the finished product. Instead of an exile who wanted to conquer Earth so he could return home, Steppenwolf was Darkseid's slave, and he conquered other planets for Darkseid because it was the only way he could earn his own freedom.
*** On his podcast, Creator/KevinSmith confirmed that the ending of the movie was originally supposed to feature Comicbook/{{Darkseid}}, who would've [[spoiler: executed Steppenwolf for his failure]]. He then would've expressed a desire to go to Earth and meet "the Kryptonian," seemingly [[SequelHook setting him up to be the villain of a hypothetical sequel]]. [[http://www.comicsblog.fr//images/galerie/bigimage/Storyboard-darkseid-Snyder.jpg A piece of storyboard]] added more weight to this.
*** Cinematographer Fabian Wagner [[https://www.inverse.com/article/39092-justice-league-superman-black-suit-deleted-scenes confirmed]] that scenes featuring Superman's black suit were filmed, but ultimately ended up on the cutting room floor.
*** According to a VFX artist who worked on the film, one of the post-credit scenes was originally going to be a tease for the ''Green Lantern Corps'' film, with Kilowog and Tomar-Re arriving on Earth and meeting Bruce Wayne.
** Zack Snyder has said that Bruce was supposed to gift Barry with a new, more professional looking costume at the end of the film. However, the suit itself would not have been shown, as to allow the creative team of ''Film/TheFlash2023'' to reveal the new costume themselves.
** Concept arts showed that Aquaman was intended to have his iconic suit, and he ended up wearing a golden/green Atlantean battle suit in the film. The iconic suit was introduced in ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' instead. The reason behind this has probably something to do with the above, that is letting Creator/JamesWan reveal the suit in his film.
** [[https://batman-news.com/2018/10/11/zack-snyder-justice-league-parademon-too-scary/ A planned scene]] about Batman investigating a Parademon nest in which cocooned humans are turned into Parademons was [[ExecutiveVeto vetoed by studio executives]] for being "too scary". This likely would have resulted in Batman pushing forward to recruit other members of the Justice League. Instead, it was replaced by the scene Joss Whedon filmed with Creator/HoltMcCallany.
** At a 2019 Q&A session, Zack Snyder revealed that his original vision was never filmed, as Chris Terrio's script was thrown out and completely rewritten from scratch after the negative reaction to ''Batman v Superman''. The original script was significantly darker than the shooting script, and featured a dystopian future where most of Earth's heroes had been killed and Superman had turned evil after being exposed to the Anti-Life Equation. The events of the "Knightmare" sequence and Flash's cameo in ''BVS'' would've been explained, with the future Batman sending Flash back in time to warn the ''BVS''-era Batman about Lois being the key to stopping Superman from going bad. In one of the screenplay's darkest moments, Darkseid would've ''murdered Lois'' after using a Boom Tube to enter the Batcave. The second film would have involved a time travel plot that would have SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
*** Adding to this, a museum set (detailed below) showed other plotlines that would've tied into this. The so-called "league of our own", the Injustice League, would've actually formed in the sequel, where they are in a BigBadDuumvirate with Darkseid, and strike the heroes at critical moments while also helping bring Darkseid to Earth. Despite Lex Luthor's negative stance on Gods, he agreed to the partnership because they have a common enemy in Superman and Darkseid can let him control Earth as a necessary ruler. It would've then turned out that Aquaman's and Wonder Woman's deaths, as seen in Cyborg's vision, were actually caused respectively by Black Manta and Doctor Poison (on the other hand, an attack by Captain Cold fails to kill Flash and Cyborg), and Darkseid was only able to get Superman under the control of the Anti-Life Equation at all because once he said he needed Superman to submit instead of die, Lex told him about Lois. Once that happens, Darkseid [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders]] Superman to [[ILied kill Lex]]. An elderly Riddler, off his appearance in ''Film/TheBatman2022'' (when it was still set in the DC Extended Universe) would've solved the equation (and had been DrivenToSuicide as a result), and Ocean Master would've also have a part in the team.
*** Deadshot and Hal Jordan were originally part of Batman's resistance, as listed in those outlines, but were replaced by Deathstroke and Joker in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League''.
** A storyboard sequence featuring the conversation between Lois and Martha showed that once Lois left the room, Martha [[spoiler: was going to be revealed as ComicBook/MartianManhunter in disguise, who would then morph into General Swanwick.]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/BryanCranston was initially offered the part of Commissioner Gordon before Creator/JKSimmons was cast. Cranston previously voiced the character in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanYearOne''.
** Creator/LaurenceFishburne was supposed to reprise his role as Perry White (likely for just a cameo, as he was supposed to have only one day of filming), but he couldn't fit a trip to London into his schedule to film it. He wound up jumping ship to Creator/MarvelStudios and playing Bill Foster in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''.
** The film was originally going to be a MovieMultipack, with the first movie being ''Justice League: Part I'' and the 2019 sequel being ''Justice League: Part II''. Perhaps due to the increasing backlash against Movie Multipacks, the subtitles were dropped, and Zack Snyder assured fans that both movies would be complete, standalone films that happened to feature the same characters.
** Before ''Justice League'' became a movie as part of the DCEU, there were other attempts to bring the team to the screen:
*** There was a pitch for a ''Justice League'' movie given by Creator/GeorgeMiller. The movie, called ''Script/JusticeLeagueMortal'' would not have been attached to any other continuity (though it would've featured an appearance by Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth, reprising his role from the Creator/TimBurton[=/=]Creator/JoelSchumacher ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' film series). The film would have featured Creator/ArmieHammer as Batman, D.J. Cotrona as Superman, Megan Gale as Wonder Woman, Common as Green Lantern, Adam Brody as the Flash, Creator/AntonYelchin as Kid Flash, Creator/SantiagoCabrera as Aquaman, Hugh Keays-Byrne as the Martian Manhunter, Creator/TeresaPalmer as Talia al Ghul, and Creator/JayBaruchel as Maxwell Lord, the movie's BigBad. The plot would have involved Maxwell Lord trying to use his army of [=OMAC=]s to conquer the world. A major writer's strike from 2007-2008 (combined with the success of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'') killed the project, which remained dormant until the DCEU gained momentum. To show that there's no hard feelings, Miller is a producer of this movie. (Megan Gale and Hugh Keays-Byrne would later appear in Miller's film ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' as the Valkyrie and Immortan Joe.)
*** Had ''Superman Lives'' (the potential Superman movie that would have infamously featured Nicolas Cage in the title role) not been canned, it would have led to a Creator/TimBurton-directed ''Justice League''.
** One wonders how the film would have turned out had Creator/ZackSnyder not left the post-production work (or had ExecutiveMeddling not reworked the film, more exactly). Months after the movie came out, Snyder started posting behind-the-scenes photos on the social media Vero and sometimes answering questions about the originally intended version of the film. He stated he didn't see the theatrically released version and doesn't know about things like the Russian family, Barry Allen's obsession with "brunch", Lois being brought to calm Superman down after his resurrection, the 'crystal roots' summoned by the Unity and Lex Luthor's "league of our own" line. He also commented on the removal of Henry Cavill's mustache with CGI, stating "We all know that doesn't work". What's most notable is seeing how different a number of his scenes were to the intended final product, including scenes with clearly different locations than what was shown in the theatrical version, in addition to the ''numerous'' missing trailer scenes, deleted scenes and leaked VFX reels. It all went on to prove once and for all that the reshoots were extensive and did not stick to his original plans.
*** Ditto for Music/JunkieXL, who was replaced by Music/DannyElfman for the soundtrack.
*** Much of the original teasing in ''Batman v. Superman'' was rendered an AbortedArc due to the changes ultimately made to ''Justice League'', and it's unclear how they would have played out had things gone according to plan. It is rumored that the original plan was indeed to stretch the plot out over two films (despite WordOfGod claims to the contrary), with Darkseid appearing as the villain of the second installment and Batman ''dying''.
*** In an interview, Creator/CiaranHinds describes Steppenwolf's motivations as much more sympathetic than they ended up being in the finished product. Instead of an exile who wanted to conquer Earth so he could return home, Steppenwolf was Darkseid's slave, and he conquered other planets for Darkseid because it was the only way he could earn hisWhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/JusticeLeague2017 Has its own freedom.
*** On his podcast, Creator/KevinSmith confirmed that the ending of the movie was originally supposed to feature Comicbook/{{Darkseid}}, who would've [[spoiler: executed Steppenwolf for his failure]]. He then would've expressed a desire to go to Earth and meet "the Kryptonian," seemingly [[SequelHook setting him up to be the villain of a hypothetical sequel]]. [[http://www.comicsblog.fr//images/galerie/bigimage/Storyboard-darkseid-Snyder.jpg A piece of storyboard]] added more weight to this.
*** Cinematographer Fabian Wagner [[https://www.inverse.com/article/39092-justice-league-superman-black-suit-deleted-scenes confirmed]] that scenes featuring Superman's black suit were filmed, but ultimately ended up on the cutting room floor.
*** According to a VFX artist who worked on the film, one of the post-credit scenes was originally going to be a tease for the ''Green Lantern Corps'' film, with Kilowog and Tomar-Re arriving on Earth and meeting Bruce Wayne.
** Zack Snyder has said that Bruce was supposed to gift Barry with a new, more professional looking costume at the end of the film. However, the suit itself would not have been shown, as to allow the creative team of ''Film/TheFlash2023'' to reveal the new costume themselves.
** Concept arts showed that Aquaman was intended to have his iconic suit, and he ended up wearing a golden/green Atlantean battle suit in the film. The iconic suit was introduced in ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' instead. The reason behind this has probably something to do with the above, that is letting Creator/JamesWan reveal the suit in his film.
** [[https://batman-news.com/2018/10/11/zack-snyder-justice-league-parademon-too-scary/ A planned scene]] about Batman investigating a Parademon nest in which cocooned humans are turned into Parademons was [[ExecutiveVeto vetoed by studio executives]] for being "too scary". This likely would have resulted in Batman pushing forward to recruit other members of the Justice League. Instead, it was replaced by the scene Joss Whedon filmed with Creator/HoltMcCallany.
** At a 2019 Q&A session, Zack Snyder revealed that his original vision was never filmed, as Chris Terrio's script was thrown out and completely rewritten from scratch after the negative reaction to ''Batman v Superman''. The original script was significantly darker than the shooting script, and featured a dystopian future where most of Earth's heroes had been killed and Superman had turned evil after being exposed to the Anti-Life Equation. The events of the "Knightmare" sequence and Flash's cameo in ''BVS'' would've been explained, with the future Batman sending Flash back in time to warn the ''BVS''-era Batman about Lois being the key to stopping Superman from going bad. In one of the screenplay's darkest moments, Darkseid would've ''murdered Lois'' after using a Boom Tube to enter the Batcave. The second film would have involved a time travel plot that would have SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
*** Adding to this, a museum set (detailed below) showed other plotlines that would've tied into this. The so-called "league of our own", the Injustice League, would've actually formed in the sequel, where they are in a BigBadDuumvirate with Darkseid, and strike the heroes at critical moments while also helping bring Darkseid to Earth. Despite Lex Luthor's negative stance on Gods, he agreed to the partnership because they have a common enemy in Superman and Darkseid can let him control Earth as a necessary ruler. It would've then turned out that Aquaman's and Wonder Woman's deaths, as seen in Cyborg's vision, were actually caused respectively by Black Manta and Doctor Poison (on the other hand, an attack by Captain Cold fails to kill Flash and Cyborg), and Darkseid was only able to get Superman under the control of the Anti-Life Equation at all because once he said he needed Superman to submit instead of die, Lex told him about Lois. Once that happens, Darkseid [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders]] Superman to [[ILied kill Lex]]. An elderly Riddler, off his appearance in ''Film/TheBatman2022'' (when it was still set in the DC Extended Universe) would've solved the equation (and had been DrivenToSuicide as a result), and Ocean Master would've also have a part in the team.
*** Deadshot and Hal Jordan were originally part of Batman's resistance, as listed in those outlines, but were replaced by Deathstroke and Joker in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League''.
** A storyboard sequence featuring the conversation between Lois and Martha showed that once Lois left the room, Martha [[spoiler: was going to be revealed as ComicBook/MartianManhunter in disguise, who would then morph into General Swanwick.page.]]
** Creator/BryanCranston was initially offered the part of Commissioner Gordon before Creator/JKSimmons was cast. Cranston previously voiced the character in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanYearOne''.
** Creator/LaurenceFishburne was supposed to reprise his role as Perry White (likely for just a cameo, as he was supposed to have only one day of filming), but he couldn't fit a trip to London into his schedule to film it. He wound up jumping ship to Creator/MarvelStudios and playing Bill Foster in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''.
** The film was originally going to be a MovieMultipack, with the first movie being ''Justice League: Part I'' and the 2019 sequel being ''Justice League: Part II''. Perhaps due to the increasing backlash against Movie Multipacks, the subtitles were dropped, and Zack Snyder assured fans that both movies would be complete, standalone films that happened to feature the same characters.
** Before ''Justice League'' became a movie as part of the DCEU, there were other attempts to bring the team to the screen:
*** There was a pitch for a ''Justice League'' movie given by Creator/GeorgeMiller. The movie, called ''Script/JusticeLeagueMortal'' would not have been attached to any other continuity (though it would've featured an appearance by Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth, reprising his role from the Creator/TimBurton[=/=]Creator/JoelSchumacher ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' film series). The film would have featured Creator/ArmieHammer as Batman, D.J. Cotrona as Superman, Megan Gale as Wonder Woman, Common as Green Lantern, Adam Brody as the Flash, Creator/AntonYelchin as Kid Flash, Creator/SantiagoCabrera as Aquaman, Hugh Keays-Byrne as the Martian Manhunter, Creator/TeresaPalmer as Talia al Ghul, and Creator/JayBaruchel as Maxwell Lord, the movie's BigBad. The plot would have involved Maxwell Lord trying to use his army of [=OMAC=]s to conquer the world. A major writer's strike from 2007-2008 (combined with the success of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'') killed the project, which remained dormant until the DCEU gained momentum. To show that there's no hard feelings, Miller is a producer of this movie. (Megan Gale and Hugh Keays-Byrne would later appear in Miller's film ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' as the Valkyrie and Immortan Joe.)
*** Had ''Superman Lives'' (the potential Superman movie that would have infamously featured Nicolas Cage in the title role) not been canned, it would have led to a Creator/TimBurton-directed ''Justice League''.
** One wonders how the film would have turned out had Creator/ZackSnyder not left the post-production work (or had ExecutiveMeddling not reworked the film, more exactly). Months after the movie came out, Snyder started posting behind-the-scenes photos on the social media Vero and sometimes answering questions about the originally intended version of the film. He stated he didn't see the theatrically released version and doesn't know about things like the Russian family, Barry Allen's obsession with "brunch", Lois being brought to calm Superman down after his resurrection, the 'crystal roots' summoned by the Unity and Lex Luthor's "league of our own" line. He also commented on the removal of Henry Cavill's mustache with CGI, stating "We all know that doesn't work". What's most notable is seeing how different a number of his scenes were to the intended final product, including scenes with clearly different locations than what was shown in the theatrical version, in addition to the ''numerous'' missing trailer scenes, deleted scenes and leaked VFX reels. It all went on to prove once and for all that the reshoots were extensive and did not stick to his original plans.
*** Ditto for Music/JunkieXL, who was replaced by Music/DannyElfman for the soundtrack.
*** Much of the original teasing in ''Batman v. Superman'' was rendered an AbortedArc due to the changes ultimately made to ''Justice League'', and it's unclear how they would have played out had things gone according to plan. It is rumored that the original plan was indeed to stretch the plot out over two films (despite WordOfGod claims to the contrary), with Darkseid appearing as the villain of the second installment and Batman ''dying''.
*** In an interview, Creator/CiaranHinds describes Steppenwolf's motivations as much more sympathetic than they ended up being in the finished product. Instead of an exile who wanted to conquer Earth so he could return home, Steppenwolf was Darkseid's slave, and he conquered other planets for Darkseid because it was the only way he could earn his
*** On his podcast, Creator/KevinSmith confirmed that the ending of the movie was originally supposed to feature Comicbook/{{Darkseid}}, who would've [[spoiler: executed Steppenwolf for his failure]]. He then would've expressed a desire to go to Earth and meet "the Kryptonian," seemingly [[SequelHook setting him up to be the villain of a hypothetical sequel]]. [[http://www.comicsblog.fr//images/galerie/bigimage/Storyboard-darkseid-Snyder.jpg A piece of storyboard]] added more weight to this.
*** Cinematographer Fabian Wagner [[https://www.inverse.com/article/39092-justice-league-superman-black-suit-deleted-scenes confirmed]] that scenes featuring Superman's black suit were filmed, but ultimately ended up on the cutting room floor.
*** According to a VFX artist who worked on the film, one of the post-credit scenes was originally going to be a tease for the ''Green Lantern Corps'' film, with Kilowog and Tomar-Re arriving on Earth and meeting Bruce Wayne.
** Zack Snyder has said that Bruce was supposed to gift Barry with a new, more professional looking costume at the end of the film. However, the suit itself would not have been shown, as to allow the creative team of ''Film/TheFlash2023'' to reveal the new costume themselves.
** Concept arts showed that Aquaman was intended to have his iconic suit, and he ended up wearing a golden/green Atlantean battle suit in the film. The iconic suit was introduced in ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' instead. The reason behind this has probably something to do with the above, that is letting Creator/JamesWan reveal the suit in his film.
** [[https://batman-news.com/2018/10/11/zack-snyder-justice-league-parademon-too-scary/ A planned scene]] about Batman investigating a Parademon nest in which cocooned humans are turned into Parademons was [[ExecutiveVeto vetoed by studio executives]] for being "too scary". This likely would have resulted in Batman pushing forward to recruit other members of the Justice League. Instead, it was replaced by the scene Joss Whedon filmed with Creator/HoltMcCallany.
** At a 2019 Q&A session, Zack Snyder revealed that his original vision was never filmed, as Chris Terrio's script was thrown out and completely rewritten from scratch after the negative reaction to ''Batman v Superman''. The original script was significantly darker than the shooting script, and featured a dystopian future where most of Earth's heroes had been killed and Superman had turned evil after being exposed to the Anti-Life Equation. The events of the "Knightmare" sequence and Flash's cameo in ''BVS'' would've been explained, with the future Batman sending Flash back in time to warn the ''BVS''-era Batman about Lois being the key to stopping Superman from going bad. In one of the screenplay's darkest moments, Darkseid would've ''murdered Lois'' after using a Boom Tube to enter the Batcave. The second film would have involved a time travel plot that would have SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
*** Adding to this, a museum set (detailed below) showed other plotlines that would've tied into this. The so-called "league of our own", the Injustice League, would've actually formed in the sequel, where they are in a BigBadDuumvirate with Darkseid, and strike the heroes at critical moments while also helping bring Darkseid to Earth. Despite Lex Luthor's negative stance on Gods, he agreed to the partnership because they have a common enemy in Superman and Darkseid can let him control Earth as a necessary ruler. It would've then turned out that Aquaman's and Wonder Woman's deaths, as seen in Cyborg's vision, were actually caused respectively by Black Manta and Doctor Poison (on the other hand, an attack by Captain Cold fails to kill Flash and Cyborg), and Darkseid was only able to get Superman under the control of the Anti-Life Equation at all because once he said he needed Superman to submit instead of die, Lex told him about Lois. Once that happens, Darkseid [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness orders]] Superman to [[ILied kill Lex]]. An elderly Riddler, off his appearance in ''Film/TheBatman2022'' (when it was still set in the DC Extended Universe) would've solved the equation (and had been DrivenToSuicide as a result), and Ocean Master would've also have a part in the team.
*** Deadshot and Hal Jordan were originally part of Batman's resistance, as listed in those outlines, but were replaced by Deathstroke and Joker in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League''.
** A storyboard sequence featuring the conversation between Lois and Martha showed that once Lois left the room, Martha [[spoiler: was going to be revealed as ComicBook/MartianManhunter in disguise, who would then morph into General Swanwick.
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* CreatorBacklash: It's safe to say that no creative involved liked the theatrically released final product, and that's an understatement.
** Creator/JossWhedon apparently wasn't happy with how Steppenwolf turned out, as he [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/joss-whedon-likes-tweets-criticizing-justice-league-villain-1058992 liked a tweet that called him "the worst comic book movie villain of all time"]]. Retrospectively, given how differently Steppenwolf is portrayed in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', Whedon didn't like the changes he ''[[CreatorsApathy himself]]'' applied to the character. [[note]]It should be noted that he had no control over his design, which was set in place before he was hired.[[/note]] In a 2022 interview, Whedon admitted that agreeing to work on the film was [[https://www.vulture.com/article/joss-whedon-allegations.html one of the biggest regrets of his life.]]
** Creator/CiaranHinds was not happy that a lot of the work he put in didn't make it to the theatrical version, as Whedon scrapped much of Steppenwolf's character building and backstory.
** A number of people who worked on the film have expressed how disappointed they were that a large part of Snyder's work on the film was scrapped and replaced by Whedon's additions.
*** Cinematographer Fabian Wagner has openly stated he was disappointed with how the theatrical cut turned out and has expressed his wish to see Creator/ZackSnyder's version of the film (he reportedly cried when watching the theatrical version, and they were ''not'' {{tears of joy}}).
*** Ditto with Ben Affleck's stunt double Richard Cetrone, storyboard artist Jay Oliva, stuntman Nick [=McKinless=], production designer Creator/PatrickTatopoulos, photographer Clay Enos and actors Creator/JasonMomoa, Creator/RayFisher, Creator/JKSimmons and Creator/CiaranHinds, among others.
*** They were later joined by Creator/GalGadot and Creator/BenAffleck, who both tweeted "[=#ReleaseTheSnyderCut=]" on the second anniversary of the film's release date (they had remained utterly silent on the subject up to this point).
** Creator/ZackSnyder has gone on record to [[http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/02/28/zack-snyder-justice-league-superman-mustache-shade/ make jabs about how bad]] Henry Cavill's CGI-removed mustache looked (he didn't film said scenes) and note that the Russian family subplot was not part of his original cut ("Honestly, what Russian family?" was his response on that). He also admitted having never seen the version that was released in theaters. When talking about his upcoming Creator/{{Netflix}}-produced film ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'', Snyder said that he "had no handcuffs on this one" and that "the version you'll see will not be a bastardized one", no doubt referring to the ExecutiveMeddling he had to face on ''Justice League''. In May 2021, he revealed that, back in 2016, he had to shoot a scene with the League in a truck making quips while transporting Superman's coffin. He said it was "the worst thing I've ever seen", and didn't include it in his 2021 cut.
** In a [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BglGdfyFRri/?hl=en&taken-by=henrycavill video]] where he announced the shaving of his infamously troublesome mustache, Creator/HenryCavill assured everyone that what they're seeing isn't CGI. The notorious screenshot of his mouth also flashed in the ending montage. In November 2019, he stated that "''Justice League'' didn't work".
** When asked if he wanted to see Snyder's cut of the film, Creator/JasonMomoa said, "You know, it sucks in our business when you can't speak your mind, but... Yeah! Fuck yeah, I wanna see it!", and kept saying that he saw the original cut in interviews. Then in November 2019, he posted the much-relayed hashtag "[=#ReleaseTheSnyderCut=]" on his Instagram, accompanying a shot of Aquaman skewering Steppenwolf in front of Diana and a Boom-Tube. Momoa also wanted the [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2436890/one-line-jason-momoa-wanted-cut-from-justice-league "talk to fish" lines cut from the film]], as he felt the tongue-in-cheek references to Aquaman's [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman infamous reputation]] clashed with his and the production's attempts to make the character more badass.
** Ray Fisher ''hated'' having to say the line "Booyah!" for a scene in the reshoots, feeling it reduced Cyborg into a [[UncleTomfoolery stereotypical black comedic relief]] character. His backlash was only furthered by how large parts of Cyborg's backstory and character arc got cut out of the theatrical version (all of which was restored in the "Snyder Cut" and went on to be one of the most well-received aspects of the movie), as well as the HostilityOnTheSet between him and Whedon, whom Fisher accused of abusing the cast and crew and creating a toxic work environment.
** Various other DCEU creative staff have expressed disappointment with how the production was handled and how the final movie turned out. This was partly because they developed their movies to pair with ''Justice League'' in an organic way only to see everything either get changed or removed altogether, and partly out of solidarity with Creator/ZackSnyder, who helped to get them hired and encouraged their vision. Creator/JamesWan and Creator/JasonMomoa have said ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' picks up where Snyder's original version of the film ended, while Creator/PattyJenkins said she barely recognized the characters who came from [[Film/WonderWoman2017 her movie]] (notably, Diana being more aggressive in the Whedon scenes). This is despite the Snyder version also having many contradictions with those films, such as Mera speaking in strange fish-noises underwater rather than simply speaking, and Diana being even more violent, such as killing more terrorists on-screen, complete with blood splatter on the walls.
** Producer Deborah Snyder (Zack's wife and co-manager of their production company) and executive producer Creator/ChristopherNolan (a good personal friend of the Snyders) both advised Zack to never watch this cut of the film, with Mrs. Snyder saying she was sure that seeing how much of it was changed would "break his heart."
** In an [[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/04/chris-terrio-justice-league-batman-v-superman interview]] with ''Vanity Fair'', Creator/ChrisTerrio described what was done to his script and the film he and Snyder originally envisioned as "an act of vandalism", among making other shots at the ExecutiveMeddling that plagued this movie and ''Batman v Superman''.
** [[https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/warner-bros-realized-joss-whedon-justice-league-was-a-piece-of-shit According to one anonymous WB exec]], even the higher-ups did not like the end-product resulting from Whedon's reshoots and rewrites, even if they wouldn't vocally admit it.
--->"When we got to see what Joss actually did, it was stupefying. The robber on the rooftop -- so goofy and awful. The Russian family -- so useless and pointless. Everyone knew it. It was so awkward because nobody wanted to admit what a piece of shit it was."
** Creator/SamanthaWin took umbrage with Steppenwolf implying to the Amazons that he would turn them into sex slaves ("I will make you love me."), [[https://www.haberahali.com/gundem/zack-snyders-justice-league-19102.html finding it inappropriate for a movie that was advertised for kids]].
** In a 2022 interview with ''The L.A. Times'', Creator/BenAffleck said:
---> It was really ''Justice League'' that was the nadir for me. That was a bad experience because of a confluence of things: my own life, my divorce, being away too much, the competing agendas, and then Zack's personal tragedy and the reshooting. It just was the worst experience. It was awful. It was everything that I didn't like about this. That became the moment where I said, "I'm not doing this anymore". It's not even about, like, ''Justice League'' was so bad. Because it could have been anything.
** In [[https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jeremy-irons-munich-netflix-snyder-cut-justice-league-neville-chamberlain-1235153798/ an interview]] with ''Variety'' for the release of ''Film/MunichTheEdgeOfWar'', Creator/JeremyIrons admitted that while he still hadn't seen the Snyder Cut version yet, he did agree that the theatrical cut was "dreadful".
** Creator/JossWhedon apparently wasn't happy with how Steppenwolf turned out, as he [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/joss-whedon-likes-tweets-criticizing-justice-league-villain-1058992 liked a tweet that called him "the worst comic book movie villain of all time"]]. Retrospectively, given how differently Steppenwolf is portrayed in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', Whedon didn't like the changes he ''[[CreatorsApathy himself]]'' applied to the character. [[note]]It should be noted that he had no control over his design, which was set in place before he was hired.[[/note]] In a 2022 interview, Whedon admitted that agreeing to work on the film was [[https://www.vulture.com/article/joss-whedon-allegations.html one of the biggest regrets of his life.]]
** Creator/CiaranHinds was not happy that a lot of the work he put in didn't make it to the theatrical version, as Whedon scrapped much of Steppenwolf's character building and backstory.
** A number of people who worked on the film have expressed how disappointed they were that a large part of Snyder's work on the film was scrapped and replaced by Whedon's additions.
*** Cinematographer Fabian Wagner has openly stated he was disappointed with how the theatrical cut turned out and has expressed his wish to see Creator/ZackSnyder's version of the film (he reportedly cried when watching the theatrical version, and they were ''not'' {{tears of joy}}).
*** Ditto with Ben Affleck's stunt double Richard Cetrone, storyboard artist Jay Oliva, stuntman Nick [=McKinless=], production designer Creator/PatrickTatopoulos, photographer Clay Enos and actors Creator/JasonMomoa, Creator/RayFisher, Creator/JKSimmons and Creator/CiaranHinds, among others.
*** They were later joined by Creator/GalGadot and Creator/BenAffleck, who both tweeted "[=#ReleaseTheSnyderCut=]" on the second anniversary of the film's release date (they had remained utterly silent on the subject up to this point).
** Creator/ZackSnyder has gone on record to [[http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/02/28/zack-snyder-justice-league-superman-mustache-shade/ make jabs about how bad]] Henry Cavill's CGI-removed mustache looked (he didn't film said scenes) and note that the Russian family subplot was not part of his original cut ("Honestly, what Russian family?" was his response on that). He also admitted having never seen the version that was released in theaters. When talking about his upcoming Creator/{{Netflix}}-produced film ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'', Snyder said that he "had no handcuffs on this one" and that "the version you'll see will not be a bastardized one", no doubt referring to the ExecutiveMeddling he had to face on ''Justice League''. In May 2021, he revealed that, back in 2016, he had to shoot a scene with the League in a truck making quips while transporting Superman's coffin. He said it was "the worst thing I've ever seen", and didn't include it in his 2021 cut.
** In a [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BglGdfyFRri/?hl=en&taken-by=henrycavill video]] where he announced the shaving of his infamously troublesome mustache, Creator/HenryCavill assured everyone that what they're seeing isn't CGI. The notorious screenshot of his mouth also flashed in the ending montage. In November 2019, he stated that "''Justice League'' didn't work".
** When asked if he wanted to see Snyder's cut of the film, Creator/JasonMomoa said, "You know, it sucks in our business when you can't speak your mind, but... Yeah! Fuck yeah, I wanna see it!", and kept saying that he saw the original cut in interviews. Then in November 2019, he posted the much-relayed hashtag "[=#ReleaseTheSnyderCut=]" on his Instagram, accompanying a shot of Aquaman skewering Steppenwolf in front of Diana and a Boom-Tube. Momoa also wanted the [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2436890/one-line-jason-momoa-wanted-cut-from-justice-league "talk to fish" lines cut from the film]], as he felt the tongue-in-cheek references to Aquaman's [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman infamous reputation]] clashed with his and the production's attempts to make the character more badass.
** Ray Fisher ''hated'' having to say the line "Booyah!" for a scene in the reshoots, feeling it reduced Cyborg into a [[UncleTomfoolery stereotypical black comedic relief]] character. His backlash was only furthered by how large parts of Cyborg's backstory and character arc got cut out of the theatrical version (all of which was restored in the "Snyder Cut" and went on to be one of the most well-received aspects of the movie), as well as the HostilityOnTheSet between him and Whedon, whom Fisher accused of abusing the cast and crew and creating a toxic work environment.
** Various other DCEU creative staff have expressed disappointment with how the production was handled and how the final movie turned out. This was partly because they developed their movies to pair with ''Justice League'' in an organic way only to see everything either get changed or removed altogether, and partly out of solidarity with Creator/ZackSnyder, who helped to get them hired and encouraged their vision. Creator/JamesWan and Creator/JasonMomoa have said ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' picks up where Snyder's original version of the film ended, while Creator/PattyJenkins said she barely recognized the characters who came from [[Film/WonderWoman2017 her movie]] (notably, Diana being more aggressive in the Whedon scenes). This is despite the Snyder version also having many contradictions with those films, such as Mera speaking in strange fish-noises underwater rather than simply speaking, and Diana being even more violent, such as killing more terrorists on-screen, complete with blood splatter on the walls.
** Producer Deborah Snyder (Zack's wife and co-manager of their production company) and executive producer Creator/ChristopherNolan (a good personal friend of the Snyders) both advised Zack to never watch this cut of the film, with Mrs. Snyder saying she was sure that seeing how much of it was changed would "break his heart."
** In an [[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/04/chris-terrio-justice-league-batman-v-superman interview]] with ''Vanity Fair'', Creator/ChrisTerrio described what was done to his script and the film he and Snyder originally envisioned as "an act of vandalism", among making other shots at the ExecutiveMeddling that plagued this movie and ''Batman v Superman''.
** [[https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/warner-bros-realized-joss-whedon-justice-league-was-a-piece-of-shit According to one anonymous WB exec]], even the higher-ups did not like the end-product resulting from Whedon's reshoots and rewrites, even if they wouldn't vocally admit it.
--->"When we got to see what Joss actually did, it was stupefying. The robber on the rooftop -- so goofy and awful. The Russian family -- so useless and pointless. Everyone knew it. It was so awkward because nobody wanted to admit what a piece of shit it was."
** Creator/SamanthaWin took umbrage with Steppenwolf implying to the Amazons that he would turn them into sex slaves ("I will make you love me."), [[https://www.haberahali.com/gundem/zack-snyders-justice-league-19102.html finding it inappropriate for a movie that was advertised for kids]].
** In a 2022 interview with ''The L.A. Times'', Creator/BenAffleck said:
---> It was really ''Justice League'' that was the nadir for me. That was a bad experience because of a confluence of things: my own life, my divorce, being away too much, the competing agendas, and then Zack's personal tragedy and the reshooting. It just was the worst experience. It was awful. It was everything that I didn't like about this. That became the moment where I said, "I'm not doing this anymore". It's not even about, like, ''Justice League'' was so bad. Because it could have been anything.
** In [[https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jeremy-irons-munich-netflix-snyder-cut-justice-league-neville-chamberlain-1235153798/ an interview]] with ''Variety'' for the release of ''Film/MunichTheEdgeOfWar'', Creator/JeremyIrons admitted that while he still hadn't seen the Snyder Cut version yet, he did agree that the theatrical cut was "dreadful".
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* CreatorBacklash: It's safe to say that no creative involved liked the theatrically released final product, and that's an understatement.
** Creator/JossWhedon apparently wasn't happy with how Steppenwolf turned out, as he [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/joss-whedon-likes-tweets-criticizing-justice-league-villain-1058992 liked a tweet that called him "the worst comic book movie villain of all time"]]. Retrospectively, given how differently Steppenwolf is portrayed in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', Whedon didn't like the changes he ''[[CreatorsApathy himself]]'' applied to the character. [[note]]It should be noted that he had no control over his design, which was set in place before he was hired.[[/note]] In a 2022 interview, Whedon admitted that agreeing to work on the film was [[https://www.vulture.com/article/joss-whedon-allegations.html one of the biggest regrets of his life.]]
** Creator/CiaranHinds was not happy that a lot of the work he put in didn't make it to the theatrical version, as Whedon scrapped much of Steppenwolf's character building and backstory.
** A number of people who worked on the film have expressed how disappointed they were that a large part of Snyder's work on the film was scrapped and replaced by Whedon's additions.
*** Cinematographer Fabian Wagner has openly stated he was disappointed with how the theatrical cut turned out and has expressed his wish to see Creator/ZackSnyder's version of the film (he reportedly cried when watching the theatrical version, and they were ''not'' {{tears of joy}}).
*** Ditto with Ben Affleck's stunt double Richard Cetrone, storyboard artist Jay Oliva, stuntman Nick [=McKinless=], production designer Creator/PatrickTatopoulos, photographer Clay Enos and actors Creator/JasonMomoa, Creator/RayFisher, Creator/JKSimmons and Creator/CiaranHinds, among others.
*** They were later joined by Creator/GalGadot and Creator/BenAffleck, who both tweeted "[=#ReleaseTheSnyderCut=]" on the second anniversary of the film's release date (they had remained utterly silent on the subject up to this point).
** Creator/ZackSnyder has gone on record to [[http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/02/28/zack-snyder-justice-league-superman-mustache-shade/ make jabs about how bad]] Henry Cavill's CGI-removed mustache looked (he didn't film said scenes) and note that the Russian family subplot was not part of his original cut ("Honestly, what Russian family?" was his response on that). He also admitted having never seen the version that was released in theaters. When talking about his upcoming Creator/{{Netflix}}-produced film ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'', Snyder said that he "had no handcuffs on this one" and that "the version you'll see will not be a bastardized one", no doubt referring to the ExecutiveMeddling he had to face on ''Justice League''. In May 2021, he revealed that, back in 2016, he had to shoot a scene with the League in a truck making quips while transporting Superman's coffin. He said it was "the worst thing I've ever seen", and didn't include it in his 2021 cut.
** In a [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BglGdfyFRri/?hl=en&taken-by=henrycavill video]] where he announced the shaving of his infamously troublesome mustache, Creator/HenryCavill assured everyone that what they're seeing isn't CGI. The notorious screenshot of his mouth also flashed in the ending montage. In November 2019, he stated that "''Justice League'' didn't work".
** When asked if he wanted to see Snyder's cut of the film, Creator/JasonMomoa said, "You know, it sucks in our business when you can't speak your mind, but... Yeah! Fuck yeah, I wanna see it!", and kept saying that he saw the original cut in interviews. Then in November 2019, he posted the much-relayed hashtag "[=#ReleaseTheSnyderCut=]" on his Instagram, accompanying a shot of Aquaman skewering Steppenwolf in front of Diana and a Boom-Tube. Momoa also wanted the [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2436890/one-line-jason-momoa-wanted-cut-from-justice-league "talk to fish" lines cut from the film]], as he felt the tongue-in-cheek references to Aquaman's [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman infamous reputation]] clashed with his and the production's attempts to make the character more badass.
** Ray Fisher ''hated'' having to say the line "Booyah!" for a scene in the reshoots, feeling it reduced Cyborg into a [[UncleTomfoolery stereotypical black comedic relief]] character. His backlash was only furthered by how large parts of Cyborg's backstory and character arc got cut out of the theatrical version (all of which was restored in the "Snyder Cut" and went on to be one of the most well-received aspects of the movie), as well as the HostilityOnTheSet between him and Whedon, whom Fisher accused of abusing the cast and crew and creating a toxic work environment.
** Various other DCEU creative staff have expressed disappointment with how the production was handled and how the final movie turned out. This was partly because they developed their movies to pair with ''Justice League'' in an organic way only to see everything either get changed or removed altogether, and partly out of solidarity with Creator/ZackSnyder, who helped to get them hired and encouraged their vision. Creator/JamesWan and Creator/JasonMomoa have said ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' picks up where Snyder's original version of the film ended, while Creator/PattyJenkins said she barely recognized the characters who came from [[Film/WonderWoman2017 her movie]] (notably, Diana being more aggressive in the Whedon scenes). This is despite the Snyder version also having many contradictions with those films, such as Mera speaking in strange fish-noises underwater rather than simply speaking, and Diana being even more violent, such as killing more terrorists on-screen, complete with blood splatter on the walls.
** Producer Deborah Snyder (Zack's wife and co-manager of their production company) and executive producer Creator/ChristopherNolan (a good personal friend of the Snyders) both advised Zack to never watch this cut of the film, with Mrs. Snyder saying she was sure that seeing how much of it was changed would "break his heart."
** In an [[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/04/chris-terrio-justice-league-batman-v-superman interview]] with ''Vanity Fair'', Creator/ChrisTerrio described what was done to his script and the film he and Snyder originally envisioned as "an act of vandalism", among making other shots at the ExecutiveMeddling that plaguedYes, [[CreatorBacklash/JusticeLeague2017 this movie and ''Batman v Superman''.
** [[https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/warner-bros-realized-joss-whedon-justice-league-was-a-piece-of-shit According to one anonymous WB exec]], even the higher-ups did not like the end-product resulting from Whedon's reshoots and rewrites, even if they wouldn't vocally admit it.
--->"When we got to see what Joss actually did, it was stupefying. The robber on the rooftop -- so goofy and awful. The Russian family -- so useless and pointless. Everyone knew it. It was so awkward because nobody wanted to admit what a piece of shit it was."
** Creator/SamanthaWin took umbrage with Steppenwolf implying to the Amazons that he would turn them into sex slaves ("I will make you love me."), [[https://www.haberahali.com/gundem/zack-snyders-justice-league-19102.html finding it inappropriate for a movie that was advertised for kids]].
** In a 2022 interview with ''The L.A. Times'', Creator/BenAffleck said:
---> It was really ''Justice League'' that was the nadir for me. That was a bad experience because of a confluence of things: myhas its own life, my divorce, being away too much, the competing agendas, and then Zack's personal tragedy and the reshooting. It just was the worst experience. It was awful. It was everything that I didn't like about this. That became the moment where I said, "I'm not doing this anymore". It's not even about, like, ''Justice League'' was so bad. Because it could have been anything.
** In [[https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jeremy-irons-munich-netflix-snyder-cut-justice-league-neville-chamberlain-1235153798/ an interview]] with ''Variety'' for the release of ''Film/MunichTheEdgeOfWar'', Creator/JeremyIrons admitted that while he still hadn't seen the Snyder Cut version yet, he did agree that the theatrical cut was "dreadful".page.]]
** Creator/JossWhedon apparently wasn't happy with how Steppenwolf turned out, as he [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/joss-whedon-likes-tweets-criticizing-justice-league-villain-1058992 liked a tweet that called him "the worst comic book movie villain of all time"]]. Retrospectively, given how differently Steppenwolf is portrayed in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', Whedon didn't like the changes he ''[[CreatorsApathy himself]]'' applied to the character. [[note]]It should be noted that he had no control over his design, which was set in place before he was hired.[[/note]] In a 2022 interview, Whedon admitted that agreeing to work on the film was [[https://www.vulture.com/article/joss-whedon-allegations.html one of the biggest regrets of his life.]]
** Creator/CiaranHinds was not happy that a lot of the work he put in didn't make it to the theatrical version, as Whedon scrapped much of Steppenwolf's character building and backstory.
** A number of people who worked on the film have expressed how disappointed they were that a large part of Snyder's work on the film was scrapped and replaced by Whedon's additions.
*** Cinematographer Fabian Wagner has openly stated he was disappointed with how the theatrical cut turned out and has expressed his wish to see Creator/ZackSnyder's version of the film (he reportedly cried when watching the theatrical version, and they were ''not'' {{tears of joy}}).
*** Ditto with Ben Affleck's stunt double Richard Cetrone, storyboard artist Jay Oliva, stuntman Nick [=McKinless=], production designer Creator/PatrickTatopoulos, photographer Clay Enos and actors Creator/JasonMomoa, Creator/RayFisher, Creator/JKSimmons and Creator/CiaranHinds, among others.
*** They were later joined by Creator/GalGadot and Creator/BenAffleck, who both tweeted "[=#ReleaseTheSnyderCut=]" on the second anniversary of the film's release date (they had remained utterly silent on the subject up to this point).
** Creator/ZackSnyder has gone on record to [[http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/02/28/zack-snyder-justice-league-superman-mustache-shade/ make jabs about how bad]] Henry Cavill's CGI-removed mustache looked (he didn't film said scenes) and note that the Russian family subplot was not part of his original cut ("Honestly, what Russian family?" was his response on that). He also admitted having never seen the version that was released in theaters. When talking about his upcoming Creator/{{Netflix}}-produced film ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'', Snyder said that he "had no handcuffs on this one" and that "the version you'll see will not be a bastardized one", no doubt referring to the ExecutiveMeddling he had to face on ''Justice League''. In May 2021, he revealed that, back in 2016, he had to shoot a scene with the League in a truck making quips while transporting Superman's coffin. He said it was "the worst thing I've ever seen", and didn't include it in his 2021 cut.
** In a [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BglGdfyFRri/?hl=en&taken-by=henrycavill video]] where he announced the shaving of his infamously troublesome mustache, Creator/HenryCavill assured everyone that what they're seeing isn't CGI. The notorious screenshot of his mouth also flashed in the ending montage. In November 2019, he stated that "''Justice League'' didn't work".
** When asked if he wanted to see Snyder's cut of the film, Creator/JasonMomoa said, "You know, it sucks in our business when you can't speak your mind, but... Yeah! Fuck yeah, I wanna see it!", and kept saying that he saw the original cut in interviews. Then in November 2019, he posted the much-relayed hashtag "[=#ReleaseTheSnyderCut=]" on his Instagram, accompanying a shot of Aquaman skewering Steppenwolf in front of Diana and a Boom-Tube. Momoa also wanted the [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2436890/one-line-jason-momoa-wanted-cut-from-justice-league "talk to fish" lines cut from the film]], as he felt the tongue-in-cheek references to Aquaman's [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman infamous reputation]] clashed with his and the production's attempts to make the character more badass.
** Ray Fisher ''hated'' having to say the line "Booyah!" for a scene in the reshoots, feeling it reduced Cyborg into a [[UncleTomfoolery stereotypical black comedic relief]] character. His backlash was only furthered by how large parts of Cyborg's backstory and character arc got cut out of the theatrical version (all of which was restored in the "Snyder Cut" and went on to be one of the most well-received aspects of the movie), as well as the HostilityOnTheSet between him and Whedon, whom Fisher accused of abusing the cast and crew and creating a toxic work environment.
** Various other DCEU creative staff have expressed disappointment with how the production was handled and how the final movie turned out. This was partly because they developed their movies to pair with ''Justice League'' in an organic way only to see everything either get changed or removed altogether, and partly out of solidarity with Creator/ZackSnyder, who helped to get them hired and encouraged their vision. Creator/JamesWan and Creator/JasonMomoa have said ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' picks up where Snyder's original version of the film ended, while Creator/PattyJenkins said she barely recognized the characters who came from [[Film/WonderWoman2017 her movie]] (notably, Diana being more aggressive in the Whedon scenes). This is despite the Snyder version also having many contradictions with those films, such as Mera speaking in strange fish-noises underwater rather than simply speaking, and Diana being even more violent, such as killing more terrorists on-screen, complete with blood splatter on the walls.
** Producer Deborah Snyder (Zack's wife and co-manager of their production company) and executive producer Creator/ChristopherNolan (a good personal friend of the Snyders) both advised Zack to never watch this cut of the film, with Mrs. Snyder saying she was sure that seeing how much of it was changed would "break his heart."
** In an [[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/04/chris-terrio-justice-league-batman-v-superman interview]] with ''Vanity Fair'', Creator/ChrisTerrio described what was done to his script and the film he and Snyder originally envisioned as "an act of vandalism", among making other shots at the ExecutiveMeddling that plagued
** [[https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/warner-bros-realized-joss-whedon-justice-league-was-a-piece-of-shit According to one anonymous WB exec]], even the higher-ups did not like the end-product resulting from Whedon's reshoots and rewrites, even if they wouldn't vocally admit it.
--->"When we got to see what Joss actually did, it was stupefying. The robber on the rooftop -- so goofy and awful. The Russian family -- so useless and pointless. Everyone knew it. It was so awkward because nobody wanted to admit what a piece of shit it was."
** Creator/SamanthaWin took umbrage with Steppenwolf implying to the Amazons that he would turn them into sex slaves ("I will make you love me."), [[https://www.haberahali.com/gundem/zack-snyders-justice-league-19102.html finding it inappropriate for a movie that was advertised for kids]].
** In a 2022 interview with ''The L.A. Times'', Creator/BenAffleck said:
---> It was really ''Justice League'' that was the nadir for me. That was a bad experience because of a confluence of things: my
** In [[https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jeremy-irons-munich-netflix-snyder-cut-justice-league-neville-chamberlain-1235153798/ an interview]] with ''Variety'' for the release of ''Film/MunichTheEdgeOfWar'', Creator/JeremyIrons admitted that while he still hadn't seen the Snyder Cut version yet, he did agree that the theatrical cut was "dreadful".
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* BoxOfficeBomb: With a budget estimated at $300 million ($500 million counting marketing, interest expense, and residuals), ''Justice League'' is among the most expensive movies ever made,[[note]]Its production budget alone is around twice what is typical for big superhero movies. ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', ''Film/XMenApocalypse,'' and ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' all came out within a year of it, and their budgets varied between $149 and $178 million.[[/note]] and so needed to gross a massive amount just to break even ($750 million at the highest estimate, $650 million at the lowest). It opened in a surprisingly competitive season on the release calendar[[note]]The film adaptation ''Literature/Wonder2012'' opened at the same time and proved to be an incredibly strong family film (giving parents a much gentler option to take their children to) and the much better received ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' was still in the middle of its own box office run, drawing away viewers. ''Series/ThePunisher2017'' and ''VideoGame/{{Star Wars Battlefront II|2017}}'' were also released on the same date, giving many comic book movie[=/=]TV[=/=]video game fans a reason to stay home instead. Disney-Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' opened a week later and blew all competition out of the water.[[/note]], and its opening domestic weekend of $93.8 million, likely due to negative publicity from ''Batman v Superman'' and ''Suicide Squad'' and its notoriously {{troubled production}}, was only about half of the former and the lowest of any DCEU film thus far, combined with a lackluster promotional campaign and another critical backlash after a long embargo. [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/11/20/warner-bros-faces-a-possible-50m-to-100m-loss-on-justice-league/#5e80a1e25d8b Industry]] [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/#30898c6f7942 analysts]] predicted a $50 to $100 million net loss for Warner Brothers. The film has earned the [[MedalOfDishonor dubious title]] of [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/#62f3eb9b7942 "the most successful box office bomb ever"]], as while its gross ($658 million) would be a nice success for a standard summer blockbuster with a production budget in the $140-180 million range, the power of the Batman and Superman brands plus the [[TroubledProduction extremely inflated]] budget due to mandated reshoots led to far, far higher expectations than what were ultimately fulfilled, leading to the loss.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: With a budget estimated at $300 million ($500 million counting marketing, interest expense, and residuals), ''Justice League'' is among the most expensive movies ever made,[[note]]Its production budget alone is around twice what is typical for big superhero movies. ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', ''Film/XMenApocalypse,'' and ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' all came out within a year of it, and their budgets varied between $149 and $178 million.[[/note]] and so needed to gross a massive amount just to break even ($750 million at the highest estimate, $650 million at the lowest). It opened in a surprisingly competitive season on the release calendar[[note]]The calendar[[note]]Creator/OwenWilson and Creator/JuliaRoberts' film adaptation of ''Literature/Wonder2012'' opened at the same time and proved to be an incredibly strong family film (giving parents a much gentler option to take their children to) and the much better received ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' was still in the middle of its own box office run, drawing away viewers. ''Series/ThePunisher2017'' and ''VideoGame/{{Star Wars Battlefront II|2017}}'' were also released on the same date, giving many comic book movie[=/=]TV[=/=]video game fans a reason to stay home instead. Disney-Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' opened a week later and blew all competition out of the water.[[/note]], and its opening domestic weekend of $93.8 million, likely due to negative publicity from ''Batman v Superman'' and ''Suicide Squad'' and its notoriously {{troubled production}}, was only about half of the former and the lowest of any DCEU film thus far, combined with a lackluster promotional campaign and another critical backlash after a long embargo. [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/11/20/warner-bros-faces-a-possible-50m-to-100m-loss-on-justice-league/#5e80a1e25d8b Industry]] [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/#30898c6f7942 analysts]] predicted a $50 to $100 million net loss for Warner Brothers. The film has earned the [[MedalOfDishonor dubious title]] of [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/justice-league-is-the-biggest-grossing-box-office-bomb-ever/#62f3eb9b7942 "the most successful box office bomb ever"]], as while its gross ($658 million) would be a nice success for a standard summer blockbuster with a production budget in the $140-180 million range, the power of the Batman and Superman brands plus the [[TroubledProduction extremely inflated]] budget due to mandated reshoots led to far, far higher expectations than what were ultimately fulfilled, leading to the loss.
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** Fans correctly figured out that once ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} had a diminished role in the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'', he would be used in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse instead. However, very few imagined that his debut would be in '''this''' movie.
** Some theorized that Darkseid was replaced by Steppenwolf in the ancient times battle scene of the theatrical version of the film. They were proven correct when the stuntman who played Ares confirmed he and the other Olympian gods originally fought against Darkseid, and when Snyder himself shared a screenshot of Uxas/Darkseid leading the invasion (the very same shot from the theatrical version has Steppenwolf, which means the upper body of Darkseid has been turned into that of Steppenwolf when the movie was reworked) on Father's Day 2019.
** Website/YouTube channel Comic movie Marks guessed that, instead of destroying Steppenwolf's axe like she does in the theatrical cut, Diana/Wonder Woman decapitates him in Snyder's version of the film. This was proven correct when Snyder shared and unfinished look at the scene in July 2019 and mentioned that she decapitates Steppenwolf and that his head rolls at Darkseid's feet.
** On October 5, 2019, Snyder shared the storyboard of a scene involving ComicBook/MartianManhunter, and revealed that he was Calvin Swanwick (Creator/HarryLennix) all along. A number of people theorized this ever since Swanwick appeared in ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.
** Fans correctly figured out that once ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} had a diminished role in the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'', he would be used in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse instead. However, very few imagined that his debut would be in '''this''' movie.
** Some theorized that Darkseid was replaced by Steppenwolf in the ancient times battle scene of the theatrical version of the film. They were proven correct when the stuntman who played Ares confirmed he and the other Olympian gods originally fought against Darkseid, and when Snyder himself shared a screenshot of Uxas/Darkseid leading the invasion (the very same shot from the theatrical version has Steppenwolf, which means the upper body of Darkseid has been turned into that of Steppenwolf when the movie was reworked) on Father's Day 2019.
** Website/YouTube channel Comic movie Marks guessed that, instead of destroying Steppenwolf's axe like she does in the theatrical cut, Diana/Wonder Woman decapitates him in Snyder's version of the film. This was proven correct when Snyder shared and unfinished look at the scene in July 2019 and mentioned that she decapitates Steppenwolf and that his head rolls at Darkseid's feet.
** On October 5, 2019, Snyder shared the storyboard of a scene involving ComicBook/MartianManhunter, and revealed that he was Calvin Swanwick (Creator/HarryLennix) all along. A number of people theorized this ever since Swanwick appeared in ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.
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** When the news broke that Creator/JossWhedon was taking over directing duties following Zack Snyder's departure, WB execs said that Whedon would only be overseeing minor reshoots and the finished film would be following Snyder's plan. Viewers quickly caught on that the movie was much more extensively reworked than previously let on, and comparing the 2017 theatrical version and Snyder's 2021 cut is quite telling about the differences between what Snyder intended and the finished 2017 product.
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** When the news broke that Creator/JossWhedon was taking over directing duties following Zack Snyder's departure, WB execs said that Whedon would only be overseeing minor reshoots and the finished film would be following Snyder's plan. Viewers quickly caught on that the movie was much more extensively reworked than previously let on, and comparing the 2017 theatrical version and Snyder's 2021 cut is quite telling about the differences between what Snyder intended made and the finished 2017 product.
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** Whedon oversaw multiple rewrites to the script (reportedly, over 80 pages of it were rewritten) and reshoots meant to bring in a [[LighterAndSofter brighter tone and more humor]]. This wound up almost entirely overhauling the film, scrapping large parts of Snyder's footage. Creator/RayFisher said only ''thirty seconds'' of his appearance in the 2017 film were shot under Snyder. This came at a high cost due to the nightmare of scheduling (reshoots started in July 2017, the film was due to release in ''November'' of that year) and development around four actors who were busy elsewhere (Creator/GalGadot was touring to promote ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', Creator/EzraMiller was filming ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'', Jason Momoa was filming ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' and Creator/HenryCavill was filming ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout''), while having heightened animosity because of the stressful production and Joss Whedon's behavior. The conditions led to Creator/BenAffleck relapsing into alcoholism and giving up on a Batman solo movie.
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** Whedon oversaw multiple rewrites to the script (reportedly, over 80 pages of it were rewritten) and reshoots meant to bring in a [[LighterAndSofter brighter tone and more humor]]. This wound up almost entirely overhauling the film, scrapping large parts of Snyder's footage. Creator/RayFisher said only ''thirty seconds'' of his appearance in the 2017 film were shot under Snyder. This came at a high cost due to the nightmare of scheduling (reshoots started in July 2017, the film was due to release in ''November'' of that year) and development around four actors who were busy elsewhere (Creator/GalGadot who’d just had a baby in March was touring to promote ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', Creator/EzraMiller was filming ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'', Jason Momoa was filming ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' and Creator/HenryCavill was filming ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout''), while having heightened animosity because of the stressful production and Joss Whedon's behavior. The conditions led to Creator/BenAffleck relapsing into alcoholism and giving up on a Batman solo movie.
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* ThrowItIn: Aquaman shaking his hair like a surfer after riding a parademon through a building was intended as a joke by Momoa, the "shampoo commercial" take. He was amazed they went with it.
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* ThrowItIn: Aquaman shaking his hair like a surfer after riding a parademon Parademon through a building was intended as a joke by Momoa, the "shampoo commercial" take. He was amazed they went with it.
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* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: Despite the film's numerous flaws and many insistences of CreatorBacklash, one possible notable exception is [[https://fandomwire.com/despite-his-unforgivable-acts-henry-cavill-reportedly-liked-joss-whedons-superman-more-than-zack-snyders-version/ Henry Cavill.]] While he does acknowledge the film's and Joss Whedon's shortcomings, he still genuinely appreciated the opportunity that the film gave him to play a hopeful, more positive version of the traditional Superman. Which is not too surprising given how much he prefers to stay loyal to the source material, an attitude he brought to both Superman and his tenure as Geralt of Rivia on The Witcher.
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* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: Despite the film's numerous flaws and many insistences of CreatorBacklash, one possible notable exception is [[https://fandomwire.com/despite-his-unforgivable-acts-henry-cavill-reportedly-liked-joss-whedons-superman-more-than-zack-snyders-version/ Henry Cavill.]] While he does acknowledge the film's and Joss Whedon's shortcomings, he still genuinely appreciated the opportunity that the film gave him to play a hopeful, more positive version of the traditional Superman. Which is not too surprising given how much he prefers to stay loyal to the source material, an attitude he brought to both Superman and his tenure as Geralt of Rivia on The Witcher.
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* ActingInTheDark: The scene where Flash {{Face Plant}}s in Wonder Woman's cleavage was filmed with Creator/EzraMiller and a body double substituting for Creator/GalGadot. Gadot filmed her reaction shot at a different time and place (apparently without being told what scene she was filming it for) and the two shots were spliced together. This caused much HostilityOnTheSet between Gadot and Whedon, among other things.
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* ActingInTheDark: The scene where Flash {{Face Plant}}s in Wonder Woman's cleavage was filmed with Creator/EzraMiller and a body double substituting for Creator/GalGadot. Gadot filmed her reaction shot at a different time and place (apparently without being told what scene she was filming it for) for), and the two shots were spliced together. This caused much HostilityOnTheSet between Gadot and Whedon, among other things.
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** Whedon claimed that Gadot suggested that he didn't understand how superhero movies worked (despite his success on ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''). At one point, Whedon paused the shoot and, according to a crew member, announced that he had never worked with "a ruder group of people", causing the actors to fall silent. Fisher told ''The Hollywood Reporter'' that when he voiced concerns about Cyborg's portrayal to Whedon, he cut him off, saying "It feels like I'm taking notes right now and I don't like taking notes from anybody — not even Creator/RobertDowneyJr". He has denied Fisher's accusations, saying that they were not "either true or merited discussing:
-->We're talking about a malevolent force. We're talking about a bad actor in both senses.
-->We're talking about a malevolent force. We're talking about a bad actor in both senses.
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** Whedon claimed that Gadot suggested that he didn't understand how superhero movies worked (despite his success on ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''). At one point, Whedon paused the shoot and, according to a crew member, announced that he had never worked with "a ruder group of people", causing the actors to fall silent. Fisher told ''The Hollywood Reporter'' that when he voiced concerns about Cyborg's portrayal to Whedon, he cut him off, saying "It feels like I'm taking notes right now and I don't like taking notes from anybody — not even Creator/RobertDowneyJr". Creator/RobertDowneyJr" He has denied Fisher's accusations, saying that they were not "either true or merited discussing:
-->We're --->We're talking about a malevolent force. We're talking about a bad actor in both senses.
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* SendingStuffToSaveTheShow: A rather unusual movie example. A fan movement arose after the theatrical release with the aim of getting Warner Bros. to release a director's cut of ''Justice League'' with all the scrapped footage that Zack Snyder filmed and devoid of the infamous Joss Whedon additions. It started with letters and phone calls aimed at Warner Bros executives. Then some fans started a fundraiser and advertisement campaign for the Snyder cut with 50% of the proceeds going to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Suicide}} American Foundation for Suicide Prevention]] that Snyder supports since Autumn's death, and the rest was used to campaign for the cut at the San Diego Comic Con 2019. Further fundraising was used to bring the campaign to [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Times Square]] billboards, alongside campaigns to send letters to new Warner Bros CEO Ann Sarnoff. WB initially stayed silent on the matter, but they later allowed Snyder to complete and releases his version. ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' would finally see the light of day on Creator/HBOMax in 2021.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Ezra Miller and Creator/BillyCrudup are strikingly similar in appearance which makes them very believable as father and son.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Ezra Miller and Creator/BillyCrudup are strikingly similar in appearance which makes them very believable as father and son.
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* SendingStuffToSaveTheShow: A rather unusual movie example. A fan movement arose after the theatrical release with the aim of getting Warner Bros. to release a director's cut of ''Justice League'' with all the scrapped footage that Zack Snyder filmed and devoid of the infamous Joss Whedon additions. It started with letters and phone calls aimed at Warner Bros Bros. executives. Then some fans started a fundraiser and advertisement campaign for the Snyder cut Cut with 50% of the proceeds going to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Suicide}} American Foundation for Suicide Prevention]] that Snyder supports has supported since his daughter Autumn's death, and the rest was used to campaign for the cut at the San Diego Comic Con 2019. Further fundraising was used to bring the campaign to [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Times Square]] billboards, alongside campaigns to send letters to new Warner Bros CEO Ann Sarnoff. WB initially stayed silent on the matter, but they later allowed Snyder to complete and releases release his version. ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' would finally see the light of day on Creator/HBOMax in 2021.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Ezra Miller and Creator/BillyCrudup are strikingly similar inappearance appearance, which makes them very believable as father and son.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Ezra Miller and Creator/BillyCrudup are strikingly similar in
