Zack Snyder's Justice League

Zack Snyder's Justice League
Aliases	The Snyder Cut
Universe	DC Extended Universe
Movie Details
Director(s)	Zack Snyder
Producer(s)	Deborah Snyder · Charles Roven
Writer(s)	Chris Terrio · Zack Snyder · Will Beall
Composers	Tom Holkenborg
Cinematographer(s)	Fabian Wagner
Editor(s)	David Brenner · Dody Dorn
Distributors	HBO Max
Running Time	242 minutes
Rating	R
Budget	$70 million
Release Date	March 18, 2021
Previous Movie	Wonder Woman 1984 (December 25, 2020)
Next Movie	The Suicide Squad (August 6, 2021)

Zack Snyder's Justice League, also known as The Snyder Cut, is a 2021 director's cut of the 2017 movie Justice League. Snyder had departed from that film, which was finished by Joss Whedon who made drastic changes to the script and did extensive reshoots. This director's cut features previously unused footage as well as new material, and is twice the length of the original release. It was exclusively released on streaming services, and the story is divided into multiple chapters.

A black-and-white version called Zack Snyder's Justice League: Justice is Gray was released on March 25, 2021. Although having the same runtime, it includes an alternate version of Joker and Batman talking in the Knightmare timeline.

Appearing in "Zack Snyder's Justice League"

Featured Characters:

• Justice League (Origin)
  • Aquaman (Joins team) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline) (Dies in the Knightmare Timeline)
  • Batman (Joins team) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
  • Cyborg (Flashback and main story) (Joins team) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
  • The Flash (Joins team) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
  • Superman (Joins team) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline) (Resurrected)
  • Wonder Woman (Joins team) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline) (Dies in the Knightmare Timeline)

Supporting Characters:

• Alfred Pennyworth
• Amazons of Themyscira (Flashback and main story) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
  • Antiope (Deceased) (Flashback only)
  • Epione (Dies)
  • Euboea (Dies)
  • Menalippe
  • Philippus (Flashback and main story)
  • Penthesilea (Flashback and main story) (Dies)
  • Queen Hippolyta (Flashback and main story) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
  • Trigona (Dies)
  • Venelia (Flashback and main story) (Dies)
• Atlanteans (Flashback and main story) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
  • King Atlan (Flashback only)
  • Nuidis Vulko
• Gotham City Police Department
  • Commissioner James Gordon
  • Detective Crispus Allen
• Henry Allen
• Lois Lane (Also in the Knightmare Timeline) (Dies in the Knightmare Timeline)
• Martha Kent
• Mera (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
• Ryan Choi (First appearance)
• Silas Stone (Flashback and main story) (Dies)

Antagonists:

• Apokoliptians (Flashback and main story) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
  • Apokoliptian priests (Flashback only)
  • Darkseid (First appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
  • Darkseid's Elite
    • DeSaad (First appearance)
    • Granny Goodness (First appearance)
    • Steppenwolf (Dies)
  • Parademons (Flashback and main story) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
• Black Clad
  • Black Clad Alpha (Dies)
  • Black Clad Beta (Dies)
• Deathstroke (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
• Lex Luthor

Other Characters:

• Calvin Swanwick / Martian Manhunter
• Doomsday (Dies)
• Dusty (Martha Kent's dog)
• Elinore Stone (First full appearance) (Dies in flashback)
• Gods of Olympus (Flashback only)
  • Ares (Flashback only)
  • Artemis (Flashback only)
  • Zeus (Flashback only)
• Gotham City Wildcats (Flashback only)
• Green Lantern Corps (First appearance) (In flashback and Knightmare timeline)
  • Kilowog (First appearance) (Only appears as a corpse in the Knightmare Timeline)
  • Yalan Gur (Dies in flashback)
• Hellenic Police
• Howard Jensen
• Iris West (First appearance)
• Joker (Knightmare Timeline)
• Jonathan Kent (In a photograph only)
• Kryptonians
• Linda J. Reed (Single appearance)
• Metropolis Police Department
  • Officer Jerry (Single appearance)
• Metropolitan Police
• Mutants (First appearance) (Cameo)
• Nelson
• Stevens
• United States Air Force
  • United States Air Force Security Forces
• United States Army
  • Military Police (Mentioned only)
• United States Government
  • Department of Defense (Mentioned only)
  • Thomas (Single appearance)
• Atlanna (Mentioned only)
• Carl (Mentioned only)
• Harley Quinn (Mentioned in the Knightmare Timeline) (Deceased in the Knightmare Timeline)
• House of El (Mentioned only)
  • Jor-El (Voice only)
  • Lara Lor-Van (Mentioned only)
• King Nereus (Mentioned only) (Deceased)
• King Orm (Mentioned only)
• Martha Wayne (Mentioned only) (Deceased)
• Nazis (Mentioned only)
  • Adolf Hitler (Mentioned only)
• Nora Allen (Mentioned only) (Deceased)
• Perry White (Mentioned only)
• Richard Grayson (Mentioned in the Knightmare Timeline) (Deceased)
• Russian Army (Mentioned only)
• Sarah (Mentioned only)
• Steve Trevor (Mentioned only) (Deceased)
• Thomas Curry (Mentioned only)
• Thomas Wayne (Mentioned only) (Deceased)
• Wayne Enterprises (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• 30th Century BCE (Flashback only)
  • Apokolips (Mentioned only)
  • Earth
    • Atlantis
    • Themyscira
      • Penetralium
• 20th Century (Flashback only)
  • 1943
    • Italy
  • 1929 (Mentioned only)
    • Stryker's Island (Mentioned only)
  • 1944 (Mentioned only)
    • United States of America (Mentioned only)
• 21st Century
  • Apokolips
  • Earth
    • Atlantic Ocean
    • Atlantis (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
    • France
      • Paris
        • Louvre
    • Greece
      • Crete
        • Shrine of the Amazons
    • Iceland
    • Monaco
      • Monte Carlo
    • Russia
      • Moscow (Mentioned only)
      • Pozharnov
    • Themyscira (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
      • Penetralium (Destroyed)
    • United Kingdom
      • England
        • London
          • Old Bailey
          • River Thames
          • The Shard
          • St Paul's Cathedral
          • Tower Bridge
          • St. Brigid School (Mentioned only)
      • Wales
    • United States of America
      • Central City
        • Central Bark
        • Iron Heights Penitentiary
        • Central City College (Mentioned only)
        • Central City International Airport (Mentioned only)
      • Gotham City (Flashback and main story) (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
        • Arkham Asylum
        • David's Discount Foods (Single appearance) (Hologram)
        • Eli's Diner Car (Single appearance) (Hologram)
        • GCPD Headquarters
        • Gotham Cemetery
        • Gotham City Municipal (Single appearance) (Hologram)
        • Gotham City University (Flashback only)
        • Gotham Harbor
        • Wayne Manor / Hall of Justice (Destroyed in the Knightmare Timeline)
          • Batcave (Also in the Knightmare Timeline)
        • Gotham National Bank (Mentioned only)
      • Metropolis (Flashback and main story)
        • Daily Planet (Mentioned only)
        • Heroes Park
        • S.T.A.R. Labs (Flashback and main story)
        • Scout Ship 0344 / Fortress of Solitude
        • Stryker's Island
      • Smallville
        • Kent Farm
      • New York City (Mentioned only)
        • Manhattan (Mentioned only)
    • Costa Rica (Mentioned only)
    • Jamaica (Mentioned only)
    • Fiji (Mentioned only)
  • Krypton (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Anti-Life Equation (Behind the scenes)
• Arrows of Artemis (Flashback and main story)
• Batarang
• Batcomputer
• Batrope
• Bat-Signal
• Batsuit
• Bracelets of Submission
• Boom Tubes
• Electro-Axe (Destroyed)
• Green Kryptonite Spear
• Green Lantern Ring (Flashback only)
• Lasso of Hestia
• Mother Box
• Omega Beams (Knightmare Timeline)
• Robin's Battle Staff (Cameo) (Knightmare Timeline)
• Robin's Suit (Cameo) (Knightmare Timeline)
• Superman's Suits
• Sword of Athena
• Trident of Atlan (Knightmare Timeline)
• Trident of Atlanna
• Utility Belt

Vehicles:

• Batmobile (Destroyed)
• Cortlandt (ship) (Single appearance) (Destroyed)
• Flying Fox
• Knightcrawler
• Vision Gran Turismo
• War Machine (Single appearance)

Concepts:

• Speed Force
• Time Travel
• World War II (Flashback only)

Cast

• Ben Affleck as Batman
• Henry Cavill as Superman
• Amy Adams as Lois Lane
• Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman
• Ray Fisher as Cyborg
• Jason Momoa as Aquaman
• Ezra Miller as The Flash
• Willem Dafoe as Vulko
• Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor
• Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth
• Diane Lane as Martha Kent
• Connie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta
• J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon
• Ciaran Hinds as Steppenwolf (Voice)
• Zheng Kai as Ryan Choi
• Amber Heard as Mera
• Joe Morton as Silas Stone
• Joe Manganiello as Deathstroke
• Lisa Loven Kongsli as Menalippe
• David Thewlis as Ares
• Ann Ogombo as Philippus
• Marc McClure as Officer Jerry
• Michael McElhatton as Black Clad Alpha
• John Dagleish as Black Clad Beta
• Doutzen Kroes as Venelia
• Eleanor Matsuura as Epione
• Samantha Jo as Euboea
• Brooke Ence as Penthesilea
• Anthony Wise as Harry Jensen
• Mark Arnold as Thomas
• Peter Guinness as DeSaad (Voice)
• Billy Crudup as Henry Allen
• Sergi Constance as Zeus
• Aurore Lauzeral as Artemis
• Julian Lewis Jones as King Atlan
• Ray Porter as Darkseid (Voice)
• Kiersey Clemons as Iris West
• Karen Bryson as Elinor Stone
• Amanda Maud as Linda J. Reed
• Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Crispus Allen
• Harry Lennix as Calvin Swanwick / Martian Manhunter
• Russell Crowe as Jor-El (Voice)
• Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent
• Jared Leto as The Joker
• Bruce Lester Johnson as Nelson
• Gary A. Hecker as Parademons (Voice)
• Steve West as an Apokoliptian priest (Voice)
• Laura Waddell as an Apokiliptian priest (Voice)
  

Notes

• According to the director Zack Snyder, the film is separate from the continuity of the DC Cinematic Universe, but represents its own continuity and fits in with the plot of Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
• A week before the release of his cut, Snyder also confirmed that the cinematic version which was directed by Joss Whedon, is still canon for Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. But his version is not.
• Unlike in the theatrical release, Mera's father Nereus is stated to have died before the events of the film. This contradicts the plot of the film Aquaman, where he is still alive. It also depicts non-royal Atlanteans as being able to breathe out of water without issue.
• The film is dedicated to Autumn Snyder, Zack's daughter who had committed suicide in 2017, causing him to step down from shooting the film originally.
  

Trivia

• Zack Snyder makes a cameo in the film's beginning as a customer of the coffee shop Lois Lane visits.
• Marc McClure, who portrayed Jimmy Olsen in the Donnerverse Superman films as well as Supergirl, also makes a cameo as the Metropolis police officer called Jerry.
• The headline in the Daily Planet newspaper in the beginning states "Security Bank of Manhattan Seeks New Architect". This is a reference to the film The Fountainhead, in which the protagonist Howard Roark was chosen as the architect for "Security Bank of Manhattan", but fired when he refused to modify his plans.
  • The sinking ship "Cortlandt", whose occupant Aquaman saves in the film, is a reference to "Cortlandt Homes", a building project Roark was working on in the novel The Fountainhead, upon which the movie "The Fountainhead" is based, written by Ayn Rand.
• A billboard for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, a charity that Zack and fans of his version have campaigned for after Autumn's death, appears when Bruce Wayne drives away with Barry Allen.
• The truck that Iris West's car collides with says "Gard'ner Fox" on its sides, a homage to Gardner Fox, who created both The Flash and the Justice League.
• The vandalized Robin suit from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice appears in the background of the Batcave during Cyborg's Knightmare vision of Darkseid and Superman.
• Snyder originally intended to include John Stewart and Kilowog in the end scene during which they would have paid Bruce Wayne a visit. Wayne T. Carr was cast in the role of John Stewart and the scene was filmed, but the studio eventually told Snyder to cut the appearances of both Green Lanterns. The scene was then replaced with Martian Manhunter's visit to Bruce Wayne's lake house.
  • An earlier version of the scene would have shown Tomar-Re accompanying Kilowog instead of Stewart. Artist Jerad Marantz designed Snyder's version of Kilowog, although the character ultimately only made a cameo appearance in the finished film, as his corpse is briefly seen during a Knightmare vision.
• Near the end of the film, the tank-like Batmobile from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns briefly appears in a scene, though named the "War Machine" by Snyder. In the same scene, Batman apprehends a number of criminals in the Gotham City junkyard. They wear visors and are members of the Mutants, which was later also confirmed by the film's storyboard artist Jay Oliva.
• Arkham Asylum is said to have been built in 1974, a reference to its debut in 1974's Batman #258.

See Also

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