Justice League: WB's SnyderVerse Mistake Now Looks Even Worse
Zack Snyder's Justice League was released one year ago, and the folly of Warner Bros. not finishing Snyder's story continues to be quite clear. 2017's reshoot-filled version of Justice League may have bombed in theaters, but it didn't recede from public view like most commercial failures. On the contrary, the greatly reconfigured and reshot version of Justice League released in theaters kicked off the push by fans for Snyder's original version.
Using the hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyderCut, the efforts of fans eventually succeeded on May 20, 2020 when the movie was announced for release on HBO Max the following year. Upon its release, the ending of Zack Snyder's Justice League included teases for multiple future movies, including the Knightmare set up in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Coupled with Snyder's rough outline of Justice League 2 and Justice League 3 being released, interest skyrocketed for his arc to be concluded with the hashtag #RestoreTheSnyderVerse.
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In the wake of the release of the Snyder Cut, Warner Bros. shut down sequel talks and maintained that they would not greenlight the rest of the five-movie arc Snyder had planned. With a year's worth of calls for the studio to do so to look back on, Warner Bros. not moving ahead with the SnyderVerse has been shown more than ever as a mistake. Not only is this just because of the enthusiasm driving the #RestoreTheSnyderVerse movement, but also for the place Warner Bros. themselves have created for the SnyderVerse within DC's Multiverse.
Both in the lead-up to and the aftermath of the Snyder Cut's release, Warner Bros. repeatedly signaled strong resistance to Snyder's planned arc
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