Zack Snyder's Justice League Not Eligible For Oscars Fan-Favorite Award
Zack Snyder's Justice League will not be eligible for the new Fan-Favorite Award at this year's Oscars, despite widespread protestations. The new category will allow Twitter users to voice their support for their favorite film by tweeting with the hashtags #OscarsFanFavorite and #Sweepstakes up to 20 times per day, with voting taking place from February 14 to March 3. The eventual winner will be announced during the 2022 Academy Awards Broadcast on Sunday, March 27.
Zack Snyder's Justice League, also known as the «Snyder Cut,» was a welcome instalment in the DC Extended Universe for many fans who were deeply disappointed in the 2017 Joss Whedon-directed Justice League film. The Whedon version, which Snyder was initially directing but left due to a family tragedy, was heavily re-shot and re-edited by the new director and the studio, eventually releasing to widespread condemnation. This sparked a campaign by fans, members of Justice League's crew and some members of the cast, including Ben Affleck, to have a version more faithful to Snyder's original released. Spearheaded by the #ReleaseTheSynderCut hashtag and a perseverant fan campaign, the movement was eventually successful when Warner Bros. decided to move forward with the Snyder Cut in 2020. The film released in 2021 following an additional $70 million in re-shoots, re-edits and visual effects to widespread fan acclaim and a much more favorable critical reception.
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Fans of the Snyder Cut will be disappointed, however, to find out that the film is not eligible for the Fan Favorite category at the 2022 Oscars. As reported by Decider, the criteria for eligibility states that any entrant
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