The platform has announced that the director’s cut, which fans have been asking for since 2017, will be available in 2021.
Superhero enthusiasts have been waiting for this for years. Soon, they will be able to discover the original montage of the film Justice League , the famous “Snyder Cut”. It will be available in 2021 on HBO Max, the streaming platform launched next Wednesday in the United States by WarnerMedia.
The announcement was a bombshell among fans, and the hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyderCut ( named after Zack Snyder , the first director) was at the top of the trends on Twitter. Because the public is campaigning on social networks to discover this new version since the film’s release in 2017. Some stars of the feature film – Gal Gadot, Ben Affleck and Ray Fisher – had themselves demanded on Twitter that justice be done to this new version.
#ReleaseTheSnyderCut. Only on HBO Max 2021. @ZackSnyder https://t.co/cfXCK1B6pA pic.twitter.com/hqeA9i7tTL
— HBO Max (@hbomax) May 20, 2020
“We are delighted to respond to the fans”
Zach Snyder, who made the film in 2016, passed on to Joss Whedon for the final cut . Upon its release, the feature film, bringing together Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg, did not convince critics and the public. The latter remaining convinced that the director’s version, darker, had been watered down.”#ReleaseTheSnyderCut invaded our offices and mailboxes daily,” said Robert Greenblatt, president of WarnerMedia Entertainment, in a statement. “The fans are asking, and we’re happy to finally answer them.”