Director Zach Schneider officially announced at the just-concluded online screening of "Superman: Man of Steel" that his "Justice League" director's cut version is confirmed to be released, and it will be launched next year on the Warner streaming platform HBO Max!
The debate over the DC superhero film Justice League has not stopped, and time has returned to the time before the release of Justice League, Zach Schneider announced that he quit the production of the film because of his daughter's suicide, and after focusing on his family, Warner hired Joss Whedon, who had directed "Avengers 1 and 2", to take over.
After undergoing large-scale reshoots and deletions, "Justice League" was released, and the controversy and insults have never stopped. The film is full of slots, and the superman style of CG with beards is criticized, and fans are not satisfied with the eight immortals across the sea style of "Justice League".
"Justice League" cost nearly $300 million in investment and only $657.9 million at the global box office, which is warner's only loss-making DC film project so far. After encountering the double waterloo of word-of-mouth and box office, Warner is still reluctant to mention "Justice League" and follow-up projects.
Zach Schneider claimed that he had not yet seen the already released "Justice League", and based on the plot narrated to him by the outside world, Za said that the version now released only accounts for a quarter of his personal shooting content.
Although the reputation of "Justice League" is not ideal, we can not completely ignore the efforts of Joss Whedon, without him to succeed Zach Schneider, "Justice League" can not be released as scheduled, the relationships and interests behind the entire project are complex, and it makes no sense to evaluate who is right and who is wrong now.
As the pioneer of Warner's "DC Cinematic Universe", as early as 2013, when directing "Superman: Man of Steel", Zach Schneider told the story in a way that was close to DC Comics, setting a dark epic style for the series.
The casting, including Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jason Momma and others, was carried out according to the aesthetic and wishes of Zadui. Even some of the scenes in Wonder Woman were negotiated by Zaddour and Patty Jenkins. In the hearts of DC fans, Zach Schneider has been the best director of DC films.
After the release of "Justice League", fans have always wanted to see the edited version of Za Dao, and have never lowered this expectation. Fans continue to make social media appeals on the topic of #ReleasetheSnyderCut (#发行扎导剪辑版), which was once on Twitter. Fans also responded to the operation by telephone, buying ads in Times Square, and renting planes to hang banners at the San Diego Comic Con.
The petition action to release the edited version of Za Director reached its peak on November 17, 2019, the second anniversary of the release of "Justice League", including Ben Affleck, Gayle Gadot and other stars on Twitter.
On the second day of the second anniversary of the release of Justice League last year, Zach Schneider and his wife, Deborah Schneider, received a call from Toby Emmerich, the current president of Warner Pictures. Emmerich said that he understood the demands of fans and was willing to promote the project of Za's edited version of "Justice League".
After that, Za director sorted out the contents of the briefing and invited more than 12 executives from Warner Pictures, HBO Max and DC Pictures to his home in early February to watch the little-known, black-and-white schneider version of "Justice League".
After many discussions and evaluations by Warner executives, the edited version of Za Director was finally confirmed.
In December last year, Za Dao posted a photo of the director's cut version of the film on the push!
After that, in the face of doubts, the director frequently exposed the stills of the director's edited version of "Justice League" on the push, which were all shots that were not available in the public version!
Even superhero fan Gu Tianle has spoken out for the director's cut version of "Justice League" on Weibo!
It's unclear what form Zach Schneider's version of Justice League will eventually be released, with one theory being a 4-hour-long director's cut and another splitting the film into a 6-episode director's cut.
Although the outbreak of the new crown epidemic has had an impact on the entire film and television industry, during this period, Za Dao still communicated online with a large number of staff to deal with matters related to the director's edited version. The original filming team of "Justice League" is being convened to perform the soundtrack, editing, post-visual effects and other work for the director's cut version, and may also find actors to come back to record some dialogue.
As a DC fan, we should thank Director Za, it is his continuous persistence and hard work that makes the director's cut version of "Justice League" possible!
All this is inseparable from Warner's decision-making and financial support, of course, the most important thing is the voice of the majority of DC fans!
This time, we won!
In fact, the director's cut version in many cases is a gimmick of the disc dealer in order to attract customers to buy Blu-ray discs, most of the director's cut version of the movie is nothing more than adding some deletion materials on the basis of the original film, simple trimming, for the original plot has almost no impact, it is completely an extended version, so the significance is not great.
However, there are also some directors who do not have the right to edit the final film, resulting in the film being cut under the intervention of the filmmakers. The director finally had to prove himself through the director's cut version, this kind of director's cut version of the film is often very different from the main film released in the cinema to be completely two works, we will talk about some of the more interesting director's cut version of the film today.
Speaking of directing the cut version of the film, the director I have to say is Ridley Scott. Almost all of his films are director's cut or extended versions with better reputation, among which the director's cut version of "Heavenly Dynasty" is the most impressive, and the director's cut version of "Heavenly Dynasty" is nearly an hour more than the release version.
The theme of the release version emphasizes racial contradictions, and the pure scenes are piled up. Sibella's storyline was cut and lead actor Eva Green refused to attend the film's premiere. However, in the director's cut version, there is a deep discussion of religious thinking and reflection, as well as the exposure of the nature of the Crusades, etc., which can be said to be a notch higher than the theatrical version.
Another director known for his directorial cut is Zach Schneider, the ultimate version of Watchmen is 215 minutes long, dark anti-heroism style plus a complete collection of the animation "Legend of the Black Ship", once known as a DC masterpiece.
"Batman v Superman" has been spat on by fans about the plot and character development since its release, although the three-hour long director's cut version of "Batman v Superman" is not a perfect movie, but it is already much better than the release version.
Can Za Dao still prove himself with the director's cut version of "Justice League"?
We'll see!