Although early reports indicated that HBO Max would be plowing an additional $20 million to $30 million into finally making the Snyder Cut of Justice League a reality, the real number could end up being at least twice as much.
If the long-awaited official announcement of the Justice League Snyder Cut wasn't enough, fans of the DCEU must have thought Christmas had come early twice over when it was confirmed a few days later that Henry Cavill's Superman would also be making a return to the interconnected superhero franchise, seemingly drawing a line under the constant speculation surrounding his future.
The theatrical release of Justice League rightly came under criticism for featuring one of the worst villains in the history of comic book movies thanks to Steppenwolf, but let's not forget that Suicide Squad also boasted two antagonists that were just as bad. Both the awfully-rendered Incubus and Cara Delevingne's Enchantress did a movie that was already butchered by studio interference absolutely no favors, and only made the troubled production zero-for-three for bad guys if Jared Leto's Joker is also taken into account.
Almost as soon as the official confirmation of the Justice League Snyder Cut brought the two and a half year campaign to an end, the focus seemed to immediately shift straight onto the DCEU's other notable project that was released into theaters unrecognizable from how the director had originally pitched it.
Even though Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson are currently gearing up to resume production on The Batman, it appears as though the line hasn't quite been drawn under the previous incarnation of the Dark Knight just yet. Along with the news that the Snyder Cut of Justice League is on the way to HBO Max, there's also been speculation that Warner Bros.' owners AT&T are interested in having Ben Affleck return to make his originally intended version of the movie, with the company actively leaning into the rumors on social media.
In an alternate universe where all of the countless projects announced as part of the DCEU over the years had actually been made, last month would have brought the release of the Cyborg solo movie, but instead it appears as though the character doesn't have any sort of future as part of the interconnected comic book franchise.
The theatrical cut of Justice League was very obviously the result of stitching together two entirely different versions of the same movie made by two filmmakers with vastly different styles and sensibilities. Joss Whedon's signature quip-heavy dialogue was completely at odds with the aesthetic that Zack Snyder had previously established in both Man of Steel and Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, and as a result, Justice League was marked by some jarring tonal shifts, and this often happened several times in the space of a single scene.
Based on his recent social media activity, you can clearly see that Suicide Squad director David Ayer is still filled with regrets from his brief stint as part of the DCEU. The filmmaker's antihero ensemble was the victim of some very heavy-handed studio interference that saw the version of the movie released in theaters look completely unrecognizable from what he had in mind when he first signed on.
Hugh Jackman may have ruled himself out of the running to return once again, but it appears that Marvel Studios are adamant Wolverine will play a part in their upcoming X-Men reboot. While it might be a better idea to leave him out completely, given that Jackman became so synonymous with the role that it's hard to imagine anybody else playing Logan, the adamantium-bonded mutant is one of the most instantly recognizable figures in popular culture, so his inclusion seems pretty much inevitable.
Any time you hear somebody mention Green Lantern, there's a 99% chance that it'll be Ryan Reynolds making fun of it. The actor has long since embraced the movie's reputation as a colossal failure, and now he's going out of his way to make sure that people actively avoid having to watch it. However, it appears that nobody told the state of California.