1) A New Ending
Darkseid’s exit from the movie is just a symptom of a bigger change Whedon has allegedly made to Justice League. A far cry from the initial reports that the replacement director was merely following Snyder’s vision, we’ve heard that the entire ending of the film has been reworked in reshoots.
As we said in the previous entry, it all hinges on Whedon’s quest to give Justice League a finite ending. With Darkseid removed from the picture, it’s been reported that Steppenwolf’s role will be bolstered in a bid to give him more “credibility as the movie’s big bad.”
This lessening importance of an ongoing narrative seems to be a consequence of a bigger change of directive at DCEU headquarters. As we’ve heard recently from Geoff Johns, future movies likely won’t be too tightly interlinked. Though this might change depending on how Justice League goes down, we haven’t even had any guarantees that there’s a sequel in the works.
So, will all these changes have the desired effect of improving the long-awaited event movie – much as extensive reshoots turned Rogue One into a success? Or will it render the film a jumbled mess in the region of Fantastic Four? We’ll find out quite soon, as Justice League lands on November 17th.
