In 2020, Zack Snyder fans had every right to be smug. Many who claim to be “insiders” in the industry had spent the last few years confidently assuring their audiences that the Snyder Cut of Justice League didn’t exist, that there was no alternative version of the movie, and that even if there was, Warner Bros. would never, ever put up the money to complete it.
Said insiders then had to eat a heaping helping of humble pie when Snyder announced that Zack Snyder’s Justice League would indeed become a reality, and that he was getting a sizeable budget to complete a four-hour cut. Yet more humiliation came when the new cut turned out to be a huge improvement on the original.
But that victory may have gone to some peoples’ heads. Snyder is now hard at work on his upcoming space opera Rebel Moon for Netflix, and the DC universe is now firmly under the guidance of James Gunn. Even so, there are still a few die-hards waving the flag for the SnyderVerse somehow continuing. The current theory is that Warner Bros. will sell the SnyderVerse to Netflix. Yeah, and pigs might fly:
Let’s be real here, there is no way in hell Warner Bros. would let Netflix make movies about Superman, Batman and the rest of the Justice League. All indications are that the studio keen to leave the old DCEU in the past, with The Flash and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom clearly set to be a goodbye to all things connected to Snyder.
We love optimism, but at this point it’s time to recognize that the SnyderVerse is done. We were incredibly lucky to get the Snyder Cut, and the man himself is clearly enjoying bringing his space opera fantasies to life with Rebel Moon. For these dedicated fans, it’s time to let the past go and look to the future.