Zack Snyder's Justice League, often referred to as the "Snyder Cut", is the 2021 director's cut of the 2017 American superhero film Justice League. It presents Justice League—the fifth film of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) and based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name—as director Zack Snyder had intended it before he left the production. Like the theatrical release, Zack Snyder's Justice League follows the Justice League—Batman (Ben Affleck), Superman (Henry Cavill), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Cyborg (Ray Fisher), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), and the Flash (Ezra Miller)—as they attempt to save the world from the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds), Darkseid (Ray Porter), and their army of Parademons.

Justice League, released by Warner Bros. in 2017, suffered a difficult production. Its script underwent major changes before and during production between 2016 and 2017. In May 2017, Snyder stepped down during post-production following the death of his daughter, and Joss Whedon was hired to finish the film, completing it as an uncredited director. Whedon oversaw reshoots and other changes that incorporated a brighter tone and more humor, and cut the runtime down significantly in accordance with a mandate from Warner Bros. The theatrical Justice League received mixed reviews and was a box-office bomb, leading Warner Bros. to re-evaluate the future of the DCEU and focus development on individual films.

As details surfaced about the film's troubled production and its state before Snyder stepped down, many fans expressed interest in an alternate cut more faithful to Snyder's vision. Fans and members of the cast and crew petitioned for the release of this, which they nicknamed the Snyder Cut. At the time, industry insiders regarded the release as unlikely. However, Warner Bros. decided to move ahead with it in February 2020; in May, Snyder announced that the original cut would be released as Zack Snyder's Justice League via the streaming service HBO Max. It cost around $70 million to complete the visual effects, score, and editing, with new material filmed in October 2020. The cut was originally planned to be released as both a miniseries and a four-hour film, but plans for the miniseries were scrapped by January 2021. The film is dedicated to the memory of Snyder's daughter, Autumn.

Zack Snyder's Justice League was released via HBO Max on March 18, 2021. Critics generally considered the film an improvement over the 2017 theatrical release.

Was that really Whedon's fault though? Sure his version of the final battle was shit and Cyborg got shafted, but his job was to cut it down to two hours and make it more like Avengers. That's exactly what he did. It's the same as blaming JJ Abrams for the mess that Rise of Skywalker became when that was exatly what he was asked to do. WB's greed was the archenemy of the Justice League, not Joss Whedon.

Now the on set allegations have piled up in recent years, so his treatment of cast and crew is unforgivable. But I just don't see a world where Snyder, forced to edit his movie down to two hours and make it more 'fun', would put out a better quality product in November 2017.

My review will be up soon, but I'd recommend anyone who watches this to also watch the theatrical cut. They really overhyped this thing because they were completely dishonest. They often said that Whedon didn't use like 90% of Snyder's footage which may has to include the stuff he shot but was cut, but I'd say at least 85% of what made it into the theatrical cut was in fact Snyder's footage, writing, acting, etc. And there is no way that Snyder did not watch the theatrical, you had to repurpose the shots he shot, such as WW cutting off Stepen's head or axe is exactly the same, depending on the cut.

And because of that, the whole experience feels like a massive cheat, because all the major differences were done thanks to the 70 million. The Dark Superman suit was all shown in the theatrical. They simply CGId it differently in this one (hence no one in the film comments on it, or even why Supes chooses it over his traditional one already there.) So to say that there was some secret cut this whole time filled with missing footage is complete nonsense, but since the majority of people will never understand the production that went into this, Snyder will look like a hero in this. But if you were to really look at the differences, Whedon did a pretty good job, and in many cases, he made a theatrical experience that is essentially the same movie.

Oh jesus.

I'm never gonna watch Josstice League again but from the scenes I saw on YT (WW with the terrorists and WW vs. Steppenwolf) they were hacked to pieces and way worse. Snyder didn't film 2 hours+ of footage recently. He didn't film all the people of color that were cut recently. But do you lol

My review will be up soon, but I'd recommend anyone who watches this to also watch the theatrical cut. They really overhyped this thing because they were completely dishonest. They often said that Whedon didn't use like 90% of Snyder's footage which may has to include the stuff he shot but was cut, but I'd say at least 85% of what made it into the theatrical cut was in fact Snyder's footage, writing, acting, etc. And there is no way that Snyder did not watch the theatrical, you had to repurpose the shots he shot, such as WW cutting off Stepen's head or axe is exactly the same, depending on the cut.

And because of that, the whole experience feels like a massive cheat, because all the major differences were done thanks to the 70 million. The Dark Superman suit was all shown in the theatrical. They simply CGId it differently in this one (hence no one in the film comments on it, or even why Supes chooses it over his traditional one already there.) So to say that there was some secret cut this whole time filled with missing footage is complete nonsense, but since the majority of people will never understand the production that went into this, Snyder will look like a hero in this. But if you were to really look at the differences, Whedon did a pretty good job, and in many cases, he made a theatrical experience that is essentially the same movie.

A+

Thank you Zack Snyder & the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut fans that was excellent.

I'm soo pissed off cause WE COULD'VE HAD THAT 4 YEARS AGO! Fuck you WB! Fuck you Joss Whedon!

Do you think Cyborg's scenes were filmed after this cut got greenlit? They weren't... there's scenes from his backstory in the original trailers... they intentionally cut his storyline.