Slated to reunite the DCEU, Zack Snyder was set to lead the Justice League until his absence from production allowed Warner Bros. The avengers director Joss Whedon to make the movie lighter and funnier.
But the film was panned, by audiences and critics. Tonal inconsistencies, clumsy color grading and Mustache Gate didn’t help his case as he has a Rotten Tomato score of 39%.
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In 2016, DC also released another controversial film, David Ayer’s suicide squad, which also received mixed reception but leaned towards the negative. Much of the audience didn’t understand the creative decisions made in the villain ensemble film.
Fans demanded the Snyder Cut and the Ayer Cut
After Zack Snyder confirmed that a significant portion of the Snyder Cup still existed, this resulted in a campaign with the hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyderCut who resurrected the Snyderverse once again to let fans see Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
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The film was better received and won back so many fans that it encouraged suicide squadThe director also confirmed that his cut of the film also exists. He said there was only some VFX work needed to complete his vision, but the Warner Bros chief refused to budge.
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Although fans only want to see the directors achieve their artistic desire, news outlets have portrayed the fans as toxic. In an article published by GQ, he commented on the fan campaign:
“Zack Snyder’s Justice League is the titular director’s new cut of his superhero flick, the result of years of hardcore (and often toxic) fan-gathering”
DC drops Batgirl movie starring Leslie Grace
Starting its development in 2017, the bat girl The film was shot with Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah as directors and Leslie Grace playing the title character, but Warner Bros decided to pull the plug on August 2, 2022.
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While they haven’t commented on the cancellations, it’s safe to assume the cast and crew are devastated, after working on it for years. The film was also set to see JK Simmons reprise his role as James Gordon, expanding the DCEU.
Release the movie Batgirl?
Much like DC fans, fans rally behind the film to see it and support the cast and crew. Still gaining momentum, @DiscussingFilm reported that a “rival exec’ refers to bat girl be canceled as “unprecedented crap”.
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I feel bad for the directors and artists of Batgirl but those ticks were laughing and having fun when WB screwed up Zack Snyder and David Ayer’s vision and now all of a sudden they care about artistic integrity and the hard work people, huh?
Hypocrisy at its finest smh.
— 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 (@Itssan17) August 3, 2022
But many fans have pointed out that the people who ridiculed fans campaigning to see directors, Zack Snyder and David Ayer realize their vision are now asking the studio to come out. bat girl, leaving many baffled by the hypocrisy. While it’s definitely heartbreaking for everyone involved in bat girl To find the shelved film, the question arises whether artistic integrity is only suitable for a select few directors.
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