When Warner Bros. Pictures and DC
Films finally decided to unleash their “Avengers” climax to the start of their
DC Extended Universe films with the 2017 premiere of “Justice League,” the
results were not up to snuff. Audiences were disappointed in how the narrative
played out and credited it to significant reshoots done by Joss Whedon, who
took over during post-production after director Zack Snyder took leave
following the death of his daughter. A rallying cry for DC movie fans was that
the original (pre-Whedon-reshoot) “Snyder Cut” be released, and Snyder himself
has answered. But the restoration of the “Justice League” film cut requires
reshoots too, and some cast members are taking up the challenge.
As Comic Book Resources tells us, actor J.K. Simmons has expressed his
interest in getting the original cut of Warner-DC’s “Justice League” movie,
called “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” all ready for its streaming release on HBOX Max by next year.
To that end he has contacted director Snyder to indicate his readiness to get
involved in the restoration project, including filming any scenes that need
reshooting in the movie. Simmons, a familiar face in superhero movies since
portraying J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” trilogy, played
Commissioner Gordon for a scene in Gotham City.
The 65-year-old acting veteran
expressed his happiness for the “Justice League” fans getting their wish for a
Snyder cut granted, and added that he too was excited at the prospect of reshoots
or additional scenes. During an interview while promoting his current film “Palm
Springs” for Hulu, Simmons noted, As far as I know, I've already done
everything I have to do to be a part of Zack's cut, which is to tell Zack,
'Yes, I want to be a part of your cut.' If there's additional dialogue
recording or additional shooting or whatever, I'd be happy to do it."
Still, from information gleaned
from the editing team, there might be no need to do any live-action reshoots
for “Zack Snyder’s Justice League.” A more tangible possibility would be that
the cast will simply record new dialogue to replace certain lines or as scene
voiceovers. Snyder has reassembled the original post-production team under the
direction of himself and his wife and collaborator Deborah, with estimated
costs for the cut restoration being estimated to run way beyond $30 million in
costs.
The clamor too “release the
Snyder cut” has been rocking WB Pictures for the past two and half years before
they would finally acquiesce back in February of this year, but only to have
the redone film be a digital release. It is expected that “Zack Snyder’s
Justice League” will arrive on HBO Max streaming in the middle of 2021.
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