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Volume 8 | Issue 5 dailyplanetdc.com February 14, 2021

NEW TRAILER FOR ‘’S ’ DEBUTS UNITEDBy Zack Benz dreds of millions of so- cial media mentions, it became a powerful An epic new trailer g l o b a l m o v e m e n t for “Zack Snyder’s Jus- among cinephiles and tice League” has pre- comic book fans alike. miered today. Inten- S o m e o f t h e d i s- tionally released on course with the the- Feb. 14 (2/14) to signify atrical cut was rooted the runtime of Snyder’s around ’s original take, the trailer mustache debacle and revealed something far substitute Director beyond any “cul-de- J o s s W h e d o n ’ s sac.” Snyder’s highly reshoots that updated sought after cut of writing and altered the "Justice League" will be cinematic storyline. four hours long, mak- Whedon took over ing it the longest su- directorial duties after perhero movie to date. Zack and Deborah The highly anticipated Snyder stepped back flm will be released to from post-production HBO Max on March 18, to deal with a family 2021. tragedy. After the planet wide Soon after the flms #ReleaseTheSnyderCut theatrical release, the m o v e m e n t , H B O movement gained ma- Max and Warner Bros. jor momentum as DC Pictures announced lovers called for Direc- last year that it will ex- tor Zack Snyder’s full clusively world pre- vision, plotted soon af- miere Zack Snyder’s ter “Man of ” (2013) director’s cut of the to fnally be realized. 2017 feature flm “Jus- Back in 2017, Justice tice League.” League was deemed a #ReleaseTheSnyder- critical fop. Now, over Cut frst became a pas- three years after the sionate rallying social initial release, fans and media cry among fans actors alike are getting in 2017. From countless the Justice League Henry Cavill as in “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” which will be available on HBO Max with a subscription starting March press articles and hun- 18, 2021. It will be a four-hour long spectacle. Photo courtesy of Warner Media they deserve. THE ROAD TO THE SNYDER CUT How ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ became a reality By Zack Benz but received its offcial and Sam Kentman moniker on May 21, Daily Planet 2014. The flm, which was originally planned For decades, the Jus- to be a sequel to “Man tice League has saved of Steel,” was frst an- humanity f rom the nounced at the San worst threats it has Diego Comic-Con on ever faced, from alien July 20, 2013. warlords to ancient Following the offcial demons and powerful title announcement for sorcerers, to the God of “ B a t m a n v s . Evil himself, . Superman,” Warner And every time, they Bros. revealed their have overcome the planned slate of uni- odds and saved the verse building flms to human race. One foe, shareholders on Oct. 15, however, altered their 2014. emergence onto the big screen time and Continued on Page 3 time again, and this One snippet of three posters for “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” released on Jan. 29, 2021. This time it was humanity's singular poster features a still of the fabled directors cut, “Reborn.” Photo courtesy of Zack Snyder turn to rescue the world's greatest he- in the movies leading hasn’t been the same "It will be a further ex- ––What’s inside–– roes. up to its premiere. since. In an article pub- pansion of this uni- W h e n “ J u s t i c e R e c o g n i z i n g t h i s lished by the Wall verse," Silverman told The Dailies | Page 2 League” premiered in tonal shift, fans called Street Journal on April . 2017, it was a critical for the release of the 27, 2014, Warner Bros. "'Superman vs ' Superman, world’s greatest heroes | Page 2 fop. It’s creative direc- flm’s original director's President of Worldwide will lead into 'Justice tion, lax storyline and cut. The Snyder Cut. In Production Greg Sil- League.’" The Road continued | Page 3 cheap styled special an effort to achieve verman confrmed that At the time, the con- effects felt completely such an endeavor, an Snyder will be direct- ceptualized title for Fallen | Page 3 off. The flm was starkly enormous campaign ing Justice League, “Batman vs Superman: different from the sto- was launched and the which was still in its Dawn of Justice” was Risen | Page 4 ries expressed before in world of entertainment early developmental “Superman vs Batman” dailyplanetdc.com @DailyPlanetDC | 1 Dailies February 14, 2021

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dailyplanetdc.com @DailyPlanetDC | 2 News February 14, 2021 The road moving on to Iceland, continued from Page 1 where he later shared a photo of ac- The DC flms slate at tor with t h e t i m e i n c l u d e d the caption “One King.” “Batman v Superman: The following week, Dawn of Justice” (2016), “Justice League’s” flm- “” (2016), ing fnally concluded “ W o n d e r W o m a n ” as the cast and crew (2017), “Justice League: celebrated the event Part One” (2017), ‘“The with a wrap party, ” (2018), “Aqua- where Momoa shared man” (2018), “Shazam” a shirtless picture of (2019), “Justice League: himself thanking all Party Two” (2019), “Cy- involved for the experi- b o r g ” ( 2 0 2 0 ) , a n d ence. “” (2020). Although flming had Of course, we all know fnished, production those plans changed. was far from over and From conceptualiza- Zack Snyder would tion to conception, spend the following 2016 truly was the months perfecting his dawn of the DCEU. flm. As 2016 drew to a When “Batman vs Su- close, the direc tor perman” premiered shared a frst look at March 25, 2016, fans the while were introduced to live doing post-production action versions of their work with the caption favorite DC characters. "Working in the dark" In a universe building on Vero. epic, we were intro- Snyder opened 2017 duced to ’s with a shared photo of , Ben Gal Gadot doing alter- Affeck’s Batman, Ray native dispute resolu- Fisher’s Cyborg, Ezra tion as part of post- Miller’s Flash, Jason production work for Momoa’s Aquaman “Justice League” with and more. the caption "Wonder All heroes introduced Woman working hard in “Batman vs Super- in LA on post of JL" on man” were slated to his favored social net- return to their respec- work, Vero. tive roles for Zack Sny- As production con- d e r ’ s u p c o m i n g tinued, Snyder shared p r o j e c t , “ J u s t i c e a photo of the coloring League: Part One,” process with the cap- which was set to start tion “Down at CO3 with flming in April, with Stefan” on Vero. Cine- Ben Affeck boosted to matographer Larr y an Executive Producer Fong later tweeted a role. response to the Vero As production on post. “Hey kids, this is “ J u s t i c e L e a g u e ” how movies get their commenced, a new, fnal look, in a digital critical cloud shrouded intermediate suite, over the dusk of this s h o t b y s h o t , n o bold new universe. Af- ‘flters,” on Twitter. ter the destruction in Snyder continued to “Man of Steel,” and the share photos of the dark aftermath wit- work on Vero. In early nessed in “Batman vs March Zack shared two Superman,” some crit- photos of Jason Mo- ics thought Zack Sny- moa’s Aquaman on der’s take on the DC Vero, stressing the universe was too dark character isn’t strictly and surreal. It lacked CGI in his underwater the fanciful nature of dialog. superheroes. However The Snyder’s, and incorrect they may their team, continued have been, the prover- working diligently on bial damage was done the flm, but an unex- and the studio started pected family tragedy looking into creating a resulted in their priori- “lighter” cinematic ex- ties shifting towards perience. home. This new direction is On March 12, 2017 spearheaded by Geoff Zack Snyder’s daugh- Johns and Jon Berg ter, Autumn Snyder, who were announced passed away at age 20. as co-heads of the She had a passion for n e w l y c r e a t e d D C charities such as Write- Films division at Warn- A-Thon To End Home- er Bros. Pictures in lessness For Mothers May, 2016. and Their Children and M e a n w h i l e , Z a c k the Elizabeth House Snyder is still hard at Shelter in Pasadena for w o r k o n “ J u s t i c e pregnant women ex- One snippet of three posters for “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” released on Jan. 29, 2021. This singular poster represents the “Fallen” League,” sharing regu- periencing homeless- take of the highly sought after directors cut of “Justice League.” Photo courtesy of Zack Snyder lar updates on Vero. He ness. teases the flm's vil- Soon after, both Zack “The directing is mini- always comes out. botched cinematic ex- momentum and re- lains, Mother Boxes and his wife Deborah, mal and it has to ad- “I just was kind of perience that let a lot sulted in a four-hour and the director even who has been working here to the style and done with it,” Snyder of fans down. long epic set to pre- calls the flm a “com- as a producer along- tone and the template told writer Sean O’- As a result, DC lovers miere March 18, 2021 plete movie” while also side her husband, an- that Zack set,” Em- Connell years later. “I launched an online pe- on HBO Max. stating a sequel is still nounced that they merich told the Holly- was in this place of tition titled “Zack Sny- on track. would be stepping wood Reporter. “We’re [knowing] my family der's Director's Cut and Editor’s note: This is On Oct. 7, 2016, Sny- back from the “Justice not introducing any needs me more than To m H o l k e n b o r g ' s just a preamble to the der shared a behind- League” flm. In an in- new characters. It’s the this bullshit, and I just (Junkie XL) Score for Daily Planet’s exten- the-scenes production terview with Borys Kit same characters in need to honor them H o m e R e l ea s e” o n sive report into one of video with the caption of The Hollywood Re- some new scenes. He’s and do the best I can change.org. The peti- t h e l a r g e s t m ove- “Last day flming in the porter, Toby Emmerich, handing the baton to to heal that world. tion had 179,161 sup- ments in cinematic UK. It has been an Warner Bros. Pictures’ Joss, but the course W h e n “ J u s t i c e porters. history. Read our en- amazing shoot. Big President at the time, has really been set by League” premiered in This was just the be- tire report in our free thanks to everyone in- announced that Marvel Zack. I still believe that theaters Nov. 17, 2017, it ginning. Over the fol- digital magazine set v o l v e d ! # J u s t i c e- Cinematic Universe despite this tragedy, r e v e a l e d j u s t h o w lowing days, months for release in March, League" on Twitter. He alum , will we’ll still end up with a much the studio, and and years, the Release coinciding with the re- also announced that fnish the movie. great movie.” Whedon, had changed. the Snyder Cut move- lease of “Zack Snyder’s production would be The truth, however, T h e r e s u l t w a s a ment gained major Justice League.” dailyplanetdc.com @DailyPlanetDC | 3 Risen February 14, 2021

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