Wherever the DC Films universe goes next, one thing is clear: Warner Bros. no longer trusts that it belongs solely in the hands of Zack Snyder. Last week, it was announced that Ben Affleck would be taking an executive-producer role on the currently filming “Justice League,” and as always there appears to be more to the story, though it’s something many surmised anyway.
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According to Birth.Movies.Death., the move to assign Affleck more creative input in “Justice League” was to “placate Affleck while also edging Zack Snyder out” of the DC Films world, and in particular to turn the frown upside down on the face of #sadaffleck. Reportedly, “Affleck was incredibly unhappy about the reception of ‘BvS.’ He felt humiliated after spending so much of the press tour saying how much better this film would be than ‘Daredevil‘ ” and he was apparently upset about being named the director of a Batman solo movie before any deals had been finalized. Oops! Memo to Warner Bros.: you’re doing it wrong.
Meanwhile, **spoilers ahead** for those who don’t want to know villain of “Justice League”: While it was long thought to be Darkseid, according to BMD, that character will play a smaller role, with Steppenwolf being the main baddie. If you’re like me and think Steppenwolf is just a ’70s classic rock band, the character is actually the uncle of Darkseid, and a military commander of Apokolips. But the most important thing is that the character apparently appears briefly in the deleted scene below from “Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice,” which surfaced shortly after the film was released in theaters.
At this point, I don’t even care who the villain is; I just want a coherent movie. But with so many emotions and egos and agendas that still seem to flying around, I’m not confident that will happen.
Seems strange to jettison something so allegedly pivotal to the setup of the “big” film onto a deleted scene. Then again, I’d need a small bucket of Advil on hand before I try to make sense of anything DC and Snyder are doing with their films.
If you’re like me, you think Steppenwolf is a classic existential novel.
Or a rock band!
That one was covered in the article. That’s what I was responding to.
Sorry, my mistake.