Snyder Shares Axed “Justice League 2” Details
Zack Snyder has continued a run of Instagram posts about his time steering the DC Extended Universe a decade ago.
Over the weekend, he posted another photo of Henry Cavill in Christopher Reeve’s Superman suit, saying: “15 years ago, on this day, I pressed the shutter and met Superman. The first photo I ever took of Henry Cavill – moments before he stepped into legend. Shot on my Nikon.”
The shot appears to have been taken during a session for the costume test with Cavill seated in a foldable chair. A full body shot of him in that chair came out years ago, but this one is more of a medium close-up.
A day or two earlier, Snyder also posted a gallery of photos, which includes what appears to be storyboards for the unmade “Justice League” follow-up. The storyboard begins:
“Back at the Batcave, Batman watches in horror as Darkseid takes full control of Superman. Superman turns on Batman, and he barely escapes! Lex believes he’s won, but comes face-to-face with Superman. He looks at Lex with burning red eyes and lights him on fire. As Lex screams, the world goes red.”
The storyboards indicate events then jump to five years later, the Knightmare sequence teased in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”. It says:
“Sand dunes. Smoldering solar pits… Once, this was Gotham. Now, like the rest of Earth, it belongs to Darkseid. Coming over the Dune, post-apocalyptic Batman with a ragtag army of rebels – the surviving members of the Justice League walk over the rise of a Dune to see the dilapidated Wayne Manor. Batman leads them. Flash drags what’s left of Cyborg behind him. Bruce looks up to the sky, grimly, ‘We need to get inside before night. He’s coming.”
It also discusses Earth’s various forces teaming up to stop Darkseid’s invasion:
“Darkseid’s full-scale invasion begins — And it’s too much for the Justice League to handle on their own — but they won’t have to. Led and inspired by Superman, the countries of the world come together: armies, air forces, navies. Wonder Woman and her mother lead the Amazons off Themyscira. To join the war! In the oceans, Aquaman pleads to the seven kingdoms, declaring there is an eighth — the surface world — And they must be allies, not enemies. The seven kingdoms rise to join the Amazons and the surface!”
While no “Justice League” follow-up was made, “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” came out, which allowed Snyder to achieve his original vision with proper introductions of Darkseid, along with longer glimpses of the Knightmare future where Darkseid takes control of Superman and invades Earth.