Zack Snyder’sJustice League 2was supposed to unloosen today , but instead , fans are still campaigning for his version of the originalJustice League , which we never gravel in theaters . It ’s well known by now that the progenitor of theDCEU had a five - part story to tellfor Superman and the Justice League , starting withMan of Steeland culminating in aJustice Leaguetrilogy with the Man of Tomorrow at the center of it all .

rather , after a family disaster , Snyder was push off ofJustice League , despite being late into post - product , and Joss Whedon was bring on to rewrite , reshoot , and otherwise modernise Snyder ’s movie into something Warner Bros. thought would be a more palatable and mainstream movie .

Not only did the effort not garner the film any party favour with critic andbomb at the box bureau , but it quick became a meme for it ’s shockingly obvious reshoots andHenry Cavill ’s CGI upper sass . gratuitous to say , if   Zack Snyder’sJustice League 2wasn’t already off the table , Justice League’stheatrical cut was the last nail in the casket .

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Nevertheless , with such a bluff and polarizing visual sense for the universe attracted its plowshare of passionate - or just plain curious - rooter . Thequest for the Snyder Cut(which Snyder says is real)has unearth monumental changes to the movie ’s tone and story , create even more interest in what Snyder would have brought to the table withJustice League 2 . We may not have the full picture yet , but a number of thing about the plot forJustice League 2have come to light in the last 18 months .

How Zack Snyder’s Cut of Justice League Was Supposed to End

Zack Snyder ’s cutting of Justice League   wassupposed to be over 3 hour longand would haveintroduced mega scoundrel Darkseid , admit a cliffhanger moment at the remnant where he reveal himself to the League after they defeatSteppenwolf .

While much of the movie was significantly falsify or polish off , the larger brushstrokes of the ending for some characters is   uniform with what Snyder specify , but there are also some significant differences for others . Superman is back in Metropolis ( and smart than ever ) , Bruce Wayne has started to convert Wayne Manor into the Hall of Justice , Flash had learned to time travel ( for just a few bit ) in the 3rd human action to economize the twenty-four hour period , and Cyborg has embraced himself as a hero and the closing soliloquy would have been from Silas Stone , not Lois Lane , giving aninspiring message to his Logos via a recorded content . While Silas hold up in the theatrical cut , he was supposed to pop off in the Snyder Cut . Cyborg   was supposed to be the nub of the movie and   would   have also been shown to have the power to rival even Superman .

Snyder shot 100 % ofJustice League’sscript ( let in scene with actorRay Porter , who had been cast as Darkseid ) andwas deep into post - output when he left the movie . If that plan had n’t been scrap and in haste reconstruct at the last month of production , the Darkseid cliffhanger at the end of the Snyder Cut would have put upJustice League 2 , which would have been bring out and released by now barring any production delays .

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Justice League 2 Never Had a Script Written

While Zack Snyder ’s whole five moving-picture show arc was planned out , Justice League 2never had a proper script , and did n’t even have a writer assigned yet . Chris Terrio rewrote David Goyer’sBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justicescript and wroteJustice League , but said beforeJustice Leaguestarted shooting thathe was n’t sure if he ’d writeJustice League2 or not .

SinceJustice Leaguewas rewritten in response toBatman v Ubermensch : Dawn of Justice’scritical hammer , Justice League 2would have also presumptively require some adaption   to match . However , the overall story does n’t seem to have been scrapped so much as toned down , meaning the main plot points   we roll in the hay aboutJustice League 2would presumably bide mostly the same .

The Villain Was Darkseid

Darkseid was to be introduce in the firstJustice League , with Steppenwolf being the primary antagonist ( recall Sauron and the Nazgul inThe Fellowship of the Ring ) , butJustice League 2would have check the League confront off against Darkseid flat .

Justice Department League’shistory lessonwould have put up Darkseid using   the Anti - Life Equation ( a rule that obviate loose will ) , although Darkseid was supersede with Steppenwolf in that view for the theatrical cut , so while the fiery symbolization that etch into the ground when Steppenwolf hit it with his hammer wereintended to be the Anti - Life Equation , this was never specified in the theatrical cut .

The most logical story would have been something at least loosely inspired by Grant Morrison ’s Final Crisis , a story that sees Darkseid invade Earth and subdue humankind with the Anti - Life Equation . Snyder portion out a telephone number of narrative sensibilities with Grant Morrison , and   in addition to the relevance of the Anti - Life Equation , there ’s some additional plot points that plunk for Final Crisis as breathing in .

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The Knightmare Was Important

The Knightmare timelinefirst set up inBatman v window pane : Dawn of Justiceis exclusively absent in the theatrical cutting off ofJustice League , but it was primitively meant to be a much expectant flock for the original five - part arc , and is likely what tie the whole narrative together .

The originalJustice Leaguescript sawDarkseid boom tube into the chiropteran spelunk to kill Lois Lane , whose loss makesSuperman susceptible to the Anti - Life Equation , putting him under Darkseid ’s control and set off the series of result we see inBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justice’sKnightmare , finally resulting in The Flash jump back in sentence to monish Bruce , only from the event ofBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justicewe know that he was " too soon " so Bruce   is n’t able to understand what Flash is talking about yet and may have misinterpreted the warning to be about Superman alternatively of Darkseid .

In the Knightmare timeline , Batman and Cyborg   build   Flash a cosmic treadmillin the Batcave . Using the Treadmill , The Flash can leap through metre , but since he ’s staying stationary in space as he does it ,   he can only pass over to specific points in clip where the Earth is in the exact same location in distance or he ’ll just meter jump into a vacuum cleaner .

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After Knightmare Superman bolt down Batman , Cyborg identifies 2 window Flash can spring through   to lead him to a time before Darkseid drink down Lois where the Earth is in exactly the same positioning . Cyborg chooses one of the window , but whenFlash make it , he see he is " too soon . “However , now that Batman has been admonish aboutsomething , Luthor ’s seemingly trouble claptrap at the end ofBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justicetips him off that he needs to get up for " something darker , " peradventure guide him to form the Justice League earlier than in the Knightmare timeline .

The exact sequence of events is n’t decipherable , and the script would have been interchange to align with theJustice Leaguerewrite , but it ’s possible Bruce still is n’t able to stop Darkseid from down Lois , lead in the Knightmare timeline again , only this time he knows that whatever window Flash chose was " too presently . " This time , Bruce asks   Cyborg which one he would choose , and after Cyborg identifies a window , Bruce chooses the opposite one , opt a point in the timeline that allows them to save Lois and prevent the Knightmare timeline from ever happen .

Green Lantern Would Have (Maybe) Finally Arrived

Justice League 2would have ( plausibly ) finally been the introduction of Green Lantern . Of all the thing we screw about Snyder ’s plan , exactly how Green Lantern fit into it is one of the most unknown view , but he did   teaseJustice League2as the movie where it would happen .

At one point , there was a   post - credit scene plan forJustice Leaguewhere Bruce aftermath up in his lake house to a green lambency andencounters the Green Lanterns Killowag and   Tomar - Re , but it appear that construct was abandon even before Zack Snyder leftJustice League .

Charles Roven is said to have been a big buff ofMark Wahlberg and want him as Green Lantern(explaining an simulacrum of Wahlberg position with portraits of the BvS tramp in his office ) , but nothing was ever finalized .

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Batman Would Die in Justice League 2

Snyder has also support Batman was going to die inJustice League 2 . The exact nature of his end is n’t known , but he sacrifice himself to kill Darkseid in   Final Crisis , Batman was expected to sacrifice himself to defeat Darkseid . This has do a bit of fan scandalization , but clear a stack of sense if you understand the context of what Snyder was doing with his DC movies .

Ben Affleck did n’t ever signalise up to be the next Robert Downey Jr. or Hugh Jackman . Affleck had already sworn off the superhero thing after a fatal temerarious outing , but Snyder ’s older , grizzled take on the character won him over . The fact that it would be just a handful of picture show and he ’d be done was for sure also an collection .

How Zack Snyder’s DCEU Ended

As a part of acharity T - Shirt drive , Snyder unloosen a shirt full of a variety of classic and mystical   symbolism identify the full arc of his five - part movie enfranchisement .

There ’s   a mass of vague and superimposed meaning to the symbols , so we do n’t have to break the whole thing down fresh here , but one major reveal from the shirt is confirmation that Batman sacrifice himself to save Lois and Lois and Clark go on to have a youngster who they name Bruce ( as corroborate by Snyder on Vero ) . This is manifestly a immense full forget me drug moment after the conflict ofBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justice .

Having Superman procreate and name his tiddler after Bruce point not only a resolution to the opening ofMan of Steel , where Kal is the first naturally support Kryptonian child in generation , but now he ’s also had a natural minor of his own , pass around the Leslie Townes Hope of Krypton to Earth as Jor El designate .

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While the Snyder Cut ofJustice Leagueis importantly complete and could be exhaust , Justice League 2unfortunately only go as a basic story discourse and mayhap some early concept artistry at most . While this tarradiddle is tentative to ever be fully realized on the big blind , there ’s an disceptation to be made in favour of it beingadapted to a graphic novel or animated filmso rooter can see the balance of the storey Snyder had planned and bring a likeness of closure to the whole situation .

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