Zack Snyder reveals 'Justice League' sequel details that will never see the light of day
- In the sequels to "Justice League" Darkseid would have taken over the world with the help of Superman.
- Lois Lane, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman would have died, director Zack Snyder revealed
- Unfortunately, WarnerMedia Studios CEO Ann Sarnoff said that there are no plans to continue the Snyder-led "Justice League" franchise.
If it felt like "Zack Snyder's Justice League" didn't have any finality to it you'd be right. Because Snyder had a plan to make a few more "Justice League" sequels.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Snyder reveals how the next two movies would have wrapped up a "Justice League" trilogy.
Specifically, it would have delved deeper into the dream Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) has at the end of the "Snyder cut" in which Darkseid succeeds in taking over the world and Lois Lane (Amy Adams) dies.
"Darkseid comes to Earth. Superman says to Batman, 'Guard Lois. This is a war between me and Darkseid. If you can help me as a friend, keep Lois safe,'" Snyder said.
Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) then teams with Darkseid and reveals how to get to Superman.
"Lex tells Darkseid that the key to Superman's weaknesses is killing Lois Lane," Snyder said. "For whatever reason, Batman fails. Darkseid comes back and kills Lois."
To build up the grief even more for Batman, Snyder's plan was for Bruce Wayne and Lois Lane to have a romantic relationship while Superman is dead. But Warner Bros. scrapped that idea.
"The intention was that Bruce fell in love with Lois and then realized that the only way to save the world was to bring Superman back to life," said Snyder. "So he had this insane conflict, because Lois, of course, was still in love with Superman. We had this beautiful speech where [Bruce] said to Alfred: 'I never had a life outside the cave. I never imagined a world for me beyond this. But this woman makes me think that if I can get this group of gods together, then my job is done. I can quit. I can stop.' And of course, that doesn't work out for him."
The death leads to the premonition Cyborg has in the "Snyder cut" coming true: Superman is taken over by Darkseid; Wonder Woman and Aquaman die; and the world burns.
Thankfully, that's not the end. Just the cliffhanger.
The final movie in this "Justice League" trilogy would have had fleshed out the scene in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" in which Bruce Wayne sees The Flash (Ezra Miller) in what seems to be a dream and warns him that Lane is the key.
"Cyborg works on an equation to use a Mother Box to jump Flash back in time to warn Bruce about this moment, where he didn't have the courage to sacrifice himself to save Lois," Synder explained.
Thanks to the reminder by The Flash, Batman now does not hesitate when the time comes to protect Lane from Darkseid. He saves her life and in the process dies.
Yes, Batman dies. But it leads to the good guys winning.
"Superman doesn't succumb to the Anti-Life Equation," Snyder said. "Then the final movie has Aquaman leading the forces of Atlantis, Diana leading forces of Themyscira, and Superman and Flash leading the forces of [humans] against Darkseid in a giant war."
Sadly it sounds like it's all now just a pipe dream. WarnerMedia Studios CEO Ann Sarnoff said in a recent interview with Variety that there are no plans to continue the Snyder-led "Justice League" franchise.
Snyder's 4-hour "Justice League" is currently available on HBO Max.