Yesterday, we learned that Zack Snyder’s new cut ofJustice League(The Snyder Cut) is planning additional photography. Pera report in THR, the shoot is expected to see the return ofBen Affleckas Batman,Gal Gadotas Wonder Woman,Henry Cavillas Superman, andRay Fisheras Cyborg. The report claimed that additional photography would take place in October and shoot for less than a week.
While some of the report might be true, the part about Henry Cavill being involved sounds less likely.
When I spoke to Cavill forEnola Holmes(shortly before the news about additional photography hit), I asked him point-blank if he was shooting any new scenes forThe Snyder Cut.
“Not shooting anything additional. No. It’s all stuff that has been already done. Obviously I don’t know how things are going to evolve and change and adapt depending on now a different length of movie and whatever may happen in post-production. Whatever lessons may be learned from what is it four years since Justice League came out? Four years’ worth of fan reaction. For me…I’m now just watching the party.”
Of course, even with Cavill saying he isn’t doing any additional photography, things can change. But the part about him going to Los Angeles to shoot with Snyder seemsextremelyunlikely.
Cavill is currently in London shootingThe WitcherSeason 2 for Netflix and it’s not wrapping anytime soon. In addition, with all the COVID protocols in place and the United Kingdom making people quarantine when they arrive in the country for fourteen days, there is no way for Cavill to fly to Los Angeles and not have it seriously impactThe Witcherproduction. Also, with Cavill the series lead, I’m sure he is doing everything he can to minimize his risk of getting COVID, which, again, means no air travel.
Currently, Snyder’s long-awaited alternate cut will debut on HBO Max next year in four parts, one hour each, that you can take in like a mini-series or watch all at once like a four-hour film. As someone that thought the theatrical release ofJustice Leaguewas a studio directed mess, I’m extremely excited to see Snyder’s new cut. But more than anything, I cannot wait to see the never before seen footage of Henry Cavill as Superman wearing the Black suit (the suit allows Superman to absorb the sun’s rays easier which make it faster to heal).
In addition to Superman wearing the Black suit, the Snyder Cut trailer (watch here) revealed other footage that never made it into the theatrical cut, likeKiersey Clemonsas Iris West alongsideEzra Miller’sThe Flash, a scene with Clark (Cavill), Ma Kent (Diane Lane) and Lois (Amy Adams) at the Kent farm, and then of course there’s Darkseid. The DC Comics villain was part of Snyder’s overall plans for how his DCEU story would evolve, culminating in an epic battle inJustice League: Part Two, but he never got to see those plans through and Darkseid was wholly absent in the theatrical cut ofJustice League.
For more on the film,click here for 39 new images from the film. here’s a look at anew Steppenwolf design, the first footage ofHenry Cavill’s black Superman suit, andhere’s Junkie XL’s new themefor the Snyder Cut.
We reached out to Cavill’s people and received no official comment.
