On Sunday, the second anniversary of Justice League’s theatrical release and while that film was the nail in the coffin of the DCEU as we know it, the legacy has been largely defined by two things, its complicated directorial history, with Joss Whedon coming in to complete the film started by Zack Snyder after he stepped away due to a family tragedy and the fan-driven demand for Snyder’s original vision for the film to be released.
To mark the anniversary, fans flooded Twitter with support for the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut campaign and now, filmmaker Kevin Smith is also joining those voices of support, though Smith has a suggestion of where he thinks that Snyder Cut should be released: HBO Max.
On Twitter Monday, Smith re-tweeted former Batman actor Ben Affleck’s Tweet calling for the release of the Snyder Cut with his own commentary, suggesting that offering Snyder’s take on Justice League would be a major subscription draw for WarnerMedia’s upcoming HBO Max streaming service.
Dear @wbpictures: If even Batman is calling for it, it’s time to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut! Sounds like it would be a great subscription driver for @hbomax! https://t.co/tN5b7SrtTa
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) November 18, 2019
“Dear @wbpictures: If even Batman is calling for it, it’s time to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut! Sounds like it would be a great subscription driver for @hbomax!”
As Sunday’s campaign showed, there’s celebrity support as well. Justice League stars Affleck, Gal Gadot and Ray Fisher all participated in Sunday’s campaign as did Aquaman star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II along with Marvel stars Dave Bautista and Simu Liu. Snyder himself got involved and pushed for it as well and even before Sunday, Aquaman star Jason Momoa has been pushing for the Snyder cut, declaring recently that the public needs to see it. Momoa told MTV News,
“I have seen it. I’ve seen the Snyder Cut,”
“I think the public needs to see it. I’m obviously indebted to Warner and DC and I don’t how they fell about it, but as a fan, I’m very, very happy I got to see it.”
Time will tell if the Snyder Cut will ever be released, but, it looks as though there a strong support fro many camps for the films release.
