Zack Snyder Explains Why The Snyder Cut Didn't Push Through As Mini-Series

Zack Snyder's Justice League was reportedly a mini-series that will be released in episodes after being overturned by the official announcement that the Snyder Cut will be a whopping four-hour film instead of the one-hour installments of episodes.

The Snyder Cut traversed a long way to get through where it is right now. It all started when Zack Snyder left midway through the production of the 2017 Justice League because of his creative difference with Warner Bros leading to Joss Whedon taking over the directorship of the film which made it through theaters.

After the theatrical release of Joss Whedon's Justice League, many fans have called for the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut and the heeding plea of the fans lasted for years. Termed the "Snyder Cut," it is the version of Justice League in the original perspective intended by the director himself, Zack Snyder.

When it was announced that the film version of Snyder will be seeing the light of day, much to the delight of the fans is the victory that comes with the director's perspective being able to be seen in its purest form, without much intervention.

Zack Snyder's Justice League allows the director to showcase his ultimate plan for the film from the way it is filmed to how it is rendered, even to the aspect ratio that comes with it as it is set to have an aspect ratio of 4:3 meaning it would not be in widescreen.

The film has a staggering four hours in total, more or less, as Snyder shared before that his view for the film is that it is supposed to be a two-part film. In an interview with Deadline, Snyder explained why the film did not go through as one-hour episodes like a mini-series and instead, it would be one whole four-hour film.

Zack Snyder's decision holds water as there would be some legal issues when the film would be divided into four and when it becomes a TV show, it would void all the contracts. People who signed their contracts signed up for a film, not a TV mini-series. This means that when a term in the contract is changed without the consent of all those who signed, it would be a breach of contract resulting to a legal rumble.

Snyder said that he doesn't want his version of the film to be a legal precedent and instead, just push through with the "four-hour opus."

Zack Snyder's Justice League is now available on HBO Max.

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