HBO Max Will #ReleaseTheSnyderCut: Expect Expensive, Extended ‘Justice League’ Movie

After years of fans demanding for Warner Bros. to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut, the company is finally giving them what they want. Zack Snyder will re-edit “Justice League” as he sees fit for release on HBO Max in 2021, and it comes with a hefty price tag.

To recap, #ReleaseTheSnyderCut started as a fan campaign after many were displeased with 2017’s “Justice League.” Director Zack Snyder stepped down while in post-production after the death of his daughter, and “Avengers” director Joss Whedon is believed to have made significant changes to the film.

The Snyder Cut is a thing of comic geek lore. Fans believed Snyder had his own version locked away, and stars like Jason Momoa (“Aquaman”) have supposedly seen it. “I have seen it. I’ve seen the Snyder Cut, so… I think the public needs to see it,” Momoa told MTV News last year. “I’m obviously indebted to Warners and DC, and I don’t know how they feel about it. As a fan, I’m very, very happy that I got to see it.”

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Yet, the news of HBO Max’s greenlight reveals that he still has work to do. Currently, Zack and wife/producing partner Deborah Snyder are in the middle of “reassembling much of their original postproduction crew to score, cut, add new and finish old visual effects, and, yes, maybe bring back many of the actors to record additional dialogue,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

THR says sources vary on how much the Snyder cut will cost to make, but the estimates are between $20-30 million. His cut will likely be much longer than a two-hour movie. While Whedon’s theatrical release clocked in at 110 minutes—just under 2 hours (reportedly, due to a studio mandate). However, Snyder’s first cut of “Justice League” that he was happy with was four hours long. He had a version in early 2017 was 2 hours and 20 minutes, which was the first cut executives saw and everyone agreed it wasn’t ready.

Now, there are debates about if it will even be released as one movie. The Snyder cut of “Justice League” could be a four-hour movie or six “chapters.”

While Snyder assembles his league to seek justice for his vision, fans will have to wait patiently. HBO Max will only say that the cut will release in 2021 with no exact date set.