future DC movie, and a new fan trailer shows how that could go.
Screen Culture has shared a Justice League 2 fan trailer that fulfills Zack Snyder's vision.
The dark trailer sees Ben Affleck's Batman as its protagonist. Bruce Wayne has a plan to defeat Darkseid and save the Earth. Five years have ed since Darkseid took over the planet, with Henry Cavill's Superman having fallen to the DCEU's Knightmare vision. There is a sense of tension that permeates the trailer, something Snyder always managed to accomplish through his DC movies. After fans campaigned for the Snyderverse to continue at Netflix, that is the home the trailer suggests for Justice League 2's story.
What The Justice League 2 Concept Trailer Means
Zack Snyder's Ideas For The DCEU Are Brought Back
While the Justice League 2 trailer is fan-made, it takes inspiration from Snyder's revealed plans for the DCEU movie that never was. In 2021, Zack Snyder explained his Justice League 2 plans. According to the director, the main point of the movie was that Superman would succumb to Darkseid's Anti-Life Equation. With the world taken over by its ruthless new overlord, Ben Affleck's Batman comes up with a plan that involves the Flash going back to the past to make sure things happen differently.
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The fan trailer shows a crucial part of that story, with Henry Cavill's Superman holding the body of someone who had just been burned to death. According to Snyder, Lex Luthor would have told Darkseid that Lois Lane was the key to turning Superman. In order to do that, Darkseid would kill Lois and then successfully make Superman fall to the Anti-Life Equation. The Justice League 2 fan trailer's recreation of that moment is heartbreaking. The trailer also features the major final battle that would have united every world army to finally defeat Darkseid for good.
Our Take On The Justice League 2 Concept Trailer
Zack Snyder's DCEU Plans Could Have Had An Epic Ending
I did not like all that Snyder did in the DCEU. That said, I always saw the potential his vision for the Justice League franchise had as an epic Elseworlds tale. With James Gunn's DCU now replacing the old DCEU, I would not be opposed to Snyder's Justice League 2 happening outside the main continuity as a cool Elseworlds project. The fan trailer shows the potential the movie has, and seeing Henry Cavill's Superman and Ben Affleck's Batman in a full-on story with Darkseid would be exciting. Still, I don't think Netflix could realistically release Zack Snyder's Justice League 2.
Justice League 2
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- Zack Snyder
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- Chris Terrio
Justice League 2 is the canceled sequel to the 2017 cinematic event that united Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, and the Flash for the first time on the big screen. After multiple logistic issues with the first film, director Zack Snyder completed his own cut of the movie, concluding his vision for the DCEU and putting a definitive end to the possibility of a direct JL sequel.
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