Lex, Steppenwolf Feature in the Opening of Snyder’s Justice League

Zack Snyder has revealed what the audience will see in the opening scene of his magnum opus, popularly called the Snyder Cut, and it features two familiar faces. The film will open with Lex Luthor and Steppenwolf communicating with each other right after the epic battle between Superman and Doomsday. The scene will also connect Justice League to Snyder’s 2016 epic Batman v Superman, which ended with Superman’s death.

The Snyder Cut, also being called the Director’s Cut, will revolve around Batman and Wonder Woman’s efforts to recruit a team of superheroes—The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg—to fight Steppenwolf and his army of Parademons. Steppenwolf serves the despotic God from Apokalips, who wishes to take over the universe by taking away hope and the ability to think freely.

Zack Snyder Reveals Opening Scene for Justice League — Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Since the film is set to premiere on HBO Max in March, Snyder has been doing promotional interviews for it. In a recent interview with I Minutemen, the director shared the details of the opening scene.

“This is the beginning of the movie. You see Superman…We go through, this is all the lightning, the kind of orange lightning that comes off of Doomsday, you know when he’s ‘YARGH!’ There was also some sort of gravity issue like these rocks were floating and all sorts of things were happening. Then we see the, as we drive in…That’s Superman there as we drive in the, he’s pulling the bone fragment out of Superman’s chest and he cries out.“
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He adds:

“Now, if you notice also in BvS there’s a very audible cry. You can hear it’s Superman’s cry now. The cry goes across…this is Heroes Park…this is the Containment Center where Lex is. And then you see Lex communing with Steppenwolf…And then this is Cyborg, he’s in his apartment and you see the push in on the closet and then you see some football trophy.”
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The description itself is a far cry from the theatrical cut’s opening scene, which featured the Man of Steel (a badly edited one at that) on heroic missions before his demise. The Snyder Cut moves from the simple opening scene to an action-packed one, something that is expected of a franchise like the DCEU.

All signs are pointing to the Snyder Cut being the awesome movie that everyone is expecting it to be!

Zack Snyder’s Justice League arrives on HBO Max on March 18, 2021.

Are you excited about the Snyder Cut? What are you most looking forward to in the film?