Justice League's Snyder Cut Is (Almost) Real — And HBO Max Plans To Release It

DC fans, rejoice: The Snyder Cut of Justice League is finally being released! Well, kind of.


Director Zack Snyder, who initially helmed the 2017 superhero blockbuster however left before production was complete due to a family member tragedy, revealed on Wednesday (May 20) that the world will soon indeed get to be able to see his vision of the film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Snyder Cut will hit the new streaming service HBO Max (launching on May 27), likely sometime in 2021. The final shape it'll take remains a question, though it might would be one four-hour cut of the film or split up into six "chapters."


After Snyder left the film in mid-2017, Avengers director Joss Whedon was brought in to retool the film and to keep its slated release date in November. Although the mythical Snyder Cut, theoretically more in line with his grittier previous entries in the DC Extended Universe Man of Steel and Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, has its roots in the director's stated ideal version of the film, which he mentioned would run nearly four hours long. He apparently delivered a version of this that ran nearly two-and-a-half hours long to meet Warner Bros.'S request before he stepped away.


That version, as THR notes, was far from finished and lacking post-production work, including visual effects. So, no, there's never actually been a finished Snyder Cut — nevertheless this new deal with HBO Max permits Snyder the creative freedom (and crucially, the cash) to realize one. It may reportedly cost between $20 and $30 million.


This news will definitely please the film's star Jason Momoa, who told MTV News in 2019 that he'd seen the Snyder Cut — or whichever version of it that exists — and that "the public needs to be able to see it."


Momoa himself, as Aquaman, may also return to help visualize it through; as THR points out, "Snyder also spent April And may even reaching out to the sizable cast, giving a heads-up on the new development and letting them know their services may be needed." That can contribute Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Ezra Miller Because the Flash, and more.


"As a fan, I'm very, quite pleased that I got to be able to see it," Momoa told MTV News's Josh Horowitz last year. Next year, he may be in good business, once the Snyder Cut hits HBO Max for real.


Find all of the specifics right here, and then relive the glorious moment of Momoa exclaiming "fuck yeah, I wanna visualize it!" In a 2018 MTV News Aquaman interview below.