Joshua Tyler | renew
In 2012, Christopher Nolan and The Dark Knight Rises. This means that when it comes to superheroes, Warner Bros. has nothing to do. Batman took a huge blow but tried to do something else from other DC superheroes, not just failing. They are fist.
Meanwhile, the legal issues with Superman meant that Warner Bros. needed to quickly make a Superman movie to reserve the right. The studio is legally obliged to start production in 2011, or risk losing a key element of role.
Warner Bros. The plan isn’t about mirroring Marvel’s slow build. It’s about to be big right away. That’s exactly what they do.
Why Snyderverse fails
Zack Snyder is hired as mentor man of Steel October 2010. His choice was driven by studio urgency, Christopher Nolan’s influence and Snyder’s previous success in adapting stylized comic material 300 and Watcher.
Zack Snyder’s DC movie universe begins with potential. In 2013, man of Steel Restarting the modern audience of Superman, not only rebooting the characters, but also laying the foundation for the entire interconnected universe.
man of Steel It is contemplative, suicide, dark and violent. Christopher Reeve’s hopeful hero leaves sharply. Superman killed Zod. This time there was no exile to the Phantom Zone. The building collapsed in a scene that evoked the 9/11 image, killing thousands of people.
This is controversial, but it’s got people talking about it. The film made $668 million worldwide with a budget of $225 million. People seem to really like the muscular Henry Cavill as the new Clark Kent. man of Steel Not a bomb, but it is not a huge breakthrough strike. It’s solid enough to move forward.
Batman v Superman starts Snyderverse
Instead of following it Steel 2Warner Bros. and Snyder decided to jump right into Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. This is the real start of Snyderverse, trying to launch the Justice League franchise by wrapping as many characters and settings as possible.
Release in 2016 Batman v Superman Bring Ben Affleck into an older, grey Batman and introduces Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. On paper, it should be a billion-dollar grand slam dunk. no. The film made $873 million worldwide and had a budget of about $300 million.
It sounds like a victory until you put it with Marvel’s Captain America: Civil Warthe company was issued in the same year and made $1.15 billion. or the Avengers There are $1.5 billion, or Iron Man 3 $1.2 billion.
WB expects Sword Saint; instead, they get a slogan. Critics hate it Batman v Superman. Rotten tomatoes scored 29%, and many comments showed plot disjoints, oppressive tone and excessive scripts took more time than told a compelling story.
The audience is separated. Snyder has defenders, especially online, but casual moviegoers are exhausted, for good reason. The movie is packed with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Lex Luthor, Doomsday, a fantasy sequence with flashes of the future, Darkseid teasing, and Flash Drive full of Justice League origins to become a movie. No one has time to breathe.
WB pressed the panic button, but instead of slowing down and reevaluating the direction of the universe, they did the opposite.
Suicide Squad Already in post-production, the studio took this opportunity to step in. David Ayer’s Dark, Rooted Crime Movie is re-edited by a trailer and turned into neon-colored chaos. That movie still made $747 million, but the rebound was immediate and loud. This is another part of the movie that splits, another major failure.
Justice League destroys life
Then come Justice League. Zack Snyder initially conceived Justice League As a two-part legend, it starts with the composition of the alliance and ends with a battle with Darkseid.
Before the filming ended, a terrible tragedy happened: Snyder’s daughter died of suicide in early 2017. She is only 20 years old. Snyder left the project soon after. WB took Joss Whedon to finish the movie.
At that time, Joss Whedon the Avengersconsidered the superhero Messiah. People are excited. Whedon rewrites most of the script and rewrites it halfway through the movie.
The tone changed from myth to sitcom. Superman’s beard turns into a meme. “Avengers Moment” which was supposed to be DC became a Frankenstein movie with two sounds, two tones, and no clear direction.
Justice League Released in November 2017. It blows up. The final total box office was $657 million worldwide, less than man of Steelsimilar budget. Warner Bros. is estimated to lose $60 million.
Worse, behind-the-scenes turmoil is open. Ray Fisher, who plays the cyborg, accused Whedon and accused studio executives of covering up its misconduct. WB initiated an internal investigation, but the public narrative has been set: Snyderverse is collapsing. It destroyed Joss Whedon’s career, who is now a Hollywood character.
Snyderverse distribution
After that, things got unraveled. Ben Affleck quit playing Batman and directs his planned solo film. Henry Cavill’s Superman is in trouble. WB starts canceling or remodeling projects flash,,,,, Half robotand Green Light Corps.
Patty Jenkins Wonder Woman The derivatives remained independent intonation and took a hit in 2017, garnering $822 million and widely praised. This is an exception, not a rule. “Wonder Woman 2”, titled “Wonder Woman” 1984totally bad.
WB may have pulled the plug of the Snyderverse very quickly, but between the two failures, they kept finding enough success to try again.
#ReleaseThesnyDercut
In 2020, three years later Justice League Release, the #ReleaseThesnyDercut movement finally broke out. Fans are supported by leaks and casting support and work hard to push. WB hopes to push for HBO Max subscriptions, giving Snyder $70 million to complete his version.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League It premiered in March 2021. In four hours it restores the character arc, restores the cut villain, and ends with a lot of ridicule about what is about to happen. Crucially, it’s much better than the dramatic version, 72% on Rotten Tomatoes and attracts strong engagement online.
There is a warning. Snyder Cut is not dramatic. Its ratings figures are opaque. Most importantly, it was too late.
WB has restarted Matt Reeves’ Greenlit Batman With Robert Pattinson. flash The plot has a built-in reset. The head of the new studio discovered by Warner Bros. made it clear: Snyderverse is over.
The legacy of Snyderverse
Despite the success of Snyder Cut among fans, it hasn’t translated into a revival franchise, nor has it turned into an interest for anyone outside of the full-blown Zack Snyder cult when some people are now starting to see it as.
No sequel. There is no roadmap for recovery. Snyder’s ridicule of the world of revelation with the evil Superman and Ragtag resistance fighters did not continue. Beyond those mean cult men, it’s hard to believe that anyone would like it. We want Batman, not Mad Max.
WB turns to multiverse strategy, green unrelated projects clown,,,,, Batmanand Blue beetle. Eventually, James Gunn and Peter Safran were brought in to restart the entire DC universe, starting with Superman in 2025.
Looking back now, it is clear that Snyderverse failed, not because of a bad movie, but because of mistargeting, hasty execution and ongoing studio interference.
Snyder has a coherent perspective, but is not universal. He treats his heroes like God, not men. The world is always over, and the sun rarely shines. For casual fans, and even many hardcore fans, there is too much. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. has been trying to restart without giving either direction success, re-examine and restart the middle, re-examine, restart and restart.
The legacy of Snyderverse is a cautionary tale of a studio chasing someone else’s success without understanding why they succeed in the first place.
Zack Snyder has now moved from Snyderverse. He tried to do one Beyond the stars Netflix imitation Rebel Moon. That might be Snyder’s last chance. Rebel Moon Floped, Zack is unlikely to be trusted by any other Hollywood budget, let alone superhero movies.
Snyder fans may never give up, but Snyderverse is over. Finally, it is likely to be forgotten as future successes conceal it. Or at least that’s what Warner Bros hopes for.
