Author: Doctor Zeus

A fan site devoted to Zack Snyder's DC films.

ZSJL to release in theaters alongside HBO Max 30 day release, and scrap plan for four part miniseries?

by Doctor Zeus

I’ve been reading that Grace Randolph has reported this. Can’t check because 1) I’m staying off Twitter until I finish binge watching The Mandalorian, lol, and 2) Grace has me blocked on Twitter for some reason anyway. For the time being I’m following Snyderverse news mainly via the DC_Cinematic subreddit. Anyway, if you know something please comment here on the blog or in the linked forum thread. Thanks!

https://thesnyderverse.proboards.com/post/137/thread

BvS is getting a restoration and release on HBO Max in IMAX aspect ratio–and perhaps even before ZSJL releases

by Doctor Zeus

I’ve heard rumors (@OhioDavee) of color grading being worked on as well. How awesome it would be if the 70MM film negative will be scanned in 4K (IIRC BvS was released in native 2K and the 4K disk is upscaled, essentially.) (Edit: My bad, I now see that BvS was shot in native 4K. It’s MoS that uses a native 2K digital intermediate and is upscaled.) And of course I’m hoping for additional scenes from that 4 hours assembly cut. https://thesnyderverse.proboards.com/post/131/thread

The Seven Samurai was an important inspiration for Zack Snyder’s Justice League

by Doctor Zeus

Remember back in September, 2017 how Zack shared that his Justice League film drew inspiration from Kurosawa’s epic masterpiece The Seven Samurai? And if I recall correctly Zack also said that he felt ZSJL had a LotR-ish vibe as well. So perhaps we can think of it as inspired by a melding of those two film experiences.

But in any case, Zack has said that he worked on the film at home in black and white. And of course The Seven Samurai is in black and white. During Fandome Zack mentioned that he chafed at seeing some “brightly colored marketing” for his film after he left post production that pushed him even more to work on it in black and white at home.

So I’m very curious indeed to see what the film looks like in black and white. Zack is a brilliant colorist, and I’m sure I’ll be thrilled with the look of the film in color. But if the film has an elegiac tone to it, I’m thinking the black and white is going to deliver some of those emotional themes even more powerfully.

Well, anyway, we’ll get a taste today when Zack releases the full Hallelujah trailer in black and white, along with his live breakdown of the scenes he features. I assume Zack will host that watch party some time today on his Vero True Social account.