It has been three years and three months since the troubled superhero team-up Justice League hit theaters. Despite a worldwide box office tally of $656 million, it underperformed financially, and critics were similarly underwhelmed. (It settled at a 45 at Metacritic and a 40 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.)
But movies with capes and masks, as it has been long established, aren’t for the egghead critics, they are about the fans! And fans of Zack Snyder knew that a different version of Justice League could be theirs if they just made enough noise. The #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement (which wasn’t just online, but was even in the sky) has brought us to today: the final marketing push before HBO Max releases four hours of Snyder’s inimitable vision of comic book cinema.
Below, the trailer, beginning with Superman’s howl and concluding with The Joker’s eerie face. The rest you’ll see on March 18th on HBO Max.
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