We finally have a proper look at Darkseid fromJustice League, who would have appeared in the movie had Zack Snyder had it his way. As DC fans are surely aware at this point, Snyder most certainly did not have it his way and the version that made its way to theaters was incredibly distant from what he originally intended. Slowly but surely, over the last year and a half, the filmmaker has been teasing what could have been on social media, but this may well be his biggest tease to date.
“Speaking of Father’s Day. Here’s the king daddy #UxasandtheAntilife.”
Uxas, for those who may not know, refers to Prince Uxas, aka the figure thatDarkseidwas before he took on his evil identity. As for the Anti-Life bit of the hashtag, that refers to the Anti-Life Equation, which was going to come into play in Justice League 2, had things moved forward. It would have been used on Superman to turn him evil. Darkseid, who would have been played by actor Ray Porter, was also going to kill Lois Lane. This all helps to explain the unresolved Knightmare sequence fromBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Loose ends that Snyder never got to tie up.
Thefull scope of the director’s planshas never been revealed, butJustice Leaguewould have been a very different movie that would have set up Darkseid as the big bad for a direct sequel, which would have actually hit theaters last week, had Warner Bros. stuck to their guns. Instead, the backlash againstBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceresulted in the studio no longer trusting totally in Zack Snyder’s vision. That created tension during the filming ofJustice Leaguebefore Snyder left the project entirely. Joss Whedon was brought in to handle rewrites and reshoots that were very costly. That ultimately led to a Frankenstein’s monster version of the movie that hit theaters in 2017.
Ever since the movie was released, many DC fans have been calling for Warner Bros. torelease the Snyder Cut of Justice League. There’s still some debate as to how possible that may be. Though, the filmmaker himself did say that the version he originally wanted had to be rewritten significantly after the BvS fallout. In any event, we’re probably never going to see anything more than what winds up making its way onto social media here and there. Be sure to check out the image below, which was originally shared via Zack Snyder’sVero.
