How Zack Snyder’s Vision For The DCEU Developed [UPDATED]

The air was cleared recently by aVulturereport with interview with DC in high spirits - ups that discussed thechanges behind - the - scenes at DC Filmsand what the current gameplan was . This painted a motion picture much grander than the Snyderverse story we ’ve seen mostly in cinemas . However , it turns out one interesting particular was leave out .

Abraham Riesman , who write theVulturearticle , guested on theBatman - On - Filmpodcast this weekend and hash out one quote from DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson that did n’t make it into the article . According to the writer , Nelson say something " to the effect of " what Snyder envisioned for the characters of Superman , Batman et al . in his DCEU movies did n’t match up with plan for the blanket brand , but that DC Entertainment was more than happy for him to take that creative avenue :

" That was actually a quote that did n’t show up in the ruined man , but that Diane [ Nelson ] gave me . It was to the effect of ‘ we are a music director - driven place and Zack had a vision that did n’t needs sync up with what our imaginativeness of these characters is , but we respect that he wanted to go for that and that ’s part of our school of thought ’ . "

The most controversial matter about Snyder ’s two entry thus far in the DCEU has been his handling of comic image like Supes , Bats and Lex Luthor , with his films showcasing attempts at deconstructing these modern myth that many palpate miss what made them so far-famed in the first place . At the very least , few would deny that the Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne who showed off inDawn of Justicewere irregular interpretations . It now come out that fan were n’t the only ones surprised by this ; his ideas were different to the ease of the unfolding DC Universe , which was at that point undergo a top - down reboot withRebirth .

WhileRebirthwas a major change to the DCU status quo , this does n’t seem to have been a problem for the pic because of the enfranchisement ’s repeatedly - statedfilmmaker - lead ethos , with each director able to bring their own unique imaginativeness to their various movie - just as how comic book writers can portray their own take on the lineament in print . So , while the quote throw off some light on the internal view of the development of the DC shared universe film , it does n’t explicitly reprobate any of the resulting Snyder films nor the wider enterprise . In fact , that Nelson was willing to sanction a project likeBatman v Supermanon the back of an auteur pitch shot shows their faith in Snyder and really only instills faith in what the ilk of James Wan can convey toAquamanand David F. SandbergShazam ! ; the subject matter is , once again , that they prioritize storytelling over branding .

It ’s worth observe that Riesman is paraphrase Nelson so we do n’t know if these are her exact words , although his sum-up would seem to provide the overall substance . Why it did n’t make it into the article proper is n’t known , although it could have felt overstate in the story Riesman presented . It also risks being seen by some as too vindicator for the Snyder movies ( think of the article was an attempt to crystalise the aura ) , which is negative to both those who like the films and the prospect ofJustice Leaguenext month .

Update : Abraham Riesman hasfollowed up on Twitterto elucidate DC ’s feelings toward Zack Snyder . He qualify that there was no " rough schism , " and Nelson and others were " never disrespectful of Zack Snyder . " As the article above state , DC film are music director - drive and WB ’s approach is to " always consider talent has the talent to contribute their perspective to what they ’re creating with us . " The place that Snyder and Nelson " did n’t needs sync up " is merely pertain to the fact that DC was doing something different with DC Rebirth than Snyder was doing with the movies .