Justice League: Joss Whedon Officially Getting Co-Writing Credit

Joss Whedon is getting an official co - writing reference for his contributions to the approaching DC Extended Universe film , Justice League . TheAvengersdirector is credited alongside Chris Terrio as the writer of the film ’s screenplay .

Justice League , interchangeable toThe Avengers , is an case flick that brings together DC superheroes Batman , Wonder Woman , The Flash , Aquaman , and Cyborg to take on the evil Steppenwolf - a deputy of Darkseid , who decides Earth is ripe for conquering in the wake of Superman ’s death at the end ofBatman V Superman : Dawn of Justice . Director Zack Snyder left the yield to begin with this year to deal with a kinsfolk tragedy , bringing onWhedon to overseeJustice League ’s reshootsand assistance with post - production in his absence .

In add-on to running the reshoots , Whedon has been helping out with theJustice Leaguescript . The latter share of his is now being formally reflected in the film ’s printing press material . In Warner Bros. Pictures ' 2017 Fall Movie Preview military press release , Snyder and Terrio are credit forJustice League ’s covert tale , while Terrio and Whedon share credit for compose the movie ’s screenplay . This was expected , as at the very least Whedon contributed scripted material that has been added during the film ’s reshoots , per Snyder ’s request .

Although Whedon has been serve as the director onJustice Leagueduring its reshoots , it was not generally expected that he would receive an genuine co - directing credit on the picture . The position is redolent of what go on on last year’sRogue One : A Star Wars Story , when Tony Gilroy was brought in to oversee the film ’s reshoots and ultimately received co - writing credit for his endeavor , while Gareth Edwards was list as the sole director onRogue One . It appears that history will repeat itself in that respect , onJustice League .

While Whedon may not get a directing deferred payment onJustice League , it appears that he could have more influence over the future of the DCEU than Snyder will . It ’s been reported for some time now that Snyder will next work on one of the non - DCEU projects that he ’s been stay fresh on the back - burner , afterJustice Leagueis all done . Whedon , by comparison , will start run forwards with ontogenesis of hisBatgirlfilm next year and it ’s plausible that his role in the DCEU will keep to expand , going forrad . Although Whedon step forth from the Marvel Cinematic Universe after what was describe as a arduous production onAvengers : Age of Ultron , he is a lifelong comic book obsessive and has written several of his own , too . For those reasons , it ’s not so surprising that he did n’t stay off from the cosmos of superhero films for long .