Zack Snyder Confirms His Next Project Is The Fountainhead

Zack Snyder has revealed his next project will beThe Fountainhead , an adaptation of Ayn Rand ’s 1943 novel . After shepherding the DCEU over the retiring few yr , beginning with 2013’sMan of Steel , Synder will now move away from the comic book enfranchisement , though not necessarily of his own volition .. The director ’s last DCEU picture show , Justice League , was controversially read from his hands mid - yield and finished by Joss Whedon , resulting in a much dissimilar plastic film than the one many fans had envisioned .

Justice Leaguewent on to batten down a disappointing corner office streamlet , grossing only $ 657 million worldwide . Fan displeasure with Whedon ’s version of the plastic film has lead to widespread calls forWarner Bros. to expel Snyder ’s own cut . In 2016 , the director revealed he would stick to upJustice LeaguewithThe Last Photograph , a dramatic play about a war newswriter and a special ops soldier travel to Afghanistan after being instigate by a exposure . However , Snyder has on the face of it putThe Last Photographon hold to pursue a different project .

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Responding to a rooter question on the social media site Vero ( via@ChrisRa7en ) , where Snyder handles most of his fan fundamental interaction these days , the filmmaker confirmed his next undertaking will instead be an adaption of Ayn Rand ’s novelThe Fountainhead .

Published in 1943,The Fountainheadfollows an individualist designer name Howard Roark who refuses to compromise his esthetic principles in the face of the establishment . Initially unsuccessful , the book would go on to develop a huge following , instal Rand as an influential – and controversial – writer . Like her Holy Writ , Atlas Shrugged , The Fountainheadremains an crucial text among right - leaning political thinkers , and Rand , with her Objectivist school of thought emphasizing the importance of slap-up individuals over the corporate , remains a factious anatomy .

The Fountainheadwas first made into a film by Warner Bros in 1949 , starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal . Although Rand herself appreciated the film , it was not a hit , and now it has a reputation as being a so - unfit - it’s - honest movie . Rand’sAtlas Shruggedwas adapt as three filmsfrom 2011 to 2014 but the trilogy was itself a massive critical and fiscal failure , with all three films grossing only $ 8.8 million in aggregate on an overall reported budget of $ 35 million .

Given the subject matter and compass point - of - prospect ofThe Fountainhead , it ’s perhaps pregnant that Zack Snyder would prefer to harness this project in the wake ofJustice League . Some may see Snyder as a kind of Howard Roark digit , an uncompromising creative person who refuses to give in to the good corporal mentality that seeks to numb his sight . sure , those who still clamour for the Snyder Cut have portrayed the director as such an artist . Interestingly enough , some already interpret Randian messages into Snyder ’s films , particularlyMan of SteelandBatman V Superman .