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Zack Snyder’s Justice Leaguefans, with the support of Green Lantern actor Wayne T. Carr, campaigned against Warner Bros. over the studio’s decision to cut the Green Lantern scene introducing John Stewart. The studio expressed having plans for the character at the time, but two and a half years later, there has been nothing to show for it.
Keeping up with all the fan campaigns surrounding DC may be difficult from an outsider’s perspective. What started as Release The Snyder Cut now extends to Release The Ayer Cut, Restore The Snyderverse, Release The Schumacher Cut, and Sell Snyderverse To Netflix, all reflecting how Warner Bros. has mismanaged the DC franchise in the eyes of some fans. Now, a new DC fan campaign joins the ranks, which involves campaigning for a specificGreen Lantern scene that Snyder previously teaseda concept of when expressing why the studio told him that he couldn’t use the character in his cut.
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Fans are calling the cut ofZack Snyder’sJustice Leaguethat puts back the Green Lantern scene the Emerald Edition. What was supposed to be the movie’s last scene involved John Stewart visiting Bruce Wayne at his lake house to warn him of the coming threat involving Darkseid. However, after Warner Bros. told Snyder that he wasn’t allowed to use Green Lantern, he was able to negotiate Martian Manhunter as a replacement. In the last two and a half years since Snyder expressed that the studio told him it had its own plans for the character, fans now make the argument that the studio has shown nothing except acanceledGreen LanternHBO Max seriesand that with the DCU reboot on the way, there is no reason not to finish the scene in post-production and release it as a celebration of the movie before moving forward.
Snyder initially expressed telling WB, “I cast my guy. You cast your guy, and we’ll let the world decide who Green Lantern is." However, with WB not sticking to its reason forscrapping Green Lantern fromZack Snyder’s Justice Leaguein the first place, fans have had nothing to compare it to. So, they made their voices heard with support from Carr in hopes that WB would listen to them.
To ensure a smooth transition into the DCU reboot, David Zaslav, James Gunn, and Peter Safran might be wise to adhere to the fan base and its directors regarding the Ayer Cut ofSuicide Squad, the Emerald Edition ofZack Snyder’s Justice League, and the Schumacher Cut ofBatman Forever.These versions only require post-production work to be ready for completion.
However, WB has a history of being vocal against the Snyderverse fan base, evenexpressing regret over releasing the Snyder Cut. Those previous executives have all been pushed out of the company, so with new leadership at WBD and DC Studios, there is still an opportunity to bridge the gap between the factions of DC fans before the reboot could potentially divide audiences further.
