Photographer Clay Enos recently discussed Justice League and the (possible) Snyder Cut as well as the DCEU’s slate for the Farooqi Bros podcast, and he did not hold back.
You probably know Clay Enos best for his work alongside Zack Snyder for 300, Sucker Punch and most of the DCEU films that Snyder oversaw well up to Justice League. This is how we know that he may very well be one of the most interesting people to hear talk about the DCEU, especially about the infamous Snyder Cut of Justice League and where the DCEU is headed after Snyder’s exit.
Speaking on the Farooqi Bros podcast, Clay Enos talked about the possibility of the Justice League Snyder cut ever being released theatrically. Enos spoke about how hard it would be to release Justice League Snyder cut and the logistics of it all, specifically the amount of money it would cost to pay royalties to everyone involved:
“Just the logistics of that are really difficult. What is it? Is it a different theatrical release? What does that mean for royalty checks for the two hundred actors that participated in it. It is just a complete mess on so many fronts.”
Clay Enos went on to say that even though it’s unlikely and extremely complicated to make a theatrical run of the Snyder cut for Justice League, there may be a business opportunity to release it but only with a large investment first:
“My observation is that this business makes anything like that incredibly unlikely and complicated. That said, if there’s a sufficient box office allure they’ll figure it out. There’s probably something pretty close to ready out there. Throw another twenty, thirty million in and you could maybe see hundreds come from it… It’s a hard one. There’s massive financial consequences to doing something like that.”
As a kind of support towards Zack Snyder, Enos said that not releasing the Snyder cut of Justice League may go down in history as a wrong that can be righted and that Hollywood should strive to encourage films that have a clear mark from each director:
“This is going to go down in film history as some sort of terrible wrong that can be righted. But what culture has to emerge for that to happen is something we need to work towards. We need to prioritize this sort of auteur filmmaker world… All of us need to support films that have the auteurs mark on them. Let’s gradually work towards where the bottom line and the box office isn’t the headline.”
On this note, Enos also spoke about the best course of action fans who want the Snyder Cut of Justice League can take. He said that if fans want these types of films to be released people should always support these, so distribution systems are inclined to invest in them:
“Support films that hold those same ideals. Imagine if the market place that just want to see films that the directors work so hard to create and the distribution systems honor that vision. If the world opens up and becomes that, AT&T is going to wake up one day and be like ‘you know we have one of those’.”
After supporting Snyder and his vision with Justice League, Clay Enos spoke about fans boycotting the DCEU. He mentioned that he’s not necessarily in favor of any boycott, saying that people should see films that speak to them:
“Financial boycotts are as old as commerce. They win, they don’t win, they shift, they don’t shift. I don’t feel comfortable weighing in one way or the other. I’m simply saying another path to take is to consume film that reflect your ideals.”
Finally, he said that Justice League got butchered by Warner Bros and it was very hard to see a film from a friend of his get this treatment:
“It’s somewhat uncomfortable because a friend of mine’s film got butchered. Obviously, the DCEU is going in a different direction.”
What do you think about Clay Enos’ remarks on the Justice League Snyder cut? Do you think Justice League got butchered? Sound off in the comment section down below!
After Justice League, Aquaman followed. The DCEU continues in April with Shazam! on April 5, 2019, which will be followed by Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) on February 7, 2020, and Wonder Woman 1984 on June 5, 2020. A standalone Joker film set outside of the DC Films universe starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime is also set to hit theaters October 4, 2019
Here is the synopsis for Shazam! DC’s next film:
We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s (Angel) case, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart—inside a ripped, godlike body—Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his social studies test? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child. But he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Strong).
Directed by David F. Sandberg, DC Shazam! stars Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Grace Fulton, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Cooper Andrews, Marta Milans, and Ron Cephas.
Shazam! will be released in theaters on April 5, 2019.
Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news on the future of the current DC cinematic universe as we learn it.
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