Zack Snyder Reveals First Official Look at Darkseid in ‘Justice League’

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Zack Snyder gave fanboy dads a special Father’s Day treat as the director finally revealed the first official look at a young Darkseid from 2017’s Justice League on the mobile-based social media platform Vero. Check it out below!

VERO: Zack Snyder reveals Uxas (Young Darkseid) using the anti life equation in his Justice League cut. from r/DC_Cinematic

Previously, in a comment on Instagram, Ares actor Nick McKinless revealed that there was apparently an entire fight sequence between Ares and a younger Darkseid when he first invaded Earth. The actor says he trained for four months to get in God of War shape for the now uncredited role.

Darkseid was originally going to play a larger role in the Zack Snyder cut of Justice League and subsequent DC Extended Universe films. However, after Joss Whedon assumed directorial duties during post-production and oversaw extensive re-shoots for Justice League, Darkseid was removed from the theatrical cut and Warner Bros. reassessed their plans for future DC films following the underwhelming reviews and box office gross of the superhero team-up film.

This news is just the latest on Zack Snyder’s original cut of Justice League, which was set to introduce Darkseid. Zack Snyder’s original 5 movie-arc for the DC Extended Universe was said to include scenes of Young Darkseid vs Ares and the other Greek Gods in the first invasion of Earth, the murder of Lois Lane and half the Justice League, and Darkseid taking control of the heartbroken Superman with the Anti-Life Equation.

Here is the official synopsis for Justice League:

Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.

Directed by Zack Snyder, Justice League stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J. K. Simmons, and Ciarán Hinds.

Justice League is now available on Blu-Ray, DVD, and Digital HD.