

Snyder requested that both Johns' and Berg's names be removed from his cut of the film, though the filmmaker has denied reports claiming that he threatened the producers' careers if their names were not removed. announced the release of Zack Snyder's Justice League for HBO Max in 2020. While Justice League was a critical and commercial failure, Warner Bros. RELATED: Zack Snyder Finally Responds to Fans Expecting WB to Sell the Snyderverseĭid Zack Snyder Threaten Geoff Johns' Career? However, when Snyder departed the project due to a personal tragedy, The Avengers director Joss Whedon took over Justice League in reshoots and post-production.

This caused friction between Johns, Snyder, co-writer Chris Terrio and the studio. Johns handled the rewrites to Snyder's Justice League script, giving the film a lighter tone than its predecessor. Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016, Johns and former DC Entertainment executive Jon Berg were appointed by Warner Bros. Doomsday Clock effectively introduced the characters in Watchmen to the DC Universe and also served as a conclusion to the story set up by The New 52 and DC Rebirth.įollowing the response to Snyder's Batman v. From Johns, Gary Frank and Brad Anderson, Doomsday Clock is a limited series published by DC Comics from 2017 to 2019 and was a direct sequel to the Watchmen miniseries by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons and John Higgins.
