Zack Snyder’s Justice League ends with a stable half-hour dedicated to the way forward for a franchise that isn’t going to occur. The post-credits scene from the 2017 model — through which Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) enlists Deathstroke (performed by Joe Manganiello) for his Legion of Doom — is now a part of the runtime. Then viewers get a brand new Knightmare sequence starring Jared Leto’s Joker (as a nod to David Ayer’s Suicide Squad). Then Martian Manhunter exhibits as much as say “They name me Martian Manhunter” earlier than flying away. It’s all rather a lot!
Sadly, Snyder’s tease gained’t seemingly repay: As WarnerMedia Studios CEO Ann Sarnoff advised Selection on Monday, there aren’t any plans to sequelize the four-hour movie. “With [the release of Justice League on HBO Max] comes the completion of his trilogy. We’re very blissful we’ve performed this, however we’re very excited concerning the plans we now have for all of the multi-dimensional DC characters which are being developed proper now.”
However no less than one individual noticed potential within the now-infamous Luthor-Deathstroke after-credits scene: Stephen Colbert. Hoping to squeeze a bit extra life out of the Justice League 2, the late-night TV host launched his personal “Colbert reduce” of the scene, permitting him to play out the way it all may have gone if there’d solely been extra time. Extra time in a four-hour reduce of the film. 4 hours.
What begins as an interrogation of Deathstroke’s entire deal explodes right into a historical past lesson within the acquisition shuffling of superhero IP through the years. Dumb? Sure. Entertaining? Sure. Certain to agitate a subsection of Snyder Lower followers? Nearly definitely. However to cite a line that the Joker does not say in Justice League: We reside in a society.
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