For years, countless social-media posts and forum threads effectively were the Snyder Cut: a vehement rejection of the theatrical cut, and a fervent belief that the real movie - the ür-DC superhero film - was out there somewhere. The Snyder Cut is difficult to talk about without talking about the people who demanded it. It might’ve been better for most of us online if it had stayed that way. will finally release what, for all those years, has mostly been theoretical, a hashtag and a dream. The incident was a funny blip 10 days before Zack Snyder’s Justice League was scheduled to hit the streamer for real, a tantalizing tease for a fandom that has incessantly demanded to see this movie more or less since Justice League hit theaters in a disastrous state four years ago. The goof was resolved quickly one Twitter user said they only saw an hour of the film before the stream was cut off, and Tom & Jerry stopped being a Snyder Cut speakeasy. Some viewers claimed that when they went to stream the new Tom & Jerry movie, they got something very different: Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The segment finished with a message that teased “The Late Show: Snyder Cut” would be headed to Paramount+: “A mountain of suck it Warner Brothers,” the narrator could be overheard saying.Earlier this week, something funny happened on HBO Max. “But yeah, suck it Warner Brothers,” he said. Though Snyder noted those were Colbert’s words, “not his,” he couldn’t help but also poke some fun. “The whole episode is 16 hours and 47 min and that’s just the beginning of the extended Late Show Snyder verse… Suck it Warner Brothers,” Colbert said.
Snyder also helped direct The Late Show’s band, where he referenced the zombie makeup he’s used for his upcoming Netflix film Army of the Dead. Then for interview segments, he envisioned them all to have a “subtle reference” to the alternate future he created at the end of Zack Snyder’s Justice League which featured Jared Leto’s Joker. When considering “Zack Snyder leads,” Colbert says he was “flattered” for Snyder to help him given the director works with leading men considered to be “Gods among mortals.”īecause Colbert “fills out his clothes like lentils fill out a sandwich bag,” Snyder explains that he enlisted an “elite Hollywood personal trainer” to help Colbert in his fitness regimen but it ended with “unbelievable” results such as actually losing muscle mass. “Directing is all about keeping talent out of their comfort zone,” Snyder said, with Colbert adding that a lot of blood was lost that day. “Your family is trapped under an overturn tank… You’re hungry for revenge,” he told Colbert, who then began welcoming viewers with a more somber and angrier tone.įor Colbert’s monologue, Snyder says he was hoping to deliver what Zack Snyder fans have been “demanding for years… Another classic Zack Snyder slow-motion shot.” To offer some action, Snyder threw a knife at the late-night host, which was filmed in slow-motion.
Later on, Snyder helped advise Colbert on how to recite his opening statements. But it can instantly transform into anything,” he said, only for Snyder to note that it would remain a desk and it’s the “potential to be anything is what great cinema is about.” “We envisioned a late night set unlike anything anyone had ever seen before.”Ĭolbert described the new digital environment as something that embodied “freedom.” “This desk that I’m at here is $80 million more my actual desk. The late-night host was proven to be mistaken as Snyder quipped that “everything had to change,” in particular with Colbert’s set which he would improve through the use of CGI. And, most importantly, Zack loves our show. He has a genius for visual storytelling… He can do it all. 'Lord of the Rings' Cast Team Up With Killer Mike and Method Man for 20th Anniversary Rap on 'Late Show'Ĭolbert also shared his excitement: “We were so excited that Zack signed on to this project. I’m always looking to grow as an artist so when my agent asked me if I wanted to direct an episode of The Late Show, I immediately said yes,” Snyder said in a spoof behind-the-scenes interview before admitting that he was excited because he loves “Carpool Karaoke” - a popular segment on James Corden’s The Late Late Show. That’s why I spent my whole career tackling the big genres. After already having delivered his director’s cut of Justice League, Zack Snyder was ready to offer a “Snyder Cut” take on another project: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.ĭuring a segment on The Late Show’s Wednesday night show, the director says he was ready for a “challenge” as he directed a special episode.