The director of comic-book adaptations like “300” and “Watchmen,” Snyder kicked things off with the 2013 “Man of Steel,” which cast Henry Cavill as Superman. Still, there was little time to course-correct: Snyder was set to begin production on “Justice League,” originally conceived as a two-film project, just weeks after “Batman v Superman” had been released. On the London set of “Justice League,” Snyder assured reporters that he had taken the reviews of “Batman v Superman” to heart, but after he completed principal production, Warner Bros. announced in May 2017 that Snyder would be stepping down from the project. Snyder said at the time that he was leaving “Justice League” to attend to his family after his daughter’s suicide. In the end, it was all for naught: The Whedon cut of “Justice League” was released in November 2017 to poor reviews and a box-office total that came in well below both “Batman v Superman" and “Man of Steel.”

Source: New York Times November 19, 2019 12:01 UTC