Director Zack Snyder revealed why he chose Henry Cavill to wear the black Superman suit in his Justice League miniseries for HBO Max.
Director Zack Snyder recently revealed why he chose to incorporate the black Superman suit into his Justice League, debuting on HBO Max in March 2021.
“I really have always been a very strong supporter of the black suit,” Snyder told the ComicBook Debate. “I really wanted the black suit; it made sense to me because … Superman is a notoriously non-growing character. He’s like a rock and everything breaks against him.”
He added: “And we learn about ourselves by trying to change something that is immutable.”
The director described this as “the old way, the old Superman”. He explained that his “Superman had to, at each step, kind of level up and learn something, and be something different … What I had planned was that the final step for Superman, [was] his real comeback, or his real comeback for what I would consider the classic Superman. “
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“We don’t really understand that in this film, the classic Superman. I also think that the black suit is a great time liner, ”continued Snyder. “If you see a flashback or a flash-forward, it in a black suit lets you know where you are in time because it is very particular for this specific arc.”
The black superman costume made its debut in 1993 Reign of Supermen! It was then designed Superman: the man of steel artist Jon Bogdanove, and first appeared in Action Comics # 689, featuring art by Jackson “Butch” Guice.
The synopsis of Snyder’s version of Justice League read,
In the 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 address 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 attack of catastrophic proportions.
Justice League stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Diane Lane as Martha Kent , Ciarán Hinds as Steppenwolf, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and JK Simmons as Commissioner Gordon. Zack Snyder’s Justice League is scheduled to debut on HBO Max in 2021.
Source: ComicBook Debate via ComicBook.com
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