Producer Zach Snyder wants to create unique film worlds on his own – without pressure from film studios. He spoke about this in an interview. The sunday timescommenting on the development of the film “Justice League Zach Snyder“(Zack Snyder’s Justice League).
The director admitted that he was afraid for a long time to publicly support the fan movement #ReleaseTheSnyderCutsince the studio Warner bros… could well have tried to sue him and “shut up”. Snyder also did not want to “provoke the fandom”, but he showed himself on the positive side, raising more than 750 thousand dollars to prevent suicide and raise public awareness of mental health.
Bad experience with Warner Bros. allowed the director to understand that it is difficult for a person with his own point of view to act as a “gear” or “apprentice”.
“For example, I would like to make a movie in the Star Wars universe, I know a lot about it, but I’m not sure if I can survive it,” – said Snyder.
Thus, the director denied rumors that have appeared in the past few weeks that he could allegedly be entrusted with a project in the universe. “Star Wars“(Star Wars).
Studio Lucasfilm at Kathleen Kennedy became a kind of scarecrow for Hollywood directors. The new Star Wars trilogy did not have a single plan, because of which it fell apart, and the departure of the director Colin Trevorrow due to “creative differences” led to the fact that the ninth episode of the saga J.J. AbramI was filming in conditions of the most severe time pressure.
The first version of the film “Rogue One“(Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) from the director Garrett Edwards did not like Lucasfilm management. A completely different version reached the theaters, for which the screenwriter was responsible Tony Gilroy…
For the film “Han Solo“(Solo: A Star Wars Story) originally given Phil Lord and Christopher Millerbut they got fired for trying to make a comedy. As a result, most of the materials were re-shot Ron Howardbut that did not save the tape from commercial failure.
You can remember the canceled film Josh Trunk about Bobu Fetta and quiet departure from the unannounced showrunner project “The game of thrones“(Game of thrones) David Benioff and Daniela Brett Weiss… Journalists and fans associate both cases with scandals around the above-mentioned filmmakers.
The final chord was the undefined status of the new Star Wars trilogy from Ryan Johnson, in the reality of which only the director himself believes now.
As for Zach Snyder, his film will be released in May “Army of the Dead“(Army of the dead), which is not only exclusive Netflix, but will also give rise to a new franchise (the animated series has already been announced). And top managers WarnerMedia have openly stated on several occasions that they no longer want to work with Snyder.
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