ben affleck played batman in the justice league movie.
ben affleck played batman in the justice league movie.
who plays batman in the justice league movie?
ben affleck
"" was panned by critics (holding a 27% approval rating on rotten tomatoes), though audiences gave the film a warmer reception (holding a "b" rating with cinemascore). common critiques of the film centered around its dark tone, lack of humor and slow pace. this reaction caused warner bros. and snyder to re-evaluate upcoming films in the dceu, particularly "suicide squad", which had already wrapped principal photography, and "justice league", which was a month away from filming. snyder and terrio had always planned on having the dceu films become progressively more light and positive in tone, but the reaction to "batman v superman" caused them to rewrite "justice league" as even more hopeful in tone than originally planned. in cinematographer fabian wagner's first meeting with snyder, he said he wanted to "get away from the stylized, desaturated, super-high contrast looks of other films in the franchise." warner hired jon berg and geoff johns to oversee the dceu, with their first task being to help with "justice league" rewrites to make the film more hopeful and optimistic. batman actor ben affleck was hired to help with script re-writes and also serve as executive producer on "justice league", mainly to ensure continuity between the film and "the batman", which he was expected to star in and direct at the time. jeremy irons, the actor who portrayed alfred pennyworth and was an outspoken critic of "batman v superman", said the "snyder cut" script was simpler, smaller and more linear than its predecessor. because of the "justice league" re-writes, steppenwolf was cut as the major villain from "suicide squad" and was last-minute replaced by enchantress' brother incubus. principle photography was shot entirely using 35 mm film and wrapped in december 2016. months later, multiple cuts of snyder's "justice league" were shown to warner executives, in addition to friends and family of snyder. a final run-time and picture lock were achieved, though the cuts had incomplete vfx shots, partial audio mixing and junkie xl's soundtrack was mid-way through production. during an event, snyder said that he had multiple cuts that were essentially "done," only needing "a few cg tweaks" to complete, but that it was ultimately up to warner to release it. this mostly finished version of "justice league" is what's often referred to as the "snyder cut".
versions of justice league
in the one earth regime universe featured in "" and "injustice 2", krypton is attacked by the rogue coluan scientist brainiac. the kryptonians find themselves at the mercy of brainiac's forces and kara zor-el barely escapes the destruction of argo city. her mother alura rescues her from brainiac's drones and reveals she and jor-el have both been working to create two ships, one for kara and the other for her baby cousin kal-el. kara and kal-el escape krypton as it is destroyed by brainiac, though kara's ship is damaged by the explosion knocking it off course and putting kara into hyper sleep. kal-el is raised on earth as clark kent and becomes superman. as superman he forms the justice league and befriends batman. however, the joker ends up tricking superman into attacking lois lane, who was pregnant with superman's child. this results in her death which triggers a nuclear explosion that destroys metropolis. superman murders the joker and establishes a tyrannical government called the one earth regime. however, batman, opposed to superman's methods, forms the insurgency to overthrow the regime. with the aid of the justice league from another universe, the regime is defeated and the insurgency works to rebuild. however, superman's ally, black adam, finds kara's ship and brings her to earth. together they free superman's current lover wonder woman from imprisonment on themyscira. wonder woman and black adam hide the tyrannical nature of the regime from supergirl and train her to use her powers in secret, though brainiac attacks earth after being alerted to kal-el's survival due to his regime's supporting the sinestro corps. in a war with the green lantern corps. supergirl and the regime try to break superman out of prison, but are stopped by batman and his allies, though batman decides to release superman, calling a temporary truce between the regime and the insurgency to combat brainiac. during brainiac's attack on metropolis, supergirl witnesses wonder woman's brutal attack on their ally harley quinn after harley tried to stop wonder woman from killing the cheetah, as it violated batman's no-killing policy. supergirl saves harley's life and confronts her cousin at the fortress of solitude. supergirl is horrified to learn her cousin approves of wonder woman's actions, though he believes it would be best to deal with harley after brainiac is dealt with. supergirl compares his methods to general zod's and briefly fights superman and his allies, though brainiac's attack forces them to focus on dealing with him first. superman and supergirl work together to attack brainiac's ship, but are stopped by its barrier. brainiac destroys metropolis reminding superman of his past failure, causing him to attack the ship with all his might, only to be seemingly killed by brainiac. batman confronts the grieving supergirl and reveals that superman was once his friend. believing kara is the last surviving kryptonian, brainiac offers to spare earth if they hand over kara zor-el as he wishes to study the effects of yellow sun radiation on kryptonian cells, though batman refuses. batman, his allies and the remaining regime members manage to overload the shields protecting brainiac's ship. batman and supergirl manage to infiltrate the ship, but supergirl is captured, though batman discovers that superman is still alive and the two join forces to defeat brainiac and free supergirl. however after brainiac's defeat, superman and batman argue over brainiac's fate, leading to an end to their truce. despite brainiac being responsible for krypton's destruction, supergirl sides with batman and choose to spare brainiac so he can help them restore the worlds and cities he has collected. supergirl tries to reason with her cousin by telling him of how his father opposed general zod, only for superman to reveal he agrees with zod's methods, believing that if jor-el had been more like zod, then he would have been able to save krypton. in superman's story mode ending, batman is defeated, though superman spares him due to not wanting him to become a martyr. superman merges with brainiac's ship and imprisons supergirl in his former cell. he reveals that all the cities have been restored and earth is once again under the control of the regime. superman reveals there is still a place for her and that he is creating an army using beings freed from brainiac's collection. supergirl refuses to join him, though superman reveals he has used brainiac's technology to turn batman into a brainwashed slave and threatens to do the same to kara if she continues to resist. in batman's story mode ending, superman is defeated by batman after kara leads him to the batcave. batman apologizes to kara for not being able to save her cousin. superman is taken prisoner and batman decides to imprison him in the phantom zone. superman vows to escape and is hurt by supergirl's betrayal. supergirl reveals to batman the house of el's s symbol is supposed to be a symbol of hope; though her cousin turned it into a symbol of fear, batman, however, states that its meaning is determined by the one who wears it and tells her of how he and superman used to fight for justice as members of the justice league, before offering her a chance to do the same, having earned batman's trust. in supergirl's character ending, she joins batman's justice league, working with them to restore kandor and cities collected by brainiac. supergirl notes that while she could not save her cousin, it will not stop her from trying to bring people hope. she is last shown flying with other kryptonian survivors in the sky of a restored kryptonian city. in sub-zero's ending, superman joins forces with kryptonian criminals general zod, ursa and non after escaping the phantom zone through a portal accidentally created by the batman's justice league while trying to create a portal to earthrealm. sub-zero confronts superman, while supergirl faces general zod, and batman battles ursa and non. in "injustice: gods among us", general zod appears as a dlc character, though he plays no role in the game's story. in "injustice 2", power girl appears as a alternate character skin for supergirl, though she does not appear in the main story and originates from earth-2.
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