Zack Snyder Confirms Epilogue Chapter For Justice League Cut

Last week, it was announced that Zack Snyder’s Justice League will officially be told through six chapters during its four-hour runtime. Now, in a recent interview on Beyond the Trailer, Snyder has confirmed that there will be an additional seventh chapter to his long-awaited director’s cut which will be titled “A Father Twice Over.” He further teased that the surprise last chapter will serve as the film’s ‘big epilogue’ which is expected to be around 20-25 minutes long.

“There is an epilogue that’s called “A Father Twice Over” that, well I guess wasn’t released,” Snyder said. “The last part is called “Father Twice Over” and that’s, you know, takes you to the end of the movie. That’s the big epilogue … from there to the very end is 25 minutes, 20 minutes, plus the credits. There’s actually seven parts, yes.”

Earlier this month, Snyder previously confirmed that his upcoming Justice League cut will be ending on a “massive cliffhanger.” The said cliffhanger will most likely be featured in the additional chapter and, due to its title, it might be connected to Victor’s father, Silas Stone, or another main character who might potentially become a father by the end of the film.

Justice League will be hitting HBO Max as a four-hour movie on March 18. It was originally revealed at DC FanDome that the movie will release on HBO Max in 2021 by being broken up into four one-hour parts that will also be released as one four-hour film, but will now solely be released as a one-off film instead of the four-part series. Snyder says that there will be no after-credits scenes.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League reportedly cost around $70 million in order to properly finish the editing and visual effects of the director’s original vision, as well as the additional photography. The original post-production crew is also expected to return along with the cast members to record additional dialogue for the cut.

Fueled by the hero’s restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Justice League sees Bruce Wayne enlist 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 stand against 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 assault of catastrophic proportions.

Justice League, which features a screenplay from Chris Terrio from a story by Snyder and Terrio, stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Connie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta, with J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon, and Amy Adams as Lois Lane.

Released in November 2017, the film earned mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike, praising the action and performances from Gadot and Miller while criticizing every other aspect of the film, namely the inconsistent tone that many fault Joss Whedon (The Avengers) for after taking over directorial duties from Snyder. With a large budget of $300 million and a break-even point of $750 million, the film is considered a box office bomb having grossed only $658 million.