Zack Snyder Hints That Justice League Will Be R-Rated

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The wait for the Zack Snyder Cut of Justice League is almost over with the highly-anticipated new version of the movie hitting HBO Max early next year. The new cut is so epic it has been divided into four hour-long instalments in addition to an eventual supercut. Seemingly confirming that his version will be much more graphic, Snyder has revealed he is anticipating an R-rating. 

“Here’s one piece of information nobody knows: The movie is insane and so epic and is probably rated R — that’s one thing I think will happen, that it will be an R-rated version, for sure. We haven’t heard from the MPAA, but that’s my gut.”

It's not just the action that will garner the film an R-rating as Snyder also revealed Batman drops the F-bomb!

"There’s one scene where Batman drops an F-bomb. Cyborg is not too happy with what’s going on with his life before he meets the Justice League, and he tends to speak his mind. And Steppenwolf is pretty much just hacking people in half. So the rating would be due to violence and profanity, probably both."

I'm not sure we need Affleck's Batman to drop any F-bombs, but the added edge to the action is welcome news. I'm aware Dawn of Justice was a messy film, the extended cut is way more coherent and the uncut rescue sequence with Batman saving Martha (WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!) was thrilling. More of that in the Snyder Cut, please. In addition to discussing Justice League, Snyder also commented on Warner Bros' controversial decision to release the bulk of their movies next year on HBO Max.

“It felt like a pretty bold move and that maybe the implication wasn’t 100 percent thought out. I feel like there’s a lot of people panicking during COVID. I hope that, in the end, that’s what this was — some sort of knee-jerk to COVID and not some sort of greater move to disrupt the theatrical experience. I thought we were kind of already getting very close to the ideal theatrical window where you still had marketing material out there and you hadn’t forgotten about the film by the time it came out on DVD or streaming. I thought we were starting to hone in on that sweet spot, but this kind of throws a monkey wrench in the works.”

Justice League: The Snyder Cut will launch on HBO Max sometime next year.

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