WarnerMedia CEO Says Snyder’s Version Of DCEU Is Done, Shoots Down Suicide Squad Ayer’s Cut Hopes

As successful as the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League has been, don’t expect to see more of it or a Suicide Squad director’s cut any time soon. WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff spoke with Variety for a new interview and discussed the release of Snyder’s cut of the superhero film, where DCEU Films goes from here and more. You can check out some highlights below:

On releasing the Snyder Cut: “We wanted to give Zack the opportunity to complete his vision in a four-hour movie, which is impossible to do in theaters. We’re happy that we have HBO Max to let the rope out as it were and allow the fans to see all four-hours of Zack’s vision.”

On their plans for DCEU going forward: “We’ve got an incredible group of creators — television series creators, Max series creators, feature film creators — who are basically broadening the base of the talent that we work with on DC because we’re so excited about the potential to build out the DC multiverse. It’s one of the reasons why I was hired almost two years ago. The before-and-after was it was a very siloed organization with no connectivity between the businesses. DC was being developed, but in a kind of monolithic way in each division. My mantra coming in was to make it bigger and broader and we really want to surprise and delight the fans with more connective tissue across the various media and platforms. I’m talking movies, HBO Max, television and our games division.”

On Snyder fans threatening people for not endorsing the Snyder Cut: “We’re not tolerating any of that. That behavior is reprehensible no matter what franchise you’re talking about or what business you’re talking about. It’s completely unacceptable. I’m very disappointed in the fans that have chosen to go to that negative place with regard to DC, with regard to some of our executives. It’s just disappointing because we want this to be a safe place to be. We want DC to be a fandom that feels safe and inclusive. We want people to be able to speak up for the things they love, but we don’t want it to be a culture of cancelling things that any small faction isn’t happy with. We are not about that. We are about positivity and celebration.”

On fans wanting DCEU to restore the “SnyderVerse”: “I appreciate that they love Zack’s work and we are very thankful for his many contributions to DC. We’re just so happy that he could bring his cut of the “Justice League” to life because that wasn’t in the plan until about a year ago. With that comes the completion of his trilogy. We’re very happy we’ve done this, but we’re very excited about the plans we have for all the multi-dimensional DC characters that are being developed right now.”

On an ‘Ayer’s Cut’ of Suicide Squad: “We won’t be developing David Ayer’s cut.”