It doesn't look like Justice League, Batman v Superman, and Man of Steel director Zack Snyder will be returning to make any more movies in his 'Snyderverse' setting.
Speaking during a San Diego Comic-Con panel (and shared on Twitter by @themarveImaniac, below), DC Comics chief creative officer Jim Lee said Justice League: The Snyder Cut would likely be the director's final entry in the franchise.
"I work on the projects that are in development," Lee said. "I think the Snyder Cut was Zack's vision realised, and it was a really satisfying story he told, but there's no plans for additional work on that material."
Jim Lee confirms that there are no future plans for Zack Snyder or future Snyderverse materials at #SDCC. Jim Lee is part of development for all DC films. pic.twitter.com/nrPUyLWu3w
— RJ (@themarveImaniac) July 21, 2022
The four hour version of Justice League did revitalise belief in Snyder's vision for a Marvel Cinematic Universe style take on DC films, as after it was released last year, #RestoreTheSnyderVerse trended on Twitter with over one million posts of support.
The film was left open-ended too, as Snyder said he wanted to stay true to the original vision (that would have a sequel) and "it's in-genre to end these movies on a cliffhanger".
DC's new bosses reortedly decided on a different direction, however, as in April this year Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav said he wanted to overhaul the company and find a Kevin Feige-like figure to oversee the new era. Films like The Joker (which IGN said was a masterpiece) would serve as a "shining example" of things moving forward.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.