'Justice League' News: Zack Snyder On Film's Working Title, Why He Didn't Choose Grant Gustin To Play The Flash
Now that "Batman v Superman" is days away from hitting theaters, director Zack Snyder can focus on his next major project: the first part of the upcoming Justice League superhero film series, which begins production next month.
Snyder, who is in charge of developing the expanded DC Cinematic Universe, helmed "Batman v Superman" as well as its predecessor "Man of Steel" (2013) and has also been attached to direct the Justice League films, which are scheduled to be released in 2017 and 2019.
During an interview with Collider, Snyder spoke about the Justice League film, saying that the project doesn't have an official title yet.
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"Right now the working title is Justice League," he said. "Actually, I'm in that phase where I've been drawing logos and I've been drawing title treatments and stuff like that to try and figure out what it means, what Justice League is, visually, so we'll see if the name evolves with this visual presentation."
With "Dawn of Justice" wrapped and ready to drop, Snyder and his team will soon travel to England to begin working on the first Justice League feature. The director compared the new film's shooting schedule to that of his previous project, saying, "The schedule's close, it's not quite as long, but give or take."
According to Snyder, they already have a big backlot in England built for the fictional cities of Gotham and Metropolis, which means that they don't have to go through the hassles of closing down actual city streets during filming.
In an interview with the New York Daily News, the "Batman v Superman" director explained why he chose "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" actor Ezra Miller to play the cinematic version of The Flash instead of sticking with Grant Gustin, who plays the Scarlet Speedster in The CW's "The Flash."
"I just don't think it was a good fit," Snyder said. According to the director, despite Gustin's popularity, he was never in the running to bring the superhero to life in the DC Cinematic Universe.
"I'm very strict with this universe and I just don't see a version where… that [tone is] not our world," Snyder said.
The as-yet-untitled Justice League film opens in theaters November 2017.
"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" drops Friday, March 25.
