Batman V Superman. However, those works proved to be extremely divisive with critics and fans, which made the studio attempt a last-minute course correction to improve Justice League late in the game.

In May 2017, Snyder stepped down from Justice League, citing his daughter's suicide as the reason (though tanked at the box office, the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement was born, and now those behind it want to do a deeper examination of what happened.

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Mata, whose original petition is now up to more than 174,000 signatures, shared the fundraiser on Change.org. In a lengthy post detailing his relationship with Justice League and DC characters, Mata concluded by stating the purpose for his fundraiser:

The fundraiser money will go to a documentary on Zack Snyder’s Justice League Director’s Cut, the search for the truth on what really happened and whether or not the film will ever be released bis ongoing and maybe a documentary about it, might help the cause I started with the petition.

As of this writing, the fundraiser has generated just $80 of a $4,000 goal thanks to contributions from five ers. It's way too early to say how many DCEU fans will donate money at this point in time, but Mata does have a history of drumming up interest in the Snyder Cut cause. very open about his ideas for Justice League, and many are curious to learn more about his plan, which the documentary would surely entail.

Meanwhile, WB is still licking their wounds from Justice League's underperformance, reshuffling things at the top to improve the vision for their franchise. Once again, they're in desperate need for a hit, but fortunes could change soon thanks to James Wan's early screening of that film went over very well, suggesting the standalone could help DC bounce back on the cinematic side of things as the enter the post-Snyder era.

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Source: Change.org