Zack Snyder has now added Darkseid to his recent run of Justice League posts ahead of the March 18 anniversary of Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
Snyder shared an image of Darkseid and wrote, “The great villain of the DC Universe is Darkseid. Across all DC live-action films, his only appearance is in Zack Snyder’s Justice League.”
The wording is what jumps out.
Zack Snyder puts the focus on Darkseid
Snyder did not simply post Darkseid and leave it at that. He made a point of saying Darkseid’s only live-action appearance came in Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
That feels deliberate, especially with Snyder spending the last several days revisiting key pieces of his Justice League plans, including Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Henry Cavill as Superman, and Wayne T. Carr as John Stewart.
Now he is doing the same with Darkseid, who was always meant to be central to the larger story Snyder had planned for Justice League 2 and Justice League 3.
Darkseid reserved for the SnyderVerse
The line “his only appearance is in Zack Snyder’s Justice League” reads like more than a simple observation.
Snyder is drawing a clear line between his version of the DC universe and everything that came after and even before it. Darkseid remains one of the biggest unresolved pieces of the SnyderVerse, and Snyder knows fans immediately connect the character to the larger arc he never got to finish.
It also keeps attention on the fact that Darkseid was introduced as the endgame threat, but the payoff never happened.
Interestingly, our insiders said James Gunn isn’t allowed to use Darkseid because of the possibility that Snyder will finish his JL movies, which we are told is happening at Paramount.
