Zack Snyder Keeps Posting The DC Heroes Fans Still Want Back

Zack Snyder isn’t just moving ahead with Escape from New York. He’s also keeping the SnyderVerse crowd fired up.

Following news that Snyder is writing and directing a reimagining of John Carpenter’s Escape from New York, the filmmaker returned to Instagram with more DCEU posts, including another look at Ben Affleck’s Knightmare Batman and a Henry Cavill Superman poster for Man of Steel.

Snyder fans, of course, immediately picked up on it.

UPDATE: Snyder’s SnyderVerse signaling escalated further when he reunited the entire Justice League in a single post, captioned “The League United” and set to the ZSJL score, pulling over 45k likes in eight hours.

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Zack Snyder Shares New Knightmare Batman Post

Snyder posted another image of Ben Affleck as Knightmare Batman from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and used the caption to talk about shooting the sequence in IMAX.

“Shot the Knightmare sequence from Batman v Superman entirely in IMAX,” Snyder wrote. “It was our first real taste of the 1.43:1 aspect ratio that would later be fully realized in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Also the chin at full power.”

The post pulled the expected response from fans, with comments calling the Knightmare sequence ahead of its time and once again asking for the SnyderVerse to be restored.

One fan account also called for the Batfleck movie, which remains one of the big “what could have been” projects from Snyder’s DC run.

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Snyder Also Posts Henry Cavill Superman Poster

Snyder didn’t stop with Batman.

He also posted a Man of Steel poster featuring Henry Cavill’s Superman imagery, calling it an “Awesome Man of Steel poster.”

The comments again filled up with fans praising Cavill’s Superman and asking for Man of Steel 2.

One fan wrote, “No Superman film will ever top Man of Steel, other than a sequel of course,” while another simply asked for “Man of Steel 2.”

It’s the kind of reaction Snyder posts usually generate, but the timing is hard to ignore. Snyder just landed Escape from New York, fans are already talking about who should play Snake Plissken, and yet, now he’s back posting Affleck and Cavill DC material.

Will the SnyderVerse return?

I previously reported that Saudi-backed interests were looking at Warner Bros. Discovery with major franchise ambitions, including bringing back Snyder and possibly even Christopher Nolan.

The larger play, according to what I have been told, would be about turning DC into a true rival to Marvel again, with the SnyderVerse viewed as one of the few proven DC brands that still has a massive built-in fanbase.

More recently, while at WonderCon, I exclusively reported that Snyder is “gung-ho” about doing The Dark Knight Returns and a Justice League finale if the opportunity opens up.

I’ve heard that Snyder has both projects mapped out, with The Dark Knight Returns a major spotlight and the Justice League finale wrapping up the story Snyder started with Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Zack Snyder’s Justice League.