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When you sit down to watch Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the first thing that you’ll see is a message about the movie’s aspect ratio.

“This film is presented in a 4:3 format to preserve the integrity of Zack Snyder’s creative vision,” the disclaimer reads.

So, are you wondering what 4:3 format means? This is the standard aspect ratio that was used for standard televisions since the invention of moving picture camera. When high-definition televisions were invented, most modern televisions switched to the 16:9 displays.

IMAX movies are presented in 1.43:1, which is nearly equal to the 4:3 format.

“My intent was to have the movie, the entire film, play in a gigantic 4:3 aspect ratio on a giant IMAX screen,” Snyder said last year. “Superheroes tend to be, as figures, they tend to be less horizontal. Maybe Superman when he’s flying, but when he’s standing, he’s more of a vertical. Everything is composed and shot that way, and a lot of the restoration is sort of trying to put that back. Put these big squares back… it’s a completely different aesthetic. It’s just got a different quality and one that is unusual. No one’s doing that.”

The movie is streaming now on HBO Max!

WARNING: Justice League spoilers ahead!

Ben Affleck and Jared Leto were never in the same room for Zack Snyder’s Justice League!

The two stars shot their scenes separately for the film, which just debuted on HBO Max, Insider reported.

Almost all of the Zack Snyder cut consists of pre-existing footage from the original production in 2017. There is only one new scene shot last year: the post-apocalyptic Knightmare epilogue involving the return of Jared Leto’s Joker.

“Zack always felt the ultimate for him was to see Batman and Joker together in a scene…it was something we thought about while working on the movie but couldn’t figure out how it would fit. So when we had this opportunity to do the movie again he said he really wanted to do it,” said producer Deborah Snyder to Insider.

“Zack had talked to Jared a few times about it since Suicide Squad. ‘He was like ‘I don’t know,’ then it went to ‘Okay, maybe’ and then it was finally, ‘Okay.’”

However, the pandemic made shooting with everyone difficult.

The scene features Batman (Affleck), The Flash (Ezra Miller), Cyborg (Ray Fisher), Mera (Amber Heard), Deathstoke (Joe Manganiello), and the Joker (Leto) preparing to battle Superman (Henry Cavill), who, in the dream, goes evil after a tragedy. And now, it’s been revealed that the scene was filmed without all of these actors ever being on the same set.

“We actually shot Ben separate from Jared,” Deborah Snyder revealed.

“And Ezra was shooting Fantastic Beasts so he was in England and Zack had to direct him over Zoom…It was really fun to be able to do that, to get everyone together to shoot that.”

According to Deborah, the only people who were actually together on set were Ben, Ray, Amber and Joe.

If you didn’t know, there was an unexpected Justice League glitch on HBO Max!

Some HBO Max subscribers got a big surprise when they tried to watch Tom & Jerry on the streaming service on Monday (March 8).

According to THR, a few subscribers revealed on social media that when they had gone to watch the hybrid animated and live action film, they were met with a very different movie – Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

Doug Bass from North Carolina first noted the error and posted it on Twitter, and reveled that he was able to watch an hour of the special film before it was cut off. When he attempted to watch it again, the original movie he intended to watch played.

Another fan also shared what he was seeing on screen with others.

The Hollywood Reporter than tried this on their own account and while pressing play on Tom & Jerry, they were first met with an error message before Justice League played for them.

“When pausing the film, it says you are watching Tom & Jerry,” the site notes.

Zack Snyder’s Justice Leagueis due out in 10 days, on March 18.

If you didn’t see, find out just how long the runtime on the film actually is here…

There are only a few weeks left until the premiere of Zack Snyder‘s Justice League movie on HBO Max and new details about the project have been revealed.

The movie, which is split into four parts, will have a total runtime of 242-minutes, according to a report from IGN

“It was meant to be two more movies,” Zack shared, while also revealing that the new cut of the film won’t feature any material that was envisioned for the sequel.

He adds, “It hints, as you would, at a potential other world. I’d plant the seeds as I had wanted to of what would come in the later films. That’s in there, but as far as those stories that would be to come – if ever that happened, which it does not look like it would – but I think it’s easy to speculate based on that and we can talk about that for quite a while.”

Zack did tease though that fans can expect a cliffhanger.

“It is a cliffhanger… the movie ends in a massive cliffhanger,” he shared.

Just recently, Zack opened up about how much he was actually paid for the film.

Zack Snyder‘s “Snyder Cut” of Justice League is set to be released on HBO Max on March 18, 2021 and a Vanity Fair profile revealed some new details that might interest fans.

First, the director, who stepped away from the project after the tragic death of his 20-year-old daughter Autumn by suicide, never saw Joss Whedon‘s finished product.

“When we got to see what Joss actually did, it was stupefying,” a Warner Bros. executive told Vanity Fair. “The robber on the rooftop—so goofy and awful. The Russian family—so useless and pointless. Everyone knew it. It was so awkward because nobody wanted to admit what a piece of sh*t it was.”

“They came and they just said, ‘You can never see that movie,’” Zack recalled.

Zack also added, “I’m not getting paid. I didn’t want to be beholden to anyone, and it allowed me to keep my negotiating powers with these people pretty strong.”

You can watch the Snyder Cut trailer right here if you missed it!

The Zack Snyder cut of Justice League is coming!

A trailer for the highly anticipated re-cut of the 2017 film, set to hit HBO Max on March 18, arrived on Sunday (February 14).

The teaser for the upcoming feature includes more of Cyborg (Ray Fisher) and a new score from composer Junkie XL, who the director originally wanted to work with, but who was eventually replaced by Danny Elfman in the final production stages after Joss Whedon‘s takeover.

The teaser also feature more of Cyborg’s, aka Victor Stone’s, storyline, which was meant to be elaborated upon in the original.

There are also new scenes with more characters like the movie’s new supervillain Darkseid, as well as added violence and profanity, bringing the HBO Max version to an R-rating.

In the film, the greatest DC heroes came together for the first time ever on the big screen, including Superman (Henry Cavill), Batman (Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), the Flash (Ezra Miller) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher). Together, they joined forces to prevent the supervillain Steppenwolf from destroying the Earth.

The director also revealed the Marvel movie he’d love to make one day.

The Zack Snyder cut of Justice League is coming!

The highly anticipated new and original version of the 2017 DC Comics movie will premiere on HBO Max on March 18, WarnerMedia confirmed Friday (January 29), via Variety.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Justice League

In the film, the greatest DC heroes came together for the first time ever on the big screen, including Superman (Henry Cavill), Batman (Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), the Flash (Ezra Miller) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher). Together, they joined forces to prevent the supervillain Steppenwolf from destroying the Earth.

After its original release, reviews were largely negative for the primarily Joss Whedon-directed film. Zack had to drop out originally due to a family emergency, leading to fans to call for a version of the film with his original vision in mind.

The director also recently revealed the Marvel movie he’d love to make!