As the future of both Henry Cavill’s Superman and Zack Snyder’s original cut of Justice League are both up for debate, a new image seems to confirm that Superman would have worn the black suit in the Snyder Cut of Justice League.
Despite numerous reveals about the original plot of Justice League from the director and others involved in production, Superman’s original story, obscured by reshoots and an infamously frightening CGI upper lip, has been a big mystery. One of the biggest questions fans have had is whether or not Superman would have worn the iconic black suit, like he did after being resurrected in the comics following the Death of Superman.
Snyder has finally ended all doubt, posting an image to his Vero account depicting Henry Cavill in a black Superman suit with the caption “my Superman.” In the comments, Snyder even confirmed: “let’s put it this way, in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, he will have a black suit” (note the use of “will.” In the home release extras, there was what appeared to be a black suit Easter egg, where Superman walks past a black suit on the scout ship, but Snyder also confirms in the comments that Superman would have gone over to select that suit upon his return.
The interesting detail here is that there are behind the scenes images of Snyder shooting scenes with Cavill wearing the blue suit, but Screen Rant has previously learned Snyder agreed to use a blue suit, shooting in a such a way as to allow it to easily be changed to black in post-production, a process many fan edits have shown is totally achievable. Even in the image posted by Snyder, it appears to be a desaturated shot of the blue suit. Ironically, Joss Whedon reshot all of Superman anyway, which is how we ended up with Mustache-gate.
Snyder also specifies in the comments that Superman would have worn the black suit throughout the third act battle, specifying that the blue suit was intended for a particular moment in his character arc. Behind the scenes footage shows Snyder recording the classic shirt rip scene currently used at the end of the movie, so it seems likely the black suit would have been used up to that point, with the classic colorful suit marking his true return as Superman.
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Source: Zack Snyder (Vero)
