Victor Stone/Cyborg actor Ray Fisher claims Warner Bros. lied about Joss Whedon being handpicked by Zack Snyder to take over on 2017's Justice League after the latter's departure from the film.
"For one thing, the cast and crew were told that Zack had handpicked Joss to finish the film for him. I didn’t find out until after the reshoots that that was a complete lie," Fisher told Forbes. "I heard whispers and rumblings of things being off behind the scenes, but nothing concrete until much later. They had us go out to San Diego Comic-Con in 2017 and say Zack picked Joss and that Joss was a great guy. I still have the email with those talking points."
Prior to the release of Justice League, Snyder stepped away from the project due to the suicide of his daughter Autumn. Since production on the film wasn't complete at that time, Warner Bros. hired Whedon to oversee reshoots-- nearly 80 script pages worth.
As Fisher mentioned, Whedon was said to have been Snyder's handpicked replacement on Justice League, and at Comic-Con International: San Diego in 2017, the cast of the film, including Fisher, had nothing but nice things to say about him. However, in June, Fisher retracted the praise he gave Whedon, and days later, he tweeted that "[Whedon's] on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable."
In Justice League, fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.
Justice League stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Ciarán Hinds as Steppenwolf, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon. Zack Snyder's Justice League will premiere exclusively on HBO Max in 2021.
Source: Forbes