Although Zack Snyder originally envisioned Justice League as a multipart saga, the director no longer has plans to expand beyond the upcoming Snyder Cut.
"Look, I never thought I'd be here doing this. I didn't think I'd be finishing Justice League," Snyder said on the ComicBook Debate podcast. "The truth is, and it's been widely reported, and I have no issue, this is an old movie. This is a years-old movie I'm working on. The DC universe has gone and branched off and done its own thing and that's fine. As far as what I did and as far as what my vision for what I wanted to do with these characters and the journey I wanted them to go on, it's well known that I planned on more movies, five movies or something, but I'm busy. I've got a lot going on. Is it cool that the fans have so much faith in the trajectory? Yes, it's amazing, and I couldn't be happier and I'm excited for them to see Justice League so they can really drink the entire elixir of Justice League. But, would I continue? I have no plan to. But as I said, I didn't think I'd be here, so who knows?"
Snyder's comments mirror those that surfaced recently in a report that suggested DC Films President Walter Hamada and other execs viewed Zack Snyder's Justice League "as a storytelling cul-de-sac -- a street that leads to nowhere."
As for the other projects Snyder alluded to, his upcoming slate outside of DC includes Army of the Dead, Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas, an untitled Army of the Dead prequel and The Fountainhead.
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.
Zack Snyder's 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. The four-part miniseries will premiere exclusively on HBO Max in March.