The battle between Warner Bros. and Ray Fisher's Justice League investigation has heated up in recent weeks, with Fisher laying out more claims. Most recently, Warner Bros. issued a statement declaring that Fisher wasn't cooperating with the investigation, claims that Fisher vehemently denies. In his latest video addressing the controversy, Fisher called out Warner Bros., saying it was playing a "sad and desperate game."
Fisher posted the video to his Instagram, detailing his complaints. He said he was "in shock and awe that Warner Bros. even had the audacity to put out a statement like that." He continued, "They do not know how many receipts I have for interactions that I've had. They do not know the people that I've been talking to. They do not know a lot of the people that I have that are willing and able to take part in the investigation and that, unfortunately, is something that is ultimately going to jam them up in a big way. It was a bold move for them to flat out call me a liar."
"It's the worst kind of spin you can put on a situation like this," Fisher said. He added that the statement had no quotes from Walter Hamada or anyone at Warner Bros., saying that it was likely the company would "throw someone's poor assistant under the bus" for sending the email. "That's unfortunately how it goes, it's gross. The only way to cut through the PR spin is to hit it with hard facts, hard evidence and to let people know you're not playing games. It's a weird game, a sad and desperate game, but it's a predictable one."
He also doubled down on his claims about Geoff Johns. Fisher said he and Hamada "talked in great detail" about Joss Whedon, Johns and John Berg. He said, "[Hamada's] excuse for the situation with Geoff Johns was, 'Ray, I worked with Geoff on Shazam!, I don't really think he would do that or say that,' and I go, 'Walter, you weren't there. I'm telling you, you weren't. You were not there when the man used back-channel communication to call me into his office and made the veiled threat to my career. You weren't there for that. You weren't there when Geoff Johns contacted me in 2018 -- a year and a half after Justice League while I was shooting True Detective -- to gloat that there was another Cyborg being used in the DC Universe in a show that he was producing.'" The Cyborg in question is Joivan Wade in Doom Patrol.
Fisher said, "Since they've opened up the can of worms, there are gonna be certain things that I'm now going to be saying publicly. Not about the specific experiences in Justice League but in how the things have been handled up until this point since I've come out with my allegations."
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.