New Zack Snyder’s Justice League video has revealed full Knightmare costumes for seven characters, including Deathstroke, Joker, and the Flash. The desolate post-apocalyptic future timeline barely appeared in the film’s theatrical release in 2017, but it will play a major role in the director’s cut. Many of the film’s core characters are set to appear in the Knightmare, and they’re all getting some wasteland redesigns in preparation.
The Knightmare sequence – a decimated future Earth where Darkseid successfully defeated the Justice League – will comprise many of the Snyder Cut’s major additions. Much of that new content consists of restored footage that was cut after Snyder left the original production, but some will be entirely new scenes filmed during the recent reshoots. Jared Leto’s Joker is one such brand-new add-in, and he’ll be sporting a unique post-apocalyptic outfit along with the other residents of the Knightmare.
A YouTube video from AListProductions shows many of Justice League’s Knightmare costumes, which are currently on display at an exhibit in Dallas, Texas. Seven different characters’ Knightmare garb can be seen, including Batman, Joker, Mera, Cyborg, Deathstroke, and Flash. The seventh Knightmare costume is that of one of the future regime’s super soldiers. Zack Snyder has always had a striking visual flair in his films, and that stark aesthetic is on full display with the various new Knightmare looks. From what’s been shown, it looks like the titular heroes and some other characters will have a number of outfits to swap between over the Snyder Cut’s four-hour runtime. Watch the video below.
Some of the new costumes reveal pieces of the Knightmare storyline. Mera is seen wielding Aquaman’s trident, and the absence of an Aquaman Knightmare outfit alludes to his death in that grim timeline. The Joker can be seen sporting Harley Quinn’s handguns, and the Superman insignia on the super=soldier suit teases the Kyptonian’s evil regime. Deathstroke’s gun can also be seen loaded with Kryptonite bullets – another allusion to Superman’s dark turn.
Much of the Snyder Cut promotional footage deals directly with the Knightmare, so it should be interesting to see how much of an effect it has on the mainline Justice League story. With four hours to fill, the new version has plenty of time to build up the personal motivations and backstories of each character before the climax – something the theatrical cut was heavily criticized for neglecting. Zack Snyder’s Justice League releases on HBO Max on March 18.
Source: AListProductions
