‘Justice League’ Director Zack Snyder Gave Up Any Payment on His New Cut to Keep Creative Control
on purpose.“I’m not getting paid,” Snyder tells Vanity Fair. “I didn’t want to be beholden to anyone, and it allowed me to keep my negotiating powers with these people pretty strong.”Snyder says that studio executives demanded the film be shorter, and when director Joss Whedon came in to replace Snyder on “Justice League,” he did hurried rewrites and reshoots while adhering to the mandate to cut the film down, something Snyder resisted.Also Read: Zack Snyder Left 'Justice League' After Losing 'The Will to Fight' With Studio After Daughter's Death“How am I supposed to introduce six characters and an alien with potential for world domination in two hours? I mean, I can do it, it can be done.