7) Wonder Woman Embellished
DC fans may love Batfleck, but it’s probably fair to say that there’s only one DCEU hero who’s truly caught the world’s attention. Her extended cameo in BvS already got people excited, but Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman totally blew away the competition with her triumphant solo movie. The critical and commercial adoration the film received is definitely something the studio will be looking to recreate with Justice League.
It makes sense, then, that the reshoots would go some way to increasing Gadot’s involvement. In particular, evidence suggests that we’ll get some flashbacks to Diana’s time in World War I. Likewise, Wonder Woman‘s Robin Wright and Connie Nielsen were also added to the cast, as more backstory connecting Themyscira with Apokolips and Steppenwolf was introduced into the narrative.
On the one hand, emphasizing a character we already know and love over the members of the League we’ve yet to meet could be a double-edged sword. Still, it’s hard to complain about the news that we’ll get more Wonder Woman.
6) No Lex Luthor
Not many fans reacted positively to Jesse Eisenberg’s wholly un-Lex Luthor-like performance as Lex Luthor in BvS last year, so his promised cameo in Justice League wasn’t expected to be the highlight of the movie. But hey, we thought maybe it could go someway to fixing his portrayal of Supeman’s nemesis.
As it happens, it looks like we’ll have to wait another day to see that, as Eisenberg’s scenes have been reportedly cut from Whedon’s version of the movie. As with the report about Kiersey Clemons, the news came to light after the advanced screening of Justice League, so it seems pretty legit.
On the whole, Luthor’s removal from the movie shouldn’t effect things too much. However, it will neuter his importance in BvS, where a lot was made of his prophecies that “demons from the sky” were coming to invade Earth. Not to mention that bit where he was seen potentially conferring with Steppenwolf. Hopefully Lex’s cameo will be at least be released as a deleted scene at some point so we can at last get some answers to these head-scratching moments.