Zack Snyder Fans Launch Justice League Campaign To See Axed Green Lantern Scene

Truth be told, Warner Bros. didn’t actually cut the scene; they had it changed. When Zack Snyder brought the scene to the studio, he was told he couldn’t use the character because they were working on their own Green Lantern project and wanted to make their own announcement. The compromise was that they would allow him to use Martian Manhunter instead, which is the scene we got at the end where Manhunter (Harry Lennix) met with Bruce Wayne. But the passionate director wasn’t taking that lying down. 

During an interview by Justice Con (as reported by MovieWeb), Snyder threatened to quit if he wasn’t able to use the scene. «I said that I would quit if they tried to take it out. And I felt bad. The truth is I didn’t want the fans to not have a movie, just based on that one stand that I was going to take… And the Green Lantern was John Stewart. And that was part of it too. I was like, I don’t want to take a person of color out of this movie. I’m not going to do it… But then, I felt like having Harry Lennix’s Martian Manhunter at the end … was okay.»

Of course, we will likely never get to see Carr’s take on John Stewart, but at least we got to see the scene play out with another character that has been long overdue for a live-action appearance. Even as the franchise is set for a relaunch, there is still no Stewart in sight.