10 Directors Who Went To Insane Lengths To Get Their Movies Made

When Batman v Superman underperformed, the big-wigs at Warner Bros. felt the need to be more hands on for the follow-up, Justice League. They wanted to change almost every aspect of the movie including the tone, the length, and the design of the characters.

In the early stages, director, Zack Snyder made it clear he wanted Superman to don a black costume as a homage to the outfit he wore in the famous Reign of the Supermen storyline. The executives shot this idea down, simply because it wasn't the red-and-blue costume that movie fans were familiar with.

Refusing to compromise his vision, Snyder shot Henry Cavill's scenes with his traditional costume, but with the intention of changing the Man of Steel's suit to black with CGI. When the studio complained the main villain, Steppenwolf, looked too scary, Snyder gave the character a more generic appearance. Once again, he intended to swap this look out for his original design in the eleventh hour without the producers' consent.

We had to wait until The Snyder Cut was released to see these changes but there's no question that Snyder's alterations were the right move.