12 Sci-Fi Movies Plagued By Reshoots

What is there left to say about Justice league that hasn't already been said?

After Batman v Superman was criticised for its bleakness, Zack Snyder was forced to tweak his script for the DC team-up flick, to be more hopeful and his planned trilogy of films was to be scaled back.

Despite his efforts, Warner Bros. considered the three-and-a-half hour long 'Snyder Cut', to be unwatchable and following a family tragedy, Snyder took a step back from the film's production.

In came Avengers alumni Joss Whedon, who was tasked to finish the film and direct extensive and expensive reshoots. The odds were against Whedon and his team though, who had to keep the run-time down to no more than two hours and deliver the film in time for its release in only a matter of months.

The result was a Frankenstein's monster of a movie, assembled from bits of footage from two very different directors. The effects looked cheap and incomplete in places. Characterisation and plot was virtually non-existent. And worst of all Henry Cavill had a CGI mouth thanks to the reshoots clashing with the filming of Mission: Impossible - Fallout, where he had mustache that he wasn't allowed to shave off.

One of the most expensive movies ever made, its poor reception from fans and critics, as well as all the bad press about the reshoots, meant that WB and DC lost a tonne of money.

But like Superman, the story of this film didn't stay dead for long, with fans and cast members petitioning for over two years for the release of Snyder's initial assembly cut. And their persistence has paid off with Zack Snyder's Justice League heading to HBO Max next year.

Will it be a success? We'll just have to wait and see...