The trailer for the Justice League Snyder cut revealed a lot about the highly anticipated superhero movie, but also left many questions unanswered.

Here are the biggest unanswered questions coming out of theJustice League Snyder cut trailer. After much ado, Zack Snyder'sJustice League vision will finally be unveiled in 2021 as part of a 4-hour HBO Max limited series. The director's version of the movie was heavily altered by Warner Bros. and Joss Whedon ahead of the initial 2017 theatrical release, leaving fans immensely disappointed by what they sat through in the movie theater. Fortunately, the Snyder cut that once seemed impossible is now very much a reality, and the first full trailer was aired as part of DC's recent FanDome event.

The Snyder cut trailer emphasized just how different this story will be to the 2017Justice League. Fans were afforded glimpses at Darkseid and a revamped Steppenwolf, new Knightmare sequences were confirmed and Superman has a suave black suit. Meanwhile, Flashrescues Iris West, Lois Lane spots her resurrected boyfriend and Cyborg's father is killed by a Mother Box. Interestingly, the Snyder cut trailer also repurposed footage that was included in the earlyJustice League promotional material but cut from the final edit.

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That's a fair few reveals to pack into a 2-minute montage, but while the new trailer gives a solid idea of the direction Snyder'sJustice League takes and the restorations made, the footage also raises many questions, ensuring the gears of speculation will continue to grind until the Snyder cut's 2021 release finally arrives. And, intriguingly, what the trailer leaves unanswered is almost as important as what it reveals.

The Snyder cut itself was borne from creative differences between filmmaker and studio, but even now fan pressure has yielded the desired result, Snyder's battles don't seem to be entirely over. When official confirmation of the Snyder cut's release landed, the director himself revealed an image bearing the title "Zack Snyder's Justice League" and it appeared that this would be the official name for the restoredJustice League. That moniker has since been quietly dropped, and the FanDome trailer offers no replacement, merely ending with a logo and "#TheSnyderCut."

Snyder revealed during his JusticeCon panel that there are some legal issues currently in the process of being chewed over. The use of a director's name in a movie title is tricky business, especially when the film is based on the intellectual property of another, and this appears to be hindering the announcement of a formal name for theJustice League Snyder cut. Essentially, to label a film "Zack Snyder's Justice League" risks implying that Snyder possesses some kind of ownership over DC's Justice League property, and thus far, it would appear a solution to this dilemma has not yet been found.

In the 2017 theatrical version ofJustice League, Bruce Wayne and his super-pals come to the conclusion that Steppenwolf's impending invasion is too big for them to handle alone, therefore a plan is hatched to bring Earth's favorite adopted Kryptonian back from the dead. Using a Mother Box, the crashed Krpyton ship in Metropolis, and Flash's metahuman speed, the League are able to resurrect themselves a powerful new recruit. Supes wakes up grumpy, and Batman is forced to use the sight of Lois Lane to calma rampaging Clark.

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As evidenced by theJustice League trailer, the aftermath of Superman's revival is very different in the Snyder cut. Lois Lane sees Superman flying from afar, and isn't brought in by Batman as a hail mary. The presence of a black suit suggests Superman takes longer to recover from his existential crisis than in the 2017 edit, and furthermore, the post-resurrection battle between Superman and the Justice League has been heavily altered. This naturally leads to the question of how Superman's resurrection was changed by Warner Bros. and Whedon. Is Silas Stone more heavily involved? Does the rising dirt on Superman's grave come into play? Zack Snyder has confirmed there was "much more" to Superman's return originally. Does this suggest the Justice League don't just resurrect him to bolster their ranks?

TheJustice League Snyder cut trailer opens with an image of Darkseid angrily swinging his weapon around a burning CGI landscape. The famous DC villain was one of the biggest casualties from 2017'sJustice Leaguedebacle, granted only a fleeting teaseinstead of the fully-fledged appearance that was planned. Thankfully, Darkseid is confirmed to feature in the Snyder cut, but the full extent of his role remains unknown. BeforeJustice League was given the Frankenstein treatment, Darkseid was reportedly meant to debut via Boom Tube at the end of the story, finishing off a defeated Steppenwolf and announcing himself to the Justice League to set up future DCEU efforts.

But the landscape has changed since then. Not only has the Snyder cut transformed into a 4-hour behemoth, but the prospect of continuing thefranchise long-termlooks decidedly slim at present. This means whatever mischief Darkseid brings to Earth needs to be wrapped up in the Snyder cut and the Snyder cut alone. The director is currently putting the finishing touches on his Justice League, and giving Darkseid a conclusive ending could be on his agenda.

Although both Darkseid and Steppenwolf physically appear in the new Snyder cut trailer, neither have any lines, leaving the cadence and timbre of their voices a mystery at present. Since he was excised from the theatrical cut altogether, the sound of Darkseid is the biggest unknown of the two, but the villainis now confirmed tobe voiced by Ray Porter, who has teased an unearthly tone to his performance. Steppenwolf was voiced and mo-capped by Ciarn Hinds in his 2017Justice League appearance, and that'll be true of the Snyder cut also, but some fans took issue with the baddie's soft design and less-than intimidating voice. Steppenwolf's monstrous form has been restored by the Snyder cut, but fans will have to wait to see whether his voice is also improved.

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The Snyder cut trailer might've given the best look yet at DC's rejigged superhero team-up, but one majorquestion still hangs over the film: will a Green Lantern feature somewhere in the melee? Traditionally, Green Lantern is considered a core member of the Justice League group, and his absence in the 2017 film represented a notable deviation from the source material.Justice League's flashback battle sequence included a member of the Justice League Corps., but this was merely a fleeting glimpse rather than a fully-fledged introduction to a DCEU Green Lantern.

Rumors have hinted that the Green Lantern Corps. could play a larger role in the Snyder cut, possibly showing up in Bruce's Batcave, but exactly how they'll play into the overall story remains to be seen. Perhaps the bigger issue at hand is whether Earth will get a proper Green Lantern in the Snyder cut, whether that be Tom Cruise, Ryan Reynolds, or someone else entirely. This was likely something Snyder was planning for a potential sequel, but as with Darkseid, might need to be condensed in the 2021 HBO release.

Zack Snyder introduced his Knightmare in 2016'sBatman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, with Bruce Wayne experiencing a vision of a depressing, dystopian future where Superman was a villain and Gotham City was in ruins. A time-traveling Flash warned that Lois was the key, leadingBruce to use Superman's girlfriendas emotional KryptoniteinJustice League. After Steppenwolf's defeat, it's assumed that the Knightmare scenario was successfully averted, but Snyder had far bigger plans for this potential future storyline.

The latest Snyder cut trailer reintroduces the Knightmare scenario with an Easter egg-filled shot of Wayne Mansion in ruins, confirming the Knightmare arc will be expanded forJustice League's 2021 retribution. Still unknown is exactly how this unsettling vision of a broken Earth will factor into the widerJustice League story. A time travel element seems inevitable, and the Snyder cut will almost certainly give more context behind Flash's warning, but rumors persist that Lois Lane's death could push Superman into a darker mindset, leading to the unsavory Clark glimpsed inBatman V Superman's Knightmare.

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Zack Snyder has made no secret that Ray Fisher's Cyborg will enjoy a much more significant role in the upcoming version ofJustice League. The director describes Victor Stone as the heart of his story, and the recent trailer teases an exploration into Cyborg's pre-robotic backstory as a football player. However, another shot depicts Cyborg controlling an airborne volley of missiles - an image that doesn't naturally fit into the structure ofJustice League as fans know it. Since Victor isn't actually Cyborg in this sequence, the shot is likely from some kind of vision or dream - perhaps a Mother Box-fueledglimpse at Cyborg's potential or an insight into a digital reality. Seeing how this moment fits into Cyborg's story will be intriguing, and establishes the potential for Victor to be far more powerful in the Snyder cut than he was previously in 2017's theatricalJustice League.

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