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Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He made his feature film debut in 2004 with Dawn of the Dead, a remake of the 1978 horror film of the same name. Since then, he has directed or produced a number of comic book and superhero films, including 300 (2006) and Watchmen (2009), as well as the Superman film that started the DC Extended Universe, Man of Steel (2013), and its follow-ups, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017), the latter of which had a director's cut released in 2021. He also directed the animated film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010), the psychological action film Sucker Punch (2011), the zombie heist film Army of the Dead (2021), and the two-part space opera films Rebel Moon (2023) and Rebel Moon—Part Two: The Scargiver (2024). In 2004, he founded the production company The Stone Quarry (formerly known as Cruel and Unusual Films) alongside his wife Deborah Snyder and producing partner Wesley Coller. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zack Snyder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Batman: Dark War is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman and inspired by the Injustice comics and the film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Produced by DC Films and RatPac-Dune Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the first film in the DC Blood War Universe. Directed by Lexi Alexander, who wrote the screenplay with Zack Snyder, the film stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Elizabeth Olsen, Peter Sarsgaard, James McAvoy, Jim Caviezel, Natalie Portman, Denzel Washington, Jaimie Alexander, Anya Taylor-Joy, Timothèe Chalamet, Sterling K. Brown, and Patrick Stewart. Batman: Dark War was released on October 26th, 2022; it received overwhelmingly positive reviews upon release, with critics praising the visual effects, direction, screenplay, action sequences, the serious and dark tone, musical score, performances (particularly from Morgan, Olsen, Sarsgaard and Caviezel) and the emotionally thematic elements. The film was a box-office success and performed far above expectations, grossing $791 million worldwide. Two sequels are in development, while a film focusing on Livewire is scheduled to be released on 2024.
