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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.

Zack Snyder

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Shadow the Hedgehog: Reign of Black Doom is a 2024 American science fiction action film based on the Sega Games character Shadow the Hedgehog. It is the sequel to Shadow the Hedgehog, which serves as a spin-off to Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and is the fourth installment in the Sonic the Hedgehog film series. Directed by Zack Snyder, the film stars Keanu Reeves as Shadow the Hedgehog, along with an ensemble cast including Morena Baccarin, Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Jim Carrey, and McKenna Grace. Reign of Black Doom had its world premiere on May 7th, 2024, and was released 6 days later. The film opened to generally positive reviews, with praise for the action sequences, visual effects, tone, performances, direction, score, storyline, and emotional weight. It was also a box-office blockbuster, earning $870 million worldwide, and became the second highest-grossing film of 2024. A sequel, Shadow the Hedgehog: Resurrection, was released 2 years later.