Despite the mounting rumors that unhappy test audiences could force Warner Bros. to fire Zack Snyder as director of Justice League: Part One, the studio announced him as the film’s helmer. However, a rather disappointing showing at the box office has forced WB to pull back on the number of films they will be releasing, and forcing them to focus more on their franchise tentpoles.

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Zack Snyder‘s Justice League: Part One is beginning to look a lot like a reunion for Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. A couple of weeks back J.K. Simmons joined the cast of the DCEU ensemble film as Commissioner Gordon.

And now Willem Dafoe, who played the Norman Osborn aka Green Goblin both in body and spirit in all three of Raimi’s Spider-Man films, will also be joining the cast. Check out what his role will be below.

Justice League: Part One will start production in just a few short weeks, and the film seems to be set on the idea that the villain will be Darkseid. This would be the first time that Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, Flash, Aquaman, and possibly Green Lantern will all be together on screen. The film recently added J.K. Simmons to play Commissioner James Gordon, but there is no word yet if Jena Malone will return to reprise her role as Barbara Gordon – her role was ultimately cut from the theatrical version of Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice and saved for the Ultimate Edition cut. However, it appears that one person who will not be returning is one of Superman’s greatest villains.

Jesse Eisenberg who played Lex Luthor in BvS has made a few comments about his supervillain role and his future in the DCEU. More on the story below.

J.K. Simmons is no stranger to comic book movies. The actor has appeared in all three of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films as the brash loud mouth editor-in-chief, J. Jonah Jameson. He reprised the character in the animated Ultimate Spider-Man series. But now, it looks like he will play a leader of a different sort. According to reports, the actor has signed on to play Commissioner James Gordon in Zack Snyder‘s Justice League: Part One.

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Regardless of the success of Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, Warner Bros will proceed with their DC Cinematic Universe as planned. As such, they have announced that they will begin filming Justice League Part I in April in England and Iceland. Making these sorts of announcements isn’t entirely new, it’s almost commonplace. Zack Snyder will return to directing the DC Comics ensemble film, which has yet to reveal why the heroes must unite.

However, the timing of the announcement comes into question, as rumors that test audiences aren’t responding to the film as well to Dawn of Justice as WB would have hoped. More on the story below.