It’s a happy coincidence for Zack Snyder that his directorial debut Dawn of the Dead and Netflix’s recent blockbuster Army of the Dead are both zombie movies and two of his most well-received efforts in terms of both the critical consensus and audience reaction, as well as being the only pair of his nine feature length directorial efforts to date that weren’t produced by Warner Bros.
Based on a multitude of comments from the filmmaker in the wake of HBO Max’s Justice League, there’s clearly some lingering bitterness dwelling in both parties, with Snyder being more open about his relationship with the studio than ever now that he’s no longer in their employ. However, insider Daniel Richtman is claiming that WB are experiencing some seller’s remorse after handing Army of the Dead over to Netflix, with the tipster intimating the execs regret selling it off.
Army of the Dead was first announced to be in development way back in March 2007, with Snyder only attached to produce. The following year, Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. was announced to be sitting in the director’s chair, and he remained loosely involved for the next four years before any plans to bring the apocalyptic actioner to life were shelved permanently.
Having sat on the concept for a dozen years and done absolutely nothing with it, all while continuing to make movies with Zack Snyder at the helm, it would certainly be strange for Warner Bros. to suddenly find themselves lamenting the loss of Army of the Dead as the one that got away after repeatedly telling the former steward of the DCEU that they weren’t interested in making it, to the extent they even knocked back an offer from Legendary Pictures to co-finance the production, but it worked out well for Netflix in the end.
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