Far from the usual week or two of pick-ups, the $25 million reshoots on “Justice League“ could probably fund a few small indie films. Joss Whedon, who took over post-production from Zack Snyder, was said to be punching up the dialogue and bringing “connective tissue” to the scenes between the larger set pieces. However, as many might’ve guessed, there’s any attempt being made to change the mood of the movie.
IGN caught up with Joe Morton, who plays Cyborg’s dad/creator Dr. Silas Stone in the film, and he revealed that some of what’s being done involves tweaking Ray Fisher’s tech superhero, and lightening the mood of the picture overall.
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“… the stuff that I had to do were just really small little bits and pieces, nothing necessarily having to do with tone. I know that with Ray [Fisher], the young man who plays Victor, there were some adjustments that they made in terms of the tone of that character,” he explained. “I think what I heard was that there was a need from the studio to lighten up the film in a way, that the film felt too dark. I don’t know what that meant in terms of how it actually got translated in terms of the reshoots but that’s what I heard. That’s what I thought some of the reshoots were about.”
Presumably, Morton has a small role in the movie, and probably doesn’t know the full extent of what’s happening with the “Justice League” redos, but chatter has a way of spreading around. And considering we haven’t really seen Fisher’s take on Cyborg, it’s hard to know what exactly is being changed.
Guess we’ll find out when “Justice League” opens on November 17th.