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Sing Hallelujah? Batfleck, Batman and Chris Pine's Steve Trevor all return at DC FanDome

A number of new projects teased by Warner Bros’ DC FanDome raise some awkward questions about crossover – but just go with the multiverse

Fantasy Hollywood producer is a fun game to play. Imagine being given the resources to – just for a laugh – resurrect Alex Cox’s doomed version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, or Tony Kaye’s original cut of American History X. There must be scores of bona fide lost classics lurking on the cutting room floor, if only we had the time, money and inclination to bring them back to life.

But Zack Snyder’s original cut of the 2017 superhero megaflop Justice League? The jury remains out on whether this will be any better than the version edited by Joss Whedon that bombed in cinemas, but we are getting it anyway at great expense via an extended debut on US streaming service HBO Max.

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