The young teaser forZack Snyder’sJustice Leaguesubtly suggests that Martian Manhunter may make an visual aspect . Justice Leaguebegan under the stewardship of Snyder , but personal circumstances force him away from the project andJoss Whedon take over in berth - product . Heavy rewrites and reshoots occurred during this menstruum , creating , among other things , a much lighter shade in the stagily released interpretation .   After substantiate campaigning from both devotee and the cast , the original director ’s stinger of the film - known asZack Snyder ’s Justice Leagueand nicknamed the " Snyder Cut"- will be released on HBO Max in 2021 .

Martian Manhunter first appeared in the funnies in 1955 . hail from Mars , the extraterrestrial J’onn J’onzz possess a full variety of potent abilities by virtue of his race , include tiptop - strength , flight , and shapeshifting . He is one of the seven original members of the Justice League , and one of only two - alongside the Green Lantern - that have not yet properly appeared in the DCEU . At least , not in plain sight .

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In the trailer , released at the DC FanDome event and leaked prior ,   there is a abbreviated guess of an alternative version of the   encounter between Lois Lane and Martha Kent . While   J’onzz does not appear , it has beenrevealed through storyboardsthat this meeting vista was mean to reveal the latter character   to be Martian Manhunter , in a disguise adopted in addition to his Calvin Swanwick persona . While the appearance , even in its intended form , would most in all likelihood be little more than a cameo in the context of the larger movie , the significance of J’onn J’onzz to the comic book story of the Justice League would make it a very noteworthy improver of the Snyder Cut .

In live - action ,   J’onn J’onzz has appeared as Martian Manhunter inSmallvilleand the Arrowverse creation of shows . Harry Lennix previously appeared as   Calvin Swanwick   inMan of SteelandBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justice , but Swanwick was not entail to be Manhunter in these appearances , and it wasonly a fan theorythat led Snyder to give the character a retconned secluded identity element .

While the full extent of its differences from the theatrical undercut is not entirely known , there will certainly be other characters look for the first meter inZack Snyder ’s Justice League .   Most notable among these is Darkseid , who , along with Manhunter and the upcomingGreen Lantern Corps , bet to dilate upon the   extraterrestrial constituent of the DCEU . And while Superman already represented this to some degree , his origin is much more intimate to general moviegoing audiences than those of some of DC ’s more obscure cosmic characters . This seems like an appropriately bad focusing to take , as the studio has already shown a willingness to dive headlong intomultiverse complexity , so it is only fitting that its characters become as idiosyncratic and outlandish as the world around them .

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