The Will Smith Movie That Changed Zack Snyder's Career Also Foreshadowed The Director's Highest-Grossing Film
Zack Snyder almost directed I Am Legend, but 300 put him on the blockbuster map instead. I Am Legend's post-apocalyptic setting contains an Easter egg nod to Snyder's Batman v Superman. Snyder's career took a different path with 300, establishing his iconic filmmaking style.
Zack Snyder almost directed Will Smith in a big-budget sci-fi action horror blockbuster, and coincidentally, the final film also contained a nod to what would become Snyders highest-grossing movie. Snyder started out directing music videos before graduating to features with his kinetic 2004 remake of George A. Romeros Dawn of the Dead. He went on to direct an R-rated movie adaptation of Watchmen; a gritty Superman reboot, Man of Steel; a cross between heist movie and zombie movie, Army of the Dead; and a two-part Star Wars-inspired sci-fi epic, Rebel Moon.
But before all that, Snyders post-Dawn of the Dead career almost took a very different turn.
Zack Snyder almost directed Will Smith in a big-budget sci-fi action horror blockbuster, and coincidentally, the final film also contained a nod to what would become Snyders highest-grossing movie. Snyder started out directing music videos before graduating to features with his kinetic 2004 remake of George A. Romeros Dawn of the Dead. He went on to direct an R-rated movie adaptation of Watchmen; a gritty Superman reboot, Man of Steel; a cross between heist movie and zombie movie, Army of the Dead; and a two-part Star Wars-inspired sci-fi epic, Rebel Moon.
But before all that, Snyders post-Dawn of the Dead career almost took a very different turn.
- 7/19/2024
- by Ben Sherlock
- ScreenRant
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