Zack Snyder is once again pulling fans back into the DC universe he never got to finish. The filmmaker has been sharing previously unseen images from his time working on the DC Extended Universe, and his latest Instagram post is a big one.
This time, Snyder dropped new photos that reveal storyboards from the unmade Justice League sequels, giving fans a clearer look at what Justice League 2 and Justice League 3 were building toward.
Snyder posted a photo carousel that mixes behind-the-scenes images from Justice League with storyboard art reportedly pulled straight from the planned sequels.
The fifth and sixth slides are the real conversation starters, showing pages from the abandoned roadmap that would have continued the story after Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The rest of the images spotlight Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Hippolyta, and a shot of Cyborg from behind, with Ray Fisher on set.
Snyder kept the caption short and reflective, writing, “2016 it’s a lot to take in.”
The storyboard content opens in a dark place. It starts with, “Back at the Batcave, Batman watches in horror as Darkseid takes full control of Superman. Superman turns on Batman, and he barely escapes!”
Things get bleaker as Lex Luthor meets a brutal end. The storyboard continues, “Lex believes he’s won, but comes face-to-face with Superman. He looks at Lex with burning red eyes and lights him on fire. As Lex screams, the world goes red.”
From there, the story jumps forward five years into the future and fully embraces the Knightmare timeline that was teased in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and later expanded in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The description reads, “Sand dunes. Smoldering solar pits… Once, this was Gotham. Now, like the rest of Earth, it belongs to Darkseid.”
The vision of a broken world continues with Batman leading what remains of Earth’s heroes. The storyboard says, “Coming over the Dune, post-apocalyptic Batman (as seen in BvS), with a ragtag army of rebels – The surviving members of the Justice League walk over the rise of a Dune to see the dilapidated Wayne Manor. Batman leads them. Flash drags what’s left of Cyborg behind him.”
It wraps with a chilling warning, “Bruce looks up to the sky, grimly, ‘We need to get inside before night. He’s coming…’”
The final sections shift from despair to resistance as Earth rallies against Darkseid’s full invasion. The storyboard explains, “Darkseid’s full-scale invasion begins — And it’s too much for the Justice League to handle on their own — but they won’t have to.”
What follows is a full-scale global response. “Led and inspired by Superman, the countries of the world come together: armies, air forces, navies. Wonder Woman and her mother lead the Amazons off Themyscira. To join the war!”
Even the oceans answer the call. The storyboard adds, “In the oceans, Aquaman pleads to the seven kingdoms, declaring there is an eighth — the surface world — And they must be allies, not enemies. The seven kingdoms rise to join the Amazons and the surface!”
Seeing these storyboards teases how massive Snyder’s long-term plan really was. It’s a sweeping, grim, and operatic vision that leaned hard into myth, loss, and eventual unity. For fans who still wonder what could’ve been after Justice League, these images offer an interesting a cool window into the DC saga that almost was.
