Sky Subscribers Won’t Pay Extra for Justice League Redux

Sky today confirmed Zack Snyder’s four-hour cut of Justice League will premiere on March 18 on Neon, Sky Movies Premiere and Sky Go.

That means Neon and Movies subscribers will get to see the the movie as part of their subscriptions and not have to fork out extra to rent it on Sky Box Office or Neon.

There was speculation that in global markets Warners would roll out the HBO Max blockbuster as a “cinema express” release, as Disney did with Onward and Mulan.

Here’s Sky’s press release:

NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE

ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE (2021)

Sky Movies Premiere – Thursday 18 March, 8.30pm (Encore play Sunday 21 March, 7.30pm)

Neon/Sky Go – Thursday 18 March

Action: An alternate cut of the 2017 film Justice League, by director Zack Snyder. Determined to ensure Superman’s ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions. The task proves more difficult than Bruce imagined, as each of the recruits must face the demons of their own pasts to come together, finally forming an unprecedented league of heroes. Now united, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash may be too late to save the planet from Steppenwolf, DeSaad and Darkseid. Starring Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher.