A fresh piece of concept art for Justice League has emerged online, offering a glimpse at a much more intricate version of Cyborg. Created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, the character of Victor Stone made his first appearance in DC Comics Presents #26. Initially serving as a regular member of the Teen Titans, he was retconned to be a founding member of the Justice League when the team was rebooted by Geoff Johns in 2011. Though the specifics have differed over the years, Victor is often caught up in a tragic event that destroys his body - prompting his scientist father, Silas Stone, to transform him into the being known as Cyborg.
Played by Ray Fisher, the character made his big-screen, live-action debut in a brief vignette for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. He later returned more prominently alongside Ben Affleck's Batman, Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman, Ezra Miller's The Flash, and Jason Momoa's Aquaman in Justice League. As well as helping resurrect the previously fallen Superman (Henry Cavill), Cyborg also contributed to the defeat of Steppenwolf and an army of parademons. The team-up movie was intended to set up a solo adventure for the hero. Unfortunately, in the wake of Justice League's underwhelming reception, plans for Cyborg were scrapped - with its previously planned release date marked only by Zack Snyder releasing of an image of Cyborg from his cut of the film. Fortunately, with it announced that the Snyder Cut will be released on HBO Max in 2021, fans will finally get to see more of the hero after all.
Posting on Instagram, Jerad S. Marantz celebrated that fact with a piece of concept art he'd created for Cyborg. Rather than a head-on shot, Marantz chose to post one from behind, calling it his favorite view. The artist also stated that the process had been quite the challenge, having not received many opportunities to work on "mechanical/robotics stuff". True to the character, the result is equal parts robotic yet oddly human. Like many fans, who have already begun to state as such in the comments, Marantz expressed his eagerness to see more of the character in next year's release. Check out the full post and image below:
Cyborg was arguably the biggest casualty of Justice League passing from Snyder to Joss Whedon. Throughout the initial production, Cyborg was widely reported as being the emotional core of the film. During Whedon's extensive reshoots, however, the character's role was heavily truncated or otherwise changed. That is set to be rectified by the director's cut of the film, which is expected to have a much longer runtime. Fisher himself has stated that Cyborg's full story in Snyder's Justice League will hit fans' hearts.
Whether or not Cyborg will be more in line with the artwork in Snyder's version remains to be seen. If so, however, it would almost certainly be an improvement. One of the biggest criticisms levied against the theatrical release was the rather rushed and cheap-looking CGI. That was especially true in the case of Cyborg, who looked somewhat cartoonish in his theatrical form. With at least a year until its release, and over $30 million being spent on adding the finishing touches, there's nothing stopping Snyder from modeling Cyborg on the much more intricate and slightly more grounded-looking design. It would no doubt be a visual upgrade in keeping with the one exhibited by Cyborg's increased storyline importance in Snyder's Justice League.
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