SnyderCon

* 2023
* 2019

> "A special three-day celebration of the Snyderverse Trilogy. Proceeds to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. You are not alone."
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> American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Full Circle ticket sales

**SnyderCon** was a charity event that first took place in 2019 prior to the announcement of *Zack Snyder's Justice League*, and is now getting a second event at the end of April 2023. Each event lasted three days, each day featuring a screening of one of Zack Snyder's movies.

## Zack Snyder: The Director's Cuts

SnyderCon 2019 focused on Zack Snyder's director's cuts. The event was held at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, and tickets for each day were $100 with a discounted 3-day package deal. All proceeds went to refurbishing the Ahmanson Auditorium for ArtCenter. Each screening was followed by dinner and drinks before a Q&A panel. Specialty drinks were made based on each movie, including wine of the dead, Silk Spectre's sangria, and liquid kryptonite. The panels were broadcasted by VERO True Social, which sponsored the event.

### March 22, 2019

The director's cut of *Dawn of the Dead* was screened on Friday, March 22 at 6PM. The attendees were treated to burgers and fries after the screening, followed by a Q&A panel with Snyder, Jake Weber, Dylan Clark (producer for *Dawn*), and Frank Montaño (sound mixer for *Dawn*).

### March 23, 2019

The second day featured the director's cut of *Watchmen* at 4PM. Again, attendees were treated to dinner after the screening, followed by another Q&A. The *Watchmen* Q&A featured Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Jakie Earle Haley, Larry Fong, and Bill Hoy (editor for *Watchmen*).

### March 24, 2019

The final day was the screening of *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (Ultimate Edition) at 4PM followed by dinner and the third Q&A. The panel consisted of Zack Snyder, Larry Fong, Damon Caro, Richard Cetrone, David Brenner, and Scott Hecker (sound editor for *Batman v Superman*).

## Full Circle

SnyderCon 2023, dubbed Full Circle, was first announced by Zack Snyder on March 15, 2023, as a clandestine save-the-date video featuring Ray Porter as Darkseid. In the following days, more was revealed alongside never-before-seen photos of Henry Cavill's Superman, Ben Affleck's Batman, and Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman from behind the scenes of *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice*. Tickets went on sale on March 24 and were sold out within ten minutes. All proceeds went to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, totalling about $100,000 from ticket sales alone. The event marked the crossing of the $1 million threshold for donations to AFSP from the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut hashtag campaign. This was also the first time Zack Snyder's directorial films in the DC Extended Universe were officially recognized with the term "Snyderverse," which had been popularized on social media long before then.

The event was sponsored by The Stone Quarry, AMC Theaters, ArtCenter College of Design, Warner Bros. Discovery, Universal Pictures, DC Studios, VERO True Social, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. VERO hosted online streams for the question and answer sessions that occurred after each screening each day.

### April 28, 2023

The first day featured a Friday-night screening of *Man of Steel*. The event started with a cocktail reception at 5PM at the ArtCenter College of Design Ahmanson Auditorium, director Zack Snyder's alma mater, followed by the feature film at 6. During the movie, Snyder livestreamed with Dave Pena and Stephen M. Colbert and talked about the movie as it played. During this stream, he confirmed that Mike Justus had portrayed Nam-Ek, the large Kryptonian, whose actor had never been revealed due to the character being a stunt role.

Following the movie, Snyder was joined by a panel of guests. The panel was streamed online through VERO True Social. Alex McDowell (the production designer for *Man of Steel*, Christina Wren, and Deborah Snyder joined Zack Snyder on the panel, hosted by Charles Ellison from ArtCenter.

### April 29, 2023

The second day will be the screening of *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (Ultimate Edition). Like the previous day, the movie will be screened at ArtCenter College of Design Ahmanson Auditorium. The movie will start at 3PM and will feature another panel of guests joining Snyder afterwards. Like before, Snyder will stream during the movie and the panel will be streamed for online audiences.

### April 30, 2023

The final day will be the first official screening of the *Zack Snyder's Justice League* color IMAX print. This screening will take place at the Universal City Walk AMC IMAX theater at 1PM. Unlike the previous two days, which charged $150 for general admission, the IMAX screening was $175 and featured many more seats than the ArtCenter auditorium. Also unlike the other two days, Snyder will not livestream during the screening, however the event will still be followed by a panel discussion.

## References

1. ↑ "Zack Snyder: The Director's Cuts". *ArtCenter College of Design*. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved on March 3, 2019. “Following each screening, there will be a panel discussion with ArtCenter alumnus and director Zack Snyder along with special guests from the individual films' cast and crew.”
2. ↑ "FULL CIRCLE: A Special Three-Day Celebration of the Snyderverse Trilogy". *American Foundation for Suicide Prevention*. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved on March 24, 2023.
3. ↑ "Full Circle". VERO True Social. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved on April 20, 2023. “Ready the Armada, as VERO is excited to be partnering with Zack, Deborah, and the Stone Quarry team to exclusively livestream the Q&A with Zack and special guests which will follow MOS (Friday, April 28), BVS:UE (Saturday, April 29), and ZSJL (Sunday, April 30).”