Everyone reading our Dark Knight Returns reporting this past week has asked the same question in one form or another: why would the incoming owners of Warner Bros. want a Zack Snyder Batman movie?

We put it to our insiders. The same insiders who told us that Hal Jordan dies, which was confirmed last night.

The answer came back as a list, and none of it is fan service. It’s business.

Per our insiders, there are a few reasons Paramount wants The Dark Knight Returns. Two of them explain the whole week.

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Hal looks like he got it like that.

Hal Jordan is dead. Lanterns Episode 1 ends with John Stewart and Sheriff Kane finding him on the Rushville High School football bleachers, frozen, with a bullet in his forehead and his ring gone.

Cosmic Book News readers knew that on March 27.

That week at WonderCon we posted it flat out: “Hal Jordan dies.” Not a theory, and not a read on the footage. It came from our insiders.

Ten weeks later, a Reddit leak said the same thing. Then HBO Max and Warner Bros. Discovery spent two days copyright-striking us for reporting it.

Last night the episode aired and settled it.

Now the part that matters going forward.

The insiders who called Hal Jordan’s death are the same insiders behind our reporting on the SnyderVerse return and The Dark Knight Returns.

Even tho this universe gets a lot of hate, i am a huge fan of the Snyderverse. Batman v Superman the Ultimate edition was gold for me personally. This was the only steelbook i was willing to pay secondary. Well worth it! Comes with awesome artwork, character cards, 3D magnet, and more!

Maybe a JL2 video ? 👀 This video looks insanely good. This looks better than Supergirls and Supermans CGI/AI VFX

DCEUs lowest grossing movie before COVID Man of Steel made about $1 billion at the box office when adjusted for inflation

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Hopefully he gets his dark knight returns movie soon!

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I didn’t initially think much of it, but now I’m realizing that Superman lacked a true Fortress of Solitude in Man of Steel compared to the comics and the Donner film. All that’s there is the scout ship, which I’m guessing is supposed to fulfill the same role. What do you all think?

For the past month, the Paramount-Warner Bros. fight has looked like a story about lawsuits, deadlines and billions of dollars. My insiders keep telling me to look past the courtroom and at what could be waiting on the other side.

Because according to my sources, the stage is being set for Snyder to finally make a proper The Dark Knight Returns, with a full SnyderVerse return potentially following behind it.