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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Ted Sarandos is happy the twin Hollywood strikes are over — but the Netflix co-CEO claimed the streamer didn’t see significant “interruption” in its ability to launch original series and films. “We are mostly just thrilled that the strikes are behind us.

Despite its disputes being more than seven years old, David Ayer’s 2016 superhero film, “Suicide Squad,” continues to be a source of controversy for dejected fans online and a point of contention for the filmmaker. Part of it is because “Suicide Squad” was a vestige of the old Zach Snyder-led DC Universe, which is no more, and part of it is because the film was apparently tampered with beyond belief.

Warner Bros. held the premiere for the long-awaited DC spinoff The Flash today in Hollywood with its star Ezra Miller, who has been the subject of several tabloid headlines from alleged assaults in Hawaii to unlawful trespassing at a neighbor’s house in Vermont, making their red carpet debut since such incidents.

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and producer Abbie Cornish has signed with Atlas Artists for management.

EXCLUSIVE: Trai Byers, Ray Fisher, April Matthis and Michael Potts have joined Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Brooks and John David Washington in the cast of Broadway’s upcoming revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson.

Zach Snyder, 28, of Fairview Heights, Illinois.

“Army of the Dead” filmmaker, best known for his long, high-drama action flicks, confessed there’s still a few film genres he’d like to explore: porn and religion.Despite the two diametrically opposed subjects, the man who brought us the four-and-a-half hour long edit of 2011’s “Justice League” — the infamous “Snyder Cut” — believes he may even be able to combine the two genres.

Zack Snyder’s 4 hourslong “Justice League.”) And so the best aspects of “Army of the Dead” are hindered by undue excess.Running time: 148 minutes. Rated R (strong bloody violence, gore and language throughout, some sexual content and brief nudity/graphic nudity).

The robust, if short-term, theatrical run for Netflix’s Army of the Dead starting May 21 is a sign of the marketplace to come, in the view of Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorHBO Max next week will throw an exclusive fan watch party of “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” the much-hyped, four-hour version of the DC superhero movie, featuring a live video discussion with Snyder himself.The special watch party will kick off at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m.

Well, it’s finally here: after fan petitions, crowdfunding campaigns for ad space, and support over social media by cast and crew, “Zach Snyder’s Justice League” hits HBO Max in March. With COVID still putting pressure on the movie industry, it’s surprising that WarnerMedia has been able to follow through on its promise to fans about this release.

Dave McNary Film ReporterBilly Crudup is in early negotiations to join Ezra Miller in the DC superhero tentpole “The Flash” for Warner Bros., Variety has confirmed.Crudup, who recently won an Emmy for drama series for “The Morning Show,” portrayed Dr. Henry Allen as the father to Barry Allen, aka The Flash, in Zach Snyder’s 2017 “Justice League” opposite Miller.

By Matt Donnelly