Love, Death + Robots has earned its place as one of Netflix’s top most thrilling animated shows. With millions of fans eagerly tuning in to watch bizarre, tech-infused tales that feel like a CGI version of Black Mirror, it’s clear that the series knows how to keep viewers hooked. Back with ten more jaw-dropping episodes in Love, Death + Robots Volume 4, fans almost got something even more special: a story directed by none other than Zack Snyder. Almost.
Tim Miller, the mastermind behind Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate, is no stranger to creating high-octane, visually striking tales. This season, he’s directing not one, but two episodes, including The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur (Episode 7). But what you might not know is that Miller initially had a very different director in mind for this Love, Death + Robots Volume 4 episode—a director who’s practically the king of big, epic spectacles and slow-mo sequences: Zack Snyder.
Miller had written the episode with Snyder in mind, promising a premise so heavy-metal it could only belong in the Snyderverse. “I’d originally intended [it] for Zack Snyder, because he wanted to do one,” Miller told Mama’s Geeky. “And I’m like, Dude, I have the most heavy metal episode ever. It’s dinosaurs in space with genetically modified slaves.”
Naturally, Snyder was on board—but life got in the way. As you might guess, Snyder’s packed schedule, especially with his work on Rebel Moon and now his cameo on AppleTV+’s The Studio, made it impossible to direct the episode. “Then he got busy on Rebel Moon. Lazy bastard trying to do two movies, come on. You’re only doing two movies at one time,” Miller joked with the interviewer. It seems even Snyder couldn’t juggle everything.
So, when Snyder had to bow out, it was Miller who ended up taking the reins. “Then when it didn’t happen, Jennifer Yuh Nelson said, ‘Tim, you just got to do it yourself.’ And I’m like, ‘Hmmm… I wrote this for Zack Snyder. I don’t want to do it. But she was like, ‘No, you have to. I see your eyes light up when you talk about dinosaurs in space.’”
Looking back, Miller admits it turned out to be a great decision. “Super glad. Mr. Beast is in it. Which is great. He’s a huge fan of the show and he’s going to push it out there to all his hundreds of millions of fans. And we need them.”
But completing the episode wasn’t smooth sailing at all. Unfortunately, the original company working on the animated project went out of business, forcing Miller to pull the episode back into Blur Studio. “We pulled it back into my company, Blur, to finish it. But it was pretty late in the game, and we had to really hustle. The Blur team did an amazing job. It’s so cool looking, but that was challenging,” Miller confessed.
Now, just imagine what could’ve happened if Zack Snyder and Tim Miller teamed up for a Batman animated CGI film. It’d be a match made in superhero heaven. We can only dream.
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Tell us, would you like to see Zack Snyder and Tim Miller team up in future for an episode of Love, Death + Robots?
