Justice League II (film)

The Justice League II is an imagined epic sequel to The Justice League and takes place in the DC Cinematic Universe. It is one of the most expensive movies ever produced.

The film is split into three parts and is nearly four hours long. At the beginning of the film, the Justice League consists of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Cyborg. There are many iconic villains in this film, including the White Martians, the Injustice League (Lex Luthor, Xotar, Captain Cold, Black Manta, Doctor Poison, Scarecrow, and Star Sapphire), and Darkseid and his allies.

Part 1 - Invasion

 * The film begins with the Justice League and human race preparing for the invasion of Earth by the White Martians, led by Ma'alefa'ek.
 * The Martian Manhunter explains the backstory: About 500,000 years ago, the Martian race had telepathic abilities. J'onn Jonzz and his twin brother, Ma'alefa'ek, were enemies. When Ma'alefa'ek killed J'onn's wife, he was stripped of his telepathic powers by the Council of Mars. Feeling excluded, he decides to abolish the race and genocide them. Darkseid then invades Mars and destroys most of the Martians. Jonzz, however, is able to escape the planet using a Boom Tube. He travels to the dwarf planet of Eris, thinking that every Martian has died. Ma'alefa'ek, however, is alive and goes to the planet of New Mars in another galaxy to begin a new race of Martians.
 * The Justice League (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg) defeat the White Martians. Ma'alefa'ek is imprisoned, but tells Martian Manhunter the obvious, that Darkseid is coming, and he should be afraid.
 * Across the world, near world peace has been achieved due to the Justice League. It appears that a golden age has begun.
 * LexCorp has seen shares fall, and is at the risk of collapsing. Lex Luthor talks to Darkseid via the Boom Tube. Lex's relationship with Apokolips was established in Superman: Dawn of Justice.
 * Darkseid, believing that the Justice League will cause too many issues for him when he conquers Earth, wants Lex to destroy them, one by one, and the location of the Anti-Life Equation, which was found by LexCorp at "The Three Rivers" in South America in The Man of Tomorrow. In exchange, Darkseid will grant LexCorp full authority on Earth and a taste of the Anti-Life Equation.
 * After near-world peace has been achieved, most of the Justice League members return to their personal lives. Wonder Woman returns to Themyscira. The Martian Manhunter transports the rest of the White Martians back to New Mars. Aquaman goes back to ruling Atlantis.

Part 2 - A League of Their Own

 * Lex begins recruiting members to form the Injustice League - mostly former enemies of the Justice League. His weapons master, Xotar, assists him with the plan.
 * He finds Doctor Poison in South America, experimenting on herself. He gathers Captain Cold (The Flash 2), Scarecrow (Batman Begins), and Black Manta (Aquaman: King of the Sea) from their respective prisons. He then corrupts Star Sapphire, introduced in Green Lantern: Awakening to be evil again.
 * Lois Lane is revealed to be pregnant. Cyborg upgrades the Batcave. Batman travels to South America after getting leads from Lois Lane from The Man of Tomorrow. He discovers that Lex is forming his own league.
 * Batman is met by Scott Free, who was sent to Earth in New Gods. He tells him about the Anti-Life Equation. The Scarecrow appears and haunts Batman, showing him nightmares of what will happen when Darkseid gets the Anti-Life Equation. Scarecrow is killed by Scott Free. Batman, however, is distressed by the nightmares.
 * Lex Luthor suddenly activates the Anti-Life Equation, and Darkseid appears with DeSaad, and Maxima.
 * Batman and Scott Free quickly return to the batcave to warn the Justice League, but is shocked to learn that many of them are separately fighting members of the Injustice League.

Part 3 - Knightmare

 * Black Manta unites with the Lost Kingdom to fight Aquaman and Mera. Captain Cold, with enhanced weaponry causes chaos in Central City, and fights the Flash. Star Sapphire fights Green Lantern. Cyborg helps The Flash
 * Superman, Batman, Lois Lane, and Scott Free discuss plans to defeat Darkseid in the Batcave.
 * Lex Luthor tells Darkseid that the only way to have Superman defeated is through Lois Lane.
 * Superman arrives at Three Rivers to challenge Darkseid. Darkseid nearly defeats him, but then Boom Tubes to the Batcave. He waits for Superman to arrive - then kills Lois Lane in front of him. Batman watches in horror. Darkseid, with the power of the Anti-Life Equation, forces Superman to submit to him.
 * Meanwhile, The Flash stops Captain Cold, but a massive explosion goes off, which nearly blows up Cyborg. A fractured Cyborg tells The Flash to save Batman, as he can here communications in the Batcave.
 * Green Lantern escapes from Star Sapphire and goes to the Three Rivers. He defeats Grayven and finds out from him that Darkseid is at the Batcave.
 * Black Manta assassinates Aquaman, while Mera barely escapes.
 * Doctor Poison unleashes a powerful toxin in Themyscira, killing all of the Amazons, including Wonder Woman. Circe assumes the throne.
 * Superman then kills Scott Free in the Batcave. Batman attempts to run away. Before Superman can beam him, Green Lantern shields Batman. The Flash appears and saves them.
 * Martian Manhunter arrives back on Earth and goes face-to-face against Darkseid, while Green Lantern, The Flash, Batman, and Cyborg fight off Grayven and Gilotina. Despite putting up a good fight, Martian Manhunter is killed, to the horror of The Flash.
 * Batman calls for a retreat. Mera arrives and helps them all escape.
 * Superman returns to Three Rivers and kills Lex Luthor, then goes on to terrorize the world. Darkseid's forces destroy other worlds, including Oa, which weakens Green Lantern.
 * Flash forward two years. In a post-apocalyptic desert, Batman, Mera, The Flash, a depowered Hal Jordan, what's left of Cyborg, and Deadshot plan their attack.
 * In the credits scene, Orion, the lone survivor on a wrecked New Genesis, receives a message from Scott Free, dated two years ago. He goes to Metron and learns that the message was from Earth and decides to go there.



Cast

 * Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman
 * Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
 * Amy Adams as Lois Lane
 * Bryan Cranston as Lex Luthor
 * Lance Reddick as John Jones/J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter
 * Ray Porter as Darkseid
 * Timothy Olyphant as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern
 * Ray Fisher as Victor Stone/Cyborg
 * Gal Gadot as Diana/Wonder Woman
 * Rick Cosnett as Barry Allen/The Flash
 * Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry/Aquaman
 * Martin Freeman as Scott Free
 * Emilia Clarke as Mera
 * Elena Ayala as Dr. Isabel Maru/Doctor Poison
 * Wes Bentley as Leonard Snart/Captain Cold
 * Eva Mendes as Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire
 * Arjun Rampal as Ma'alefa'ek
 * Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as David Hyde/Black Manta
 * Alexis Denisoff as DeSaad
 * Cillian Murphy as Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow
 * Katheryn Winnick as Maxima
 * Jane Lynch as Granny Goodness

Additionally, Connie Nielsen plays Queen Hippolyta and Gemma Chan plays Circe in scenes in Themyscira. Will Poulter, Kathy Ireland, Joe Dempsie, Holly Valence, Tao Okamoto, Lisa Kongsli, Joe Morton, Mayling Ng, Doutzen Kroes, Shantel VanSanten, and Willem Defoe reprise their roles in previous DCCU films as Jimmy Olsen, Kitty Kowalski, Grayven, Gilotina, Mercy Graves, Menalippe, Dr. Silas Stone, Orana, Veneli, Patty Spivot and Nuidis Vulko, respectively. Lucy Liu has a small role as a gender-swapped Xotar, who assists Luthor. Tom Hardy and Will Smith make cameos as Orion and Floyd Lawton/Deadshot, respectively.

Sequel
The Justice League III is the final film of the original Justice League trilogy. It was filmed back-to-back with this movie.