I have to admit my mind is a bit blown. What we're seeing is far beyond my expectations. It's apparent that HBO Max is going all-in with the Snyderverse as their hot exclusive content. Hoping that for the next several years it will be their Mandolorian, their Game of Thrones, their Stranger Things, etc. So moving forward, to whatever degree this can be done, Snyderverse content will be exclusive to HBO Max. Eventually there will be disk sales, but not for a relatively long while.
My predictions:
ZSJL releases on HBO Max first as a six part TV miniseries. Edited as such to as much as possible impart a cliffhanger sense at the end of each episode. Although there's obviously limits to what's possible with that. From what I'm reading the actors are just shooting some green screen pickups such as the Harry Lennix Martian Manhunter reveal, and redoing some voice work. Mainly the budget is going into completion of VFX (original Steppenwolf design!) and Junkie XL adding more scoring. The story ends with a major cliffhanger setting up JL 2. But that was always the case anyway for this film.
ZSJL then releases on HBO Max as a four hour film available for digital purchase.
Maybe ZSJL gets a limited theater run if the movie theaters are getting robust business again after this pandemic? Wild card is how significant resurgence of Covid-19 will be in the fall. Could be really crippling to the industry. I think the movie theater business will survive but probably via offering only a fairly pricey monthly subscription fee. If that's the case, upsides will be 1) seeing any movie you want as many times as you want, and 2) Rotten Tomatoes will have far less influence. But I digress.
If ZSJL proves to be a big hit, there's going to be JL 2 and 3 using the same formula of TV miniseries first, film second. The whole idea here is to hook in viewers via strong emotional investment into the characters and the unfolding story. Original miniseries are what keeps people subscribing to streaming services. So again, the big picture here is the AT&T/HBO Max totally realizes this, big time. And they want viewers to be hype for it and to subscribe, lol!
Ben Affleck got fed up with playing Batman because of the combined experience of JL being reshot (scuttling the five film arc that he signed on for and liked) and Geoff Johns continually ****ing with his script for The Batman. All of that has been repaired now with HBO Max's new game plan. Ben's reasons for "losing interest" in the role have been fixed. Ben has said he loves Zack Snyder and will do anything for him. So he will make JL 2 and 3 if Zack asks. But moreover the popular demand figures to be very high for JL 2 and 3--unless ZSJL ends up not being very good. Regarding the question of how good it will be, if it rivals BvS in quality then the fanbase that got RTSC rolling will be in seventh heaven, and that fanbase will grow, etc. It's okay that it''s polarizing now--it just has to be high quality for the fanbase that likes it. I think for all this to succeed, ZSJL has to be at that quality level. But I'm confident that it will.
If Ben is willing (again IF) he can either make his "The Batman" film, or perhaps do it as a fairly high budget TV miniseries. TV series makes a lot of sense because thats what's hot right now. But either way it'll definitely feature Joe Manganiello's Deathstroke. The offer from AT&T will absolutely be there if he's willing. DC is clearly embracing the multiverse design (differentiating it from the MCU), so no one that gives a **** will be "confused" (please!) by the fact that the Battinson trilogy is happening in parallel. However I think as a business man Ben may wait to see if ZSJL does become a big hit, because that increases his bargaining power.
Zero doubt in my mind that the Ayer Cut of SS will get released.
Henry will get his Superman solo film set between MoS and BvS as a self-contained story that develops the Superman character more. Assuming it's a success, likely further ones. But he'll get at least one.
We may very well get a Cyborg film. Snyder has said Cyborg's character is "the heart of the film." If fans take a shine to him in ZSJL, he'll get his film.
We already know we're getting the Flash film.
Anything beyond this is gravy.