The VFX crew Hall Crew has used its results wizardry to right what it perceives to be one among cinematic historical past’s largest missteps: Warner Bros. Footage’ digitally eradicating Henry Cavill’s mustache within the Joss Whedon model of Justice League. The crew has uploaded a 15-minute video strolling viewers via its rationale in devoting time to create a proof of idea clip with Cavill’s mustache added again in, the leading edge expertise (actually) concerned, after which lastly treating followers to the large reveal.

A significant throughline within the video is a flag-planting plea for Warner Bros. to launch the “mustache lower” of the movie, declaring that seemingly minor change as sufficient to place it on par with or change into the definitive model over the just lately launched four-hour Zack Snyder model. Hey, something is feasible, proper? Try the clip under and determine for your self.

With the latest rise of doubtless troubling deepfakes–an rising type of media through which an present picture or video is changed with another person’s likenesses–this video is a pleasant change of tempo with a foolish use of a few of that expertise. Across the 12-minute mark, there are some fairly wild technical hiccups, like Superman’s mustache being punched clear off his face.

As Justice League and Henry Cavill’s Superman are each receding considerably into the rear view, DC is making it clear that it is transferring on from the DC Prolonged Universe of Zack Snyder’s movies. It was just lately introduced that Superman might be rebooted with Ta-Nehisi Coates writing and JJ Abrams developing–but nonetheless unclear who will take the function over from Cavill, mustache or not. Actor Michael B. Jordan has just lately stated that, regardless of rumors, he is “simply watching on this one.”

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