‘Justice League’ Spoilers: Commissioner Gordon Summons The Dark Knight And Some Super Allies In Bat-Signal Scene

In honor of Batman Day earlier this week, Zack Snyder shared a photo of himself standing by the Bat Signal on the set of Justice League. Then, the director posted a photo of JK Simmons’ Commissioner Gordon waiting by the Bat Signal. Thanks to reporting from the set of Justice League by Comicbook.com’s Brandon Davis, we also know who Commissioner Gordon is waiting for on the rooftop of the Gotham City Police Department. Obviously Batman shows up, but since the movie’s called Justice League, he’s not coming alone. He brings the new crew along too. Wonder Woman, The Flash and Cyborg join the party.

Here’s the detailed description of the scene in Davis’ words:

The setting was a Gotham City rooftop. More specifically, it was the rooftop of the Gotham City Police Department where the Bat-signal resides. Set dressers milled around covering the set and costumes with water as flashes from high above the set simulated lightning. Green screens surrounded the rooftop's edges, but the look of the rooftop was convincing enough to overlook the fact. A tall rounded set piece with statues of angels burst from the rooftop near its center, with smoke creeping from pipes and delivering Gotham’s gritty feel.

Gordon stood on one side of the set with the Bat-signal lit awaiting the Dark Knight. When he arrived, he didn’t do so alone. Affleck’s Batman drops into the set with a super hero landing as Wonder Woman and The Flash stand on either side. “How many of you are there?” Gordon asks upon seeing them. “Not enough,” Batman tells him before directing Barry to turn off the Batsignal.

“The eight might still be alive,” Gordon optimistically tells Batman, referring to kidnapped scientists before Cyborg busts into the scene, saying, “9,” to Wonder Woman’s satisfaction. Diana’s look signifies her desire to have recruited Cyborg to the team and his joining has definitely earned her approval. “The head of STAR Labs was taken tonight,” Cyborg tells the team, referring to his scientist father.

The group confers for a moment, discussing previously discovered nests of Parademons, before realizing that none of the patterns converge “on land” which felt a lot like an Aquaman reference. Based on the Crawler and Stryker’s Island scenes, we know the setting of the Parademon nest to be underground but choosing to say “on land” seems like the first reference to Momoa’s trident-wielding hero, who has only made a cameo in the universe so far.

The team elects to use Batman’s Crawler after Flash points out the fact that they won’t fit in the car together and promptly disappears behind Gordon’s back. When he turns around, we get a moment of humor which we all desire from the dark and gritty DC movies. Barry Allen opens up something along the lines of, “Whoa! They just… Disappear on you like that? That’s rude,” before zooming out of the scene himself. The line changed with each take but Ezra Miller certainly won over any doubters who were watching.

Simmons has already finished filming his parts in film. Earlier this month, he teased to Entertainment Tonight most of his scenes are with Batman and the Justice League. "Yeah, mostly with Ben. In this first installment of the Justice League, Commissioner Gordon is not a particularly sizable part. We just kind of introduce him and see a little bit of his interactions with Batman -- and with most of the Justice League. That was a really fun set.”

Justice League arrives in theaters Nov. 17, 2017.