Whedon, the director who replaced Zack Snyder on Justice League to oversee reshoots, had stayed silent amid multiple claims made by Fisher this year. However, on Thursday, an attorney for Whedon and spokesperson for the director issued multiple statements in regard to the Forbes story, particularly about the removed quote.
"Mr. Fisher had no first hand knowledge to support any of the wild allegations he made about Mr. Whedon and others associated with the film," an attorney for Whedon said in a statement. "He admitted this lack of knowledge to Forbes when stated that he 'bec[ame] informed,' of these claims, without identifying who supposedly informed him, or when he supposedly learned of the information regarding skin tone changes. In reality, nothing of the sort ever happened."
Whedon’s spokesperson elaborated on the editing process for Justice League, noting: “As is standard on almost all films, there were numerous people involved with mixing the final product, including the editor, special effects person, composer, etc. with the senior colorist responsible for the final version's tone, colors, and mood. This process was further complicated on this project by the fact that Zack shot on film, while Joss shot on digital, which required the team, led by the same senior colorist who has worked on previous films for Zach, to reconcile the two.”
Stefan Sonnenfeld, the president of imaging shop Company 3 whose work ranged from The Mandalorian to Black Hawk Down, was the senior colorist for the movie. He was worked with Snyder on movies such as 300, Sucker Punch and Man of Steel. THR reached out to Company 3 for comment but did not hear back.