Zack Snyder's Justice League seemingly used an emblem created for the Halo video games on Deathstroke's sword.
As reported by PCGamesN, Twitter user Geoff Reeves posted a close-up look at Deathstroke's suit, which is seemingly on display in Dallas, Texas. The Twitter user noted an emblem on the back of Deathstroke's sword and was taken as a reference to Ra's al Ghul and his League of Assassins (or League of Shadows). The apparent tie-in was even retweeted by Deathstroke actor Joe Manganiello.
But not only does the symbol have nothing to do with Ra's al Ghul or the League of Assassins, it's just a modified version of an emblem from Halo.
Christopher Barrett, a Bungie artist with credits on every one of Bungie's Halo games, claimed ownership of the emblem on Twitter. The artist seemed confused about its inclusion.
"An emblem I made twenty years ago is on Deathstroke’s sword I guess?" Barrett said on Twitter.
PCGamesN speculates the confusion arose from a Google search. By searching "Ra's al Ghul symbol," a fan-created website pops up very early in Google Image search results, bearing the slightly-modified Halo logo. The website claims the logo is related to Ra's al Ghul's League of Shadows – which has seemingly, years later, led to a costume designer repurposing it for the movie.I still have the original illustrator file pic.twitter.com/0nRieKXHHE
— Christopher Barrett (@cgbarrett) March 14, 2021
A comment on that fan page now even references the apparent mistake, reading, "I can't believe this was accidentally made canon holy shit."
Tom & Jerry fans might've already gotten to see the new emblem as Justice League was accidentally uploaded on HBO Max in Tom & Jerry's place. The error was, unfortunately, fixed, and fans will have to wait until Thursday for the official launch of Zack Snyder's Justice League. We just awarded the new cut an 8/10 in our Zack Snyder's Justice League review.
If only this Halo-Justice League news arrived sooner as IGN had DC movie producer Deborah Snyder and Studio Head of Halo Transmedia Kiki Wolfkil in a discussion about their careers bringing beloved geeky properties to a new life.
Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN who is having nightmares about HBO Max pulling a reverse and uploading a copy of Tom & Jerry instead of Justice League.
