Recent rumours suggest that Australian supermodel Megan Gale will play Wonder Woman, with Friday Night Lights star Scott Porter as Superman and Wolf Creek's Teresa Palmer - who was originally reported to be playing Wonder Woman - now taking the role of Batman's love interest Talia al Ghul. Rapper Common is hotly tipped to play the Green Lantern.
What the hell is this? The Justice League are all teenagers or in their early 20s? What rubbish.
*SIGH* I can't believe Dini and Timm have once again been passed over a live-action DC comic superhero movie, and once again, it appears Clueless Warner Bros Studio Executives are basically making the movie, no matter who is listed as the director or writer.
The JL and JLU animated series were flawless - absolutely flawless. And I can already see the live action movie being a total waste of everybody's time.
Recent rumours suggest that Australian supermodel Megan Gale will play Wonder Woman, with Friday Night Lights star Scott Porter as Superman and Wolf Creek's Teresa Palmer - who was originally reported to be playing Wonder Woman - now taking the role of Batman's love interest Talia al Ghul. Rapper Common is hotly tipped to play the Green Lantern.
What the hell is this? The Justice League are all teenagers or in their early 20s? What rubbish.
*SIGH* I can't believe Dini and Timm have once again been passed over a live-action DC comic superhero movie, and once again, it appears Clueless Warner Bros Studio Executives are basically making the movie, no matter who is listed as the director or writer.
The JL and JLU animated series were flawless - absolutely flawless. And I can already see the live action movie being a total waste of everybody's time.
I'm in agreement with you here. Plus Bruce Timm just finished animating JL: New Frontier which i'm looking forward for.
So this movie is officially a-go despite new Batman and Superman movies coming up?
(Also, these bashing comments really bother me. Don't knock 'em till you tried it. The worst casting choices can be saved by a tight script and/or director, and vice versa)
"See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve." - The Joker
Warner Bros. president Alan Horn is retiring this week after 12 years as the man with final say on every studio project. Jeff Robinov will succeed Horn, and the LA Times profile of the apparently awkward studio executive confirms what we knew about WB’s tentpole strategy in a post-Harry Potter world: fill the void with DC Comics superheroes. The specifics of that superhero slate might surprise you. The LA Times writes: “[Robinov is] aiming to release new Batman and Superman films in 2012 and Justice League, a teaming of DC’s top heroes, in 2013.”
We’re well aware of The Dark Knight Rises (July 20, 2012) and the Superman reboot (December 2012), but it’s news to us if there are even tentative plans to release Justice League in two years. Update: Warner Bros. president Jeff Robinov has confirmed to Hero Complex that the studio plans to release a Justice League movie in 2013.
In addition to the aforementioned Batman and Superman movies, Warner Bros. has Green Lantern coming on June 17. Plus, the studio is actively developing individual projects around The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman, which accounts for most of the key players. There was a rumor last year that Christopher Nolan was in line to direct Justice League. Although almost certainly untrue, one imagines that if the studio wanted to get the project going again, they’d turn to Mr. Nolan.
More recently, though, The Dark Knight Rises producer Charles Roven publicly denounced the idea that Superman and Batman don’t share the same universe: “That may be in somebody’s mind but right now the Batman lives in his world and the Superman lives in his world.”
The George Miller-directed Justice League: Mortal had a troubled development period before Warner Bros. pulled the plug in early 2008. It would be very optimistic to suppose they could resuscitate the project with a two-year turnaround. But surely a Justice League movie is a goal over at WB headquarters — likely to strike while the superhero iron is still hot, too.
