Justice League movie delayed, close to being canceled

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Warner pulls plug on 'Justice League'
Cast options lapse; spring start scrapped
By DIANE GARRETT, MICHAEL FLEMING
"Justice League" is no longer moving faster than a speeding bullet.

Warner Bros. has let the options lapse on the young cast that director George Miller chose to play DC superhero staples. The move made it clear that the project is no longer eyeing a spring start. It most likely won't get underway until late summer or fall at the earliest.

Castmembers were informed late Tuesday that their options would not be exercised, but they were also told that the studio is determined to make the film, with them in it. Unfortunately, there were insurmountable problems that made a delay the best option. The studio's reasons included not getting the official response it needed on tax breaks from shooting in Australia. And while WB execs like the script they got from Kieran and Michele Mulroney, it would benefit from a little more work, something that isn't possible because of the writer's strike.

Some were surprised that the studio didn't exercise cast options anyway. The deals gave WB the flexibility to exercise the deals immediately, or in July, and the actors will be making salaries in the low six-figure range. While Adam Brody, cast as The Flash, has a track record, most of the cast is comprised of newcomers like Armie Hammer Jr., who plays Batman, and Megan Gale, who will play Wonder Woman.

The studio now risks losing them to other film jobs. But it is likely most if not all of the cast will make sure to be available starting late summer and fall, just in case. That's because of the starmaking potential of "Justice League."

Studio had set this week as the deadline to greenlight the superhero tentpole, which it was racing to get into production for 2009 release. That was always considered a dicey proposition, particularly when the writers went on strike, and because the film needs to be completed before the SAG deal expires in June.

With "Justice League" on indefinite hold, the studio has a superhero gap on its 2009 slate, for the status of the next "Superman" pic is also uncertain.
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Good news. WB/DC live action films are on a disastrous course outside of the Nolanverse. Wonder Woman couldn't get off the ground. Superman Returns while I enjoyed it took the franchise in the wrong direction. They need to take the risk and develop some of their other characters and see how it goes instead of this idling around not doing anything.

However Justice League: New Frontier is fantastic and should be viewed by all. I'm hoping for similar treatment featuring other DC graphic novels. There is still Batman: Gotham Knight and (the real) Teen Titans in the pipeline.
 
Thank you Jesus!

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Good news. I've always wondered why Warner just doesn't try to just do a Batman/Superman movie and try to get Routh and Bale together (throw a ton of money) on it since they both have recent movies.

That'd also be a much better way to set up a JLA movie IMO. With that on hold though, what other comic book movies are arriving in 2009? Just Thor?
 
GCQuinton said:
Good news. I've always wondered why Warner just doesn't try to just do a Batman/Superman movie and try to get Routh and Bale together (throw a ton of money) on it since they both have recent movies.

That'd also be a much better way to set up a JLA movie IMO. With that on hold though, what other comic book movies are arriving in 2009? Just Thor?
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Captain America?
 
WrikaWrek said:
They should make Superman Doomsday instead.

It would be a superman movie with the justice league in it.
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No, they shouldn't. Doomsay wasn't a character, he was a plot device. A lame one at that. They should make a 'For the Man Who Has Everything' movie. Or a 'What's so funny about Truth, Justice, & The American Way' movie.
 
good... now George Miller can get started on FURY ROAD.


come on, Georgie. Throw some money at Gibson and get that son of a bitch on board, QUICKLY!
 
GCQuinton said:
Good news. I've always wondered why Warner just doesn't try to just do a Batman/Superman movie and try to get Routh and Bale together (throw a ton of money) on it since they both have recent movies.
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*insert my standard diatribe on how Nolan/Bale's Batman belongs nowhere near aliens*
 
Full speed ahead!

Warner Bros. to serve 'Justice' in '09
Studio going full speed with superhero film

By DIANE GARRETT

Now that the writers strike has been resolved, Warner Bros. is pushing ahead with its plans to make "Justice League" in time for a 2009 debut.

Warners tried to get "Justice League" into production earlier, but put it on indefinite hold in January, allowing the cast options to expire (Daily Variety, Jan. 16). At the time, the studio said it didn't want to move ahead until the scribes had another shot at the script.

Scribes Kieran and Michele Mulroney are busy polishing up the script, which is expected back at the studio in several weeks, and the cast has been advised to keep training for their superhero roles. Director George Miller is in pre-production in Australia.

Adam Brody, cast as the Flash, is the biggest star in the superhero lineup. Rapper Common nabbed the Green Lantern role; other roles went to lesser-known thesps such as Armie Hammer Jr. (Batman) and Megan Gale (Wonder Woman).

"Justice League," based on a DC Comic, is a huge priority for the studio and considered a launching pad for future superhero projects down the line.

Warners needs another tentpole for its 2009 slate, which is a little thin at the moment. Studio had been vying for Roland Emmerich's "2012," but that project went to Sony. The studio just skedded "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" for May 22 and Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are" for Oct. 16. The only other pic it has dated is Zack Snyder's "Watchmen," set for release March 6.

Read the full article at:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981504.html
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I'm just not filled with frothing hatred for this film like I should be. Sorry. :(

I'm not exactly optimistic, mind you, but Miller is a decent director, and while some of the casting, particularly Hammer, certainly sounds questionable, I haven't seen or heard enough to convince me that the film will suck. Yet.
 
Justice League: CW Crisis here we come. Not hyped for this at all. It will be either A hour and half of quick introductions to the characters and one quick inane plot or just throwing people into the mix with no introduction and critics and people complaining they have no idea who martian manhunter is (and not green).

I still don't get what is so hard to comprehend by WB to just make a Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Flash movie then bring all the characters together with a Justice League movie and the characters already being fleshed out and familiar. I would be more then happy if they just ripped of the JL animation pilot episode with the alien invasion and intro of Martian Manhunter.
 
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