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Warner Bros. to Make JUSTICE LEAGUE Movie
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 04:26
by Barbarian King
http://www.supermanhomepage.com/news.php
Variety reports that Warner Bros. have hired writing team Kiernan and Michele Mulroney to write a script for a Justice League movie...
Warner Bros., with its major appetite for fresh franchises, is looking to make a feature based on super team the Justice League of America, hiring writing duo Kiernan and Michele Mulroney to pen the script.
It's the first major action the studio has taken on the project.
Feature film is bound to include some combination of DC's most iconic superheroes, although the studio wouldn't confirm which ones they might be. It's unlikely that the studio and DC Comics, a division of Warner, would opt to feature second-tier characters.
Since its inception in 1960, JLA has featured almost every major hero in the DC Comics universe, although the core team has largely remained the same: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter.
The heroes typically band together to fight alien menaces or groups of supervillains.
"The Justice League of America has been a perennial favorite for generations of fans, and we believe their appeal to film audiences will be as strong and diverse as the characters themselves," Warner prexy of production Jeff Robinov said in announcing the hiring of the Mulroneys.
Read the complete report at Variety.com.
This could possibly be the coolest thing in the history of...everything.
Or it could completely suck. There's no middle ground with this really. Will they get Bale and Routh? Will Nolan or Singer come aboard? Will the script be good? So much going on with this. The possibilities are amazing for a live-action Justice League film.
I think a good idea would be to do a CGI animated movie with the same quality, or better, of Final Fantasy: Spirits Within...only done in the style of Alex Ross' artwork. That'd be truly amazing.
Can't wait to see what happens with this, to say the least.
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 11:26
by saltysam
Would be cool,the Justice League animated series is fantastic,like Batman vs Superman from a few years back though,i can see it being scrapped due to budget concerns.
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 12:39
by bradavon
I've never heard of it. I presume I should've?
EDIT: Ah it's a flick with lots of superhero's. Which ones exactly?
I'm guessing it will suck sadly, unless Bryan Singer is on board. With that many characters many are bound to be sidelined. I can see it being another Wolverine (aka - X-Men).
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 13:09
by saltysam
There's already been a Justice League movie,i own a dvd-r of this.used to play on sky movies years back and i think it's appeared on channel 5 8)
http://www.badmovies.org/othermovies/ju ... index.html
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 16:35
by Barbarian King
There was a Justice League pilot for CBS that's never been shown (thank god).
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31683
I don't think they'll have many problems with the ensemble if they do it right. The characters are all so different that they mesh well together, which is why it's the most popular comic book "group" of heroes ever. With something like X-Men, the characters kind of blend together and get lost in the process, but with JL, that's more difficult to do, since they're so very different and unique.
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 16:40
by EvaUnit02
Fuck a Live Action version, just do a feature-length spinoff of the fabulous Paul Dini/Bruce Timm DC aniverse show.
bradavon wrote:I've never heard of it. I presume I should've?
It pretty much is the Superfriends.
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 16:51
by saltysam
superfriends are cool,i own season 1 & 2
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 16:53
by romerojpg
bradavon wrote:
I'm guessing it will suck sadly, unless Bryan Singer is on board.
Yeah becasue he is the only gay jew director in the world who could handle that many male charecters
Theres more to life than Singer
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 17:18
by saltysam
i agree with Romero. Singer isn't the messiah of superhero movies, Superman Returns was distinctly underwhelming imo.
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 17:23
by EvaUnit02
X-men 1 & 2 were awful films. Superman Returns was even worse.
The zion queen hasn't made a half-way decent film since Apt Pupil.
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 17:43
by romerojpg
X Men 2 is amazing mind you
but still I find other directors of superhero movies far more intresting.
I still think Blade which kicked off the last 10 years of superhereo films is one of the best, cost a lot less than Superman Returns and Spiderman 1,2,3 etc.. and is far better than them all.
I say throw cash at great films, not overarated action heros who get pimped to death and then get boring. I am not even excited about the next Batman film because they hyped the shit out of the last film as if it was the perfect film and it changed holywood, bollocks it did.
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 19:52
by Barbarian King
Singer and Nolan are the only two people, outside of Richard Donner, who understand how to translate a superhero to film intelligently and with conviction and proper dramatic weight.
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 19:53
by Barbarian King
romerojpg wrote:X Men 2 is amazing mind you
but still I find other directors of superhero movies far more intresting.
I still think Blade which kicked off the last 10 years of superhereo films is one of the best, cost a lot less than Superman Returns and Spiderman 1,2,3 etc.. and is far better than them all.
I say throw cash at great films, not overarated action heros who get pimped to death and then get boring. I am not even excited about the next Batman film because they hyped the shit out of the last film as if it was the perfect film and it changed holywood, bollocks it did.
I fail to see how the cost or hype or what-have-you really makes a difference to the film itself. All of that is seperate from the film. It's best to take a film on it's own merits, not all of this other bullshit. But that's just me.
Posted: 24 Feb 2007, 21:45
by Yi-Long
They should just make these kind of movie animated, be it traditional (dini) or CGI.
Cant say I'm looking forward to a movie about the justice league.
Posted: 25 Feb 2007, 11:51
by slasher13
I'm still waiting for Superman: Doomday to come out on DVD..
But yeah this looks interesting
Posted: 25 Feb 2007, 23:39
by Shingster
I can't see this being anything but an utter disaster if they plan a live action film.