How's the JLA script? I don't know... but it's done.

[fabman]

NO, NO, NO!!!

What a c****y idea this is, c'mon, JLA film? Are they f'ing kidding me? I want Batman, Superman & Co. to have their own films.

 

[Steelsheen]

we dont always get what we want.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Warner Bros needs to hold off on this movie until they get Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, and Aquaman movies made before this. The reason why the Avengers script hasn't been written yet is because Marvel is making Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Thor, and Ant-Man before the Avengers. That's the way to go.

 

[Docker2.0]

JLA won't be made any time soon. I really believe the WB doesn't have a clue what they are doing with their DC characters. How many heroes have they announced in the last year alone will have movies made? Darn near the entire universe! And where does Superman vs. Batman fit in? I believe THAT movie will be made before a JLA movie is. Truth is, JLA should be made asap, with guest appearances by Supes and Bats becuase this will also get WW, Flash, and GL on the screen. Other than the Green Arrow movie which I can guarantee will be made due to his success on Smallville, there hasn't been any real motion to get the others on the screen, outside of the Bats and Supes world.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Then why is the script done? But yeah I agree they should definitely go WF first before a JLA... take a page out of Marvel WB... don't be stupid

 

[Docker2.0]

The script has been done on a couple DC properties but they'll out of the blue can it for some reason. I'd love for this movie to be made with Darkseid being the villian or the brains behind an invasion. We don't even have to see him, just throw hints of him, which I'm also hoping they would do in MOS and TDK, show some continuity.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Warner Bros needs to hold off on this movie until they get Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, and Aquaman movies made before this. The reason why the Avengers script hasn't been written yet is because Marvel is making Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Thor, and Ant-Man before the Avengers. That's the way to go.

Exactly .

 

[TheVileOne]

First off you guys need to wise up.

Writing a script for a movie doesn't mean it's going to happen. You can't even begin to count for scripts that are written for high profile big budget blockbusters like this that never happened.

Has anyone already forgotten Aronofsky's Batman Year One? Andrew Kevin Walker and Wolfgang Petersen's Batman/Superman? PAUL DINI/BRUCE TIMM/BOAZ YAKIN'S BATMAN BEYOND MOVIE (it's true and was reported on in EW)?

One thing to note though, the Avengers movie won't be the New Avengers lineup.

 

[flash13]

this is great news for me! The Flash is my favorite character (not Bart Allen) though i want him to have his own film, if i saw him in JLA it would be enough.

 

[dnno1]

WB is against multiple actors playing the same characters at the same time.

It would have to be Christian Bale and Brandon Routh or nothing.

I don't know how true that is. You've got Tom Welling and Brandon Routh playing Superman at the same time and there have been at least four people who have played The Batman in the same lifetime.

 

[dnno1]

Warner Bros needs to hold off on this movie until they get Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, and Aquaman movies made before this. The reason why the Avengers script hasn't been written yet is because Marvel is making Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Thor, and Ant-Man before the Avengers. That's the way to go.

Exactly .

If they waited for that, the film will never get made. I think that right now comic book movies -- and for that matter Sci-Fi, Fantasy films -- with ensemble casts are successful right now. Look at films like X-Men, Fantastic Four, LOTR, POTC et. al. Let's face it, on the whole, female super heroine films do not make money so I doubt that a Wonder Woman film will ever be made. She's got a better chance of being on screen in an ensemble with a supporting character like Superman. I don't fault the WB for going for what works now.They been in this business for more than a hundred years now and they know what they are doing.

 

[Steelsheen]

I don't know how true that is. You've got Tom Welling and Brandon Routh playing Superman at the same time and there have been at least four people who have played The Batman in the same lifetime.

i think he meant concurrently Dnno.

also i think the reason why WB allowed it is becase technically Welling is playing Clark Kent pre-Superman days while Routh is playing Superman.

i know it s ridiculous logic, but that WB: wanting to have their cake and eat it at the same time.

 

[FaT_tONle]

If they waited for that, the film will never get made. I think that right now comic book movies -- and for that matter Sci-Fi, Fantasy films -- with ensemble casts are successful right now. Look at films like X-Men, Fantastic Four, LOTR, POTC et. al. Let's face it, on the whole, female super heroine films do not make money so I doubt that a Wonder Woman film will ever be made. She's got a better chance of being on screen in an ensemble with a supporting character like Superman. I don't fault the WB for going for what works now.They been in this business for more than a hundred years now and they know what they are doing.

I still don't get the logic completely... I mean the Fantastic Four have some memorable characters... Human Torch... the Thing... these guys are just as popular if not more popular than Flash and Lantern even prior to any Fantastic Four releases... and we know how big X-men was prior to utter nonsense that was TLS. Point is... because B list DC characters take a back seat to B list Marvel characters... I don't think grouping them together will give you A-list movie material like X-Men (the first two anyway)... I understand WB's point of view... they are looking at something like X-Men and saying "Oh we can out perform that with a JLA".... EHHHHHH.... WRONG... see a JLA was a film to unite comic book heroes under a single and greater universe... something totally acceptable in comics... but X-Men was already a greater universe in a single comic and it has always been just that. There is a difference there. Even if this movie went through... you can't just bring in Bale and Routh and a plethera of new heroes together in a two hour action flick and just explain the existence of this greater universe but present in a two hour monstrosity... thats what will happen... and I also feel the same way about an Avengers flick just to show I am not completely Marvel bias. Unless the plots to these JLA and Avenger scripts are just that fantastic and brilliant... unless the budgets are so ridiculously high... unless the actors from the solos return... and unless the solo movies themselves at least hint at or indicate these broader universes interconnecting these heroes.. these movies would be astronomical flops on super cosmic levels...

 

[TheVileOne]

Either way, WB has been pretty slow in getting other high profile DC property movies off the ground outside of Batman and Superman.

Wonder Woman and The Flash still aren't even in production.

 

[Nokio]

A JAL film should be done first to introduce lessor known characters. Superman and Batman Returns didn't make a heap of money considering their budget. Neither made over 220 million domestically. Superman Returns cost so much money that the studio is nervous about greenlighting a massive project such as the JLA in my opinion. I think that WB are fools they should've had a JLA movie up and running after SR. Both Batman and Superman are not the only heroes in Warners stable, and both have been there and done that. Poeple want to see something freash. I think a JLA movie would do very well. They better get a director like Zack Snyder. No Bryan Singer, Akiva Goldman, and Jom Peters involvement.

 

[Nokio]

Warner Bros needs to hold off on this movie until they get Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, and Aquaman movies made before this. The reason why the Avengers script hasn't been written yet is because Marvel is making Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Thor, and Ant-Man before the Avengers. That's the way to go.

No no no. Those are too many films to get going and the chance is strong that more then one of them is going to bomb, thus delaying a JLA film. WB should introduce the lessor known characters in the JLA first. I mean an Aquaman film first? Come one.

 

[Justice Bringer]

Either way, WB has been pretty slow in getting other high profile DC property movies off the ground outside of Batman and Superman.

Wonder Woman and The Flash still aren't even in production.

Flash is....

Wonder Woman isnt.

 

[hippie_hunter]

No no no. Those are too many films to get going and the chance is strong that more then one of them is going to bomb, thus delaying a JLA film. WB should introduce the lessor known characters in the JLA first. I mean an Aquaman film first? Come one.

Anyone who thinks that Aquaman is lame needs to be slapped in the face. HARD

 

[hippie_hunter]

If they waited for that, the film will never get made. I think that right now comic book movies -- and for that matter Sci-Fi, Fantasy films -- with ensemble casts are successful right now. Look at films like X-Men, Fantastic Four, LOTR, POTC et. al. Let's face it, on the whole, female super heroine films do not make money so I doubt that a Wonder Woman film will ever be made. She's got a better chance of being on screen in an ensemble with a supporting character like Superman. I don't fault the WB for going for what works now.They been in this business for more than a hundred years now and they know what they are doing.

You know why female action heroine films don't make money? Because they all suck! Ultraviolet, Elektra, Catwoman, Tomb Raider, etc. Make a good one (especially with a well known character such as Wonder Woman) and you can make money.

The Flash is in production so we don't have to worry about that for the time being.

The only movie that would (or should technically since the others are too) have trouble getting off the ground are Green Lantern and Aquaman.

 

[dnno1]

You know why female action heroine films don't make money? Because they all suck! Ultraviolet, Elektra, Catwoman, Tomb Raider, etc. Make a good one (especially with a well known character such as Wonder Woman) and you can make money.

The Flash is in production so we don't have to worry about that for the time being.

The only movie that would (or should technically since the others are too) have trouble getting off the ground are Green Lantern and Aquaman.

Why is it that they all suck? You would think that after a few tries the writers and producers would get it right and start making good films already, but after over 40 years of this they still haven't got it right. You want to know why? It's not because these films suck. It's because the majority of the movie going public and society in general don't really want this genere (yes misogyny for women in leadership roles has a lot to do with this). I think when the time comes where the preponderance of the population begins to accept women in leadership roles other than being a mother we will start seeing more of these types of films become more successful.

 

[dnno1]

I still don't get the logic completely... I mean the Fantastic Four have some memorable characters... Human Torch... the Thing... these guys are just as popular if not more popular than Flash and Lantern even prior to any Fantastic Four releases... and we know how big X-men was prior to utter nonsense that was TLS. Point is... because B list DC characters take a back seat to B list Marvel characters... I don't think grouping them together will give you A-list movie material like X-Men (the first two anyway)... I understand WB's point of view... they are looking at something like X-Men and saying "Oh we can out perform that with a JLA".... EHHHHHH.... WRONG... see a JLA was a film to unite comic book heroes under a single and greater universe... something totally acceptable in comics... but X-Men was already a greater universe in a single comic and it has always been just that. There is a difference there. Even if this movie went through... you can't just bring in Bale and Routh and a plethera of new heroes together in a two hour action flick and just explain the existence of this greater universe but present in a two hour monstrosity... thats what will happen... and I also feel the same way about an Avengers flick just to show I am not completely Marvel bias. Unless the plots to these JLA and Avenger scripts are just that fantastic and brilliant... unless the budgets are so ridiculously high... unless the actors from the solos return... and unless the solo movies themselves at least hint at or indicate these broader universes interconnecting these heroes.. these movies would be astronomical flops on super cosmic levels...

Haven't you heard the phrases "supporting cast"; "Strength in numbers"; or "Unity gives strength"? That's the idea here with ensemble casting. These heroes (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Phoenix, Storm, et. al.) may not be strong enough to support a film on their own, but as a group you can attract the fans of each to come and watch them in a theaters. That's the strategy here with "Justice League" and with other films. You will probably never see a feature film staring the Invisible Girl, Mr. Fantastic, or Iceman, but you will certainly get them in (or in this case got them) in an ensemble cast setting with a chance for better success in films like "Fantastic Four" or "X-Men".

Now for a little trivia. The Justice League was a revamp of the Justice Society, which was originally a magazine that featured heroes that did not have their own books at the time. The general rule the editors had back then was if a character had his own title, he/she wasn't a member. Of course that has all changed, but the concept of strength in numbers still applies now as it did then.

 

[Lobo]

In a sense JLA could be used to create the stars of tomorrow. You could really look at it as WB's Star Wars. You keep Bale and Routh as your headliners, and throw in a big time leading lady for Wonder Woman. With the trinity of heroes you have your base of characters. With the rest of the roster you don't really have to go with unknowns but you hire lesser known actors and actresses (TV Stars) to play GL, GA, and Flash. this takes care of the payout. And you let the movie make the undercard of heroes into stars. (It worked for X-Men.) If done right they can spin off into there own movies easily, but even if they don't get spin-offs they still have JLA 2, 3 and beyond.

And this is a big point they need to do. Don't have a Super Villian team up. Yes it worked for Challege of the Super Friends but not here. You need some big threat that would force a team up. Maybe Darkseid.

Agreed 100% this post puts perfectly what I was thinking

 

[hippie_hunter]

Why is it that they all suck? You would think that after a few tries the writers and producers would get it right and start making good films already, but after over 40 years of this they still haven't got it right. You want to know why? It's not because these films suck. It's because the majority of the movie going public and society in general don't really want this genere (yes misogyny for women in leadership roles has a lot to do with this). I think when the time comes where the preponderance of the population begins to accept women in leadership roles other than being a mother we will start seeing more of these types of films become more successful.

They suck because of s**tty scripts, s**tty studio decisions, s**tty directors, and s**tty actresses. There's no misogyny involved, it's the plain fact that they get people who don't know how to handle a female action hero.

Get a good script with a good cast and crew and a female action hero can take off. Make a good movie with Wonder Woman, Ms. Marvel, the Black Widow, Black Canary, or whatever, not a crappy one like CINO, Elektra, Ultraviolet, and Tomb Raider.

 

[TheVileOne]

Flash is....

Wonder Woman isnt.

You mean to tell me that Flash has started principal production?

 

[hippie_hunter]

You mean to tell me that Flash has started principal production?

Pre-production. It has a director and a script. Now all we have to do is wait and see if it will get out of that stage.