Official Justice League Status Update Thread

[biolumen]

At least one mainstream Australian media outlet has picked up on the fact that Miller's Justice League movie isn't going to happen.

Warner Bros is expected to announce its plans for future DC Comics adaptations soon, including its third Batman film, the new film reintroducing Superman, and two movies featuring other DC Comics characters that are likely to spring from projects in development, featuring Green Lantern, Flash, Green Arrow and Wonder Woman. While many Australians who worked on Superman Returns in Sydney may be disappointed by the slapdown, those who expected to work on George Miller's Justice League of America have more reason to worry. From Robinov's comments, it does not appear to be part of Warner's plans.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24246482-16947,00.html

 

[Webhead2006]

Finally now hitting over there!!!

 

[I Am The Knight]

Miller might be into that.

That's truly nasty a suggestion. Even for you t:

 

[jmc]

Finally now hitting over there!!!

Tell me about it, I swear any Hollywood news gets to our media like a week after the event, it's like it's still the 1980's or something.

 

[Steelsheen]

At least one mainstream Australian media outlet has picked up on the fact that Miller's Justice League movie isn't going to happen.



http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24246482-16947,00.html

man Aussies just have the rotten luck with superhero franchises huh? first it was SR, then it was JL...

 

[jmc]

man Aussies just have the rotten luck with superhero franchises huh? first it was SR, then it was JL...

We do have a knack for helping produce crap blockbusters.

 

[Steelsheen]

We do have a knack for helping produce crap blockbusters.

i'm hoping that "Australia" will break that streak dude

oh and for all of SR's fault, its cinematography and setting is certainly not one of them. kudos for you Aussies on that

 

[BATZARRO WWD]

I don't get the obsession with nitpicking every little decision that George Miller made when we a) never saw the auditions, b) never read the script or read a full scale, thorough review of the script, and c) saw none of the preproduction work. It might have been a disaster, every director has a Hook in them, but Miller also has enough of a track record that he may have had a vision that would have surprised all of us. Who here ever thought a talking pig movie would be nominated for Best Picture in our lifetimes?

I think at this point it's clear that this is a dead issue. And I look forward to someone doing a thorough spy report on this eventually so that we all aren't talking out our ass about it.

Wich is exactly my point. The fact of the matter is, the bulk of the critics were straight up made up assuptions about things and fear of what it might do to other, unrelated franchises. They said(admittedly with no knoweledge, I can't find a soul here that has said they read the script) that it was gonna be campy. But look at their reactions to the new Warner plan: now it seems "SUPERMAN ISN'T dark".

But, yeah, mute point. Warner supposedly has it's plan, and my gut tells me thet plan involve a JUstice League movie never happening, on account of it requiring all movies to not fail. Wich requires Warner to not screw up any of them. Wich is essentially forfeit because we all know as soon as one of them falls short of expectations, they'll just rustles themselves a new plan.

Hopefully not, but I'm already preparing my "I told you so" speech. But hey, at least we're geting even more Batman and Superman movies, so there's that. And probably only that...

 

[I Am The Knight]

Yeessh, you're so negative...If DC/WB actually pulls this off, a JLA movie will be the big prize. They hinted at that themselves when the sumitt news surfaced.

 

[Webhead2006]

Yea hopefully with the summit talks and the ways im and tdk changed hero films wb is finally getting their butts in line.

 

[biolumen]

The Sydney Morning Herald makes mention of it too.

It was a case of so close for one, and so far for the director when George Miller failed to show at a celebration of Australian genre film at Fox Studios last night.

Miller was once to shoot his superheroic Justice League: Mortal at Moore Park, but a series of skirmishes mean that the good fight will now most likely be fought elsewhere. Happy Feet 2 seems to have suffered a better fate, with work already under way on the project.

Jacki Weaver and Rhys Muldoon were among those who did attend the Australian Film Industry Awards preview of the doco Not Quite Hollywood, in which Quentin Tarantino et al wax lyrical about the grand tradition of the Australian genre film.

No stranger to the genre film, Miller has said that the super efforts of Megan Gale as Wonder Woman would prove, well, wonderful for Justice League. But Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in Baz Luhrmann's epic (and conveniently titled - and conveniently completed) Australia have already upped Miller on parochial points.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/stay-in-...-covered/2008/08/27/1219516566035.html?page=2

 

[BATZARRO WWD]

Yeessh, you're so negative...If DC/WB actually pulls this off, a JLA movie will be the big prize. They hinted at that themselves when the sumitt news surfaced.

I dunno, if they couldn't get two measly movies in place for a crossover, why should I believe they can get 4, and not ruin one(or more) of them, then make their cowardly retreat movement they always do? Riddle me this, then: What chances do you think WB has of not making a mess out of four comic book based movies? And what do you think they'll do "if" that happens?

And this is the Official Justice League Status Update Thread: Where optimism checks at the door, and we all know the future. I don't need a positive outlook when I have history to judge situations by. And you know what I see? Batman then Superman, then more Batman, followed by more Superman...

 

[Showtime]

At least one mainstream Australian media outlet has picked up on the fact that Miller's Justice League movie isn't going to happen.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24246482-16947,00.html

The Sydney Morning Herald makes mention of it too.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/stay-in-...-covered/2008/08/27/1219516566035.html?page=2

I wonder why they are months and months behind...you wonder if they still have to tell George Miller.

 

[biolumen]

What's a bit odd is that the first article reads as if people down under still expected the film to shoot in Australia.

As for Miller, his appearance on 'Enough Rope', set for Sept. 8, will hopefully shed some light on the situation.

 

[Showtime]

He'll probably just talk about the tax break again. He never says much of anything.

 

[TheVileOne]

We shouldn't fault Australia for being a tiny island that doesn't have the internet .

 

[Webhead2006]

Yea sucks none of the actors of miller himself has come out and said yes we are dispointed the film fell through but here is some details on what we were planning.

 

[Steelsheen]

as much as we want Miller and the cast & crew involved in JL to talk, they may have NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreement) that will prevent them from saying anything about the project, even if its already been shelved.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I dunno, if they couldn't get two measly movies in place for a crossover, why should I believe they can get 4, and not ruin one(or more) of them, then make their cowardly retreat movement they always do? Riddle me this, then: What chances do you think WB has of not making a mess out of four comic book based movies? And what do you think they'll do "if" that happens?

What are you talking about? I don't think BB and SR were meant to set up a crossover movie Care to explain that crossover comment?

Why wouldn't they be able to make 4 good movies, and what movies exactly are you referring to? A third Batman, a new Superman, 1 GL and 1 WW/Flash?

And this is the Official Justice League Status Update Thread: Where optimism checks at the door, and we all know the future. I don't need a positive outlook when I have history to judge situations by. And you know what I see? Batman then Superman, then more Batman, followed by more Superman...

Fine. Believe what you will. I think we'll see some progress this time. But even if we end up stuck with only Batman and Superman movies from WB in the future, guess what? These 2 characters have produced some of the best and most influential, culturally significant comic book movies of all time.

 

[The Major]

Fine. Believe what you will. I think we'll see some progress this time. But even if we end up stuck with only Batman and Superman movies from WB in the future, guess what? These 2 characters have produced some of the best and most influential, culturally significant comic book movies of all time.

Those two franchises have been given the opportunity to be most influential, cultural significant comic book movies of all time.

The rest haven't.

There's no WW equivalent of TDK. There is no Flash equivalent of Superman II. There is no Teen Titans equivalent of X-men - The Movie. There is no Green Arrow equivalent of Iron Man.

Hopefully this will happen in the future now WB is paying more attention to the lesser franchises.

Watchmen doesn't count even if it is good. It's a one shot story not connected with the DCU. I'm just taking about the DCU.

 

[jmc]

We shouldn't fault Australia for being a tiny island that doesn't have the internet .

We have it, it's just run by a dozen monkeys on stationary bicycles hook up to a power generator.

 

[BATZARRO WWD]

http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/2008/08/ryan-flash.html

Ryan Reynolds says he'd be DC's comicbook speedster in a Flash!
By David Bentley on Aug 29, 08 03:15 PM in Film gossip

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CANADIAN actor Ryan Reynolds says he'd love to play the part of DC Comics super-speed hero The Flash - either in a solo movie or as part of the proposed Justice League team-up movie.

Ryan, 31, who in May this year became engaged to actress Scarlett Johansson, has now gained some superhero movie experience in the role of Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool, in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, due out next May.

Although there's been no news on the proposed Flash movie for some time, Reynolds told MTV News: "The Flash isn't dead at all. There's talk of it being a JLA (Justice League of America) movie, the Justice League having them all together. And then there's other talk of doing a [solo] Flash movie with director Shawn Levy."

Asked if he thought the JLA film might happen first, Reynolds said: "[It] might, yeah. I don't really know how much I'm allowed to talk about that stuff. But I'm sure they'll figure out something. It's no secret that they have a JLA script and it's a project that's in development - the contents of which, who knows. We'll see."

"I'd love to see a full on Justice League movie done, the scope of which is just enormous. I think it's something they can pull off."

 

[protocida]

Looks like Warner still has plans for ''Justice League'', and sounds like they're doing just the way fanboys want.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I'm pretty sure that article is old, or Reynolds simply hasn't read any newspapers in the last couple of weeks.

 

[Webhead2006]

Yea that could be an old article because last time i ever heard anything from RR's mouth was he was saying he isnt likely to be a part of a flash movie now since all the problems of the solo flash film to get off the ground and then miller's jla was brody.