Official Justice League Status Update Thread

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Hammer's heart is in the right place, but i didnt trust the director, i didnt like the casting (Hammer was alright, but WW looked like a Brazilian for example), and the production quality didnt sound so good.

In any case, i'd rather they do it the Marvel way, rather than rushing a JL movie out there with a different Batman to comfuse the audience. A World's Finest movie with the mergure of the two franchises would be a good step forward and ease the transition to a movie with 5-6 people in spandex.

Honestly, I'd rather just have a World's Finest film over a Justice League film if given the choice. I just wanna see Superman and Batman on screen together.

 

[protocida]

But WW looked like a Brazilian for example.

What do you have against brazilians, pal?

 

[El Payaso]

Hammer's heart is in the right place, but i didnt trust the director, i didnt like the casting (Hammer was alright, but WW looked like a Brazilian for example), and the production quality didnt sound so good.

Racist.

 

[Mr. Earle]

What do you have against brazilians, pal?

They dont look like Greeks, that's all. Other than that she was hot!

 

[biolumen]

For jmc. t:

Quint: Do you think any of that stuff is ever going to come out?

Armie Hammer: I wish it would.

Quint: The project is dead, right?

Armie Hammer: I think so, yeah.

Quint: I’m fascinated by that stuff, the “almost happened,” the “What if” stuff and just the idea of George Miller doing a JUSTICE LEAGUE movie still… I think it’s going to go down as one of the saddest “This didn’t happen” things ever.

Armie Hammer: And dude I saw it all. Like I saw the prevised fight sequences. I saw the entire storyboarded film that he had in a room ten times the size of this room with storyboards floor to ceiling, so you walked around the entire room and read the movie like a comic book. What he did… He created something that was so magnificent and put so much work into it, the fact that it never got a chance to be seen by daylight or appreciated by those who really would appreciate this more than anything else… I mean he was bringing in the psychology of these characters more than anyone else ever had.

We had psychiatrists with us in our rehearsal process to be like “Why this?” He was like “Well you see, with a delusional character like this, like the Batman, who thinks in this such a way, like a paranoid schizophrenic like this, this would be the motivating factor.” You bring so much more to these characters, because it’s not just “Well in this frame you are going to jump on top of this car and you are going to throw your Batarang.” It’s like “Why is everyone doing what they are doing, but in George Miller’s true style.” He was going so in-depth in this.

We had a brain surgeon, a psychiatrist, a Joseph Campbell expert, and all of these people in every single table meeting we had for a month and a half and then all of the characters were also training as their characters, so The Flash, Adam Brody, was training as The Flash with rubber bands, so he’d be fast and twitchy. Aquaman, Santiago Cabrera, was swimming a lot and Miller would send him to go swim with Dolphins in Northern California for hours so he would be used to being around sea creatures. Batman, being the only human of the Justice League and having to really prove himself there, he had to be the consummate martial artist, as well as the ultimate detective, so he was playing psychological games with all of us.

He would leave me out of things, like intentionally, but I wouldn’t know this until months later when I would just get the feeling of like “What is going on? Why is everybody?” Because he wanted me to constantly be getting into that paranoid mind frame of The Batman.

Quint: Yeah, “you’re not really in the group.”

Armie Hammer: Exactly and he wanted to create that in everybody. For instance, DJ Catrona who was playing Superman; he brought DJ down a month early and showed him the ropes, introduced him to everybody, made him have fun with everybody and all of that, so that when everybody would go down there they would be like “Well what do we do now, DJ?” So they would look up to him like people look up to Superman in The Justice League. It was amazing.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/46833

 

[jmc]

What a classic Aussie movie that would have been.

 

[protocida]

Why u so mad?

 

[The Guard]

You know, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Hammer's name come up for the cowl again when Bale is done...

 

[Mr. Earle]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/46833

We had psychiatrists with us in our rehearsal process to be like “Why this?” He was like “Well you see, with a delusional character like this, like the Batman, who thinks in this such a way,

I MAD.

 

[Project862006]

armie will eventfully play a super hero

good looking
good actor
6'5
24 years old
square jaw

 

[jmc]

Why u so mad?

I'm not, I'm glad that piece of crap never saw the light of day. Knee jerk reaction, that's all that film was.

 

[GlasgowBat]

A paraniod schizophrenic, eh?

Yup, that would have been horrifying.

Even in things like OMAC project, he was never as bad as that. Bruce knew himself that things were getting out of hand.

So happy that never came to pass.

 

[DCUmoviepage]

but WW looked like a Brazilian for example

Im from Brazil and for something reason what you say made me remember this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcd0BhBJ2sQ

And Armie Hamner looks to be a nice guy,but i cant see him as Batman. But the JLA movie looks intresting,hope some day we will see some pics of the project.

 

[GlasgowBat]

Would be curious to see the production stuff, costumes and the like. But so, so glad that this film isn't being made.

 

[Timstuff]

Im from Brazil and for something reason what you say made me remember this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcd0BhBJ2sQ

I was going to ask "And what exactly does a Brazilian look like?" I have seen a great many Brazilian people in my life, and Brazil is almost as ethnically diverse as the United States. My brother is dating a Brazilian girl who has blond hair and blue eyes, so I'm not sure where this misconception that all Brazilian people have dark skin and hair comes from.

 

[Mr. Earle]

I was going to ask "And what exactly does a Brazilian look like?" I have seen a great many Brazilian people in my life, and Brazil is almost as ethnically diverse as the United States. My brother is dating a Brazilian girl who has blond hair and blue eyes, so I'm not sure where this misconception that all Brazilian people have dark skin and hair comes from.

My point was that she didnt look greek. Not that WW has to look 100% like a greek woman, but she shouldnt look off, you know? Gale looked off.

 

[ClarkLuther55]

It's nice to hear that they were at least putting in an effort to get the actors into their characters' heads. But I have to agree, "paranoid schizophrenic" is going way over the top as a characterization for Batman.

My problem with Gale wasn't even her looks (although by Hollywood standards I think they could have done better and younger), but her acting experience. Or lack thereof. It seemed very revealing when she came out and admitted that George Miller directly sought HER out before she had ever auditioned. Also, she was taking acting lessons, which she still would've been taking during filming had the movie not been killed.

And the rest of the cast was horrible too. A 22 year old blonde girl for Talia. A 5'9 guy who looks like a shady punk for Superman. Jay freaking Baruchel as the big bad. As jmc said, thank God for TDK.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I would go far as to say it would've killed or severely hurt comic book superhero films if it was released.

 

[GlasgowBat]

One of the appeals of a Justice League movie is seeing all these icons on screen together. No disrespect to the Avengers, but it's just not the same. The feeling would be so good.

However, imagine how it would feel to walk out of that film knowing it was poor. The crushing dissapointment would be a horrible feeling.

And that's what would have happened if this film had been released.

 

[protocida]

I would go far as to say it would've killed or severely hurt comic book superhero films if it was released.

That's a little bit of an exaggeration. Justice League: Mortal would be average at worst.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

That's a little bit of an exaggeration. Justice League: Mortal would be average at worst.

I say that because a film of that huge a scale disappointing would turn a lot of people off superhero films.

 

[echostation]

Spring loaded titanium batarangs.... the kinds of weapons and costumes made though by Weta were meant to be some of the best made for a superhero film...

Still the rest of it sounded like total crap

 

[Lighthouse]

I know a lot of people want a Justice League movie, but I'm thrilled by this news and think it's exactly the right approach.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/10/08/dc-not-planning-justice-league-movie/

Geoff Johns, speaking at New York Comic-Con, confirmed that Warner Bros and DC are not currently planning for a superhero team-up Justice League of America movie. ************** reports that when Johns was asked about the possibility of shared-universe films á la Marvel, Johns responded with the following:

“I’m going to speak frankly: I think our characters are bigger than Marvel’s.” He said that he’d rather spend time building each character on his or her own rather than “smashing them together.”

 

[Green Ghost]

I know a lot of people want a Justice League movie, but I'm thrilled by this news and think it's exactly the right approach.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/10/08/dc-not-planning-justice-league-movie/

Geoff Johns, speaking at New York Comic-Con, confirmed that Warner Bros and DC are not currently planning for a superhero team-up Justice League of America movie. ************** reports that when Johns was asked about the possibility of shared-universe films á la Marvel, Johns responded with the following:

“I’m going to speak frankly: I think our characters are bigger than Marvel’s.” He said that he’d rather spend time building each character on his or her own rather than “smashing them together.”

He's right! I am really glad that we got Johns

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I know a lot of people want a Justice League movie, but I'm thrilled by this news and think it's exactly the right approach.

Personally I don't think you can go wrong with either one. I don't think its fair to judge Marvel's results right now when the last 3 films of Marvel's grand scheme haven't been released yet.

I don't see Marvel and DC's plans as right and wrong. I see Marvel and DC's plans as a test of risk and safe. Is it better to take a risk or be safe like in DC's films.

I applaud Marvel for having so much confidence in their character and trying to do this even if it fails. This is not a knock towards DC though. I wouldn't try and replicate a system that hasn't fully proven to be successful yet. However, I honestly can't just believe that Geoff Johns isn't at least a little intrigued by what Marvel's doing, especially considering that the first 3 Marvel Studios films have been critically and financially successful. I like like that DC's finally looking to their own character though.

Back on the Justice League film, I think this is good too. Think about that stuff after Flash and the Wonder Woman tv series premieres. See how successful they are along with Batman 3 and the Superman reboot.

And for the love of god, can we at least get a World's Finest film?