Ok theory on this possible "youth" driven JL cast...

[Dark Knight]

Honestly, I am putting faith in an accomplished director over a group of whining, complaining fan boys.

I guess your a fan of UN-INSPIRED casting potentially on this silly rush job of a project?

 

[az824]

 

[Matt.S99]

Teen Titans will be babies.
According to my sources, of course, LOL.

and if they make a kingdom come movie, the heroes would be at the oldest 40 lol

 

[The Shredder]

My theory is quite simple:

They figure, "Hey, when Donner casted an unknown, he came out with a legend! Let's just keep trying with the unknowns until we get one!"

Good theory.

And I'm sure if by going with that route saves a few bucks on WB's overall bottom line, it will unfortunately be taken.

 

[Franklin Richards]

It worked for Muppet Babies. The Muppets franchise went along well for another...

Oh wait.

 

[Sawyer]

I'm calling bulls*** on this casting call. I think its really for the Teen Titans movie. If not, then its just God awful.

 

[The Guard]

1. Can act in multiple films without aging concerns.

2. Easier to sign to long terms deals.

3. Cheaper to sign, keeps costs down.

4. Provides a good mix for the league of rookies/veterans.

5. Keeps franchises seperate.

There are a bunch of good reasons to use young actors.

 

[Steelsheen]

If recent news is true of course...

It could be that this was some sort of agreement with camps from BB and SR to ensure those franchises operate totally separate. Maybe the issues with Nolan/Bale were resolved when they explained it will be a younger cast, and distinguish itself separate enough to where there is no threat of wrapping up other franchises. The stories could be reflecting such a totally different time in the heroes lives that it won't step on Nolan or Singer's (if he matters in the equation) toes.

I'd rather think something like that than just assume he's getting a popcorn flick out there that will bring in young audiences and cash money. :-/

so basically this should've been the Teen Titans, but went with the name recognition of the Justice League?

 

[The Guard]

You all realize Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman weren't always in their mid-to late thirties, right?

 

[Sawyer]

They were when they were in the League, Dammit.

 

[Steelsheen]

You all realize Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman weren't always in their mid-to late thirties, right?

they formed the League when they each had established careers.

this is The Justice League of America, not Star Trek Academy.

 

[Sawyer]

they formed the League when they each had established careers.

this is The Justice League of America, not Star Trek Academy.

Exactly. Otherwise, its not the JL. Its the Teen Titans.

 

[az824]

ok:

DJ Cotrona is 27
Minka Kelly is 27
Scott Porter is 28
Adam Brody is 27

These are the people being considered, everyone else just tried out. Brandon Routh is 28 too, same age as Porter. People are seriously overreacting. these people are NOT that young. 27 is not a bad age to play these a superheroes

 

[Steelsheen]

ok:

DJ Cotrona is 27
Minka Kelly is 27
Scott Porter is 28
Adam Brody is 27

These are the people being considered, everyone else just tried out. Brandon Routh is 28 too, same age as Porter. People are seriously overreacting. these people are NOT that young. 27 is not a bad age to play these a superheroes

the problem isnt the chronological age, the issue is that they all look really young-- they look like teenagers, not twenty somethings. not to mention that they all lack a certain kind of gravitas to convincingly portray the Greatest Superheroes on Earth.



edit: just want to say, this is my 7,777th post. w00t!

 

[thorstone]

Maybe the issues with Nolan/Bale were resolved when they explained it will be a younger cast, and distinguish itself separate enough

That doesn't make any sense at all-- Batman Begins was about the bloody beginning of Batman (and Routh is even younger than Bale). The only way to seperate the JL Batman and Superman from Bale and Routh is to cast +40 year old actors.

 

[az824]

the problem isnt the chronological age, the issue is that they all look really young-- they look like teenagers, not twenty somethings. not to mention that they all lack a certain kind of gravitas to convincingly portray the Greatest Superheroes on Earth.



edit: just want to say, this is my 7,777th post. w00t!

i agree that adam looks slighty young but i wouldnt call him teenagerish. porter and dj look young in the same way that brandon routh looks young. minka looks young but wonder woman is supposed to look young.

 

[ChickenScratch]

the problem isnt the chronological age, the issue is that they all look really young-- they look like teenagers, not twenty somethings. not to mention that they all lack a certain kind of gravitas to convincingly portray the Greatest Superheroes on Earth.
edit: just want to say, this is my 7,777th post. w00t!

I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree with your comment about young actors lacking "gravitas" to play such roles. If you are referring to acting experience then Routh or even Reeve didn't have much in that way and they did fine.

He's a great director and it's way too early to cry doom and gloom. Let's wait and see rather.

 

[FlawlessVictory]

I guess your a fan of UN-INSPIRED casting potentially on this silly rush job of a project?

The fact that these "actors" names are even being considered for these roles is giving me nightmares.

they formed the League when they each had established careers.

this is The Justice League of America, not Star Trek Academy.

That doesn't make any sense at all-- Batman Begins was about the bloody beginning of Batman (and Routh is even younger than Bale). The only way to seperate the JL Batman and Superman from Bale and Routh is to cast +40 year old actors.

Exactly. Batman Begins already covered the beginning of his career now all this project is doing is pissing on what Nolan is trying to do with his franchise. Casting +40 year old actors makes a million times more sense. Oh well, leave it to WB, nothing suprises me anymore with that moronic studio.

 

[Steelsheen]

i agree that adam looks slighty young but i wouldnt call him teenagerish. porter and dj look young in the same way that brandon routh looks young. minka looks young but wonder woman is supposed to look young.

Wonder Woman is supposed to look ageless (of course she's immortal), but she should still look like a woman

there was a maturity about Routh that was already obvious right from the day that his casting came out. i'm not seeing it in any of these fellows.

i'm not saying that these guys cant act their age or older, its just that i notice that with each new round of casting, the selection pool keeps getting younger and younger.

I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree with your comment about young actors lacking "gravitas" to play such roles. If you are referring to acting experience then Routh or even Reeve didn't have much in that way and they did fine.

He's a great director and it's way too early to cry doom and gloom. Let's wait and see rather.

i meant by gravitas as having a "noble dignity" or "sobriety of bearing". Reeve was born with this, you can see it even from his pre-Superman photos. Routh had it too, but it needed to develop (which it did to what we see today). with these kids, i'm not sensing it. theres nothing about them that feels "one of a kind", not like what we sense-- and saw-- in Reeve and later in Bale. do you get what i'm saying?

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

That doesn't make any sense at all-- Batman Begins was about the bloody beginning of Batman (and Routh is even younger than Bale). The only way to seperate the JL Batman and Superman from Bale and Routh is to cast +40 year old actors.

Wrong. I was referring to conflicting with a THIRD Batman film. I'm sure Batman is older and established by a third film. Having a younger JL Batman at that point won't conflict nearly as much.

 

[The Guard]

Both those "choices" look like "women" to me. Don't know what you're used to, but I see women.

STAR TREK academy? How clever. Next someone will come up with NEW JEDI ORDER or whatever it's called. Or perhaps go for the scathing bit of HARRY POTTER wit. Or (gasp) YOUNG JUSTICE.

People seem to forget: The JLA was younger once upon a time. Yes, the core members had established careers when they formed the league. But remember, The Batman was "established" by age 26 in DC continuity. (His YEAR TWO) Superman was around at 25 or 26, last I knew. And Diana was ALWAYS portrayed as young )close to teenager status) when she started out.

My point is, they weren't in their mid thirties going by comics continuity when the JLA began. They were 25-28ish. Pick up and read some JLA: YEAR ONE issues. And half the YEAR ONE annuals, and anything that shows "classic JLA" stories. The characters tend to be portrayed fairly young.

Re: Wonder Woman looking like a "woman", fine, but where I come from a girl is considered a woman because of her poise and actions, not how many lines she has. I have yet to see a version of Wonder Woman in the comics (aside from Alex Ross's) who doesn't at least look fairly young. If she's going to be young in the movie it makes even MORE sense.

And frankly, all this panicking over what so far have proven to be nothing but rumors is sad. You all act like WB, because they auditioned several popular actors for what may end up being the biggest superhero franchise in history, has decided to cast teenagers as the JLA. Which is simply not the case.

There's a difference between auditions and actual casting announcements.

 

[Lestat74]

Both those "choices" look like "women" to me. Don't know what you're used to, but I see women.

STAR TREK academy? How clever. Next someone will come up with NEW JEDI ORDER or whatever it's called. Or perhaps go for the scathing bit of HARRY POTTER wit. Or (gasp) YOUNG JUSTICE.

People seem to forget: The JLA was younger once upon a time. Yes, the core members had established careers when they formed the league. But remember, The Batman was "established" by age 26 in DC continuity. (His YEAR TWO) Superman was around at 25 or 26, last I knew. And Diana was ALWAYS portrayed as young )close to teenager status) when she started out.

My point is, they weren't in their mid thirties going by comics continuity when the JLA began. They were 25-28ish. Pick up and read some JLA: YEAR ONE issues. And half the YEAR ONE annuals, and anything that shows "classic JLA" stories. The characters tend to be portrayed fairly young.

Re: Wonder Woman looking like a "woman", fine, but where I come from a girl is considered a woman because of her poise and actions, not how many lines she has. I have yet to see a version of Wonder Woman in the comics (aside from Alex Ross's) who doesn't at least look fairly young. If she's going to be young in the movie it makes even MORE sense.

And frankly, all this panicking over what so far have proven to be nothing but rumors is sad. You all act like WB, because they auditioned several popular actors for what may end up being the biggest superhero franchise in history, has decided to cast teenagers as the JLA. Which is simply not the case.

There's a difference between auditions and actual casting announcements.

Even though I would prefer they go for people who are a wee bit older, it's not that they look like teenagers, it's that teenagers onscreen are ALWAYS portrayed by people in their mid twenties. And frankly, that's always driven me nuts. I remember laughing out loud when I saw the pilot of Smallville and they were saying that Clark was a freshman in high school. I mean, he was already like 24 or so. And looked it.

 

[jmc]

Both those "choices" look like "women" to me. Don't know what you're used to, but I see women.

STAR TREK academy? How clever. Next someone will come up with NEW JEDI ORDER or whatever it's called. Or perhaps go for the scathing bit of HARRY POTTER wit. Or (gasp) YOUNG JUSTICE.

People seem to forget: The JLA was younger once upon a time. Yes, the core members had established careers when they formed the league. But remember, The Batman was "established" by age 26 in DC continuity. (His YEAR TWO) Superman was around at 25 or 26, last I knew. And Diana was ALWAYS portrayed as young )close to teenager status) when she started out.

My point is, they weren't in their mid thirties going by comics continuity when the JLA began. They were 25-28ish. Pick up and read some JLA: YEAR ONE issues. And half the YEAR ONE annuals, and anything that shows "classic JLA" stories. The characters tend to be portrayed fairly young.

Re: Wonder Woman looking like a "woman", fine, but where I come from a girl is considered a woman because of her poise and actions, not how many lines she has. I have yet to see a version of Wonder Woman in the comics (aside from Alex Ross's) who doesn't at least look fairly young. If she's going to be young in the movie it makes even MORE sense.

And frankly, all this panicking over what so far have proven to be nothing but rumors is sad. You all act like WB, because they auditioned several popular actors for what may end up being the biggest superhero franchise in history, has decided to cast teenagers as the JLA. Which is simply not the case.

There's a difference between auditions and actual casting announcements.

Surely you jest?

 

[Hole Shot]

If recent news is true of course...

It could be that this was some sort of agreement with camps from BB and SR to ensure those franchises operate totally separate. Maybe the issues with Nolan/Bale were resolved when they explained it will be a younger cast, and distinguish itself separate enough to where there is no threat of wrapping up other franchises. The stories could be reflecting such a totally different time in the heroes lives that it won't step on Nolan or Singer's (if he matters in the equation) toes.

I'd rather think something like that than just assume he's getting a popcorn flick out there that will bring in young audiences and cash money. :-/

By that logic it would make more sense to cast them much older.

 

[KBX]

So lets say these 27-28 year olds got cast.... When the 3rd JL movie comes out, they are what? 35 years old? That would be perfect.... There are not many franchises out there that the 3rd movie are usually the best....