Well.......
....with today's news of casting Cyborg, it all but seals something I was hesitant to talk about before until it was 'confirmed'. Something that many had mentioned and assumed, but there was no actual 'official' word yet. But this pretty much gives it away.
Yes...this film will act as a launching pad for the Justice League...a la Avengers, with cameos by heroes for future installments. One of the reasons why I didn't want to say it for sure was because there was no official word/news even though it doesn't really come as a surprise, and I didn't know how long they would try to keep it secret et al. They're cameos, after all, so like in Incredible Hulk w/ Stark at the end it could have been something they were saving as a late surprise or the like. And I didn't want to be the first to let the cat out of the bag.
Also...the reason why I found this out a while back was because of the delay...and also why I wasn't sharing that reason for the delay before. The reason for the delay, as I was told, was because they were still negotiating with the actors for those cameos (the 'E' I hinted at before) and future roles…meaning major contacts for multiple JL/character films to follow. They apparently didn't want to move forward until they had more of this secure…so they held off starting production for a few months. So as you can see…seemingly simple reason, but the implications are pretty darn huge. Strangely, it wasn't about Affleck or Eisenberg, or the script, or a lot of things that were assumed.
Technically, that hasn't yet been directly 'confirmed', but it's all but spelled out with the inclusion of Cyborg, and I won't be commenting yet on who else will be appearing. But this is what I was referring starting back in Feb….