Justice League Rewriting Justice League as a movie to make it better to set the tone for the DCEU going forward

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As far as rewriting Justice League which was definitely promising 3 years ago before everything happened with Snyder and then Whedon took over the project which just made it even worse. However, I am doing a complete rewrite that is much better than Snyder's and Whedon's versions but let me know what you all think...I will get into it and start: Starro of course is the main villain not Steppenwolf!!!

Act I

We start out with Batman (Ben Affleck) of course since he is the focal point. We see him and Robin training. Robin of course would be cast in this and as for who I would have play him...none other than Dylan O'Brien which would be top secret casting who of course would be here as only a cameo appearance and a big metahuman summit would take place. Bruce of course goes to this summit alone and here is where we meet Lois Lane (Amy Adams), Maxwell Lord (who will still be played by Pedro Pascal) and Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) all in attendance. Maxwell announces the Justice League to the public and Bruce ends up tailing Lois back to her secluded remote home where he finds Clark/Kal-El/Superman (Henry Cavill) who is still alive after BVS. After the funeral, he managed to rise up from out of his own coffin unbeknownst to everyone except his mother Martha (Diane Lane) and Lois. He lost his memory after the battle with Doomsday but managed to get his memories back only recently whilst hiding out here. No one has any idea that he is still alive and that is how he wants it to stay. They have a chat and Clark rejects Bruce's offer of joining the League giving him the theme/speech that power creates fear, because the world is might makes right and no matter how kind you are, you matter how many people you save, the world will always be afraid of you taking over. Bruce then leaves.

Meanwhile, back at Wayne Manor, Batman is seen with Alfred (Jeremy Irons) as Alfred informs them that they still have Dick as a reserve member. Bruce then tells Alfred that Dick is not ready yet to join. Bruce and Diana begin the League with just the 2 of them as they go out to recruit others for this cause. Batman hides his files and works from Lord's. Wonder Woman is the one who ends up finding Barry in Central City as she makes the journey out there as she is the one who ends up at Barry's place not Bruce. Diana then ends up getting their first recruit to join that of course being Flash who introduces her to this Starro tech that's been popping up in weird crime waves done by people without priors. Wonder Woman attempts to compel the truth with her Lasso as we get a little fight sequence between the 2 of them. Flash then says he has nothing to hide, but does she? He then uses his high speed thinking to point out she has a double life Sherlock-style. Bruce then tracks down John Stewart/Green Lantern who will of course be played by (Lance Gross) at his small business and he also has been working on tracking some alien tech that's been going around. Aquaman (Jason Momoa) in badass form shows up on land and begins to wreak havoc on the military looking for answers about these Starros until Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) tries to bring him in. Batman seeks out Giovanni Zatara (Stanley Tucci) and his daughter Zatanna (Alexandra Daddario) attempts to join, but is rejected by Batman as being too out of control due to her magic. Wonder Woman meets Flash and Green Lantern at Lord's Hall of Justice and they hit it off on their cases but all disagree on how to handle it, do they kill the infected Starros? Do they arrest them? Do they tail them to find out more information? So they go work separately. Meanwhile, Clark is settling into a normal life with Lois as he sees all this on television with Lois Lane, who is revealed to be pregnant with their baby as they talk about the world they're going to create for their child. Zatanna (Alexandra Daddario) uses her magic/sorcery and appears in the Batcave and meets Robin (Dylan O'Brien) who knows about the League now and laments being too young to join.

A monster attacks Midway City and the League, now acquainted are called together to stop it. Comics fans recognize the monster as Despero and he is crazy strong cracking Green Lantern's constructs, overcoming Batman in hand to hand combat, creating shockwaves to throw off the Flash's footing, withstanding the Lasso with his brutal violent honesty and facing down Aquaman's brutal tidal wave and dangerous water creature attacks. The League goes full out on him, and Despero seems to be about to win when Zatanna arrives saving everyone and through luck and power, helps throw him off. The end result, is a down big purple monster, and a city that has been hit with flooding, giant green weapons and while Flash is exhausted running around saving people, he wasn't able to save everyone. Maxwell Lord does PR work for the League and the League members meet for the first time.

Act II

Everyone is at each other's throats, blaming each other for the failures of the fight. Flash running away when engaging could have saved more lives, Green Lantern uncreative using his talents so directly, Diana killed the monster instead of letting them gain intel, Batman useless, Zatanna destructive and untrustworthy. Diana manages to pull them together enough by presenting them with the Starro that was attached to Despero's head. Flash goes to track down more Starros and agrees to babysit Zatanna by showing her the ropes. John/Green Lantern heads off world to Oa get more info on this alien tech, and a mysterious flying figure tails him. Aquaman returns to the sea to seek out allies, only to find his people have been overrun as he seeks out ancients such as the wizard Shazam (Djimon Hounsou) who claims he has no champion currently. Batman and Wonder Woman track down Martian Manhunter (in CGI make-up played by David Oyelowo) who gives them a whole spiel about the hopelessness of humanity, which leads to a very vulnerable conversation between Diana and Bruce about reconnecting with the world, with who they truly are as individuals, and how doing so leads to the deaths of the people closest to them.

On Oa, Green Lantern finds he's been tailed by Superman (Henry Cavill)...costume and all as he suits up for the first time since BVS as he says he followed John here to Oa to find records of Krypton, while Green Lantern learns the true secret behind what Starro tech is and says they need to return to Earth ASAP to tell the others. Batman, Wonder Woman, Zatanna and Flash meet to share findings, and Aquaman contacts them for help. Wonder Woman and Zatanna return to Paradise Island only to discover Starro (CGI make-up...voiced by Ralph Fiennes) has overrun the Amazons as his soldiers and they are preparing for war. They scarcely escape, with Diana's help as Zatanna fumbles her powers. Meanwhile, Batman and Flash use their combined detective abilities across several cities to track Starro to its source: Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal).

Batman and Flash head to Lord to confront him as Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Zatanna arrive saying they need to free their people. When Maxwell Lord comes in throwing accusations, this becomes a conflict, as Aquaman and Wonder Woman cannot be sure the masked heroes are Starro-free, nor do they trust them enough to reveal their identities. Batman neturalizes Zatanna near instantly using adhesive to shut her mouth and dragging her out of the fight. Flash evades Wonder Woman and Aquaman until Superman and Green Lantern show up. Superman is back in the swing of things as he originally tried to stay out of all of it but was basically dragged back in as he joins the League. Flash is then caught in an ever shrinking bubble before vibrating through and high tailing it out of there. Green Lantern and Aquaman want Lord dead. Superman and Diana want him alive. John/Green Lantern and Superman think Lord is a pawn and Aquaman and Diana hold him responsible. This creates a four way battle that lays waste to the Hall of Justice before it even gets used well. Superman dominates his fight with Diana even though Diana can hurt him. Batman ends the fight with a yellow batarang, a Kryptonite batarang, a hand held booster jet to remove Aquaman from the field and getting his hands on the lasso to reveal that he truly is on her side. This is where Bruce is forced to reveal his identity, that he is Bruce Wayne to show that he is Starro free. Flash returns with Zatanna, and shows likewise. Everyone gives up on their identities, though some don't even hide them. The League is formed, and they know who their real enemy is: Starro the Conqeuror (Ralph Fiennes), and according to Lord (Pedro Pascal)'s final words, he's already poised to sweep the world.

Batman and Superman have a heart to heart as they go to recruit whoever else they can. They make it to Star City where Green Arrow (Garrett Hedlund) gives them an earful, but Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell..would still keep her as Canary) teaches Superman a pitch that will cause Starro's to release their hosts. This sets up Green Arrow and Black Canary to join the team but not in this film...but it sets them up to eventually join in the sequel. Green Lantern and Flash go to dismantle some known Starro staging grounds in the military and have a rollicking good time, but realize that Starro is in more places than they anticipated. Wonder Woman and Aquaman talk about leadership and ancient times and new kinds of threats and have a little romantic tension but Diana reveals she is feeling someone else. Zatanna attempts to find Starro's core on her own using her magic abilities, which takes some time. Starro takes over the US Government and media and trashes the Justice League calling them would be dictators. Superman and Aquaman head to Atlantis, only to find it abandoned. Flash and Wonder Woman on Paradise Island find it in a similar state also abandoned. Green Lantern and Batman manage to then sneak into the White House and free the President not because they need him, but because they need the information he has which prompts an insane debate about ethics between Batman and GL and the POTUS, who we'll say isn't Lex Luthor (recast with Oscar Isaac) for now. Zatanna finds Starro without messing things up too much.

Zatanna manages to find Starro's core, which turns out to be in Antarctica, this is where the armies are assembled. Zatanna then assembles the League and tries to rally them. They cannot decide on how to handle the situation, nor do they trust each other. The League verbally tears each other apart. Cards get pulled, threats get made. Everyone has their own MO and no other MO will do when the stakes are this high. As the argument escalates, Zatanna intervenes and brings them all to Antarctica anyway.

Act III

Absolute chaos ensues. The Justice League is fighing each other in their fight against Starro. Zatanna pushes herself too far and starts wreaking havoc on a worldwide scale by accident. Starro confronts the League by saying that he has so many of their family members hostage, and he calls them as Lois and Alfred to let them know how serious he is. This sends the Justice League into overdrive as they spread out across the world trying to save everything and everyone, and they are failing. Them being separated is highlighted, and their weaknesses are clearly exploited on a world-wide scale.

Wonder Woman and Superman meet together when defending Metropolis from Amazons and they realize that they are tactically at a disadvantage, and they need to switch. They contact Batman who figures out how to amplifiy Superman's voice and clear Starros throughout entire cities at once. This leads to Superman heading over to Central City to help Flash get some space, and he agrees to keep the Starros at bay to free up Leaguers to converge on core Starro, who is revealed to be incubating on Martian Manhunter. Batman is setting up these Starro-cleaning fields with Flash's help. This allows them to shut down Starro's armies as they come, only to bust the doors of Area 51 down to find Starro-Robin (Dylan O'Brien) who has been infected as he is guarding the heart of Starro. Batman overhears this and warns them about the lethal countermeasures, but it's too late, Robin has already neutralized Flash with an electricity-based mine, bound Wonder Woman to defend him by challenging her to an honourable one on one duel, thrown a yellow-tinted smoke capsule on himself to make himself yellow and KO GL in one punch, breaks Zatanna's jaw before she can react and has thrown a red kryptonite batarang at Superman, breaking his inhibitions, leading him to go off on everyone and everything. While Superman and Wonder Woman are handling business, Zatanna manages to spell out a healing spell and summon Batman, who proceeds to talk down Superman based on their previous antagonism.

With the other combatants out of the fight, Wonder Woman faces off with Robin and uses her lasso to interrogate Starro through him. Superman spaces the Red K and he and Batman join Wonder Woman in helping Flash, GL and Aquaman back to their feet. Starro reveals himself, a huge giant floating starfish thing, the world falling apart, and the team realizes his intentions, to keep himself safe by controlling its surroundings. Batman then tells them to give him ten minutes and intentionally starros himself. Green Lantern and Flash use the Speed Force and world-sized forcefield with Lantern willpower to keep the planet together as Wonder Woman faces off against Starro through Batman, Aquaman holds off the accumulated forces of the world with a lot of water and Superman talks Zatanna through using her abilities well, even under pressure, and the weight of using incredible power in a way that benefits the most people.

Zatanna manages to fix what she broke, Wonder Woman lasso's Batman from whom Starro learns the ills of control, and the perils of might making right, how one destroys one's self, how one ends up alone. Starro sees the error of its ways and it hesitates. This allows Zatanna to disintegrate him with her magic without causing major damage to the Earth's population attached to him.

The world is saved. The Justice League is brought on stage at the United Nations in New York, where Diana reveals that she is now an Ambassador from Themyscira and that they will do whatever it takes to earn the public's trust starting with the dissolution of the Justice League who will only assemble if the world calls out for them to. Superman returns to active duty within his own self contained world in Metropolis fighting crime, while he continues to live in private with Lois, his mother Martha and baby Johnathan named after his late father (Kevin Costner). Batman and Robin take to the streets in Gotham fighting crime, with Robin playing lookout and errand boy. Wonder Woman works at the UN with Zatanna as her personal assistant, making things happen cleverly as she continues to practice her backwards magic. Flash and GL hang out at a bar until they both get calls and have to go handle their separate business with Green Lantern flying off world to go to Oa and Barry suiting up as Flash to go to Central City. Flash encounters Green Arrow (Garrett Hedlund) while Green Lantern (Lance Gross) carts off a lot of dead Starro matter. Aquaman (Jason Momoa) holds a victory celebration with Atlanteans and Amazons while Martian Manhunter (David Oyelowo) retreats into the shadows. The League are seen living their individual lives in their respective cities but they know, according to the voiceover that being Lois Lane (Amy Adams), anything that cannot be brought to justice by anyone else will have to face the one and only Justice League.

MOVIE OVER!!!!


MID CREDITS: Superman and Flash racing each other with jokes and banter, and echoing the time when Bart burned Clark on Smallville, showing he can really turn on the Speed Force when he needs to.

POST CREDITS: Deathstroke (in my version would be played by Keanu Reeves) breaking into a warehouse and taking out a set of necrotized Starros, using skill, cool bullets and a flame thrower. He gets claps and then eccentric Luthor (Oscar Isaac) is revealed as well as Amanda Waller (Viola Davis). Luthor and Waller both are critical of Waller's previous Squad, but she says she has some promising new recruits. She just needs someone impeccable to lead them, and someone to fund them. Luthor offers Deathstroke triple his going rate and Waller spreads out a folder which is basically a who's who of DC villains and Luthor says "Injustice."

Film fades to black!!!!!

And then, to really, REALLY seal the deal, use the final card to announce your upcoming films.
 

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