Friday, February 08, 2013

WB Scraps Justice League Script?

At the end of last month--we learned that Warner Bros. would hold on green lighting ""Justice League" until we know the box-office of the reboot "Man Of Steel" is.


The movie would reportedly use the storyline by Gerry Conway from Justice League Of America 183-185.

The "Justice League " teams DC Entertainment's most famous heroes (Batman, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, among others)--with the script by "The Gangster Squad" writer Will Beall already being worked on. Getting a director and then a cast is the next order of business.

The arc sees Darkseid, the oppressive god ruler of the war planet Apokolips, planning the destruction of Earth by blasting it with a weapon that moves Apokolips into Earth’s place.

The storyline has the Justice League teaming up with the Justice Society of America--Does this mean we will we see two teams in one movie? That could be great but is it too ambitious?

Now, it seems that the studio is NOT happy with the script. Bad Ass Digest posts from multiple sources that not only are they not moving forward with further re-writes, and they are ditching the current script . Here's the way it is shaking out:

"Beall's script supposedly includes Darkseid and a heavy cosmic threat. But the script has been half-baked from the beginning, with reports saying that heroes have been cut and added from the proceedings seemingly at studio executive will. The latest word was that Warner Bros, experiencing real cold feet, had decided to wait until 'Man of Steel' to really move forward, but it's possible that moving forward now will mean a whole new script."

No director is attached either.

Now what?

The studio was seemingly taking the opposite approach to that of DC's main rival Marvel. While Marvel slowly built each hero's backstory in separate film series before getting "The Avengers" on screen, Warners and DC will have their superheroes go into their own movies following their introduction in "Justice League."

Will they go the Marvel route now?

It's assumed that Henry Cavill's Superman in Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel" will likely be a part of a JL film, but there is no official word that's a sure thing...Would the Ryan Reynolds version of "Green Lantern" be part of the film...? The rumored Armie Hammer for Bats since Warners is planning to keep the Christopher Nolan's Bat-verse separate and apart from its plans for DC Comic films moving forward?.. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was fancied to be appearing in the upcoming movie as the new Batman....but that was quickly nixed by JGL's peeps.

The notion of a Summer 2015 release is in doubt. The flm's direct competition with "The Avengers 2" which is slated for May 1st 2015 is a pipe dream if these reports are true.

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