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Warner Bros. approach Ben Affleck for 'Justice League'
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I don't necessarily disagree, I just think you're kind of jumping the gun a bit.
I think they'll stick with Hal personally. It might not have done well, but they did just spend 300 million dollars advertising/building brand awareness of the character.
I doubt they want to explain to everyone that there are actually a bunch of earth Green Lanterns.
Again, I think there are two ways to make this work.
1) Team forms on the fly and isn't assembled/put together (see the JL reboot in the new 52)
2) Team already exists and the movie is set well after the formating of the JL.. watchtower is already there, etc.
No problem selling Superman? I guess you missed Superman Returns back in 2006 when it barely broke $200M domestic and was considered a disappointment. It's the whole reason why the franchise is being rebooted with a new cast and director. Green Lantern was a disaster and the character needs to be reestablished. The Wonder Woman TV show got kicked to the curb before it premiered. It would make more sense to introduce the new Batman with his own film rather than introducing him in a JL film.
It could work but much work needs to be done.
Salvor.Hardin
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You'd think fanboy photoshops of Henry Cavill and Joseph Gordon Levitt standing next to each other would have already emerged.
oh god why
Cause Superboy prime is comedy gold and a fill in for fanboys. And "The Tenth Circle" was shitty on a mystical level.
SpectreFire
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The other issue is that the Justice League needs to limit the number of characters it introduces.
The Avengers went with 6 heroes, 4 primary, 2 secondary.
The Justice League I'd imagine would be running with at least Batman, Superman, Superwoman, Green Lantern and The Flash.
Personally, I think they should just limit it to those 5, any more and the movie will just be way too crowded and characters aren't going to get sufficient screen time.
The Avengers went with 6 heroes, 4 primary, 2 secondary.
The Justice League I'd imagine would be running with at least Batman, Superman, Superwoman, Green Lantern and The Flash.
Personally, I think they should just limit it to those 5, any more and the movie will just be way too crowded and characters aren't going to get sufficient screen time.
I wouldn't mind something a little less bombastic than the Avengers. Though, I doubt WB is interested in that.
I expect a lot of people punching Darkseid for 2 hours. Maybe I'll be surprised and they will go with something a little lower key.
WB just reeks of desperation... I don't thinkn they can pull it off.
And the reason Superman Returns and GL flopped was because they were awful films with a shitty storyline.
If it does somehow happen, I could see them doing a Lex Luthor run Injustice League of some sort... and then save Intergang and Darkseid the sequel.
And the reason Superman Returns and GL flopped was because they were awful films with a shitty storyline.
If it does somehow happen, I could see them doing a Lex Luthor run Injustice League of some sort... and then save Intergang and Darkseid the sequel.
Yeah, they NEED someone like Kevin Feige. He did a fantastic job bringing everything together. Unlike Geoff Johns.
bale vs affleck for the rightful heir of gotham!
hydragonwarrior
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Flash probably.
(And if it was Marvel, I think he'd play Deadpool)
(And if it was Marvel, I think he'd play Deadpool)
great now I wanna see Superman punching Wonder Woman in the back of the head on film.
Rollo Tomasi
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Affleck should do a remake of 'Voyage of the Mimi' instead. Or a sequel.
It would be glorious.
I wouldn't mind a Tower of Babel set up for the first movie if they don't mind going with a cold open "world already exists" set up.
1) Everyone is familiar with the badguy already - less explenation needed.
2) It sets Batmans place up in the JL right away and shows why he is a member even without powers.
3) Batman is the center of the story.
4) The "take downs" would show the strenghts/weaknesses and a bit of backstory for each of the other members.
5) I don't have to watch people punch Darkseid for 2 hours culminating in Flash running faster than ever before to beat him or some other Geoff Johns machination.
Raitosaito
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That avengers money
Storm's coming.
Salvor.Hardin
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Superboy Prime wouldn't be suitable for a pg13 crowd. He's just too badass.
aparisi2274
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Well when they see that their DC rival, Marvel, just made over $1b worldwide on Avengers, you would want to do it too.
Superboy Prime wouldn't be suitable for a pg13 crowd. He's just too badass.
If DC/WB can pull off Superboy-Prime in a movie, I'd be in heaven. It'll never happen, but they'd have my unwavering respect if they did.
GotEmRunnin
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Superboy Prime wouldn't be suitable for a pg13 crowd. He's just too badass.
Well killing people to death would be a hard sell to audiences.
MisterHero
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Prime should be the final boss of the 10-chapter Superman Saga
-Man of Steel (vs. General Zod)
-The World's Finest: Superman and Batman (vs. the Government and Composite Superman)
-The World's Finest Part II: The War for Paradise Island (vs. Luthor/Cheetah/Vandal Savage)
-Justice League (vs. Despero and Mongul)
-The Death of Superman (vs. Doomsday)
-The Man of Tomorrow and the Legion of Superheroes (vs. the Time Trapper)
-Man of Steel 2 (vs. Metallo and Luthor)
-Justice League 2: Apokolips (vs. Darkseid and Intergang)
-The Man of 2 Tomorrows (vs. Ultraman and the Anti-Monitor)
-Superman and the Final Crisis (vs. Darkseid vs. Mandrakk vs. Superboy-Prime)
Spin-offs include:
-The Main Man: LOBO
-Lobo Helps the Justice League
-The Plastic Man Redemption
-Jimmy Olsen: Man of Action
Salvor.Hardin
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Yep. On a side note, Infinite Crisis and it's lead up with Identity Crisis and Cowntdown were better than any of the bullshit cross over events Marvel has been shoving down our throats.
Geoff John's tried to squeeze the stupid war of light setup into the Green Lantern origin movie.
I could totally see them just going for broke with the Crisis on Infinite Earths in the first movie. I would rather see the ensuing train wreck than 2 hours of punching Darkseid.. so lets do it!
Now I want Mandrakk to just appear at the end of the movie and get killed with no explanation.
Originally a midget did it.
I would pay good money for a Worldbreaker vs Superboy Prime debate on China's socioeconomic future.
MisterHero
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The Justice Society fought in World War II
The Justice League is the Earth-1 modern version that formed much later.
It's because Hal Jordan Barry Allen or something
It is because Mandrakk is making the JLA movie terrible. It would be so meta.
planar1280
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Should stick with Nolan
MisterHero
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Mandrakk is cool because he's a vampire anti-monitor
and vampires are totally in right now
GhostWriter24
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He's an amazing director, I think the film would be in great hands.
and in the original version they were all fighting 7 aliens that were using Earth as a coloseum kind of thing and had to join forces to beat them.
In any case, they aren't "assembled" by an agency the way the Avengers are. They are financed by the government but don't directly answer to anyone.
Also, they have a moon base.
They don't have to worry about Martian Manhunter in the JLA.
wow what is this it is beautiful
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Trying to do this before they establish an overarching film universe, most specifically between Batman and Superman is being totally absurd and just racing after the Avengers success without understanding why.
Nolan Batman done, Green Lantern needing a reboot, only just 1 Superman film and in total isolation need threading, before even touching Flash, Wonder Woman, Aqua Man and Cyborg intro's.
Terriblez. Thats french for "FUCK NO."
Nolan Batman done, Green Lantern needing a reboot, only just 1 Superman film and in total isolation need threading, before even touching Flash, Wonder Woman, Aqua Man and Cyborg intro's.
Terriblez. Thats french for "FUCK NO."
This would be the absolute worst way to launch a JL movie.
You don't just fucking assume people know who anyone besides Superman and Batman are and expect them to go see a movie with them and some random other people in it.
If they want to do JL properly it's going to take them years of rebooting every existing movie franchise they have.
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