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[Cor H.]

ESB Exclusive: The Latest on the Upcoming Justice League of America Film! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Robert Sanchez
Friday, 17 August 2007

Will the Justice League of America live action feature film ever get off the ground? Much sooner than you may expect!

When the news broke that JLA (Justice League of America) was moving forward with a script written by Kiernan and Michele Mulroney, speculations began that the follow-up to Superman Returns, The Man of Steel, would be delayed or even completely scrapped.

WB studio sources quickly said that was just mere speculation and The Man of Steel was still planned for a first quarter 2008 start date. Even recently, Brandon Routh told us the same thing during a quick red carpet interview at the premiere for Transformers.

At the same time, we are hearing some execs over WB were not happy with the way Superman Returns performed regardless of the $390 million plus worldwide box office take and that’s why Justice League is being pushed through the studio at a record pace.

The JLA script has been received with open arms by Warners and the goal is for the film to be the launching point for The Flash, Wonder Woman, The Green Lantern and Aquaman as well as rejuvenate Superman.

When do the powers-that-be want to start production on Justice League? Apparently, as soon as the first quarter of 2008, that’s right, WB sources have informed the IESB that execs behind the Justice League of America want it to be in production as early as February/March 2008 to be ready for a summer of 2009 release.

What’s the rush? The pending strikes are definitely one of the reasons that Warner Bros. wants to move quickly on the ensemble pic. They also want to start building a fan base behind the new heroes that will help them go on to have their own stand-alone films.

Some questions arise. What will happen to The Man of Steel film that Bryan Singer has already signed on to do? Would Warner Brothers be willing to lose the money they would have to pay to Singer regardless if he directs the film or not? Will Christian Bale and Brandon Routh reprise their roles as Batman and Superman?

Some rumors indicate that studio execs have considered recasting Superman and a few names have popped up. But the honest truth is that the studio just does not know at this time whether Routh will return or not. We’ll just have to wait and see.

And Batman? If Justice League starts production early ‘08 that would give Bale a three to five month break between “Batman” films. Would he do it? Would the production team behind the Batman films be accommodating? Would they allow one of their three-picture-options with Bale to be used on an ensemble film? Would Justice League be the last Batman film that Bale takes part in?

Those questions are the ones I have been trying to get answered but have not been able to get anyone to comment officially.

I want to be very clear about this, I want to see a JLA film very badly and I am pretty certain that George Miller will direct. The problem that I have is I can’t foresee the Nolan camp, including producer Charles Roven, to lose the third stand-alone Batman film by allowing Bale to JLA instead. Maybe Warners should bring a few of the Batman/TDK producers on board the JLA production to keep that camp happy.

Bottom line, the decision will come from Warner Bros., both Christian Bale and Brandon Routh are signed for a total of three films and one film can be an ensemble pic.

I have to wonder if they are willing to pay the huge amount of money to Bale to keep him for possible future JLA and Batman films. I definitely think he’s worth it but it’s not my checkbook.

Routh’s price tag is no where near Bale’s and I’d bet he’d be willing to do possible future JLA and Superman films.

Finally, what about Singer’s The Man of Steel? At this stage in the game, yes, it appears that the Man of Steel will be pushed back to accommodate Justice League.

Does that mean that Singer is out and the sequel to Superman Returns scrapped? Not likely.

As I mentioned earlier, Bryan Singer has already signed on to do The Man of Steel and his team is reportedly already working on the film. I find it hard to believe that the studio would be willing to lose the money that will have to be paid to Singer if they decide to drop the project. I just can’t see that happening.

Our sources have confirmed earlier reports that the Justice League of America film will consist of at least Superman (Clark Kent), Batman (Bruce Wayne), Wonder Woman (Princess Diana), The Flash (Barry Allen), Aquaman and the Green Lantern (John Stewart) and will follow the OMAC storyline and also feature Maxwell Lord.

Within a few weeks, George Miller should be confirmed as the director and casting should commence immediately. The priority for the studio will have to be to figure out what they are doing with Superman and Batman.

It would be a mistake on Warner Bros. part to recast Superman, Brandon did a fine job and under Miller’s direction he could do great, besides I hear that Warner Bros. really dug Bryan Singer’s take for the sequel and Michael Dougherty is already working on the new script.

Bottom line, Justice League of America will start shooting early 2008.

Stay tuned to the IESB as we bring you the latest Movie News!

Justice League to be a CGI/Motion Capture Film!?
Source: IESB.net
August 22, 2007

One of the most talked-about topics online these days is Warner Bros.' Justice League of America adaptation, which Happy Feet director George Miller is reportedly attached to.

Reports have said that the superhero team-up movie would include Batman, Superman, The Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern, that casting would start next week, and that Christian Bale (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) and Brandon Routh (Superman, Superman: Man of Steel) would not be involved.

It didn't quite make sense how Warner Bros. would be able to pull it off, but perhaps now we know how they can. IESB.net says that the movie might be a CGI/performance capture project, much like The Polar Express, and the upcoming Beowulf and Avatar. Here's a bit of the scoop the site received:

However, and take this with a grain of salt, Imageworks are apparently in the running to provide services on the JLA film, competing with R&H and possibly WETA (the latter being unconfirmed).

But the real interesting thing about this is that the contract is for an all-cgi "photo-real" motion capture movie, much like the upcoming Beowulf.

If the reports hold up, expect Justice League of America to go into production early 2008.

MOVIEHOLE:

Justice League confirmations

Date : August 22, 2007 Posted By : Kirby Kegar

Update! :Yes, its true that Brandon Routh and Christian Bale won't be starring as Superman and Batman, respectively, in the "Justice League" movie - but they will both still be starring in the stand-alone "Superman" and "Batman" sequels. So don't fret fans, there will only be a new Bats and Supes for the team-up movie.

I was speaking to a pal at Warner Bros this morning who let slip that the "Justice League" movie is just as full-steam ahead as the rumours suggest it is. It will definitely be up next year.
A casting director for the movie will be onboard next week and it's then that they'll be going after their tighted strongmen.

Director George Miller ("Mad Max") has some ideas who he'd like to cast as Batman and Superman but naturally, they mightn't be the same faces the WB want. Either way, doesn't sound like Christian Bale or Brandon Routh will be involved in the film. I assume that's a financial thing.

(Update : We have been informed by another source at Warner Bros that it will be an all-new cast and that Bale and Routh will NOT be back (that DOESN'T mean Bale and Routh won't be reprising their roles in solo adventures).)

So within the next month we should start seeing a few announcements about the movie.
Meanwhile, our friends at IESB had a chat to Christian Bale whoconfirmedthat he hasn't been asked back to don the tar cape.

ESB Exclusive: Yes, More Justice League Stuff but BIG NEWS! Superman Casting Revealed!!

Written by IESB Staff
Friday, 24 August 2007
The IESB has gotten some more Justice League info to share with its readers today, but don’t get bored, this stuff is hot!!
Two things we will address, the mo-cap rumor and the casting of Superman. Yes folks, this is big!
First things first, the IESB has been in the business of confessions lately using bamboo and Chinese water torture techniques to get everything we can out of anyone that knows anything about this film. And we’ve got some incredible news to share!
We are simultaneously breaking this news on G4’s Attack of the Show at 4 pm PST / 7pm ET, so if you’d rather watch IESB’s Robert Sanchez tell you this directly on the air, then check that out, otherwise, continue reading…
The motion capture rumor that we received earlier this week caused us to do some deep digging on the JLA production. Here’s what we have found out. Yes there will be motion capture used in the film but it will not be an all out “motion capture production.” Heavy motion capture will be used for the OMACs, the underwater sequences and such. So, all in all, this will be a traditionally made film with some motion capture characters, pretty much like every big fantasy movie these days. So that appears to be the final word on that subject. Now onto the big stuff!
Bale and Routh are flat out, for sure, but who does WB want to replace them with? Studio sources have exclusively revealed to the IESB that someone has been approached to fill the shoes of the Man of Steel!
Get ready Smallville fans, your fantasies of Tom Welling in a cape are getting ready to come true. Yes that’s right, Tom Welling, TV’s Clark Kent, has been approached to take up the Superman role in the Justice League film. This has been a hope of Smallville fans for years and all indications are that WB has finally heard the call.
We contacted Tom Welling’s reps over at CAA and were quickly (and I mean quickly!) transferred to the PR department of theatrical releases for comment, we are waiting on an official comment at this time.
But what about the shooting schedule of Smallville that is supposed to go through around April you ask? Word is, the production of Smallville in Vancouver is even willing to work around whatever Welling’s schedule may be in order for their small screen superhero to make the jump to theaters. Or my thought is, maybe they will continue and completely turn the show over to the new girl in town, Kara, aka Supergirl.
We have contacted the Smallville production office and are awaiting a call back. We also contacted Warner Bros. corporate communications who handles projects in development. When we asked if they would give us a comment on George Miller (the soon to be announced director) or Tom Welling the answer we got was, “No.”
We’ve got this locked in from multiple sources, again, Chinese water torture goes a LONG WAY! But that’s the word!
Now how does this affect the Bryan Singer Superman franchise or the Chris Nolan Batman films? What we are hearing from the WB camp is that it doesn’t affect them at all. The Nolan Batman films will continue, the Singer Superman films we have been told will continue and Justice League will have its own storyline and universe. Very similar to what DC does nowadays in the animated world with these characters.
Stay tuned to the IESB for further updates on Justice League of America!
UPDATE: We’ve gotten a few emails about the Supermanhomepage debunking. As we updated in the Tom Welling article, Supermanhomepage.com is saying Al Gough says no, Welling is not involved in the JLA movie. But, I am telling you, we have triple checked this out and all indications are that Tom Welling in fact is a go on the WB side. I rechecked with my sources and they are all still saying yes, yes Tom Welling, yes Justice League, yes production starts early next year and yes Smallville will have to work around it. Believe me, the IESB will be the first to post a retraction on a story if we are proved wrong, but right now, this is what we are hearing. We have been sitting on the Tom Welling info for almost a week and finally felt we had gathered enough back-up to post it. Currently, we’ve got a lead on who is being looked at for Batman but we need some further info and confirmation before we announce it!

[Aloys]

Dit spreekt me sowieso niet aan.. maar zonder Bale als Batman hoeft het voor mij helemaal niet.

[Cor H.]

Maar als CGI film? Ik zou zeggen geef het een kans, is het niets dan kun je het altijd nog negeren.

[JagoKI]

Gaat helaas niet werken ben ik bang. Ten eerste wordt het erg druk met al die superhelden in 1 film. Laat staan de schurken ook nog een deel moeten vervullen. Ten tweede krijg je allemaal B acteurs en actrices die zich een superhelden pak kunnen hijsen. Kan me niet voorstellen dat het budget van zo'n film zo groot is dat ze al die A list mensen, die nu voor superhelden spelen in hun eigen films, kunnen strikken voor zo'n project.

[Cor H.]

Leest niemand dan de tweede quote?

[JagoKI]

Ehm jawel... maar het was nog niet zeker toch dat het CGI zou worden. Wat trouwens idd wel een slimme zet zou zijn.

[Cor H.]

My gut feeling says, dat ze daar voor gaan. WB moet wel heel erg gestoord zijn om hier een live action film van te maken.

[richard_oud]

Ik kan nu al niet wachten.. als ze zich aan de JLA serie houden kan het niet mis gaan!

[Cinemaniac]

Jessica Biel in Talks for Justice League!



Jessica Biel is in talks to play Wonder Woman in Warner Bros.' all-star superhero film Justice League of America, reports Variety.

The potential deal marks the first piece of casting to emerge from the DC Comics-based ensemble project, which is expected to feature Superman, Batman, the Flash and Aquaman in addition to Wonder Woman.

George Miller (Happy Feet) will direct the big screen adaptation. Kieran and Michele Mulroney wrote the script.

Biel is filming the indie drama Powder Blue, which wraps in October, opposite Forest Whitaker. She will then segue to A Woman of No Importance, based on the play by Oscar Wilde. That leaves room on the actress' schedule for "Justice League," which Warner is fast-tracking as a project before any potential strikes. However, the film's likelihood hinges on the studio's ability to assemble a cast of superheroes in a small window of time.

The trade says the studio declined comment, saying that it prefers to announce an entire cast rather than piecemeal deals.


Bron: comingsoon.net

[Evil Hobbit]

Wonder Woman indeed, droooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[Cinemaniac]

Veeg dat kwijl maar weg, Evil Hobbit. Het gaat niet door...

Jessica Biel Passes on Justice League

Entertainment Weekly has learned that Jessica Biel has decided to pass on playing Wonder Woman in Warner Bros.' live-action Justice League. The former "7th Heaven" star had been in early talks to play the Amazonian princess.

[Cinemaniac]

Weta Workshop to Create Justice League Costumes

The Dominion Post has confirmed that Weta Workshop will design the costumes for Happy Feet director George Miller's Justice League adaptation.

The film's Wellington-based American producer, Barrie Osborne, who produced Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, confirmed Weta Workshop's involvement.

"They are doing all the costumes and they're doing a brilliant job," he said from Sydney, where filming will start soon. "A lot of people thought it would be too hard, that you can only make those things in Hollywood."

No budget has been announced for the long-awaited movie, which would bring together a range of superheroes including Superman, Batman, The Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern.

Weta Workshop specialises in physical effects such as costumes, props, models and movie sets, and Weta Digital does computer-generated visual effects.

Osborne said it was possible Weta Digital could also be involved in the film, based on the DC Comics series, but that would depend on the studio's commitments to other projects.

"George Miller has a great take on the material, so it elevates it to something that's not a comic-book movie," he said.


Bron: comingsoon.net

[RobinB]

hop

Back in March of 2011 Warner Bros. president Jeff Robinov expressed interest in bringing DC’s heroes together on the big screen in a Justice League movie. Now, according to a report from Variety, we’ve learned that this project may be further along than we thought.

While Disney and Marvel were busy shooting “The Avengers” last year, Warner Brothers quietly began getting its own all-star superhero pic back on track, tapping “Gangster Squad” scribe Will Beall to write “Justice League,” based on the WB-controlled stable of DC Comics superheroes. Beall has yet to turn in his “Justice League” script, though he has become a favorite scribe of Warners.

You may remember that in 2007 George Miller signed on to direct a live action Justice League film. Characters were cast, costumes were designed, and story boards were completed. The film never took off though, and it was canceled about a year later. It’ll be interesting to see how things pan out this time around.

[RobinB]

Late on Tuesday night news broke that Warner Bros. was getting serious about a Justice League movie, having hired Will Beall to write the script. Now comic book writer Mark Millar has a few details to add about the direction of the movie.

A pal of mine is good friends with the new Justice League screenwriter and said his take on the team is incredible. Very real-world and not at all what you might expect. WB has a chequered history with their superhero characters. They’re great with their boy wizards, but less consistent with their DC stable. But my chum said that this could be a thing of beauty and has been in the works for a little while now, not just an avengers knock-off. Best of luck to them. The tidbits I heard sound quite dark and mature, which isn’t what I expected. But word on Gangster Squad is great too so I feel this is in really good hands.

Fans of the universe that Christopher Nolan created will be happy to hear this news, though how “real-world” can you get with heroes like Superman and The Flash? It’ll be interesting to see how this all pans out. Stay tuned to Batman-News.com, we’ll be following all the latest news and rumors about the upcoming Justice League movie.

De concurrent voor The Avengers komt er..

[mark t]

De zoektocht naar de regisseur heeft een nieuwe fase bereikt: Ben Affleck zou benaderd zijn om de regie op zich te nemen. Met twee goed ontvangen films achter zich en een derde film die nog dit jaar uitkomt, heeft hij een tegenwoordig een interessante tweede carrière als regisseur.



Volgens het artikel zou Affleck tegenwoordig echter alleen geïnteresseerd zijn in regie-klusjes waarin hij zowel voor als achter de camera kan staan. Ik weet niet in hoeverre hij ook aan zo'n eis zou vasthouden voor een groot project als The Justice League.

[Rogier Burghout]

Kan hij niet als Dare Devil erin spelen? Heeft ie meteen z'n zin gekregen...

[Erwin_W]

Als het ook maar iets is wat hier op lijkt zou ik heel tevreden zijn

http://youtu.be/H7Nf-m6WGl4

[BatMotor]

Ben Affleck heeft al gezegd dat ie het niet gaat doen,omdat ie te weinig verstand heeft van CGI.

[rogue]

Kan hij niet als Dare Devil erin spelen? Heeft ie meteen z'n zin gekregen...

Dat is zo goed als onmogelijk, aangezien die in het Marvel universum zit .
Een cross-over tussen Marvel en DC zou mooi zijn, maar helaas...

[RobinB]

Ben Affleck....past totaal niet als regisseur voor een DC film..en The Town is in mijn mening een te langzame film..alleen Gone Baby Gone is fantastisch..

[gompier]

Ben Affleck....past totaal niet als regisseur voor een DC film..en The Town is in mijn mening een te langzame film..alleen Gone Baby Gone is fantastisch..

Heb The Town in de bioscoop gezien in de VS (in Boston zelfs) en vond het echt een fantastische ervaring. Sindsdien heb ik HEEL veel vertrouwen in Affleck als regisseur.

[Rogier Burghout]

Dat is zo goed als onmogelijk, aangezien die in het Marvel universum zit .
Een cross-over tussen Marvel en DC zou mooi zijn, maar helaas...

Ach, dan gaat ie toch gewoon The Flash spelen...is ook een rood pakkie en hij is toch uberhaupt blind....

[RobinB]

Heb The Town in de bioscoop gezien in de VS (in Boston zelfs) en vond het echt een fantastische ervaring. Sindsdien heb ik HEEL veel vertrouwen in Affleck als regisseur.

Ben wel benieuwd wat Ben Affleck zou neerzetten.Ik denk dat hij ook wel een realistische en grauwe film in de DC wereld zou kunnen presteren..al zie ik het hem niet zou gauw afgaan. In de JL film zullen vast grote sterren gekoppeld zijn maar mede door de Town is Jemry Renner positief naar voren gekomen. Kwa casting kan Ben Affleck dit goed neerzetten, eigenlijk bij al zijn films, ook Morgan Freeman in Gone Baby Gone, kleine rol maar wel uitstekend en goed neergezet (mede ook door de acteerprestatie van Morgan Freeman zelf). Al met al, zou ik wel nieuwsgierig zijn geweest wat hij zou hebben kunnen afleveren met dit project.

[Rogier Burghout]

Ik vond The Town op zich een goeie van Affleck maar de paralellen met Heat en het zoetsappige Happy Ending vond ik wel wat afbreuk doen aan het geheel (het alternatieve einde vind ik beter).

[RobinB]

Ben Affleck Says He's Not Working on the Justice League Movie
Source: 24 Hours August 25, 2012

Earlier this month, Variety reported that Warner Bros. was looking at Ben Affleck to direct the Justice League movie from a script by Will Beall. The film is expected to include such popular characters as Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and The Flash.

Following that news came reports that Affleck had already passed on the project, and now come some new quotes from him via 24 Hours.

"I'm not working on the Justice League," Affleck is quoted as saying. "One of the problems with entertainment web sites is that they need to fill pages, and that's how rumours get started."

He added that "Justice League sounds really exciting, but it's not something I'm working on."

Of course, he seems to be leaving a door open with those quotes. Just because he's not working on the film right now, doesn't mean he won't be at a later time. If he does not direct, who do you think should take on the project?

Helaas geen Ben, wie denken jullie dat er nu kans maakt?