Post by phantomdroid on Oct 24, 2007 11:37:04 GMT 10
Warner Brothers has announced that George Miller (Happy Feet, Mad Max) will direct a live-action feature film based on DC Comic's Justice League of America.
The studio is eager to have the film, due in the summer of 2009, locked down in advance of an anticipated writer's strike in Hollywood.
The new movie will feature all of DC's major superhero characters including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman and Green Lantern. Some of those characters currently have their own films in the works, complicating the development of "Justice League", but the studio is so keen on the script, by Kieran and Michele Mulroney, it has put other projects, such as the next Superman film "The Man of Steel" on the back burner.
Sources close to the project have told Variety that Christian Bale and Brandon Routh, who played Batman and Superman in recent solo films, will not appear in "Justice League". Christopher Nolan, who directed "Batman Begins" and the upcoming "Dark Knight", said he would prefer that Warners delay "Justice League" until after he finishes Batman projects in development. Bale has also let his uneasiness about "Justice League" be known.
The studio considered making "Justice League" as an animated film, but is determined that it will be an effects-driven, live-action film despite the potential difficulties in casting. "They're working very hard to get it to happen," a source close to the project told Variety. "But there are so many characters, it's complicated!"
Source: www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=44250
A Justice League movie? Awesome! It's about time!
The studio is eager to have the film, due in the summer of 2009, locked down in advance of an anticipated writer's strike in Hollywood.
The new movie will feature all of DC's major superhero characters including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman and Green Lantern. Some of those characters currently have their own films in the works, complicating the development of "Justice League", but the studio is so keen on the script, by Kieran and Michele Mulroney, it has put other projects, such as the next Superman film "The Man of Steel" on the back burner.
Sources close to the project have told Variety that Christian Bale and Brandon Routh, who played Batman and Superman in recent solo films, will not appear in "Justice League". Christopher Nolan, who directed "Batman Begins" and the upcoming "Dark Knight", said he would prefer that Warners delay "Justice League" until after he finishes Batman projects in development. Bale has also let his uneasiness about "Justice League" be known.
The studio considered making "Justice League" as an animated film, but is determined that it will be an effects-driven, live-action film despite the potential difficulties in casting. "They're working very hard to get it to happen," a source close to the project told Variety. "But there are so many characters, it's complicated!"
Source: www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=44250
A Justice League movie? Awesome! It's about time!