Justice League of America - Live Action

[Advocate]

WB Eyeing Justice League Movie

Source: Variety
February 23, 2007



Warner Bros. Pictures is looking to make a feature based on super team the Justice League of America, hiring writing duo Kiernan and Michele Mulroney to write the script, reports Variety. It's the first major action the studio has taken on the project.

The feature film is bound to include some combination of DC's most iconic superheroes, although the studio wouldn't confirm which ones they might be. It's unlikely that the studio and DC Comics, a division of Warner, would opt to feature second-tier characters.

Since its inception in 1960, JLA has featured almost every major hero in the DC Comics universe, although the core team has largely remained the same: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter.

The heroes typically band together to fight alien menaces or groups of supervillains.

"The Justice League of America has been a perennial favorite for generations of fans, and we believe their appeal to film audiences will be as strong and diverse as the characters themselves," Warner president of production Jeff Robinov said in announcing the hiring of the Mulroneys.

The trade says that in taking on the ambitious project, Warner faces several conundrums.

Now that the Batman and Superman film franchises have been revived, does the studio go after Christian Bale (Batman Begins) and Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) to star in a Justice League pic? The studio is also trying hard to bring Wonder Woman to the big screen.

To a large degree, casting will depend upon the story arc for the JLA feature and at what point in the superheroes' lives the plot takes place.

[Grey's Anatomy]

I still wanna see that Black Lightning movie.

[Bacon McShig]

Like I said on GAF, the money that it would take to make this would fund 4-5 more seasons of Justice League Unlimited. Probably with money left over for actually advertising it.

Do that instead, WB.

[Hubbitron]

I still wanna see that Black Lightning movie.

[elfneedsfood]

Like I said on GAF, the money that it would take to make this would fund 4-5 more seasons of Justice League Unlimited. Probably with money left over for actually advertising it.

Do that instead, WB.

I agree. I doubt this will be as good as JLU anyway.

[Dolemite]

This movie will never get made, unless it's with losers like Aquaman and the Wonder Twins. I'm sure all the major heroes like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc are owned by different studios and it would be a nightmare of red tape and money to get them all together in one movie.

[Advocate]

I'm sure all the major heroes like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc are owned by different studios.

Re-Read the article. Warner Bros. Pictures owns all three.

[Dolemite]

Re-Read the article. Warner Bros. Pictures owns all three.

Really? Then that's fucking cool.

It'll still cost a lot, though.

[Hubbitron]

I doubt this will be as good as JLU anyway.

ibtn.

[Shin Johnpv]

Really? Then that's fucking cool.

It'll still cost a lot, though.

Doesn't WB own DC? I could have sworn they did but I could be wrong, I could have sworn that was how every WB cartoon and movie and other things could use superman and not get sued.