According to a myriad of rumor sites, Rupert Evans has been offered the part of Superman in the Justice League film. Evans had previously tried out for the role for Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns. You may remember Evans as the assistant to Hellboy in the Hellboy movie.
Awaiting confirmation.
UPDATE: Debunked
In an excellent interview with DC’s Main Man in Hollywood Gregory Novek, Voices from Krypton ask why Welling won’t be Superman in the JLA movie.
VOICES FROM KRYPTON: And then there are all of those Internet rumors about Tom Welling being cast as Superman…
GREGORY NOVECK: Not happening, if for no other reason than it would just confuse the issue.
VOICES FROM KRYPTON: And if that’s the case, I wonder why they wouldn’t just use Brandon Routh again.
GREGORY NOVECK: I think part of it is that the character is larger than the actor. If you look at Batman, Superman and Justice League as separate franchises, if all of a sudden you have Brandon in it but you don’t have Christian, then what movie is it? I think you have to have it stand on its own. I’m just speculating, but if I’m the director of this movie, I don’t want to have to be too careful of another director’s iteration of a character. If I use his actor, then I’m kind of beholden to it. What if George Miller hired Brandon and Christian, but he wanted Brandon to really play Superman tougher and wanted Christian to show more humanity, then all of a sudden you’re entering very strange creative territory. The same is true of using Tom Welling. I think ultimately it’s a better movie if you have different actors to keep the iterations of the characters distinct. The example I’ve been using is, is it the Mike Mignolia Batman versus the Frank Miller Batman? It’s still Batman, they’re just different versions of it. I think when we start to open up the films with that kind of lens, where you can say, “These are all Superman, but they’re different versions” – even from Tom Welling to Brandon Routh, right? – that’s pretty cool.
Head over to the website for more on why it’s a good idea for Tom Welling to move on, and what role Novek has in what gets put into the movies, and what doesn’t.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, director George Miller spent most of the weekend in casting sessions for the Justice League of America movie.
Who showed up?
On the roll call are Adam Brody (Fox’s “The O.C.”), Joseph Cross (”Running With Scissors”), D.J. Cotrona (”Windfall”), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (”Grindhouse”), Michael Angarano (”Sky High”), Teresa Palmer (”Wolf Creek”), Max Thieriot (”Jumper”) and rapper Common.
The cast of NBC’s “Friday Night Lights” is well-represented as well, with Minka Kelly, Adrianne Palicki and Scott Porter also among those testing for parts. No costumes are involved in the tests, which are being taped as actors read script pages.
Lots of young’uns in the list, and that’s because Miller is hoping to keep the actors around for multiple films. HR says Miller will report his findings to the stdio midweek.
Or - “It’s Time For Some Payback…”
Say what you will about the villains of the DC Universe, the Society really is an idea that they should have thought of earlier. After all, the classic JLA started seven strong (at least three of whom are as powerful as a dozen Shadow-Thieves) and the satellite-era team touched on a dozen members, yet most of the Injustice Leagues we’ve seen are either exact counterparts of the Leaguers or a six-to-eight person conglomeration of random guys. Now, faced with a JLA of extreme power, how do the villains of the Society respond?
With a bigger stick…
IGN has an interesting summary of articles that highlight the potential problems plaguing the George Miller helmed JLA flick.
The biggest is the possibility the Writers Guild Association may not wait until next year to go on strike with the actors and directors, but instead may stage a walkout beginning October 31. It is quite possible high profile films like JLA and Transformers, to name a few, could be in the sites of the WGA as a way to cripple the film studios into giving in to demands. Considering the JLA film has yet to see a final green-lit script, this could be very serious for the film.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Jessica Biel has decided to pass on the role of Wonder Woman for the upcoming Justice Leage of America film.
As I said previously, I think Biel is a might pretty woman, but she just doesn’t have the build or the age to play Wonder Woman. Ah well, the quest continues.
Variety is reporting Jessica Biel is in talks to play the Amazonian Warrior in the Justice League of America film. Guess this means yesterday’s rumor is just another rumor.
But what of Superman, Batman, the Flash, and Aquaman?
…the film’s likelihood hinges on the studio’s ability to assemble a cast of superheroes in a small window of time. Christian Bale and Brandon Routh — Warner’s reigning Batman and Superman, respectively — are not expected to join the production.
Instead of announcing the roles as they are cast, the studio will announce the entire cast at once.
So for now, guess we’re playing the waiting game. My guess is we won’t have to wait long, the film is expected to begin shooting in February 2008.
Moviehole.net is reporting that actress Victoria Hill has auditioned for the role of Wonder Woman in the George Miller helmed Justice League of America.
Hill’s surfing a wave of victory at the moment – she starred in, co-wrote and produced Geoffrey Wright’s “Macbeth” and followed that up with roles in the recent Aussie films “BoyTown”, “Hunt Angels” and “December Boys”. The actress, who is now represented by UTA in the states, is not only beautiful but she’s insanely talented too – so I’m sure if she did get the gig to play ‘Wonder Woman’, fans wouldn’t be picketing.
To be honest, I know nothing about this actress. She is pretty, but I don’t think she has the look to pull off Wonder Woman.
JLA is being fast tracked for a 2009 release.
It wasn’t a well kept secret, but it has finally been confirmed that George Miller will be directing the DC adaptation of Justice Leage of America.
While there have been rumors bouncing around in regards to a CGI or animated flick, Variety is reporting the film will be a live-action FX spectacular.
One of the reasons there is such a rush to get this film into production is to get it complete before the possible H-wood strike. Warner Bros. is still targeting the tentpole for a summer 2009 release.
DC Comics has announced Justice League of America #12, written by Brad Meltzer, is getting a second printing.
“Issue #12 seemed so far away when we first started talking about it,” says Group Editor Eddie Berganza. “There wasn’t even a team yet, and now, as we go into this second printing, the team is formed, we have the Hall of Justice and a new satellite Watchtower, and we even have monitor duty — which is also the title of Brad’s last story, and a perfect example of the greatest strength his stories have had. It’s humanity. It was about who these people in the tights are, and the team of Brad, Ed Benes, Eric Wight and Sandra Hope accomplished this beautifully, with no small help from our colorists Alex Sinclair and, for this issue, Pete Pantazis, our letterer Rob Leigh, and my assistant editor Adam Schlagman — pretty much the world’s greatest comic team for the world’s greatest heroes.”
The second printing will be in stores on October 3, 2007, and will feature both original covers by Alex Ross.
via DC Comics
The latest rumor concerning the Justice League of America have the movie being shot in Australia. Even though the studios have been somewhat mum on any big news, casting for the film is currently underway, and George Miller is still the main man when it comes to filling the director spot.
The film, more than likely a CGI piece, is expected to be in production from February to June 2008, with Lord of the Rings and Matrix producer Barrie M. Osborne keeping everything from spiraling out of control.
If Osborne is indeed attached to produce, then we can expect a film that isn’t just thrown together as a way to make a quick buck. Sounds like everything is coming together, I just wish some official word would be made so our fears can be calmed.
WizKids, Inc. has announced the release of DC HeroClix: Justice League that features 60 individual characters. The booster packs now include five figures, character cards that add more powers and abilities, keywords that link heroes to their allies, background info on each character, feat cards, bystander tokens or battlefield condition cards.
Take the jump for more info and an image gallery of the complete line!
Remember how crazy I said the latest rumors from IESB were regarding the JLA movie? Turns out all the BS was in fact complete bullshit whipped up by someone trying to embarrass the IESB site.
the second email i sent IESB is the one they recently posted on the site from “Action Boy!”. the information and story treatment is full of completely ridiculous statements and ideas (unlike the previous scoop who’s info was far more reasonable). roberts response to this email was very courteous and not very inquisitive as to it’s legitimacy nor demanding of any proof that im legit (completely opposite of his response to the other “scoop”). but he was inquisitive for me to get more info for him. he said he’d like to ask me a few questions, and before i even responded to his request the scoop was posted on the site, not even 24 hours after it was sent. clearly, no research was even attempted in order to verify any of the info involved, yet they clearly deemed it newsworthy enough to post.
So there you go. IESB was trying to get a lot of link love by posting crazy rumors and ended up losing all credibility over it. Don’t worry Spoilerinoes, you won’t be see any more links to IESB anytime soon.
IESB has either gone full scale bonkers, or has really been doing its work on digging into the JLA film.
Would you believe not only will the film have Martian Manhunter, but also the OMACS, the killing of Max Lord by Wonder Woman, Checkmate, and Darkseid killing Superman? Yeah, I don’t believe it either, it’s just way over the top, and from the plot summary by Action Boy, seems rather lame; jam packed with waaaay too much story than could reasonably be contained in a two hour movie and still make sense. Mr. Action’s description actually makes me want to see David Goyer’s Super Max over this film.
You can read the whole thing over at the site, but it sounds like someone was watching an early copy of Death of Superman DVD, reading Infinite Crisis, and the OMACS series simultaneously, while smoking a bit of the holy herb and started tripping. Seriously, if this is the real film summary, Warner Bros. should have dropped the $20 million paycheck at my door, and I would have whipped something up (free tip #2: Make Lex Luthor a reluctant good guy).
Oh and apparently this fast-tracked film will feature a bunch of not well known actors and Leonardo DiCaprio as Aquaman - the lamest character on the team. Since Routh and Bale (and now apparantly Tom Welling) won’t be playing any of the major roles, why would Leo go for King Lame of the Sea?
Is it sounding crazy messed up to you too? Everything seems so far fetched, that I wouldn’t be surprised if all this stuff is being made up for Link Love Friday.
Well here you go gents: via IESB.net
(free tip #3: Start the film with The Question tracking a mystery).
Yes, the rumors continue from the IESB.net website. Today the gumshoes of comic filmdom are spreading gossip that the OMACS and white Martians would be playing heavies in the Justice League of America film (you know, the one that Tom Welling is supposedly in).
And speaking of Martians, Martian Manhunter may be played by Laurence Fishburne.
The rumoring goes on to say Ryan Reynolds is still on for the Flash, Maxwell Lord makes an appearance, and George Miller has been watching a lot of the Justice League cartoons.
I love rumors, they get the Interweb community’s panties in such a bind with trolls coming out of the woodwork proclaiming their own truth or debunking the rumors with, “suchandsuchsite.com says those rumors are false! It said so on that other Internets site so it must be true!”
Take it for what it is worth true believers, a rumor is just that, a rumor. I still think a JLU all CGI movie done in the vein of Final Fantasy would rock everyone’s balls to the wall, and I would personally see that flick in the theatre five times (maybe even back to back). But I don’t think that will happen, as I’m sitting here in the middle of nowhere, and not in an expensive Hollywood home’s hot tub with two hot girls named Jessica, while telling Charisma Carpenter why she can’t come over tonight. In other words, until Warner Bros. offers me a big check, I’m keeping my ideas to myself (free tip #1: hire Paul Dini and Bruce Timm before proceeding).
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