Oh noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

Or, perhaps WB has realized what a steaming turd it likely has in its hands and wants to drop it quickly.

Saying there’s no script, and blaming delays on the strike, is a convenient way to bury this project that will (hopefully) never get made. At least not get made until Nolan’s done with Batman, and not unless they’re willing to cast this film with adults who LOOK adult.

Without Bale, and equally talented, imposing, and mature actors to fill the other parts, I have no interest in seeing a JLA movie.

Go, WGA!!!!

You know, I don’t want to write off this project just because it involves the OMACs and Maxwell Lord as a supervillain, but their rushing it wasn’t encouraging.

Anything that keeps Adam Brody out of a Flash costume is a good thing.

Could someone please inform George Miller that he was supposed to be directing JUSTICE LEAGUE and not TEEN TITANS?

good. until the wga situation is done with, no one should be doing a thing. what ever happened to fair play?

I’m confused about something, why are there so many negative people, who don’t want the rest of the world to enjoy this movie. How does this effect those who are so bitter,if they don’t watch the movie after it is released, It’s like calling the supporters ignorant, because we want to see a FANTASY film produced. It’s only entertainment,aren’t movies and comic books two different businesses with seperate agendas, to ENTERTAIN people? Some watch the “Wizard of Oz” and think, “What a great movie”, yet, others feel compelled to point out the fact that monkeys can’t fly, or the over 150 other errors found in the film. Those people are the same ones reading this post and trying to find out how many words I’ve mizpelled. There just people trying to bring us a FANTASY that we’ve waited on for OVER FIFTY YEARS. Is that so wrong?

Just don’t even make the movie.

Jalenryder, I won’t speak for anyone else but I can safely say that I would much rather NOT see a JLA movie than a JLA movie that’s done badly. Why? Well, because who wants to watch a bad movie? Also, if it’s bad and it tanks, you can pretty much forget anyone trying to make another JLA film for a good long while. Or films starring Wonder Woman, GL, Flash, etc.

Look how long it took to get new Superman and Batman films after the lousy way those franchises crashed and burned… Now, more Supes films are in doubt since Supes Returns disappointed many (myself included) and didn’t take in nearly what the studio expected. No one’s really sure what’s going to happen to Spidey 4 (or at least who will be involved) after that last one stunk on ice too. Haven’t seen much demand for another Daredevil, have you?

It’s true that no ones whether or not this JLA film would actually be good or not, but after seeing enough bad comic book movies, it’s getting easy to see what will probably work and what porbably won’t. Making JLA with different actors playing Bats and Supes while other Bats and Supes franchises are active is a bad idea. It’ll confuse the hell out of the average filmgoer, and it could undermine to the kind of Bat-franchise Chris Nolan has (thankfully) given us.

Further, casting this movie with a bunch of young, babyfaced actors who look like they walked straight off the set off Dawson’s Creek is not what I want see. I want heroes who really look like mighty heroes, not kids barely out of high school. Honestly, who would make a better Wonder Woman… Lucy Lawless (for example) or Jessica Biel? I’m guessing most people would prefer the older, more imposing looking actress. I know I would.

Finally, I also wonder if too many characters, and bright costumes, on the screen together will honestly work. The first two X-Men films worked for me, but they didn’t throw too many characters up there and the muted costumes, instead of Wolvie’s yellow spandex, were a good idea. Will J’onn J’onnz be an actual person painted green, or CGI? Either way, I think he might be a tough character to pull off.

By the way, you misspelled “misspelled.”

Bale said he wouldn’t play Batman without Nolan, and their take on Batman wouldn’t mesh well with a more fantastical DC milieu, anyway.

WB announces movies left and right and nothing seems to come of any of them. What all is being made or not made at this point? Didn’t somebody mention Doom Patrol or the Metal Men or Superman Vs. Batman or somesuch? And this JLA movie is supposed to be a launching board for other movies but they aren’t using the same Batman and Superman? And creative teams are being lined up for some of the characters post-JLA but then Wonder Woman officially goes on hold?

It just seems like WB are running in circles trying to get anything made while Marvel somehow keeps grabbing hits even though most of their movies are “meh”. SOMEBODY with a decisive plan needs to step forward and get the DC movies straightened out, because at this point it so confused how can they possibly create buzz around any of it besides Nolan’s Batman?

Oh, it’s “greedy” to want a little more than ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for your work, OM?

Clearly you have no idea what you’re talking about. The producers currently pay writers nothing for anything that is produced for or distributed through the internet. You may think that doesn’t matter, but currently staff television writers can be forced to write promotional internet material, like the 2 minute BSG Razor flashbacks, and the studio doesn’t have to compensate them for it at all. But that’s nothing compared to what’s going to happen in a few years when television streams through the internet to all homes, movie rentals are downloaded straight to your TV through the internet, and digital projection movie theaters download every movie they show. Per the current contract (and why would the producers abide by anything other than what they’re contractually bound to?), the producers will not have to pay the writers a dime for ANYTHING. All the writers are asking for is something more than NOTHING, which I personally think is reasonable, but the studios really would rather keep the current contract.

You still think the writers are the ones being greedy? If you don’t know the facts, keep your pie hole shut.

It goes a little beyond internet banners, you moron. I’m talking about the future of distribution.

Do writers currently get residuals on DVDs and videos? Yes, a laughable percentage, but yes. Will they when DVDs and VHS are a thing of the past and movies are distributed through the internet? Under the current deal…no.

Do writers currently get paid when their shows go into syndication? Yes. Do they get anything when their shows are rerun on the internet? No. Hell, first run content for the internet doesn’t even entitle them to a writing fee. How’s that going to work out when all first run TV is through the internet?

This breaks down to one very key concept. The future of pretty much all distribution is via the internet. Thanks to a letter unwisely signed by a previous WGA administration that set the residual rate for internet distribution at 0%, producers can do away with residuals all together when that happens, which effectively makes everything any writer has ever written “work for hire”. If you need to stop to go look that one up, feel free. I’ll wait.

As for your suggestion of striking against the studios and corporate owners…that’s pretty much what they’re doing. You can only stop working for the people who DIRECTLY EMPLOY you, but by extension, you stop working for the people that employ them.

So let’s work this out…the networks and studios collect the royalties…the networks and studios employ the producers…and somehow that means the people employed by the producers aren’t entitled to be paid for their work?

Do you also think that the men and women in our armed forced aren’t entitled to anything because, hey, the government collects the taxes, and they’re directly employed by the army, not Congress or the President?