Thank. God.

This movie was only meant to delay the sequel for Superman Returns long enough for Singer & company to leave the project. Mission accomplished.

Coming soon: News of a Superman movie reboot.

Now if only something could delay the horrible G.I. Joe that is in progress.

Uh, no, it’s Adam Brody, who used to be in The O.C….big difference between him and Adrien Brody.

the cast is horrible … love the JLA but i wish that they would just cancel the project. who is this batman guy? and the superman actor looks like a kid!

Man. The Batfans NEED to do something to not let this Happen.

WB show NO RESPECT for the Bale/Nolan Batman. Once the bat-franchise Resurrection, WB will blow it away AGAIN with this kinda of initiative.

Fantastic.

Hopefully in a year or so, after the writers’ strike is finally resolved one way or the other, this project will be relaunched with Peter Jackson or Guillermo del Toro at the helm.

And, for cryin’ out loud, Warner Brothers, stop casting actors that look as though they should be featured in a TEEN TITANS project instead.

why is age the biggest problem with people? christopher reeve was 26 he made the first superman. brandon routh was 27.

adam brody (flash) and scott porter (superman) will be 29 in 2008. if anything, they are choosing the oldest portrayals of the characters ever.

wait to criticize before you see at least something.

Oh man, I had no idea that Scott Porter had actually been cast. It breaks my heart that he won’t get his shot; he is a fan at heart and would look great as Superman. Not sure what kind of range this film would require, but he’s got it.

eric

no cast was officially announced, only rumored. rapper common was rumored to be john stewart too. imdb has the rumored cast

Darn.
I was so looking forward to the JLOC film.

Best news so far this year. Adam Brody as Flash????? And now Ryan Reynolds? Forget it. They need to get all their ducks in a row(great script, decent cast) then proceed. I’d rather wait 10 years for a great movie that 10 months for a lousy one.

The title is a little misleading: its been delayed, not shelved. Delayed and shelved are two different things. We all know what delay means as we all buy comics, but shelved means that the project is dead and not going to happen at all. And from that report, JLA is not shelved, but delayed. At least WB doesn’t want to make, nor give us, a crappy movie. I think you have to respect that.

Don’t blame X3 on a rushed production. It was just plain badly crafted.

Comment by Ryan H — January 16, 2008 @ 11:03 pm
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Well Matthew Vaughn step out of it apparently due to the studio rushing of the movie.

Anyway, my “instict” as well as some “objective” factors (well, rumours mostly I admit :)) (cast, new reimagining of Superman and Batman, script rumours…) tell me this is not a project I’m going to miss if it is never greenlighted

MOAHAHAHHAAA!! >>:))

I was hoping for something like this. Mainly because this project reeked of the the wrong basics from the start.

What is the fascination with Ryan Reynolds as Flash? I honestly don’t get it. What’s he ever done that makes anyone think he’d be decent as a lead in any movie with a big budget? His filmography is very mediocre.

They should do what Smallville did

I agree that the cast should be a little older, since the characters themselves have gone solo long before they formed JLA. And because the team is supposed to be composed of major league heroes, the actors should have enough acting chops to project the aura and personalities of the most powerful heroes on Earth.

HOORAY!!

Having learned that some, though not all, of the actors attached to this project were older than I thought (some even older than Chris Reeve, Lynda Carter and Christian Bale were when they originated their roles) I think it’s safe to say that age may not have been the problem — but that how old/mature you look, and the attitude you bring to the part — can make a huge difference. I just don’t see the proposed cast having the gravitas to pull this one off.

And come on… Arnie Hammer, Jr. as BATMAN?? A 21 year old Bats, while the more mature Bale is playing Bats in the darker, more “realistic” Nolan franchise? I’ll say it again: What a friggin’ mess that would’ve been to have that film out while the Nolan films are still active. And, yes, I think it would’ve been a bit confusing to the average filmgoer.

At the very least, WB’s attempts to rush this on to the screen with a weak script almost certainly might’ve made for an expensive bomb, and it could’ve been disasterous to attempts to get other comic-themed projects made. “Batman & Robin” anyone? After the careful work Nolan & Co. have done to get Batman right, this JLA project could’ve easily undone all of that.

Reboot the Superman franchise, and see if someone can come up with decent scripts for WW, GL & Flash. THEN consider a JLA movie, or else go CGI with it and bring back Bruce Timm to make it.

well this is good news as the casting is horrible ADAM BRODY? Please hate his so called acting. and the other cast members Ivew never heard of,the scipt doesnt sound so good why not letBRUCE TIMM&DWAYE MCUFFEE, write it. wait until all the proper elements are in place. It WILL MAKE FOR A BETTER AND HOPEFULLY LASTING FILM.

*wonders if Marvel’s Avengers movie will make it out first in the end…*

And yes, they said they were making an Avengers movie, although what characters they would (can?) use was up in the air.

I’d lvoe to see a list of all the ‘canned’ WB DC movies: Wonder Woman, 2 or 3 versions of Superman before ‘Returns’ finally made it, wasn’t Jonah Hex in development for a while? The Green Lantern w/ jack Black…

Whatever happened to ‘Supermax’ the Green Arrow movie?

Because Supermax is a nickname for certain maximum security prisons. And it’s a play on the fact that it’s a prison for superpowered criminals.

OK, if you hate Adam Brody, then suggest someone esle. And the big thing to remember is that last I heard, Justice League will have Barry Allen while the Flash movie was intended to focus on Wally and the legacy. I think the Reynolds would be an awesome West and Brody could do Allen, because let’s not forget Barry Allen was originally the misfit Police Scientist. And I don’t think playing a dork would be too big of stretch for Brody. And for those saying Reynolds’ is too old- keep in mind he’s only 3 years older than Brody. I’m more worried about John Stewart being in a JLA orgin story but my point is, if you’re gonna complain, then at least have the aptitude to come up with someone else.

Great there goes my other bookend to my Catwoman DVD! Thanks a lot writers!

Best news I’ve heard so far from the writers strike!

A lot of people here are talking like this is the end of the JLA movie.

It’s not. They just aren’t willing to pay everyone to do nothing while the strike is on. Note that the actors “were also assured the studio is determined to make the film with them in it.”

Stop celebrating people, because the writer’s strike is going to give the producers time to get the NSW govt to give them tax breaks - or set up somewhere that will.

Once the strike stops and they get their writers back the film is back on.

Yes, best news ever! I can imagine this conversation at Warners behind the scenes, aside from batman begins and Dark Knight, I truly hate them with a passion.

We let them have a good movie with Batman Begins, Dark KNight will be a blockbuster, we need to make more crap. Superman Returns wasn’t bad enough, we didn’t piss off the fans enough, what we need to do is, let’s do a teenage Justice League. Let’s have it have NOTHING to do with our successful new Batman franchise, let’s not have it have anything to do wtih our relaunched Superman movie either, we can find someone even worse to play Superman. And although we are using young actors, let’s not use Tom Welling, we have to make sure this movie sucks as bad as possible. We didn’t ruin batman with Batman and RObin, so we have to try harder this time. Who can we have direct this? How about George Miller.
Didn’t he direct Mad Max? Well yes, and Road Warrior and the third one too, and we’ll even get the cinemetographer from Road Warrior, but we won’t make this dark and gritty like Road Warrior, we’ll make this more kid friendly like his latest film Happy Feet. I wonder if we should have Babe the Pig make a cameo as a Green Lantern….

Warner Brothers sucks, this is truly good news.
This movie is, was, and always will be an abomination. May it rest in peace.
Teenage Justice League….barf.

“IIRC the gist of the story was Green Arrow being tosesed into “Supermax” a prison full of Super Villians. I actually really liked the concept, be awesome played in a very “24 meets Heroes” kind of way.”

As a TV show, good idea. As a movie, pass…

The thinking all along, was to get the JLA movie out before Marvel made it’s Avenger movie.Warner Bros does not care a rat’s ass how it would hurt their Superhero movie’s in the long term. They are looking for the kill. And they truly believe that we the general public are stupid. And if you buy into it you are. Marvel will always be miles ahead of WB’s. They at least have the better people running their movie francize. Warner’s is lost. Save your money,and don’t get sucked in. This movie will be the bigest disaster ever made. And George Miller will be the next Joel Shuemaker.They will blame him. And you the public for it’s negativity from the start. When all they have to do is look in the mirror.

If they ever get Wonder Woman on screen, it should be Nadia Bjorlin. Nuff said.

I’m not sure why everyone is acting like the film is dead. It’s clear they’re waiting for the strike to end. Some minor recasting may occur if actors drop out, but nothing major.

As for continuing the Nolan/Singer or Smallvile casting - no. A JLA film has to be separate. Continuity, use of villains, etc, better these franchises avoid such hassles.

The film, success or failure, will increase the name-recognition of The Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman and to a degree even Wonder Woman, making their own series more likely.