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[Rappy]

The ultimate superhero showdown looks to be in the works, as Warner Bros. is now hoping to release their DC Justice League film in 2015, the same year Marvel has slated Joss Whedon’s The Avengers 2. Warner Bros.’ superhero team-up is still without a director, after rumors that they approached Ben Affleck to take the helm were debunked by the actor himself. But with The Avengers making over a billion dollars, they’re ready to get their own superhero mash-up on the big screen as quickly as possible.

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Per the LA Times, Warners is hoping to shoot Justice League next year and release it in the summer of 2015. A script is already in the works by Will Beall, but their efforts are now focused on attaching a director and putting together a cast. The fate of the project was surrounded by uncertainty due to a recent legal case over the rights to Superman, but yesterday the decision came down in favor of WB and the studio has now hit the ground running.

http://collider.com/...te-2015/204486/

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http://www.aintitcool.com/node/59172

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Justice League film moves ahead, eyes Summer 2015 release!

With the recent legal win for Warner Bros, allowing them to keep using Superman in film, the studio is moving full speed ahead on casting and crewing up their Justice League movie.

The LA Times has a story with an anonymous source tells them that with Superman free and clear, the studio aims to shoot next year and release Summer 2015, which would put it close to Avengers 2, which already has a May 1st, 2015 date set.

The other interesting thing about the article is that it confirms there won't be many build up films, which is the tried and true Marvel template, and their "reboot" of Batman won't happen until AFTER the Justice League movie. That means whoever the new Batman is (if it's not Joseph Gordon-Levitt) will be introduced to the public in Justice League.
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[Muhammad Farrukh]

I wonder what would happen, if they cross paths in Downtown.


Avengers League

[shakey]

I'll look forward to this when they make any other non-batman DC based movie not suck.

[+McCordRm]

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There is that. Getting the Superman license was only step one...
now the movie has to succeed. And by succeed, I mean get people
giving a damn about Superman again.

[Rappy]

I just don't have any hope this will be good, I want it to be though because something different then Marvel is always good to see

[Growled]

I'll probably be first in line to see this one. Heck, I'd probably stand in line for a few days to be the first one.

[Rappy]

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According to Latino Review, the villain in Justice League will be Darkseid.

One of, if not the, most powerful villain in the DC Universe, Darkseid is an immortal, invulnerable, pretty-much all-powerful God who has been causing trouble for Superman and others for decades. You can read all about the character on his official DC page.

If this news if it’s true (and, with the Latino Review guys, it usually is) two things strike me as note worthy. First, Warner Bros. is planning on using one of their biggest and baddest villains right from the beginning. Darkseid is the Thanos of the DC Universe, one of the grand daddies of them all, and using him in the first film is like pinch hitting your best home run hitter in the first inning with no one on base. It’s a waste. Marvel was smart enough to save Thanos for something like 10 movies in (by the time we really get to see him) and even films like Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk didn’t use the character’s primary adversary. They milked it. Took their time. If the Justice League fight a God right off the bat, won’t any other villains in the canon will feel insignificant?

The second thing is that the DC Cinematic Universe is immediately going cosmic, a big risk considering what’s worked in the past. Most of the successful Warner Bros. DC movies have been incredibly grounded (think Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight movies) and Man of Steel, which Nolan produced, is supposed to continue that trend. That’s the tried and true formula.

http://www.slashfilm...-been-revealed/

[Growled]

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According to Latino Review, the villain in Justice League will be Darkseid.

Please don't screw this up.

[GP007]

Darkseid is the one villan big and bad enough to really work for a JL movie IMO. I dunno of anyone else who could be powerful enough to bring the JL together etc. Either way, not every individual JL member movie has to be great, they can have a few that are meh but still pull of a good JL movie. Avengers was great but I mean come on, if it wasn't for RDJ and his Tony Stark it'd have been meh. The first thor movie was meh, the first captain america movie was so-so. Hulk? Those two hulk movies have all but been forgoten. Lots of people don't like Iron Man 2 as well.

Long story short a JL movie can be great even with a bad GL movie, and whatever else they can do with the others.

[Growled]

I hope the Flash is good. If they can get Flash right this movie will be a winner. I love his character in the JL cartoon.

[Rappy]

Growled, on 05 December 2012 - 01:52, said:

I hope the Flash is good. If they can get Flash right this movie will be a winner. I love his character in the JL cartoon.

The Flash is the weakness in the JL I always felt

[Mathachew]

The article makes an excellent point about using Darkseid from the get go. I'm curious about what their other options are. I have a limited knowledge on this, but it seems Superboy/Superman Prime would be a good choice since he's at least twice as strong (IIRC) as Superman. Introducing him means going into the multiverse thoiugh, and that could just get a bit crazy for a single film to juggle. That would open up the door for an Anti-Monitor appearance, however. Darkseid from the start just sets future films up for possible disappointment because, you know, it's Darkseid, who really compares? Maybe a Blackest Night event, but that's a very broadly affecting event that just might be too much for a movie.

[Anaron]

I wonder if they're going to make any compromises like leaving out a character or two (e.g. Ant-Man in The Avengers). At first, I thought it was odd to introduce a major villain like Darkseid right away. Then I thought of the potential it would create for prequels. I think they could use that to give characters a proper introduction after the first Justice League movie.

I hope the upcoming Man of Steel movie is related. It's about time Superman is portrayed in a more realistic way. I love superheroes but one thing that always bothered me about Superman was his ability to remain "good" (and see the "goodness" of humanity) in the various TV shows and movies he appeared in. I don't read comic books and I'm sure they've portrayed him differently but it's not the same as bringing the character to life on a screen.

Anyway, it'd be great if that movie was tied into the Justice League universe.

[Growled]

Rappy, on 05 December 2012 - 02:46, said:

The Flash is the weakness in the JL I always felt

He is good at comic relief. He was a little too goofy in JL but they need to use him comically in the movie, I think. The rest of the League are the big guys. I can't see them being comic relief.