Just when I think I’ve convinced myself that the Justice League of America movie isn’t coming anytime soon, another contradicting news report is posted which makes me reconsider my position.
Yesterday, Christian Bale told IESB that not only has he not been contacted about the JLA movie, but he is not involved what-so-ever. This lead me to speculate that a Batman-less JLA movie was probably not probable. Could all these JLA movie rumors just be rumors after all?
Today Clint from Moviehole is reporting that casting for the film begins next week. That’s right - NEXT WEEK. Christian Bale and Brandon Routh will not be featured in this project, and the current plan is to recast the parts of Batman and Superman for the superhero team-up film. This makes a little more sense, and seems so much more probable than Bryan Singer pushing back The Man of Steel, and Christopher Nolan giving up Bale’s option for a third Batman film. And with new faces in the roles, this movie can stand alone apart from the single hero franchise films. This also means that if, for some reason, JLA fails, the stigma will be kept seperate from the stand-alone franchise films.
August 22nd, 2007 at 6:17 am
Totally agree with the decision,if they want a JLA movie get new guys let superman and batman continue.Good idea if they do it
August 22nd, 2007 at 8:10 am
Bring in Tom Welling!!
August 27th, 2007 at 7:53 am
I hope its Welling playing Superman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 11th, 2008 at 8:23 am
ive been a long time reader of the superman/batman/jla, althogh i get pumped up about these movies im allways dissapointed. no director ever gets it right. let the guys doing the comics direct the movies, and properly select the actors. brandon routh looked more like superboy than a man of steel. put the right pyhsiques on these guys. superman is supposed to be an awsome phsical presence to look at. i dont know if anybody knows who professional wrestler lex luger was, but thats the type of body character supe is supposed to have. and quit sissifying him. the jla series , and the superman series that was out a few years ago on the cartoon network, had him so physically equal to who ever he faced, it made me sick, to think what a whimp he had become.
January 11th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Tom Welling for Superman