So have you been one of those optimistic few holding out some kind of naive hope that the Justice League movie they’re working on might actually turn out to be any good? Despite the fact it’s only being made to be a launching pad for the lesser heroes like Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern ect.., despite the fact that it’s being directed by a 62 year old guy who has only directed 2 films in the last 20 years (Happy Feet and Babe), despite the fact that they’re turing the Justice League into the Teen Titans by casting baby face actors who generally play teenagers, despite the fact that it’s going to be running concurrently with the already existing Batman and Superman franchises but with different actors………. are you one of those brave optimistic few?
Well add another item to that “Why Justice League Is Doomed” list. Seems like George Miller is going to be working on 2 other movies AT THE SAME TIME as he’s working on Justice League. Happy Feet 2 and Mad Max 4. The good folks over at Moviehole give us this:
“[Mad Max 4] Fury Road” has finally got a greenlight, with pre-production commencing immediately. It sounds as if Miller will be working on this film, and “Justice League” concurrently – the latter is also set up at Fox Studios – as well as…. “Happy Feet 2”. Yep, work has also begun – albeit slowly – on a sequel to Milller’s uber-successful penguin flick but since the first one took four years to make don’t look for this one in theatres anytime soon.
He even speculates that ‘’Mad Max 4 : Fury Road’’ will be released before “Justice League”… but that’s a guess based on how fast the former seems to be moving forward
This is becoming comical. Yes, there are directors who have worked on multiple project before at the same time… but often with bad results… and rarely 2 in actual production at the same time. A film like Justice League, with the scale that they say its going to be on… and all those different major characters requires his full attention. Clearly, Justice League does not have Miller’s full attention. Am I saying it CAN’T be done? No I’m not… but what I am saying is that dividing his attention between 3 films in development at the same time… and maybe even in full production at the same time greatly reduces the odds of something good coming out of this.
So how about it? You STILL one of those faithful few who have hope in this flick? I’m not.
