In the Train wreck in waiting, Off-Again-On-Again saga of the Justice League film, the switch seems to once again be turned to ON. And I have to say that switch is looking a little loose with all that extra usage. Its like a dirty whore of switches. Too many uses and no one wants to touch it when its done.
In an article at the Herald Sun in which director George Miller praises Megan Gale’s screen test for Wonder Woman in the Justice League live-action movie, the following bit was dropped as well:
Initially slated to be filmed Down Under, Miller conceded production had been moved offshore, with a plan to resume filming next year.
There are a billion things wrong with this project. There is no way they should be considering this film with the same characters existing in paralell franchises.
How is the Batman from THIS movie supposed to fit in with Bale’s Dark Knight? Or Superman? Wonder Woman has been rejected and rewritten so many times we may never see a feature film, yet she’s an automatic member for this?
I had thought that a short while ago when WB and its DC Comics film group were going to sit down and work out its interests that they would be following a similar marketing aspect as Marvel Films. Introduce the characters in their own films and THEN consider an ensemble story.
I honestly wouldn’t mind if they said they scrapped the Justice League movie and made a Teen Titans movie. The Titans are mostly younger versions of the same characters anyways. Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, Superboy? Why not just make a film with THOSE characters instead of trying to double dip on the trinity. Ms Gale looks like she’d make a decent Troia – WonderGirl.
DC has three franchises that could rock the movie world. Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. They call this the Trinity of DC. Because they are like unto gods in popularity.
EVERYTHING ELSE is secondary. No other franchise within the DC Universe has any hope of paralelling these.
So lets fart out some weak ensemble movie with younger versions of these that are not in continuity with our existing franchises.
I am starting to think the execs at the WB are Marvel fans.
