Justice League continues to move forward as various news outlets report the film is totally committed to going into full production within 3 months and they’re even starting their main rounds of casting.
This movie has “wrong” written all over it for several reasons, but this news of the casting makes things even worse. This comes from our friends over at Slashfilm:
According to Hollywood Reporter, 35 to 40 actors are set to test for Justice League, including: Adam Brody (The O.C.), Joseph Cross (Running With Scissors), D.J. Cotrona (Windfall), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Grindhouse), Michael Angarano (Sky High), Teresa Palmer (Wolf Creek), Max Thieriot (Jumper), rapper Common, Friday Night Lights stars Minka Kelly, Adrianne Palicki and Scott Porter. According to the report, the test included no costumes, and script pages.
Hey look, I’ve got nothing against young actors… but I thought the characters in this movie were going to be Superman, Batman, Wonerwoman and the Green Lantern… not Superboy, Batboy, Wonder Girl and The Green Tyke.
One of my few complaints about the casting of Brandon Routh is Superman Returns, was that at 27, he just didn’t have enough age to him. This is the MAN of steel… but apparently the folks at Warner Bros are more interested in giving us a Teen Titans movie…. or more accurately a movie version of Smallville (But at least Tom Welling is 30 years old).
This movie has the totally wrong timing, with the wrong director, being made for the wrong motives and apparently will completely be in the hands of the wrong cast. Justice League is turning into a joke of comic book sized proportions. The only interest I have left in it now is the type of interest you have in seeing a car wreck… I’m just curious to see how much carnage is going to result from it.
