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Justice League Movie Officially On Hold!
Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on January 16, 2008
Word is coming in this afternoon from our friends at IESB that the Justice League movie is being put on hold by the studio.
There source, who is said to work on the crew, said that a large meeting took place yesterday on the film’s Australia production site. The studio has given employees a one week notice, which is a customary practice in Australian filmmaking.
From where I am sitting, this is actually good news. The way this production was going, with casting and decisions about how the film would be shot, along with how the film would be completely unrelated to the current Batman and Superman franchises, all lead me to believe that George Miller and his crew were not churning out a product that would delight fans — rather, many people were a little upset by all the goings on. We are interested to hear what you have to say in the “Sound Off” section below. We will certainly keep you updated.
Talking Point: What do you think caused the indefinite hold that was put on the Justice League flick?
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One Comment
May 5th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
This film needs to keep within the realm of recent superhero page to screen successes, the project should be aimed always at the loyal fan base as kids tend to follow the trend and children today are liking the darker characters and anti-heroes.
The dark visual world of Batman Tim Burton gave imagery that set a template for further comic book films. The Crow, The Shadow, V for Vendetta and more recently the revived version of Batman Begins. All the above films did not get too involved with the making of a film that will ultimately sell toys.
The Justice League film needs a title sequence that allows the audience to understand that these characters are already present with their abilities. Then the movie can move onto its story with little a reasonable introduction of the cast. The director needs to explore Superman’s alien background more and make him more three dimensional. As for Batman they should continue the well trodden dark, disturbed character only perhaps add more quirk to the Bruce Wayne part to separate him from the current Christian Bale Batman. They need to sell Wonder womens sexuality and push her Greek God factor, she should have little expression almost like a Egyptian Princess. The Flash character needs to have the jokes but don’t let him finish there, he should show an emptiness inside as looking for a companion. And the Green Lantern needs to be oblivious to much of the human conversation but show a dry sense of humor that surprises the audience, he is the straight man to the Flash’s jokes almost.
The film should move along at a fast pace with an urgency to the crisis for whatever the Justice League are assembled for, the kinda urgency and pace that the Bourne Identity films convey.
The film should not resemble Sam Riami’s colorful Spider-man saga as there are too many darker characters, this is not to say it appears as the Tim Burton Batman features but rather a happy medium like how the Shadow was shot.
If you get any problems with directing…then gve us a bell and I’ll gladly take up the offer.
Regards
McQ