Justice League

The LA Times did a big profile on new Warner Bros. president Jeff Robinov. They talk about a few things in it, from his managerial style to controversial decisions he has made such as passing on Slumdog Millionaire and refusing to work with David Fincher. But what is most interesting about the piece is that it slips in some pretty major news about the direction of Warner’s big, tentpole DC Comics properties. According to Rubinov, he wants both new Superman and Batman films to come out in 2012, and then he’s aiming for a Justice League movie to come out in 2013. There’s even mention of spinning off Flash and Wonder Woman films after that. We already know that the Superman movie is being overseen by Christopher Nolan and is going to be directed by Zack Snyder, and the Batman movie is Nolan’s next directorial effort The Dark Knight Rises, but will these be the same characters that appear in the Justice League movie? Superman doesn’t get a mention, so it seems like the answer for Snyder’s character is yes, but post Dark Knight Rises Batman will be getting a reboot. Much like with the Superman project, Robinov has gotten Nolan on board to oversee the character’s new direction. If you add in this year’s Green Lantern, it’s looking like Warner Bros. finally has the proper leadership in place to give Marvel’s recent spate of film adaptations a run for it’s money. With this news and the announcement of all [Due to Content Scraping and Theft, we have been forced to try abbreviated feeds. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and woud very much appreciate you clicking through to view the full article on FilmSchoolRejects.com]

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Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves working for the local “retirement home” as head geezer catcher… basically he gets a call whenever one of the elderly residents escapes wanders off in a daze from the home. These two joys come together in the form of cash money payments that he receives every week and immediately uses to buy more DVDs. This week… Up, The Merry Gentleman, Spread, and more!

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Rumors That Should Have Been Pranks

There was a lot of fake movie news floating around yesterday, but there’s always a lot of fake movie news floating around. We take a look at eleven rumor stories (some true, some false) that really should have been posted on April 1st.

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The Justice League of America

In a recent appearance on a morning talk show in Sidney, Australia, director George Miller revealed that he is no longer involved in the Warner Bros. production known as Justice League: Mortal.

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As if it were gift wrapped and sent with chocolates, this story win’s this week’s award for most pun-prone news item. Apparently The Flash movie isn’t moving so fast…

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The Justice League of America

While director George Miller and actor Jay Baruchel continue to talk about this mysterious cluster known as the Justice League movie, we explore why we think Warner Bros. should just ditch it and go another direction.

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Wonder Woman Could Take Off!

As producer Joel Silver has stated that the Justice League project has been “tabled” in the near future, he has let out some details about the Wonder Woman movie.

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Justice League

George Miller gets denied a tax break for his upcoming project… For the Justice League, the hits just keep on coming.

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Sure, the live-action films are for the most part pretty great (with some exceptions like Daredevil and The Hulk). But it’s in the animated genre that the really cool things are happening.

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If you’re trapped in a burning building, hanging precariously from the helicopter of an evil madman or bring crushed by a severe lack of super hero movies, help is going to be coming a lot sooner than you think.

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It comes as no surprise to me that this tidbit comes from Aint It Cool News, who probably gave birth to twin fan-babies as soon as it penetrated their fertile eardrums.

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Time to take a look at what DVDs are worth spending some cash on this week. Don’t worry, we will do it together.

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Word is now coming in from Australia that the Justice League movie has been put on hold indefinitely.

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With the Writer’s Guild strike still in full force, the Justice League movie may be put on hold.

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As if lackluster cast and not a whole heap of hype weren’t enough woes for the upcoming Justice League of America film, now production delays threaten to pull it completely from the schedule.

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So, come 2010 in I Am Legend land, Batman will be facing off against Superman, don’t you wish you could see that?

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