Jason Reitman told Howard Stern yesterday that he had turned down the director’s chair on the upcoming Justice League movie. For this, he should receive a standing ovation from movie fans everywhere.

Earlier this month, we reported that the film was expelled from Australia based on not being able to get a tax break from the Australian government, and was forced to move to Canada to complete principal photography. Today, our friends at Cinema Blend got a great casting scoop from a reader in British Columbia.

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.

Doesn’t it seem like you could farm the entire cast of the new Justice League movie from the cast of NBC’s Friday Night Lights. It does to us…

George Miller’s Justice League of America is coming along in leaps and bounds, they’re even ready to release the cast list! Too bad they are still just rumors.

George Miller and his posse are here in the United States, sitting in an undisclosed location auditioning talent for the JLA movie. And finally, we get some casting news that holds up when scanned with a “bull-shit meter.”