JLA: Justice League of America (2017)

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One of the most talked-about topics online these days is Warner Bros.' Justice League of America adaptation, which Happy Feet director George Miller is reportedly attached to.
Reports have said that the superhero team-up movie would include Batman, Superman, The Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern, that casting would start next week, and that Christian Bale (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) and Brandon Routh (Superman, Superman: Man of Steel) would not be involved.
It didn't quite make sense how Warner Bros. would be able to pull it off, but perhaps now we know how they can. IESB.net says that the movie might be a CGI/performance capture project, much like The Polar Express, and the upcoming Beowulf and Avatar. Here's a bit of the scoop the site received:
However, and take this with a grain of salt, Imageworks are apparently in the running to provide services on the JLA film, competing with R&H and possibly WETA (the latter being unconfirmed).
But the real interesting thing about this is that the contract is for an all-cgi "photo-real" motion capture movie, much like the upcoming Beowulf.
If the reports hold up, expect Justice League of America to go into production early 2008.

Warner Bros have hired casting directors Susan Shopmaker (The Holiday, Mean Girls), Michelle Allen (TV’s sadly cancelled Dead Like Me) and RDC Casting (The Shipping News) in New York, Vancouver and Toronto, respecitively, to cast the Justice League movie.
Confirmation comes via industry audition site Showfax who have multiple roles up for grabs. None of them specify which parts they are, they’re mainly tagged as "Male/Female Option #1, #2? etc (which I guess means they are small roles or there to hide the names of the characters from online snoopers).
This is purely speculation, but with calls going out to three cities already (with more to come, I’m sure), this probably means that George Miller is looking to find several unknowns or up and coming actors for the film. If sides for the part of Superman aren’t going out then the Tom Welling rumours could well be true.
The locations of these auditions are also interesting; initially they are taking place in two Canadian cities but in only one in the US. Could this suggest Warners are looking to shoot the movie up in Canada?

obsessedwithfilm.com

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Warner Bros. Pictures hat sich gegenüber "Variety" zu bislang unbestätigten Meldungen bezüglich der "Justice League of America"-Verfilmung geäußert.

Demzufolge wird George Miller ("Mad Max", "Happy Feet") Regie führen, es sich um einen Realfilm handeln und der Streifen mit so viel bekannte Superhelden wie möglich, auch Superman und Batman, aufwarten.
Bereits im Februar war bekannt geworden, dass Kiernan und Michele Mulroney von Warner den Auftrag bekommen hatten, das Drehbuch zu schreiben.
Die Macher sind, so Warner gegenüber "Variety", derzeit darum bemüht, vor allem die Frage zu klären, wie man prominente Figuren (und somit auch Schauspieler) wie Batman und Superman in den Film integriert, da beide - Figuren und Darsteller - ja ihre eigenen Franchise-Ableger im Kino haben.
Die Justice League of America kennt man hierzulande unter einem anderem Namen: Gerechtigkeitsliga.

Quelle: phantastik-news.de

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"Variety" meldet, dass Jessica Biel ("Blade: Trinity", "Next") als Wonder Woman in "Justice League of America" dabei sein wird. Angeblich ist der Vertrag noch nicht unterzeichnet, anderen Quellen zufolge möchte Warner Bros. Picutres laut "Variety" aber nur nicht, dass die Besetzung einzeln publik wird, sondern möglichst kompakt. Superman, Batman, der Flash und Aquaman sollen ebenfalls in der Superhelden-Verfilmung zu sehen sein, bei der George Miller Regie führen wird.

Quelle: phantastik-news.de

[SFI]

The people over EW have printed, in part, the following,
EW - What we have seen remains faithful to the comic book that first appeared in 1960. All seven original members of the Justice League -- Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and the Martian Manhunter -- are featured in an origins story about the superhero conglomerate. The plot revolves around villainous businessman Maxwell Lord and involves cyborgs called OMACs (One-Man Army Corps), who can take over humans and turn them into killing machines. There are epic battles between Superman and Batman, as well as Superman and Wonder Woman.

iesb.com

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over on George Miller’s Justice League, we can report that the bulk of filming will take place at Fox Studios in Sydney and will involve extensive green screen work.
As for crew members, Miller has added another Oscar winner to his team in the form of director of photography Dean Semler. Art direction comes from Hugh Bateup and Damien Drew, both veterans of The Matrix franchise and Superman Returns.
P.J. Voeten, who has worked with Miller on Happy Feet and Babe will join the production as first assistant director when he finishes work on The Mummy 3 in Canada.
Now for something that’s sure to get fanboys salivating - WETA will be creating the costumes for the Justice League heroes! They may even be handling visual effects as well, though that news isn’t confirmed yet.
It’s worth noting that films on this scale will often take on several effects houses to manage the workload, so WETA are likely to be involved in some form.

obsessedwithfilm.com

[SFI]

Our JLA source has returned. After listening to the rumors that there had been a leaked draft of the first 14 pages of the Justice League of America screenplay floating somewhere out there on the internet, our spy laughed and said that the real JLA script was nothing like that. In fact, our dude/ette on the inside told us precisely what happens in the first 14 pages of the authentic Justice League of America screenplay and wanted you to know what you can expect in the real deal.
Whereas the fake script opened on Green Lantern flying a jet fighter, the real Justice League of America script begins on a much grander and somber note: Superman walking on the rooftop of a cathedral. He is there as well as five other members of the Justice League (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter) because they are paying their respects at a funeral, grieving over the loss of someone that we don’t know as of yet.

ugo.com

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The WGA is not slowing down the WB and its plan to get Justice League on track, WB sources tell IESB that the cast will be announced this week.
Variety reported that there may be some delays on some studio tent poles including Justice League, this is not accurate according to WB sources.
They tell the IESB that unlike the story ran by the trades, casting is 100% locked. The cast has been chosen and sworn to secrecy but official confirmation will happen sometime this week.
There have been so many names associated with the Justice League throughout the last few months that it would make anybody’s head spin

Quelle: iesb.net

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IT'S bonjour Sydney for Bond girl Eva Green, who has jetted into the Harbour city to add some potential big-screen sparkle to Australian director George Miller's Christmas.
According to film industry insiders, the French femme fatale is in town to audition for Miller's upcoming blockbuster Justice League of America, to be shot at Fox Studios next year.

Quelle: NEWS.com.au

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Weta Workshop's involvement in another blockbuster movie has been unmasked - the physical effects studio has beaten Hollywood to design and make the costumes for superheroes including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and The Flash.

Quelle: Stuff.co.nz

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Another problem we are hearing is that some upper level execs including the new big boss Jeff Robinov is not too sure if the timing is right for JLA. Most of it has to do with the Nolan camp not being happy with the decision of moving forward with the JLA film considering the positive buzz surrounding The Dark Knight.
So what is going to happen? "The cast for Justice League is mediocre, the execs know it's mediocre, it's going to go down to wire on this one, this movie cold be huge but right now it's plagued with a couple of big issues and the WGA strike isn’t making things easier,"
I got a call from one of our moles over at Warner Bros. who told us, "Justice League has been pushed back to at least April or May and possibly a start date as late as June or July... that is of course if the movie doesn't get scrapped altogether."

Quelle: iesb.net

[SFI]

Justice League is in trouble and was expected to be delayed until at least April/May, that is if it didn’t get scrapped altogether. It appears that "official" news just might be a few days away.
Talking to a couple of friends that are working on Justice League, they tell me that the crews are all aware of the problems, the cast and script with the latter being the biggest issue are about to put the production on hold.
Crews have been told that if problems don’t get fixed within the next few days, pre-production will come to a halt, a decision is expected by mid-week.

Quelle: iesb.net

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Last week, during the junket for SPEED RACER, producer Joel Silver described the status of Justice League to CHUD as "tabled." He reiterated this fact to the IESB is our roundtable room during the junket as well when talking about the status of his Wonder Woman film.
Superman Homepage also got word from an anonymous source on the set who said the same thing, ""It's a pity, there was a lot of good stuff in it - stuff that would've been fairly new to the screen...but also some not so good stuff... so who knows...".
To find out if it is indeed true, I called a executive friend down under who happens to be working on the same lot (Fox Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) where Justice League was located. His matter-of-fact response, "yes, it's dead."
So although this will technically remain a rumor until an official announcement is made by Warner Bros., I'd say it's pretty concrete thus far.

Quelle: iesb.net

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Summer 2015 looks like it may see the world's two most popular superhero teams go head-to-head. The LA Times is reporting that Warner Bros. is targeting their big screen ensemble, Justice League, for the same summer as Marvel's The Avengers 2.

There's still no director attached, but Justice League has a screenplay from Will Beall. Plot details are few, but the lineup of heroes is said to include (at least) Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and The Flash.

Quelle: comingsoon.net

[StS]

Mal wieder einige Spekulationen... ;)

Now, alleged details on the characters and team for the film have surfaced (via Cosmic Book News).

• Superman is essentially the same character from Man of Steel, and Zack Snyder is consulting regarding the writing of the character.
• Batman: The strategist of the group. Batman doesn't really want to be involved with these super powered beings he considers too powerful. Easily the most complex written.
• Wonder Woman: She has only been in man's world a few short months. The Wonder Woman script Michael Goldenberg is developing will be set before the Justice League movie.
• Green Lantern: Will be Ryan Reynold's character from the Green Lantern movie, but will be freshly written with a more serious tone.
• Flash: The most popular hero in civilian eyes who loves media attention, but when called upon is very serious.
• Martian Manhunter: Alien who has lived on Earth in secret for over a hundred years who has knowledge of Darkseid and his reign.
• Aquaman: Will be the King of Atlantis who has a key role in the film.
• There will also be a heavy military presence in the film which in future rewrites could include characters featured in Man of Steel or even Amanda Waller (Angela Bassett) of which neither are included in the first draft.
• Alfred Pennyworth is in the film in a minor appearance.
• Lois Lane is also in the film in a cameo.
• Darkseid's Elite will be featured who go up against the Justice League early on in the film.

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With less than two months to go before his Man of Steel hits the big screen, director Zack Snyder appears to be emerging as the frontrunner for a Justice League film. Empire (via JoBlo) claims that an offer depends wholly on Man of Steel's performance at the box office.

Quelle: comingsoon.net

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Christian Bale Says He Will NOT be in the Justice League Movie
Source: EW, July 1, 2013

Since before Man of Steel was released and the speculation for a Justice League movie hit an all time high, many fans have been wondering if Christian Bale will reprise his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman in the ensemble film. We now have a direct answer from the man, and it's not the one you wanted to hear.

“We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three [Batman films]. That’s enough. Let’s not get greedy,” Bale told EW. “Chris [Nolan] always said he wanted to make it one film at a time. And we ended up sitting there looking at each other, saying ‘We’re about to make the third.’ We never really knew if we were going to get to be there, but if that was how it was going to be, this was where it should end as well.”

”I have no information, no knowledge about anything. I’ve literally not had a conversation with a living soul. I understand that they may be making a Justice League movie, that’s it. It’s a torch that should be handed from one actor to another. So I enjoy looking forward to what somebody else will come up with.”

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Zack Snyder Officially Set to Direct Justice League!
Source: The Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2014

A Justice League feature film is not only officially on track today, but has also announced a director. The Wall Street Journal reports that Man of Steel helmer Zack Snyder will make the ensemble blockbuster his follow-up to 2016's Batman vs. Superman.

"It will be a further expansion of this universe," Warner Bros. president of worldwide production Greg Silverman tells the outlet. "'Superman vs Batman' will lead into 'Justice League.'"

Although no Justice League cast is official at this stage, the project is likely to again star Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Ray Fisher as Cyborg (with a view that other JLAers are expected to be announced in the future).

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Sicher die beste Alternative zu den Marvel Regiemänner...

Meanwhile, The Wrap is reporting on a rumor that Matt Damon is being considered for the role of Aquaman in "Justice League." We have yet to get a confirmation that the superhero will appear in the film, but Badass Digest says that early drafts of the script do contain Aquaman, who is reimagined as more of a barbarian.

Quelle: worstpreviews.com

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Now comes word from HitFix that Momoa will indeed play Aquaman in both "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Justice League."

Quelle: worstpreviews.com

[SFI]

2007 war ja noch George Miller für den Regieposten im Gespräch, dazu sind nun ein paar Concept Arts aufgetaucht.

[StS]

Amber Heard spielt Mera sowohl in "JL" als auch dem "Aquaman"-Solo-Streifen.

[Orco]

Könnte cool werden


Ps:
23 Posts und nur 4-5 kurze Kommentare davon in Deutsch.
Ich kann zwar Englisch, aber wenn ich sowas in einem deutschen Forum poste, dann übersetze ich es für alle die es nicht können, oder geb grob den Inhalt wieder.
So gibts keine neuen User oder Klicks. Da nützen auch die Klick Statistiken nichts, denn ich kann den von diesem Thema, mit der genialen Board Software, in ein paar Minuten um ein paar 1000 erhöhen. Ganz einfach mit refresh Button bashing 8-)
Was ich damit sagen will: hier gucken keine Amerikaner oder Engländer rein, also übersetzt doch mal ab und an. Muss ja nicht jeder Fitzel sein, aber alle News einfach nur irgendwo was schnell her zitiert hinklatschen muss ja auch nicht sein.

[Hannibal]

Die Aufarbeitung von News kostet einiges an Zeit, wenn das noch alles übersetzt werden muss, kommt irgendwann (verständlicherweise) gar nix mehr. Habe daher kein Problem mit Englisch, in der Filmwelt ist es ja sowieso irgendwo Standard...

[SFI]

Sehe ich auch so, zumal fehlende Englischkenntnisse keine Behinderung sind und demnach keiner Inklusion bedürfen. Abschließend noch auf den Faktor Zeit eingehend: Ich stehe seit 2004 JEDEN Morgen vor der Arbeit eine Stunde früher als notwendig auf, nur um das Board mit News etc. versorgen, da ich dafür während der Arbeit keine Zeit habe. Ich mache das sehr sehr gerne, aber mit diesem Zeitkontingent kann ich keine Übersetzung leisten. Generell angewöhnen könnte man sich aber in der Tat, solche Einzeiler wie hier:

Now comes word from HitFix that Momoa will indeed play Aquaman in both "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Justice League."

gleich auf deutsch zu schreiben. Noch ein Wort dazu: Jeder ist herzlich eingeladen, hier Inhalte beizutragen.

[StS]

Bei mir ist es wie beim Timo - also in erster Linie eine Frage der Zeit. Werde aber auch mal darauf zu achten versuchen, kleinere Meldungen gleich zu übersetzen, wie ich es gelegentlich aber auch schon mache (siehe die Verpflichtung Ambers hier im Thread).

[SFI]

Artwork mit ersten Eindrücken von Flash und Cyborg