Warner Bros Courting Ben Affleck to Direct Justice League

[Bobic]

You know, the whole bulk of this article doesn't matter anymore, all I can say to that is a 'bwuh?' and couldn't they get someone with more of a proven relevant track record for what I'd imagine is DC's most important movie to get right.

But I don't care about that, The Stand may be getting a movie, which is awesome. But then I'm reminded that I probably won't enjoy it. A. The book is almost always better than the film and B. They're trying to get Ben Affleck to direct it. So yay, I see disappointment on the horizon.

 

[faefrost]

It will suck regardless of who directs it.

They have a half decent batman, but a really shitty green lantern (not that Ryan Raynolds didnt try to make it ok) likely a crappy superman... and good luck with making a good flash and aquaman movie.

A wonderwoman movie MIGHT be good.

Did you see any footage of the Wonder Woman TV show that they just tried to make? The network executives took one look at the pilot episode and told them to kill everyone involved, burn all the film and salt the earth where it was shot.

Warner Brothers just does not get it... I mean Ben Affleck? Really? If you are going to make a nerd genre comic book movie, wouldn't your first choice to make it be someone that the nerds don't pretty much universally despise, and who hadn't already killed a comic book franchise almost single handidly. I mean really? Was Joel Schumacher unavailable?

 

[faefrost]

They have 2 of the big 3 pretty well established... Superman has had his ups and downs but everyone knows him. Batman is a lock. Wonder Woman, however, hasn't even been spoken of.

Wonder Woman was in early stages awhile back. Joss Wheedon was originally supposed to direct it. But he and WB had creative differences about it (he wanted to do an old school WW2 story, similar to what Captain America became, they didn't) Wheedon then left the project and went to do Avengers, And WB converted WW to a TV Show. That got cancelled before it even aired.

 

[gigastar]

Could DC not just sell their movie rights to Marvel Studio's? They have proven that they can make good super hero movies like noboday else before them while DC have proven all they can do well is a very loose verson of Batman.

DC is owned by Warner Bros. and you would never sell your movie rights to the rivals would you? Especially when your rival is Disney.

All else considered Affleck could make it work, but if the executives repeat what they did with Whedon itll likely be a repeat of Green Lantern at best.

 

[VoidWanderer]

Well, it will be interesting to see how bad this movie could be.

They are trying to make a movie based on characters that have had two superhero movie franchises that were successful. And given the way they are following the GTA games (grim and gritty) I would prefer the actual comic-book movies by Marvel as it is nice to see how these characters came to be.

 

[Ldude893]

*hits Warner Brothers repeatedly with a newspaper*

Bad company, no! NO!. Now go sit in the corner and think about your life.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

It will suck regardless of who directs it.

They have a half decent batman, but a really shitty green lantern (not that Ryan Raynolds didnt try to make it ok) likely a crappy superman... and good luck with making a good flash and aquaman movie.

A wonderwoman movie MIGHT be good.

agreed on all this, although i think flash would make a half decent movie (the right actor provided, don't quite know who i would envision in the role..would have to be half decent with humor though), especially if they involved the speedforce and have him just obliterate and enemy with it.

also, agree on the wonderwoman bit, if catwoman in the new movie is anything to compare to, there can be a strong female main character while not being overtly sexy as the main point. (anne hathaway is still a babe though)

still, staying open to the idea of being surprised.

 

[Scars Unseen]

Joss Whedon, his other qualities aside, was a good pick for The Avengers for two reasons:

1. He is really good at group dynamics in the action genre.

2. Every show he has created that made it past season 1 featured characters that would fit into a superhero comic. And then he made a movie of the one show that didn't make it past season 1 and turned one of the characters into a superhero.

I don't care how good a director you find, if they aren't demonstrably able to match at least the first point, they are a poor pick for a Justice League movie. Point 2 would be a nice bonus, but who the hell can match that?

My opinion? Whoever directs it, get Brian Clevinger(Atomic Robo, 8-Bit Theater) to write the script. That way you can get at least one part of the movie the nerd cred it needs.

 

[SidheKnight]

It will suck regardless of who directs it.

They have a half decent batman, but a really shitty green lantern (not that Ryan Raynolds didnt try to make it ok) likely a crappy superman... and good luck with making a good flash and aquaman movie.

A wonderwoman movie MIGHT be good.

You're seriously calling Nolan's Batman "half-decent"?

This is for you:

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111115170916/es/images/5/5b/Captain_Jean-Luc_Picard_facepalm_blog_post.jpg

Besides Nolan said he wanted his take on the Batman to be totally separated from the rest of the DC Film Universe.

P.S: I have high hopes for Man Of Steel.

 

[Dangit2019]

It will suck regardless of who directs it.

They have a half decent batman, but a really shitty green lantern (not that Ryan Raynolds didnt try to make it ok) likely a crappy superman... and good luck with making a good flash and aquaman movie.

A wonderwoman movie MIGHT be good.

I'm guessing that they'll just leave the continuity to Marvel on this one. I mean, they have so many conflicting thematic styles that mixing Nolan's Batman with the shitty Green Lantern (that I agree was more the screenwriter's fault) and the upcoming Zack Snyder Superman along with other movies just to try and see if they can make the Avenger's cinematic lightning strike twice is a bit insane.

If they make one, I would rather they just give some short descriptions, make one of them a main character with an actual arc(My money's on either Superman or WW) and introduce a big evil dude from the obscure backwoods of the comics and let the heroes have a big fancy punch-up.

 

[Trucken]

Ya'know, I wouldn't mind seeing Affleck take a shot at this. Haven't seen The Town, but I absolutely loved Gone Baby Gone. I say, let him try. If he fails we won't be surprised that another superhero-movie from Warner Bros sucked.

 

[Gizmo1990]

Could DC not just sell their movie rights to Marvel Studio's? They have proven that they can make good super hero movies like noboday else before them while DC have proven all they can do well is a very loose verson of Batman.

DC is owned by Warner Bros. and you would never sell your movie rights to the rivals would you? Especially when your rival is Disney.

All else considered Affleck could make it work, but if the executives repeat what they did with Whedon itll likely be a repeat of Green Lantern at best.

Could DC not just sell their movie rights to Marvel Studio's? They have proven that they can make good super hero movies like noboday else before them while DC have proven all they can do well is a very loose verson of Batman.

That would be like Activision/Treyarch asking EA to make the new Call of Duty. They're competitors, and have been for a while. The CoD game will suffer so that Battlefield will look better.

I know full well that it would never happen and why but a guy can dream right?

 

[The Human Torch]

It will suck regardless of who directs it.

They have a half decent batman, but a really shitty green lantern (not that Ryan Raynolds didnt try to make it ok) likely a crappy superman... and good luck with making a good flash and aquaman movie.

A wonderwoman movie MIGHT be good.

You're seriously calling Nolan's Batman "half-decent"?

This is for you:

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111115170916/es/images/5/5b/Captain_Jean-Luc_Picard_facepalm_blog_post.jpg

Besides Nolan said he wanted his take on the Batman to be totally separated from the rest of the DC Film Universe.

P.S: I have high hopes for Man Of Steel.

Opinions, they be facts...

Anyway, regardless of how good/bad this movie will turn out to be, I feel like Warner Brothers is very late to the party.

First you need to set up all the individual heroes in their own movies, and then you release a team-up movie. Obviously you don't need to give ALL the heroes their own movie, they skipped on Hawkeye and the Black Widow and just included them in another hero's movie.

Something similar can work for the Justice League, but you would need a new Superman movie, a new Batman movie, a Wonder Woman movie, a Flash movie and a new Green Lantern Movie.
Martian Manhunter and Aquaman you can give guest roles in the other movies, cause who gives a crap about those two.

It will be another 10 years before this movie is released.

 

[Bucht]

According to CBM.com Affleck already passed on directing the JLA movie.

link: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/?a=65392

 

[SonicWaffle]

Point of order: If a Justice League movie is in the works, is it gonna be the latest Batman stepping up to the plate?

Isn't that why a Batman reboot was in the works before TDKR even came out? I had heard that Nolan refused to let his "gritty, realistic" Batman be part of a wider DC universe, so as soon as the Avengers made a shit-ton of money DC said "Right, fuck him, let's reboot so we can get a slice of this pie!"

 

[SonicWaffle]

agreed on all this, although i think flash would make a half decent movie (the right actor provided, don't quite know who i would envision in the role..would have to be half decent with humor though),

I love The Flash (Wally West, that is - fuck this stupid addiction to bringing back dead Silver Age characters just because the writers grew up with them and cheapening any developments over the last few decades) but a Flash movie could never, ever work...

especially if they involved the speedforce and have him just obliterate and enemy with it.

...and that's why. What fun is there to be had? Where's the excitement in a fight when one combatant is moving at near lightspeed? It would, to be an accurate portrayal of Wally's abilities, be a movie where all but one character is filmed in slow motion.

 

[SonicWaffle]

They have 2 of the big 3 pretty well established... Superman has had his ups and downs but everyone knows him. Batman is a lock. Wonder Woman, however, hasn't even been spoken of.

You know what I've never gotten? Why is the DCU a "big three" rather than a "big two"? I have the unpleasant feeling that it's because Wonder Woman is, well, a woman. She's a relatively background character, but the writers love thrusting her into the limelight (ie Trinity) as if she were far more important than she is. It's not that she's a bad character, but it smells like "look, we have a girl superhero!" rather than "she is an integral and iconic part of this universe".

Even when there are stories about the three of them as a trio, she always gets shafted in favour of the more popular Batman and Superman.