God, if you can hear me, please let this "Justice League" movie be completely destroyed by the Writer's Strike. I wish it not be made....and if by the form it has been hinted at, then not at all. Ever. Please. If there can be no good JLA movie, then none at all will do. Please ignore any nerd requests to the contrary and just give me this one.
Thanks in advance.
-Devin
looks like someone is listening.
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Is there trouble at the Hall of Justice? A report at IESB says so. Their Robert Sanchez wrote, "'Justice League' is indeed in danger of not starting production on time and maybe even getting scrapped altogether' is what a studio source told the IESB last week. 'The concerns are that the script is not ready to go in front of cameras, and also that the budget is getting a bit out of control, the WGA strike has proven to be Kryptonite to Superman and friends ... 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."
someone WAS listening!
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Variety reported Wednesday evening news that the Warner Bros. production of “Justice League,” based on the hit DC Comics super-team, has been officially shelved. “Warner Bros. has let the options lapse on the young cast that director George Miller chose to play DC superhero staples. The move made it clear that the project is no longer eyeing a spring start,” Variety writes. Although cast options have been allowed to lapse, would-be cast members have been told the studio is determined to make the film eventually, and with the same actors.
The shutdown follows numerous obstacles that have plagued the George Miller-helmed production, including uncertainty about tax breaks for filming in Australia and questions about the script. Variety reports that “Justice League” producers “like” the script written by Kieran and Michele Mulroney, but that additional work is needed -- work the WGA strike makes impossible.
No doubt compounding matters is the impending end-date of the Screen Actors Guild contract, June 1, 2008. Warner. Bros. would have to begin shooting “Justice League” immediately in order to complete work with the cast before they’d walk off set to strike in solidarity with WGA, which SAG members may choose to do. That producers have let the “Justice League” cast’s options lapse is an indicator that the WGA strike is likely to continue well into 2008.
With "Justice League" indefinitely delayed, Warner Bros. has what Variety characterizes as a "superhero gap" in its schedule for 2009, as the status of the next Superman film is also uncertain.
