The "Justice League" film that was almost made
Inky Binky
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I never knew about this. Back in early 2007, director George Miller and a cast of (mostly unknowns) were about to shoot the film. Cost overruns (over $200 million) and a writer's strike is what derailed it. If it had been made, it would have been running concurrently with Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.
Here's a list of actors who were originally cast at the time:
Armie Hammer ("The Lone Ranger") who would've played Batman
Adam Brody ("The O.C.") who would've been The Flash
D.J. Cotrona ("G.I. Joe: Retaliation") who would've played Superman
Megan Gale ("Project Runway Australia") who would've played Wonder Woman
Santiago Cabrera ("Heroes") who would've played Aquaman
Hugh Keays-Byrne ("Mad Max: Fury Road") who would've played The Martian Manhunter
Teresa Palmer ("The Grudge 2") who would've played Talia Al Ghul
Jay Baruchel ("Goon") who would've played Maxwell Lord
Common as John Stewart
Anton Yelchin ("Star Trek") as Wally West
Zoe Kazan as Iris West
Stephen Tobolowsky as Alfred Pennyworth
There are some behind-the-scenes photos that has been released: LINK
Here's a list of actors who were originally cast at the time:
Armie Hammer ("The Lone Ranger") who would've played Batman
Adam Brody ("The O.C.") who would've been The Flash
D.J. Cotrona ("G.I. Joe: Retaliation") who would've played Superman
Megan Gale ("Project Runway Australia") who would've played Wonder Woman
Santiago Cabrera ("Heroes") who would've played Aquaman
Hugh Keays-Byrne ("Mad Max: Fury Road") who would've played The Martian Manhunter
Teresa Palmer ("The Grudge 2") who would've played Talia Al Ghul
Jay Baruchel ("Goon") who would've played Maxwell Lord
Common as John Stewart
Anton Yelchin ("Star Trek") as Wally West
Zoe Kazan as Iris West
Stephen Tobolowsky as Alfred Pennyworth
There are some behind-the-scenes photos that has been released: LINK
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It's interesting to think what would have happened if this film had been released... for
a start, it would have beaten "The Avengers" to the "biggest superteam movie" punch.
It's arguable Warner Bros. already beat The Avengers by several years with 2009's Watchmen, which features around 13 superheroes spread across two separate but related teams.
It didn't do very well, possibly because it was an expensive hard R, and also a massively acquired taste which was very difficult to market. or possibly just because the Watchmen aren't that well known. I also think Warner Bros. were perhaps ahead of themselves, if it came out more recently it may have gone down slightly better...
Well if I'm being a stickler Watchmen only had one super powered character.
Besides you have the Fantastic Four movies prior to Watchmen and hey they may not originate in comics you could even count the Power Rangers movies.
The appeal of Avengers and the Justice League isn't that it's perceived as the first super team, it was that a number of solo characters popular enough to star in their own movie franchises teamed together.
Thank you for saving me typing that out. So with that said Marvel beat DC to the punch. It's shameful that it's taken 30 years to get Batman vs Superman on the big screen together (and even that project is looking less and less likely).
The writer's strike hit Hollywood quite a bit, (allegedly one of the reasons we had so many remakes etc), and this looks a big scalp it claimed.
Mind you, $200m+ on an untested property is still risky now, nevermind then.
That's what I meant by "biggest superteam" - both Avengers and JLA star
a number of iconic superheroes all working together, in a way that
say, the X-Men, or the Green Lantern Corp don't. Nearly every
regulars in both teams have headlined at least one of their
own comics.
JL film will happen within 5 years i am sure.