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Justice League Mortal
Directed by George Miller
Produced by Barrie Osbourne
Written by Screenplay:
Kieran Mulroney
Michele Mulroney
Characters:
DC Comics
Starring Adam Brody
Common
D. J. Cotrona
Megan Gale
Armie Hammer
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) Mid-2009
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Budget US$220 million[1]
IMDb profile

Justice League Mortal is an upcoming 2009 superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics characters of the Justice League. George Miller will direct the film, which stars Adam Brody, Common, D. J. Cotrona, Megan Gale and Armie Hammer. The film is not set in the same continuity as the Batman or Superman film series. Instead, it will set up spin-offs for other Justice League members, similar to the X-Men film series.

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[edit] Premise

The film is not set in the same continuity as the Batman or Superman film series. Instead, it will set up spin-offs for other Justice League members, similar to the X-Men film series.[2]

[edit] Cast

Director George Miller cast younger actors because he wanted them to grow into their roles over the course of several movies.[9] This decision has received negative feedback from comic book fans on the internet.[2] Brody, Common, Gale and Hammer will have to physically train for their roles.[10]

Teresa Palmer and Hugh Keays-Byrne have been cast in unnamed roles. Aquaman and Martian Manhunter have yet to be cast.[1][9] In October 2007, roughly 40 actors and actresses auditioned for the League, among them; Joseph Cross, Michael Angarano, Max Thieriot, Minka Kelly, Adrianne Palicki and Scott Porter.[9]

[edit] Production

In February 2007, Warner Bros. hired Kieran and Michele Mulroney to write a script for Justice League Mortal,[11] which they handed in that June to positive feedback from the studio.[12] George Miller signed to direct in September 2007, while the studio hoped filming would start before the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. In addition, the studio was considering filming Justice League Mortal completely in motion capture, similar to Beowulf.[13] Barrie Osbourne will produce,[14] with a $220 million budget.[1] Filming was supposed to start in February 2008,[15] in Australia, where post-production would also be conducted.[16] Some shooting was to take place at Sydney Heads, while local colleges were scouted.[14]

"A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Australian film industry is being frittered away because of very lazy thinking. They're throwing away hundreds of millions of dollars of investment that the rest of the world is competing for and, much more significantly, highly skilled creative jobs."
—George Miller on the Australian government's decision not to house filming[17]

The Writer's Strike put Justice League on indefinite hold, while Warner Bros. announced the film allowed options lapse for the cast.[18] After teh Writer's Strike, filming was set for mid-April 2008,[2] in Canada, despite Miller's wishes to keep production at Fox Studios Australia.[1] The Mulroneys went back to rewrite the script for Warner Bros. and Miller's approval.[2] The filmmakers are still adamant for a mid-2009 release date,[19] and hope to have filming start in mid-July 2008.[20] Warner Bros. still faces the possibility of a June 2008 Screen Actors Guild strike.[2] Marit Allen was the original costume designer before her death in November 2007.[21] Weta Workshop took over, a decision which opens the possibility of their sister company, Weta Digital, doing the visual effects.[22]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Garry Maddox. "Unhappy feet may flee Sydney", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2008-02-25. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Michael Cieply. "A Film’s Superheroes Face Threat of Strike", The New York Times, 2008-03-01. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  3. ^ a b Diane Garrett; Michael Fleming. "Warner pulls plug on Justice League", Variety, 2008-01-16. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  4. ^ Shawn Adler. "Common Confirms He’s Green Lantern In Justice League", MTV, 2008-02-08. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  5. ^ Larry Carroll. "Columbus Short Turns Down Lantern Ring For Justice League", MTV, 2007-10-30. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  6. ^ Tatiana Siegel. "Jessica Biel in talks for Justice", Variety, 2007-09-24. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  7. ^ Shawn Adler. "Mary Elizabeth Winstead Envisions Bulking Up For Wonder Woman", MTV, 2007-10-26. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  8. ^ Jennifer Vineyard. "Christina Milian Wants Wonder Woman Role In Justice League Flick — But She'll Have To Fight For It", MTV, 2007-10-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  9. ^ a b c Borys Kit. "The Vine: Young actors seek 'Justice'", The Hollywood Reporter, 2007-10-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  10. ^ Silas Lesnick. "Exclusive Updates on Justice League and Happy Feet 2!", IESB, 2008-03-10. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  11. ^ Pamela McClintock; Ben Fritz. "Justice prevails for Warner Bros.", Variety, 2007-02-22. Retrieved on 2007-04-12. 
  12. ^ Pamela McClintock. "Justice League film gets script", Variety, 2007-06-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-14. 
  13. ^ Diane Garrett. "George Miller to lead Justice League", Variety, 2007-09-20. Retrieved on 2007-09-20. 
  14. ^ a b "Sydney mooted as location for Megan Gale's Wonder Woman flick", The Daily Telegraph, 2008-02-20. Retrieved on 2008-02-27. 
  15. ^ Andrew Hornery. "Gale is lassoed for film", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2008-02-09. Retrieved on 2008-02-27. 
  16. ^ Michaela Boland. "Australia awaits decisions", Variety, 2007-11-30. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  17. ^ Garry Maddox. "Mega movie refused rebate", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2008-03-19. Retrieved on 2008-03-19. 
  18. ^ Michaela Boland. "Australia denies killing Justice League", Variety, 2008-01-17. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  19. ^ Diane Garrett. "Warner Bros. to serve Justice in '09", Variety, 2008-02-26. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  20. ^ Michael Fleming; Pamela McClintock. "Film greenlights in limbo", Variety, 2008-02-27. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  21. ^ "Costumer Marit Allen dies at 66", Variety, 2007-11-30. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 
  22. ^ Tom Cardy. "Weta triumphs in clash of the superheroes", The Dominion Post, 2008-01-07. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 

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