Comments on: Justice League Casting Children – This Movie Is Screwed

By: DirkAngerReloaded23

DirkAngerReloaded23 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:00:42 +0000

What a complete and utter disaster this movie is going to be after reading that atrocious news. My expectations haven’t been this lowered by a comic book movie since the news of a Catwoman & Electra being brought to the silver screen. Why, for the love of God, if you’re a movie producer with any integrity and a hope to make any substancial money whatsoever, would you cast any of the current crop of 20something actors ot there. Face it people, the current crop of young actors out there today, for the most part, SUCK. I couldn’t give a flying fuck about anyone on the OC (is that show even on the air anymore?), or any other teen bullshit show because the actors usually suck on them.

The Justice League should be treated better than this & with more respect. Period. These are ICONIC characters people.

By: Lennon Baluta

Lennon Baluta — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:57:12 +0000

Here’s my JLA cast list:
Superman – Michael O’Hearn (the guy who played Superman in Sandy Collora’s fan trailer for WORLDS FINEST)
Batman – Clark Bantram (likewise, but I could also see Ian Somerholden or Colin Farrell)
Wonder Woman – Jennifer Love Hewitt. Love is power, Love is justice, Love is Wonder Woman (I could also see Megan Fox in the role)
Flash – Seann William Scott
Green Lantern – Dwayne the Rock Johnson (he’s better suited for this, or SUBMARINER rather than SHAZAM)
Aquaman – Justin Timberlake (Aquaman is a joke and should be laughed at)
Martian Manhunter- Eric Balfour
Black Canary – Akira Lane
You may now applaud.

By: Rob Merritt

Rob Merritt — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:20:15 +0000

I’m confused here. A bunch of people are testing for a movie and we are saying the movie is doomed? I may be wrong here but open testing often has more to do with an agent pulling strings to get their client in front of the director than anything else and it doesn’t mean much when it comes to actual casting.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:18:52 +0000

Chistopher Reeve turned 26 three months before Superman: The Movie came out. Which means he was only 24/25 when the film was shot. That puts him about a year younger than Routh was. (during filming of they’re respective roles)

It’s not about age, it’s about how you carry yourself.
I assume, John, that this is what you meant when you said Routh just “didn’t have enough age to him”, because if you were just talking about numbers… well, you can see where I’m going with this.
(I actually thought the casting of Routh was the best thing about the otherwise dismal Superman Returns)

Dont get me wrong,
I’m not defending any of these actors as being right for any character in the movie (except for Scott Porter, ’cause he’s great on Friday Night Lights and I could see him as the Flash), but most of those actors are in their early to mid twenties… just like Christopher Reeve was when he made Superman: The Movie.
I, personally, dont want Adam Brody in a Justice League movie any more than the rest of you, but my reasoning has nothing to do with how old he is. He’s not right physically for the role and I dont think he could successfully carry any of these characters… unless it’s Jimmy Olsen.
My point is, I dont care if he’s 20, 25 or 35 as long as he’s physically right for the role and can carry the character.
And stop calling it the Diaper League, because half of those guys listed are older now than Reeve was during filming.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:57:24 +0000

Every post about any WB movie should be labeled: WB Studios Just Don’t Care!

By: frankwolftown

frankwolftown — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:19:26 +0000

Every post about the JLA movie should be labeled: WB Studios Just Don’t Care!

By: Brendan

Brendan — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:04:38 +0000

Well sorry to say guys but this film just failed in my books as well… I’m sorry but you can only dumb down a movie so much… DC had a chance to finally tip the scales against marvel in the film scene by making a crazy amazing cross franchise film with some of our favourite characters and what do they do? Make it into this?

I think in the end it’s all about money… How could they save money? Well if they used a bunch of kids they wouldn’t have to pay them nearly enough, and if it is more kid orientated then they’ll make a killing off the product sales (toys, theme park crap, etc.)

I’m sorry to the fanboys out there but this movie just got a ‘not interested’ until I see something to prove otherwise.

By: chris Rushworth

chris Rushworth — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:28:24 +0000

i think Mary Elizabeth Winstead would make a good wonder woman. i’d be there on opening day just to see her

By: DarkKinger

DarkKinger — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:20:48 +0000

I agree with Nick on the fact that after all these years, the first meeting between Batman and Superman is going to be wasted on JLA. I want to feel my heart pump when Bruce Wayne meets Clark Kent and my eyes in tears when The Dark Knight finally goes face to face with The Man of Steel. Shit, the thought of both of them meeting one-on-one in their own movie is getting me emotional, even when Christian Bale said Batman is cooler next to Brandon Routh in the MTV Movie Awards!

Now, the saving grace is both Bale and Routh stay away and give us the movie that should rightfully be made in the future, and pray that JLA will have the same fate as the Halo film; dead! You think somebody would learn after Supergirl.

By: FilmNerdJamie

FilmNerdJamie — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:45:12 +0000

You know…at this point with WB so Hell-bent on doing a JLA film for Summer 2009. I say just go all out and do it like the mid-80s JUSTICE LEAGUE comic series by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis (i.e. quick-witted and full of action!)

Ben Stiller as Blue Bettle, Owen Wilson as Booster Gold and Will Ferrell as Guy Gardner with Bale’s Batman. It’d certainly be better than this “teeny bopper” Diaper League we MIGHT be getting.

Christ do I hope this thing collapses faster than a speeding bullet…