This team up has been done before . . .
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“I saw the Batman costume. More than that, I saw a picture of [Affleck] in the costume,” Smith said. “Now I don’t want to give anything away, because that’s up to them and stuff, but I’m going to say this — I instantly bear hugged him. You have not seen this costume, in a movie, on film before. And for a comic book fan, it was mind bending.”
“Everyone always does this “Matrix”-y/'X-Men' black thing,” Smith said. “There wasn’t a single nipple on this f*ckin’ suit, man. It was fantastic.”
“I’m already, obviously, a flag waiver for the movie, but the costume blew my mind,” Smith added. “I’m so ******* happy, I think everyone is going to be like, ‘Holy ****.’ It’s its own thing. We haven’t been down this path at all.”
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He eventually develops fail-safe plans to take out the other Justice Leaguers if they ever went rogue or started to abuse their powers. "Tower of Babel" is the comic that comes to mind first.
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This was apparently the basic plot for the failed '07 Justice League movie as well. The one that was completely cast and nearly started filming
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In February 2007, Warner Bros. hired Kieran and Michele Mulroney to write a script for Justice League,[5] which they handed in that June to positive feedback from the studio.[6] 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 completely in motion capture, similar to Beowulf.[7] Barrie M. Osborne was to produce,[8] with a $220 million budget.[9]
Filming was supposed to start in February 2008,[10] in Australia, where post-production would also be conducted.[11] Some shooting was to take place at Sydney Heads, while local colleges were scouted.[8] Yet in January 2008, Warner Bros. announced the film was on indefinite hold, allowing an options lapse for the cast. The studio felt the script needed perfecting, which was impossible because of the writer's strike.[12] As soon as the strike ended, Warner Bros. wanted to start filming in mid-April 2008.[13] In February 2008 it was announced that production would go to Canada, despite Miller's wishes to keep production at Fox Studios Australia.[9] The Mulroneys were rehired to rewrite their script.[13]
Marit Allen was originally hired as costume designer, but she died in November 2007.[14] Weta Workshop took over costume design, a decision that opens the possibility of their sister company, Weta Digital, doing the visual effects.[15]
Casting[edit]
While a cast for the film was never officially declared, various news brokers were able to confirm a number of Miller's casting choices, for which he chose predominantly younger actors who he had hoped would "grow into their roles" over the course of a film trilogy.[16] 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.[16]
The decision to cast lesser-known actors has received negative feedback from comic book fans on the internet.[13] A number of different actors were fleetingly associated with the project; Jessica Biel had turned down the role of Wonder Woman,[17] while Mary Elizabeth Winstead auditioned. Teresa Palmer and Shannyn Sossamon were also interested, while Christina Milian, a comic book fan, offered her services for the role.[18][19] Columbus Short turned down the role of Green Lantern, which rapper T.I. was also rumored for.[20]
From February 2007 until April 2008, the project was subject to rumors before eventually being put on an indefinite hiatus; in a recent interview, producer Joel Silver stated that Justice League "has been tabled."[21] In August 2008 director George Miller was quoted saying "the flick's production, initially planned for Oz, has been moved offshore, with a plan to resume filming next year."[22]
However, on August 22, 2008, The Wall Street Journal reported Warner's new plan to release four individual solo movies within the next three years before doing a multiple character movie, much like rival Marvel Studios did in 2005 when they announced similar plans that eventually led to The Avengers.[23] While Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov confirmed that one of those films will be a Superman reboot, it is likely that among the other three, there will be a sequel to the successful Batman movie The Dark Knight as well as two movies introducing fresh DC Comics characters to the big screen.[24] Since this report, a film about the Green Lantern was released in 2011, as well as a sequel to The Dark Knight in 2012, and Man of Steel in June 2013.
In December 2008, there were rumors that director Miller was off the project. They were dispelled by a representative of the filmmaker, however, describing the film's status as "being seriously worked on."[25] As of 2010, the film by George Miller has been canceled.[26]