Holy Ominous News, Batman!
DC Comics, at the moment, seems to be in a bit of a movie renaissance. With the commercial success of Batman Begins, Superman Returns, and the frenzy already surrounding The Dark Knight, a lot of other projects have been greenlit for production. However, all is not well for the enthusiastically-anticipated Justice League of America, which has been plagued by a number of delays and has a lot of troubling rumors, not the least in which is the fact that no one has been officially announced for the film's cast.
“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,” our source tell us.So what's the final verdict on Justice League? I was having dinner this evening when I got a call from one of our moles over at Warner Bros. who told us, "Justice League has been pushed back to at least April or May and possibly a start date as late as June or July…that is of course if the movie doesn't get scrapped altogether."
If the rumors are true, I might prefer that the movie gets tanked before it actually manages to ruin a franchise I've loved since I was a kid. I really don't want to see another League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Justice League of America has Been Delayed! IESB
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Posted to Superheroes on 9 January 2008
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Superman Returns has NOT been a commercial success although the renewal of Batman has. X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Spiderman have been terrific commercial successes, that's why JLA went into development. Unfortunately, DC has no strong leadership and no serious creative input at Warner's and even if the writer's strike ended tomorrow, that's a formula for doom whether JLA is shelved or not.
Seeing as how Superman Returns cost somewhere between $180-209 million (I've never found a definite number, just articles from entertainment magazines claiming those numbers) and it took in close to $400 million worldwide... I'd say that sounds like a commercial success. Granted, not as big of one as the studio was hoping for, but enough to greenlight a sequel with the same director.
$180-209 mil is not even accurate for the negative cost. It has not been a commercial success.