Justice League Film Dead In The Water
I'm trying to be sad about this, I really am, but I can't say that I'm moved to tears over the fact that Warner Brothers has moved from merely delaying production on the Justice League movie to totally shelving it. Yes, everyone, it looks like the film is not to be, at least not anytime in the near future, which shouldn't really surprise any of us given all the problems with the film which have appeared in the news lately:
The shutdown follows numerous obstacles that have plagued the George Miller-helmed production, including uncertainty about tax breaks for filming in Australia and questions about the script. Variety reports that “Justice League” producers “like” the script written by Kieran and Michele Mulroney, but that additional work is needed -- work the WGA strike makes impossible.No doubt compounding matters is the impending end-date of the Screen Actors Guild contract, June 1, 2008. Warner. Bros. would have to begin shooting “Justice League” immediately in order to complete work with the cast before they’d walk off set to strike in solidarity with WGA, which SAG members may choose to do. That producers have let the “Justice League” cast’s options lapse is an indicator that the WGA strike is likely to continue well into 2008.
Now that we don't have Superman: The Man of Steel until later and Justice League at all, it looks like 2009 is going to be sadly bereft of movies involving superheroes.
"JUSTICE LEAGUE" FILM OFFICIALLY SHUT DOWN [CBR]
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Other, Superheroes on 17 January 2008
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Warner Brothers didn't "shelve" or "shutdown" Justice League - they halted development and released the actors to do other projects pending re-writes to the script (which, of course is pending the resolution of the WGA strike). If the studio hadn't done this they would have had to pay each of the significant actors substantial holding fees. (then Justice League would turn into another Superman Returns...)
The script is not "plagued" nor has the film been "totally shelved". When Miller came on board he wanted changes made to the script to focus his vision of the project - very, very common on any film and complicated by the WGA strike. And this crap about actors walking off the set in June... moronic, they haven't ever opened talks with the AMPTP yet!
CBR doesn't know how to read a studio release - which they've proven time and time again - and they don't have a clue how Hollywood works, much less call anyone before posting misinformation like this. Take what they put out with a grain of salt when it comes to TV and film -- and brush up on your industry vocab, eh?
David B.