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Rumor: Warner Bros. Have Scrapped Will Beall's 'Justice League' Script



Somewhere, Mark Millar is smirking. After bluntly saying that a "Justice League" movie is an "excellent way of losing $200 million" it seems that Warner Bros. are already more than aware of the risks. This rumor has been one we've been hearing here and there recently, but if these whispers are true, it means that the geekgasm superhero dream team movie, is going to see a new script.

Bad Ass Digest reports that according to their sources, the studio has tossed Will Beall's script, for one simple reason: it's terrible. Again, none of this is official, but if this is true it makes the prospect of a 2015 release date much more unlikely, unless WB can grab a screenwriter to crank something out fast, lock up a director and start casting all over the next 11 or 12 months. Not impossible, but considering the care they're taking, we're not holding our breath.

Last we heard, WB was going to wait and see how "Man Of Steel" does before pushing forward on "Justice League" and that may have just been a bit of seed planting by the studio to buy some time. But there also seems to be clash of vision. The Darkseid as villain rumor in Beall's script seems to be true, but accord to BAD, "heroes (beyond the core five of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash and Green Lantern) have been cut and added from the proceedings seemingly at studio executive will." And it would be a fair guess that a weak script and creative uncertainty, probably didn't help in trying to lock down a director, with a handful rumored last year (The Wachowskis and Ben Affleck wishlisted or courted among others). Nevertheless, all of thsese rumbling don't bode well.

So what's next for "Justice League." Well, as you'll recall, when WB first announced Will Beall as the writer of the movie, he had already been on the project for close to year. So they could probably do the same trick, and quietly task (or maybe they already have?) someone else. But it does seem as if they're starting back at square one. Ane one has to wonder how long it is before Warner Bros. is once again ringing up Christopher Nolan -- producer of "Man Of Steel" -- to come back and save their comic brand.

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rhcp 7th-Feb-2013 08:50 pm (UTC)
lol WB/DC
krzg 7th-Feb-2013 08:51 pm (UTC)
brucelynn 7th-Feb-2013 08:55 pm (UTC)
winegums 7th-Feb-2013 08:57 pm (UTC)
_dennis_csi_ 7th-Feb-2013 08:53 pm (UTC)
well with the bad reviews gangster squad got it's not a big surprise tbh
bloody_hell 7th-Feb-2013 08:54 pm (UTC)
That sucks but I'm not surprised. The animated JL movies and cartoon are good enough for me for now.
stephaniebrown 7th-Feb-2013 08:55 pm (UTC)
lol dc/wb. dcau >>
brucelynn 7th-Feb-2013 08:56 pm (UTC)
LMMMAAOOOOOOOO !!!

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Good because it will never work
deadtree 8th-Feb-2013 03:15 am (UTC)
omg I am laughing with them...
turkish_popstar 7th-Feb-2013 08:57 pm (UTC)
sigh. well at least they aren't moving forward with a bad script? (yet)
aurexus 7th-Feb-2013 08:58 pm (UTC)
good now if only they'd focus on a batman beyond movie.
megedeborch 7th-Feb-2013 09:01 pm (UTC)
this
interrobamf 7th-Feb-2013 09:12 pm (UTC)
It's a 12-year-old cartoon. Let it go.
aurexus 7th-Feb-2013 09:20 pm (UTC)
NEVER. Besides all superheroes have been revamped or rebooted at some point so why not bby for a movie?
deadtree 8th-Feb-2013 03:19 am (UTC)
so? It was so ahead of its time that it would still easily translate into a relevant film/series today.
pastelstar 7th-Feb-2013 09:27 pm (UTC)
YAS
bloody_hell 7th-Feb-2013 09:31 pm (UTC)
I want to get the whole series on dvd. The movie is amazing, probably my fave Batman movie(including all the live action ones).
xpirate_queenx 7th-Feb-2013 09:32 pm (UTC)


Look at this shit

Look at it

I WOULD WATCH THAT MOVIE.
tankmachine 7th-Feb-2013 09:49 pm (UTC)
mte
chuckisfuckis 7th-Feb-2013 08:59 pm (UTC)
Welp.
mighty_romance 7th-Feb-2013 09:00 pm (UTC)
I need an animated Wonder Woman series, please.
bloody_hell 7th-Feb-2013 09:05 pm (UTC)
seriously. The animated movie is excellent and she has potential, she just needs the right creative team behind her
mighty_romance 7th-Feb-2013 09:21 pm (UTC)
I just watched it earlier this week for the first time and was not expecting to like it as much as I did, and amen @ your last statement.
anna_bea2 7th-Feb-2013 09:02 pm (UTC)
oop
brownxeyedxdork 7th-Feb-2013 09:06 pm (UTC)
I just want to see a movie centered around the trinity.
morgan90 7th-Feb-2013 09:06 pm (UTC)
This movie is going to be the modern case study for development hell/flop movies, I can feel it
abiding 7th-Feb-2013 09:22 pm (UTC)
This plus Akira.
fwee_prower 7th-Feb-2013 09:06 pm (UTC)
for those of you that watch that green lantern cartoon.


how fucked up is razor?
colonel_green 7th-Feb-2013 09:10 pm (UTC)
DC: A Justice League movie? Erm, well, ah. Er, I don't know, maybe, we'll see how Superman does.

Marvel: Guardians of the Galaxy? With the talking raccoon and the living tree? Fuck yes!
deadtree 8th-Feb-2013 03:20 am (UTC)
well Marvel is batshit crazy, you have to give em credit.
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