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Adam Brody Discusses the Demise of the Justice League Movie
If you paid reasonably close attention to the
now-shelved
Justice League of America adaptation over the
past six to eight months, you could have probably come to the conclusion on your
own that the movie was doomed. The writers' strike was the first problem and
then there were issues with whether or not DC Comics would or would not include
Batman and Superman, the label's biggest names.
There was also scuttlebutt about whether casting Wonder
Woman meant that a standalone Wonder Woman movie would finally happen with that
same actress, or if including Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman in a JLA
movie meant re-casting all three roles.
"I probably shouldn't be commenting on it, but who cares. I don't really know – I still feel like an outsider on that somehow. I know there was a tax credit thing and I know that the strike was a hindrance. Also, you've got Batman coming out and [Bryan] Singer wants to do another Superman. This is only speculation on my part, I have no inside knowledge of this, but, as a fan, I think there's controversy about going off and trying to [show a different Superman and Batman]...I think maybe it will still happen, but I truly don't know any more than you do".Brody was scheduled to play The Flash, and says he would again. "I'm a huge [director] George Miller fan and a huge comic fan, so I'd still be in. But maybe I won't be. I know that Ryan Reynolds was attached to The Flash for a while and then I got the part and everyone on the internet was like, 'Oh, he's no Ryan Reynolds! Reynolds is the only Flash!' I hope that if they do it in a year or so and it's a different guy and the new guy gets shit for not being me," jokes Brody. DC doesn't have the flexibility that Marvel has. Just total the receipts. The business model is better across the street. So, ultimately, the wisest choice right now is to get all the ducks in a row on Justice League. Brody's right: You don't want this film competing with its own main characters. So, I think those franchises need to run their course first. Wonder Woman's another issue, but I think pausing JLA clears the way for that film to finally go somewhere, which is probably the best hope for DC in the long run. That brand desperately needs to establish another hero, and do so solidly, rather than through a dozen characters at the audience all at once when the only heroes in the mix the majority of people want to see are Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.
Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 11:27PM
by
Colin Boyd
in Comic Book Movies, Justice League, DC Comics
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