"JLA" movie begins to take shape with reports of Wonder Woman, Batman casting

Rumours are floating around that some members of the Justice League have already been cast in the big-budget movie.

Wizard Universe reports:

'JLA' MOVIE BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE WITH REPORTS OF WONDER WOMAN, BATMAN CASTING
Megan Gale as Wonder Woman, Armie Hammer as Batman highlight reported castings

Posted November 30, 2007 1:10 PM

The long-awaited "Justice League" movie appears to be taking shape as a number of key members of the superteam have been reportedly cast.

Australian supermodel Megan Gale has reportedly captured the role of Wonder Woman, according to AintItCoolNews while IESB.net is claiming that Armie Hammer (small roles in "Desperate Housewives," "Veronica Mars") will get his first big break as Batman in the George Miller-directed film that is slated to begin filming in early 2008. IESB.net had previously reported that Adam Brody ("The O.C.") nabbed the role of The Flash, rap star Common would play the Green Lantern and Australian actress Teresa Palmer would transform into villainous Talia al Ghul.

Warner Bros. has yet to confirm any of the casting.

Hot damn! Megan Gale is awesomely hot. As you can see in the picture above...she's only been in my consciousness since I've been in Australia...even LONGER than former Miss Universe, Jennifer Hawkins! Megan Gale is loved by Australians...and so she should be!

I wonder how Wonder Woman would sound with an Aussie accent though! And cmon...they really need to cast Christian Bale as Batman. But not that dude as Superman though...see, to me he was so crap that I can't even remember the actor's name anymore!

Justice for all!

Wizard Universe seems down today, so I guess all I can do is to post up one of the last few scripts I wrote before I lost my desire to write any more scripts. It got frustrating that I was churning out all these scripts but there were just in script format and nothing was moving in terms of them being created on paper. So I just lost the drive to write more scripts.


Panel 1 - The Justice League, from that terrible cartoon from the 70s/80s, "Super Friends". It'd be great to pay homage to them while they're in this pose (minus the words below):



Dialogue box across the top of panel: "And now, a special service announcement brought to you by brought to you by the Justice League!"


Panel 2 - Superman in the left foreground. Batman can be seen in the background punching out the Joker while Wonder Woman is using her bracelets to deflect bullets from the Joker's goons.

Superman: "Hey kids, ever wish you could be a superhero and be part of the Justice League?"


Panel 3 - Same shot, but with different characters in the background. Flash is running rings around Gorilla Grodd while Green Lantern has just created a giant boxing glove from his ring to punch Sinestro in the stomach.

Superman: "You don't need to be an alien, or filthy rich, or an Amazon, or have a magical ring, or can run really fast, or be able to swim underwater and talk to fish...


Panel 4 - Superman stops and turns to look at the background. Aquaman is talking to some fish while Black Manta, his archenemy, laughs on and simultaneously fries up some seafood with his heat gun (or other suitable weapon).

Superman: "..."


Panel 5 - Superman has turned back to face the reader again. Aquaman is now swimming away as fast as he can while Black Manta gives chase, laughing maniacally. You can see scores of dead fish (and other underwater creatures) all lying at the bottom of the panel, some half charred while others have been completely burnt to a crisp. Think burnt fish fingers/sticks.

Superman: "Errr...scratch that last bit. Anyway, you don't need super powers to be part of the Justice League!


Panel 6 - Apache Chief and Black Vulcan in the background, posing, but with sad faces, indicating how useless they are to the Justice League.

Superman: "After all, we let Black Vulcan and Apache Chief join our ranks!"


Panel 7 - Zan and Jayna in the background. Both of them are in the middle of transforming, Zan into a blanket soaked and dripping with water and Jayna into a platypus. Why platypus? Because they look funny. :p Gleek the monkey is flinging poo randomly and a big turd hits Superman in the side of the face. Superman looks unperturbed though.

Superman: "So if you want to join our hallowed ranks, contact us today!"

Zan: "Form...of a wet blanket!"

Jayna: "Form...of a platypus!"


Panel 8 - Batman again, this time with a huge cheesy grin and both his hands giving thumbs up signs. He's got huge dollar signs in his eyes.

Superman: "All we need is your credit card number and for you to sign a waiver allowing us to use it whenever we need to."


Panel 9 - Batman doing a little dance, throwing money and bags of cash in the air. Superman has his hand cupped to his side of the face as if he's whispering to the reader. His left hand thumbs in the direction of Batman.

Superman: "After all, how do you think Bruce pays for all his nifty little gadgets?


Panel 10 - It's a dialogue box engulfing the entire panel.

Dialogue box: "So, join us today! Dial 555-JUSTICE! That's 555-587-8423! Hurry, membership is extremely limited! While stocks last and batteries not included."

Tiny font at the bottom of the panel: "One-time membership fee applies: $1,000,000,000 in cold hard cash, non-refundable except in circumstances of the extinction of your entire race."

Luthor's most wanted

The JLA: Wedding Special is out this week in comic book shops, featuring the wedding of Green Arrow (a name that Aeris ALWAYS laughs at...it DOES sound really silly if you're not a comic book geek) and Black Canary (who isn't really black, unlikely other similar-theme-named heroes like Black Vulcan, Black Lightning and Black Panther).

Now, I'm not one who's into the DC universe normally, but I usually do buy the special event comics like this one. DC HAS put out some awesome stuff over the years and even though my allegiance is firmly with Marvel, if a really awesome book, series or title is put out by DC, of COURSE I'll buy it. They're not the enemy, they're just the Distinguished Competition.

From Wizard Universe.com:

LUTHOR’S MOST WANTED
As Lex Luthor recruits his Injustice League to destroy the JLA starting in this week’s ‘JLA Wedding Special,’ take a peek into the method to his madness

By Kiel Phegley with Dwayne McDuffie

Posted September 12, 2007 12:00 PM

This month, the biggest, baddest villains of the DC Universe get taken care of…in a good way. Malevolent mastermind Lex Luthor has a plan to protect the vilest scum this side of Metropolis as part of his Injustice League of America starting in Wednesday’s JLA Wedding Special by writer Dwayne McDuffie and artist Mike McKone and running straight into Justice League of America #13 by McDuffie and Joe Benitez.



“The way [Luthor] attracted them was by saying ‘This is a protection racket,’” explains McDuffie of the “Unlimited” story arc. “The deal here is that if you’re part of this organization and the Justice League shows up, help is available. You’re never alone. But that’s really just the first stage of it.”

Of course, the secret of Phase Two of Luthor’s racket may never get off the ground if his teammates won’t play nice, which is why he put together the following files—in his own words—on how to cajole, convince and control the worst scum into following his grand design.

THE LUTHOR FILES

THE JOKER
While I find the Joker’s reliance on his vicious and perverse “humor” to be little more than a distraction, his unhinged mind might be the only weapon capable of overturning Batman’s admittedly vast skills of detection. And I must admit, the sight of the clown torturing the Dark Knight might even make me laugh.

DR. LIGHT
Light is little more than a pervert with a planetarium show. But I will put up with his braying, secure in the knowledge that the memory of his defilement of one of their own will provide a more than adequate psychological edge over the League’s most senior members.


PARASITE
My foe’s lesser-known foil has always wanted for brains, but the brawn he’ll gain through absorbing the combined powers of the Justice League will more than make up for his dimwittedness. And of course, it’s always good to have an ally stupid enough to confront the Man of Steel in solo combat.

SHADOWTHIEF
As much as I am loath to associate with common criminals, Shadowthief is just the type of enforcer whose history implies he’ll buy into my “protection racket” wholeheartedly. And so it appears I’ll have an able-bodied sneak assassin at my beck and call.

CHEETAH
With a primal feline appetite and a precise killing stroke, Cheetah may be the most formidable physical combatant in my League. Of course, none of that will matter if I can’t keep her claws sheathed against the onslaught of the Joker’s romantic advances.

POISON IVY
Dr. Pamela Isley’s signature biological talents have always been underappreciated. Although I myself have little to fear from the temptations of her forbidden fruit, I don’t doubt she’ll prove the men of the Justice League can be infiltrated by more than mere seduction.

FATALITY
This alien beauty’s reputation for losing limbs in battle is little deterrent from recruitment thanks to her reputation for killing a number of Green Lanterns. No matter which of these emerald cowboys accompanies the League into battle, my bases will be covered.

KILLER FROST
The myriad professional and romantic dead ends peppered throughout Killer Frost’s history suggest a young woman willing to submit her cold heart to any cause that will let her homicidal tendencies run wild. I’d say that makes the perfect combination for cannon fodder.

GORILLA GRODD
Grodd’s brutish simian appearance is merely a mask for the cunning intellect that lies beneath, and that intellect poses as much of a threat as it does an asset. Grodd’s motivations for accepting membership will most likely remain a secret to me, but I will deduce his intentions by keeping this enemy close.

Justice League movie poll

Holy cow...there's going to be a Justice League movie!? That beats the pants of a Superman/Batman team-up on the big screen.

I'd so love to see an Avengers movie though. Guess that can happen after Cap, Iron Man and Thor make their big screen solo-movie debuts!

JLA: THE MOVIE
What should and shouldn’t be in the Justice League movie? We asked, you answered!

Posted August 31, 2007 9:40 AM

Way back in February, Warner Bros. commissioned the husband-and-wife team of Kieran and Michele Mulroney to write a script for a “Justice League of America” movie. (The Mulroneys did a rewrite of “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” that impressed many Hollywood bigwigs.) Insiders say their first draft is finished and has been well received by the top brass.

But no first draft is perfect, so we asked readers of wizarduniverse.com to make some suggestions for the second draft. Here's how they voted:

Assuming that Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are already on the team, which other hero MUST also be included above all the rest?

Green Lantern
40%
Flash 34%, Martian Manhunter 12%, Green Arrow 4%, Aquaman 3%, Black Canary 4%, Red Tornado 2%, Plastic Man 1%


What comic book storyline should serve as the basis for the movie?

AN ALL-NEW STORY
60%
JLA: Year One 18%, Grant Morrison’s first storyarc 15%, Brad Meltzer’s first storyarc 5%, Mark Waid’s “Midsummer’s Nightmare” 2%

Who should be the main villain?

DARKSEID
49%
Injustice League 25%, Amazo 10%, Despero 9%, Lex Luthor 5%, Ra’s Al Ghul 2%


Of the following, who should direct the film?

BRYAN SINGER
28%
Christopher Nolan 22%, James Cameron 15%, Michael Bay 19%, Zack Snyder 12%, Brett Ratner 4%

I honestly would have preferred for the movie to be based on an existing story-arc. But hey, whatever works. This is just a fan's poll, not the be-all-and-end-all info site of the movie anyway.