JUSTICE LEAGUE:
A FANCAST and A PLOT
SUPERMAN-Henry Cavil
A no brainer as he is already signed to play Kal El for a while plus, he looks pretty good in the suit.
BATMAN-Armie Hammer
He has a good acting range, is getting familiar with action in Lone Ranger, and is young enough to take the lead in new Batman movies and JL sequals. He also has a very Batman chin.
GREEN LANTERN-Ryan Reynolds
Say what you will about the GL movie but, Ryan nailed Hal Jordan and should be allowed to continue the role.
FLASH-Bobby Campo
He has a varied acting history ranging from action to comedy to drama, personalities Flash, in any incarnation, has possessed. He's also young enough to stay in the role for Flash films and JL sequals.
WONDER WOMAN-Adriane Palicki
We know this: she has the height[5'10], the build[oh baby], the athletic ability[multisports in school], and she looks good in the Wonder Woman suit[from the should've been series]. A no brainer.
AQUAMAN-Jackson Rathbone
He has sharp features that could be considered Atlantean, experience in large action sequences, and is young enough to carry the role for Aquaman films and JL sequals. Plus, he has no aversion to hair coloring.
MARTIAN MANHUNTER-MIla Jovovich
Mixing things up a little here, J'ann J'onzz instead if J'onn J'onzz, but, trust me, it'll work. Besides, she is no stranger to action and would give a strong second female lead to this otherwise all male movie.
AFRED-Christoph Waltz
A small amount of screen time but necessary. After all, when the JL first meets in the Batcave, who do you think will clean up, Bruce???
AMANDA WALLER-Pam Grier
Just wouldn't be right without a government agent who'd just as soon put the JL in the grave as help them and who better than the one who did it very well in Smallville.
LEX LUTHOR-Michael Chiklis
I'm not sure how he got passed over for this role before or if even was considered or turned it down but, honestly, I think he would do Lex Luthor proud!
Now, bear with me on the next two as you must take in the whole cast and read the synopsis!
BRANIAC-James Marsters
Yes, he was Braniac in Smallville but, he did it well. In the JL film, he will be more in line with the traditional android body and, since Marsters has doing evil good down pat, a solid choice.
DARKSEID-Mark Calaway{The Undertaker of WWE}
DON'T FREAK OUT!!! His wrestling career is winding down, he does evil quite well and, to pull off a solid Darkseid he need only channel his wrestling persona. He has the size at 6'10" and would require only minimal CGI for the transform. IT WILL WORK!!!
THE PLOT:
In deep space, Darkseid, following the subjegation of another world, encounters Braniac. After a brief dialog that reveals Braniac's planet of origin, Darkseid decides to share the location of the last Kryptonian, albeit to serve his own plans.
Braniac sets course for earth but, detecting life, makes a brief stop on Mars.
On Earth, a ship crashes in a field between Gotham and Metropolis. Superman and Batman arrive at the same time to investigate and their first meeting is not friendly. Green Lantern arrives and settles things down and the three investigate the craft. Inside is J'ann J'onzz.
Jan reveals that her people on Mars are likely dead, though she was sent by her husband, J'onn, to find any help on the only other world in the system with life, Earth. They know of the powerful heroes here and she hopes to gather them together to save what remains of her people.
Batman insists on keeping her at the Batcave. Jan tells them she was seeking ones called Wonder Woman and Flash, whom she had observed from surveilance satelites. GL knows Flash and offers to bring him. Superman is familiar with WW and will try to find her but he warns Jan to be wary of Batman.
Braniac's ship lands in the middle of the Atlantic and seizes control of Atlantis.
Luthor arrives at the crash sight but only finds small bits of wreckage of an unknown alloy. He returns to Metropolis.
GL finds Flash and, after some brief convo and rounding up of weapons dealers, they head off to the meeting place, the crash site.
Supes find WW returning from Thymescira in her jet and he explains the situation. WW is leary but agrees to go the meeting site.
As Supes and WW fly to the crash site to meet the others, they see a figure washed ashore on Virginia Beach. They proceed to investigate and the barely conscious, badly wounded man says he is Arthur, Lord of Atlantis, and it has been overrun by a foul machine called Braniac. He passes out as hint of name recognition crosses Supes face but he can't quite place it. They load AM into WWs jet and go on to the meeting, believing the two may be connected.
Batman is waiting for them at the crash site and, after blindfolding them, takes them in the Batvan(for lack of a better name) to the Batcave.
Luthor, in his tower, watches the video of the surveilance camera he left behind and is intrigued by the scene he just witnessed.
There, Alfred treats AM and Jan reveals healing powers as she has shapeshifted into a more warrioresque uniform. She also reveals telepathy as pulls images out AMs mind and declares the evil that assaulted her people has come!
AM wakes up and is, at first confrontational, as he distrusts surfacers greatly. After some convo, and reasoned intervention by Alfred, an accord is reached and a plan laid out. Batman takes AM, WW, Flash, and Jan by Batsubmersible and Supes and GL fly to the locale AM gives them. Batman equips them with state of the art rebreathers, except AM, and they descend to Atlantis.
Luthor arrives in Washington DC and meets with Amanda Waller, handing her a DVD.
Arriving at Atlantis, the seven find it under control of robots and the people are imprisoned and being processed into computer data and uploaded. Braniac is not there but the team decides to free Atlantis and we get a nice undersea battle, soon joined by the freed Atlanteans.
On the surface, Braniac has arrived and has set his Darkseid provided robots on Washington DC. AW is coordinating military forces to no avail as she attempts to locate the known big heroes. Luthor's convoy arrives with LexTech weapons.
The team arrives from Atlantis and beats Braniac's force back to a standstill and both pull back to regroup. AW catches the heroes and demands to know WTH is going on and WTH is trident boy and green girl. Batman, having dealt with AW before, lays it out. Supes heads to his fortress to access any info on Braniac as the others help AW position US forces with Atlantean troops for a final stand.
Supes returns as Braniac's forces advance once more. The battle starts as the JL and AW hear what Supes has discovered. Supes warns Luthor to tread carefully this day. They decide the JL will spearhead the assault on Braniac while the military with LexTech and Atlanteans using energy weapons fight the robots.
Before they depart, these lines are spoken:
Waller: So, what, we just trust it to two aliens, a fishman, an amazon, and three potential nutjobs in costumes to save the entire world?
Superman: That's right, Agent Waller. We will end this threat to earth and justice will be done!
Waller: Really? I guess we're the minor leaguers and you're the big leaguers, huh?
Batman: No. We're the Justice League!
They depart.
HUGE battle to break through to Braniac. The others hold the robots at bay as Superman engages Braniac in an epic throwdown. Braniac has the upper hand until Martian Manhunter intervenes and together the aliens defeat Braniac and Supes disintegrates him with heat vision.
They then go help mop up the robots. Batman notes it's interesting that the robots kept fighting after Braniac was destroyed. Supes notes the robots are not Kryptonian tech he is familiar with from his records.
Luthor congratulates Supes and the others and they begrudgingly accept. AW tells them the US and the world owes them greatly but they will be watching.
A few weeks later, Supes, Jan, and GL return from Mars and meet the others outside the White House and let them know Jan is like Supes, the last of her people. AM declares he will attempt a cautious open relation with the US for now. With Luthor and AW watching, the President intros them to the crowd as The Justice League!
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On a ship several galaxies away, Darkseid watches on a large video screen and declares that Earth is finally a worthy challenge. Shadows easily recognized as De'saad, Kalibak, Stepenwolfe, Granny, and the Furries join in Darkseid blood chilling laughter of evil to end the first Justice League movie!
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