JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK Director Teases John Constantine's "Amazing" Role And Horror Elements

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK Director Teases John Constantine's "Amazing" Role And Horror Elements

Doug Liman talks here about making sure Justice League Dark is a character driven movie, teasing the role of Constantine and the horror movies which will influence his unique take on the property...

By JoshWilding - May 08, 2017 02:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Justice League Dark
Source: Cinema Blend
Doug Liman may have passed on directing Gambit, but he's now set his sights on Justice League Dark instead. The DC Comics adaptation doesn't have a release date quite yet, but it sounds like the filmmaker is gearing up to start work on the project any week now. In a new interview with Cinema Blend, Liman shared his thoughts on his take on the movie and why he's focusing on the characters. 

"I think people will be surprised how character
driven and how intimate Justice League Dark is -- in kind of a field of bloated comic book movies. We've found a way to do something that's actually really personal and small, and that's my goal. The Wall is about character. The scenario allows me to dive into what I think is... I just love people! I love putting people in crazy situations. For John Constantine, we have an amazing set-up for him for Justice League Dark that's really human."

As for the tone, Liman revealed that he's turning to some classic horror movies for inspiration. "It's going to have real horror elements, for sure," he confirmed. "I love early horror films, be it The Exorcist, or Carrie, The Omen. In the same way that Bourne Identity, I went back to '70s paranoia."
 
"There's stuff to be mined from the people who have come before me that I'm planning to bring to Justice League Dark. And also the arena, my good friend Simon Kinberg, with Deadpool really pushed the arena," he added, possibly teasing an R-Rating for the DC Comics movie. "I'm never going to do something that's straight forward, but I'm not going to do something campy either. I have a take on it that isn't like anything else out there. At the end of the day I make character driven movies."
 
It sounds like he's definitely taking Justice League Dark in the right direction and Constantine fans will no doubt be happy to hear that he's getting a significant role here. What do you guys think? 

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chewie
chewie - 5/8/2017, 2:53 AM
Want this movie!
chewie
chewie - 5/8/2017, 3:03 AM
Swamp thing??
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 5/8/2017, 3:10 AM
Everything he's saying sounds great. Especially his love for classic horror elements. The late 70s-80s had some of the best Horror movies.
Krav
Krav - 5/8/2017, 3:11 AM
this should be the second 2018 movie :( (not rushed like SS tho)
grif
grif - 5/8/2017, 5:33 AM
@Krav - lol aquaman is barley a 2018 movie
DavidGray
DavidGray - 5/8/2017, 7:05 AM
@Krav - 2018 is way too soon, mate. Maybe 2019.
DetectiveCinema
DetectiveCinema - 5/8/2017, 3:15 AM
Give me Ewan McGregor as Constantine and I'm in, excited to see Liman's take. Big fan of his work.
BloodyBed
BloodyBed - 5/8/2017, 4:45 AM
@MrMurdock - oh [frick] yeah, great choice, surprised I never thought of that.
PrinceAwesome
PrinceAwesome - 5/8/2017, 6:43 AM
@MrMurdock - Looks like someone took a page out of the ol' Prince Awesome idea scrapbook ;p, jk mate, great minds think alike.

Although I loved the idea of Ewan as Constantine at hindsight, I kinda changed my mind just a tad bit. I'm afraid if he were cast, people would only see John Constantine and just view him as Obi-Wan with a thicker, tougher Brit accent.

James Norton as Constantine would be a much fresher, better pick. His works in War and Peace is truly phenomenal.

BANEofExistence
BANEofExistence - 5/8/2017, 6:55 AM
@PrinceAwesome - I personally would like Guy Pearce as Constantine
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 5/8/2017, 3:17 AM
Sounds really great. Hearing something is going to be character driven is a buzzword I actually like to hear. One of the DC projects I am most looking forward to but please oh please can we get a new name? Justice League Dark just sounds the sequel to Justice League and Dark Universe is even worse. Just give them an actual name that can stand on it's own, as the name of the movie and their team whether that be the Outsiders, Shadowpact or even better something new.
chewie
chewie - 5/8/2017, 3:38 AM
@TheUnworthyThor - something new please. I understand that Batman was associated with team but if he's not in this movie, don't associate the movie to justice league. It should stand on its own. I don't know if that makes sense but it does to me haha
Joulipous
Joulipous - 5/8/2017, 3:41 AM
@TheUnworthyThor - I think Justice League Dark could work if you make it into something like John Constantine's Justice League Dark.

That way it still retains the name, suggests it has something to do with the JL and yet it obviously isn't the JL that the Trinity is part of.
kong
kong - 5/8/2017, 3:42 AM
@TheUnworthyThor - I agree, but I feel like they'll have to give it that title for it to connect to general audiences as a DC movie.

Especially if JL is well received.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 5/8/2017, 3:50 AM
@chewie - Absolutely it should stand on it's own. It's just shortsighted otherwise.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 5/8/2017, 3:53 AM
@kong - I'm afraid they will think that, when it's obviously not true, Suicide Squad and GotG succeeded quite well financially without that huge direction connection on the title.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 5/8/2017, 3:58 AM
@Joulipous - It just seems so shortsighted to me, Marvel could have easily called the Guardians of the Galaxy the Cosmic Avengers instead, and yeah maybe they could of squeezed millions more dollars out of the general public during the first movie's original theatrical run but they wouldn't have created this whole new brand name with the public, they would have just been the little brother in the shadow of the real brand name that runs the place.
SaxoWolf
SaxoWolf - 5/8/2017, 3:34 AM
Sounds good Mr Liman. good luck with the project
SuperCat
SuperCat - 5/8/2017, 3:46 AM
@kong - LOL. My bad. Meant to add that gif to the Spider-Man thread!
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 5/8/2017, 3:48 AM
It's happening!! It's really happening!!! I just squirted!!!
Spider2YBanana
Spider2YBanana - 5/8/2017, 3:54 AM
Does he have anything lined up next? Get on that shit, Doug
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