WB Reportedly Sends JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK Back To The Drawing Board After Director Pitches Underwhelm

WB Reportedly Sends JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK Back To The Drawing Board After Director Pitches Underwhelm

There have been several recent rumors of WB zeroing in on a potential director for its Justice League Dark movie, but would-be director presentations failed to resonate with studio execs.

By MarkJulian - Aug 24, 2017 09:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Justice League Dark
Variety reporter Justin Kroll took to Twitter to update the status of the Justice League Dark adaptation from WB. Apparently, pitches by potential directors left WB execs wanting more and as such, the film is going to have a retooling of the script. Despite several recent candidate rumors,  Daniel Espinosa (Life, Safe House) and Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) were said to be two known finalists.  

Since the project's announcement back in November 2012, 
Guillermo del Toro was attached to direct but following a lukewarm box office performance by Pacific Rim, WB went in another direction. Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) was the next director to board the project in August 2016.  Liman left the film in May 2017 to focus on Chaos Walking. IT director Andy Muschietti was rumored to be WB's first choice to replace Liman but he signed up for Robotech back in July.

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TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 8/24/2017, 9:53 AM
Oh well, you tried, just cancel it and announce a movie about a geriatric Joker.
JohnGrayson
JohnGrayson - 8/24/2017, 9:53 AM
I'm convinced this movie will never happen and will be in development he'll for years to come.
xfactor
xfactor - 8/24/2017, 9:57 AM
[frick]. Will I ever get to see a live action big screen swamp thing other than the wes craven movie???? Am I?????! lol
Gamerbot64
Gamerbot64 - 8/24/2017, 11:50 AM
@xfactor - Same feeling man. I don't just want JL Dark, I want Swamp Thing. He is the imo, the most interestibg part. Also, the coolest.
xfactor
xfactor - 8/24/2017, 12:43 PM
@Gamerbot64 - Seriously, and a proper john constatine. Not shitting on keanu reeves, but there's so much more with this team that they can do with today's effects. Who do you think would make a good Swamp thing in your opinion? I would've voted Ron perlman a while ago but he's probably too old now.
Gamerbot64
Gamerbot64 - 8/24/2017, 3:51 PM
@xfactor - I think Liam Neeson would be good. Primarily because he could play both Swamp Thing and Alec Holland. Swamp Thing I don't think of being a younger character
xfactor
xfactor - 8/24/2017, 4:32 PM
@Gamerbot64 - holy crap, I didn't think of that but I can see it. I was going to say maybe Bautista but that's just off a physical appearance alone. Just tall and intimidating.
Gamerbot64
Gamerbot64 - 8/24/2017, 4:45 PM
@xfactor - I'm thinking using CGI and Practical together. They could modulate his voice to sound a little swampy, but Neeson has always been my favorite since I read Alan Moore's run
xfactor
xfactor - 8/25/2017, 8:55 AM
@Gamerbot64 - True, although it'd probably go to an unknown if anything. Neeson would be nice but it'd be mostly cgi than practical.
Gamerbot64
Gamerbot64 - 8/25/2017, 10:48 AM
@xfactor - I'm all for an unknown as long as he plays the part well and they do the character properly
JohnGrayson
JohnGrayson - 8/24/2017, 9:57 AM
Imo they should just cancel this movie and give us MOS 2. Is that too much to ask for WB?
xfactor
xfactor - 8/24/2017, 9:58 AM
@JohnGrayson - why not give us both?
JohnGrayson
JohnGrayson - 8/24/2017, 9:59 AM
@xfactor - yeah but they don't seem to care about JLD.
xfactor
xfactor - 8/24/2017, 10:02 AM
@JohnGrayson - They should, with all the crap they're trying to do right now. And finally pushing snyder back to executive producer roll in the universe, now is the time for them to really give a damn.
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