With Green Lantern only two weeks from release and The Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel planned for 2012 release dates, Warner Brothers is planning a Justice League of America movie for 2013. The biggest question that has arisen among fans is whether or not DC Entertainment/Warner Brothers will make the attempt/effort to cast the current actors playing the iconic characters in their solo movies to appear in the epic team-up. I'm of course talking about Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent, Christian Bale as Batman/Bruce Wayne, and Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern/Hal Jordan.
One of the biggest anticipations among fans for the 2012 release of Marvel's "The Avengers" is the fact that the film will star Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, and Scarlette Johanssen as Black Widow. Fans really respond to and love the continuity within the movies and their reaction to seeing the actors that portrayed these characters in the solo movies return for a team up has been huge. I, personally, feel that the transition will be much easier and the believability will be much better. For example, having Chris Evans play Captain America in "Captain America: The First Avenger" AND in "The Avengers", we can identify with him and believe that this is the same version of Cap that we saw in TFA. Whereas if we were to see Chris Pine play Captain America in "The Avengers", we'd have a bit of difficulty believing that these are the same characters that we previously saw in their solo movies.
One of the biggest questions that has arisen since Warner Brothers announced the Justice League movie is if Christian Bale, Henry Cavill, and Ryan Reynolds will reprise their respective roles for this movie. But one of the biggest arguments is that Marvel has been making references and leaving easter eggs in each of their movies since Iron Man (2008) all the way up to Captain America (2011) to set up for "The Avengers" (2012), where the DC Comics movies have not.
The other argument that not only fans have made, but also Christopher Nolan made, is that the version of Batman/Bruce Wayne that we've seen in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight wouldn't exactly fit in with the Justice League. I tend to disagree with that reasoning, but I trust Christopher Nolan's judgement of the character.
In the end, we have not yet seen Green Lantern or Man of Steel, so we cannot say for certain how Ryan Reynolds and Henry Cavill will fair in those roles, but I can for certain that I would really enjoy seeing Bale, Cavill, and Reynolds reprise their respective roles in Justice League. I just think that it would be a much stronger movie in terms of story and drawing in audiences if they use the same actors to fill their respective roles.
What do you guys think? Should Christian Bale, Henry Cavill, and Ryan Reynolds return in their iconic roles or should the characters be entirely recast?