Don’t get me wrong I think Batman Begins (BB) and The Dark Knight (TDK) were amazing movies (So will be Dark Knight Rises). But there need to be a change in script in order to pull-off a Justice League movie. Here are a couple of questions I like to ask, why is it so hard to do a superhero movie? (Besides Batman of course), who ok’s the stories, and why is it taking so long to figure this out? Look Warner Bros. you have had success with countless animated cartoons and movies. So what is the big deal with making that happen on the Live-action side of things? You started out with BB and it did great, nice viewer, sales, and even the choice in actors were good (Not including Kate Holmes). Then came Superman Returns which was complete crap. I’ll tell you why?
• You did not reboot it(Never try to continue someone else story)
• It was too Girly(We are comic book fans not Drama Queens)
• Superman is not Jesus(He has powers but he does not work miracles, i.e. lift an island of kryptonite)
• And lastly Superman will never have a son by a human being(Not Physical Possible)
Next was TDK which did better than BB (R.I.P. Heath Ledger). This was followed by Green Lantern which was another bomb. Here is a link to an article written by Rollo Tomasi. This is exactly what I thought when I saw the movie.
http://film-book.com/green-lantern-2011-8-reasons-why-this-superhero-movie-failed/
So here is what I think should happen to get you on par with Marvel/Disney. First, a younger casting is in order, but, not teenage actors. I’m talking late 20’s early 30’s actors, old enough to know how to act but young enough to keep it going for a while. Let me suggested some names I thought of for lead roles.
• Batman/Bruce Wayne – Tom Hardy, Armie Hammer, Cam Gigandet
• Superman – Henry Cavill, Tom Welling, Emile Hirsch
• Flash – Ryan Reynolds, Logan Lerman, Chace Crawford
• Green Lantern – Chris Pine, Bradley Cooper, Alex Pettyfer
• Aquaman – Ryan Gosling, Ben Foster, Chad Michael Murray
• Wonder Woman – Lynn Collins, Jessica Biel, Gina Carano
• Martian Manhunter – Columbus Short, Damon Wayans Jr., Brandon T. Jackson
Secondly, you need good writers. Warner Bros. has the best superhero cartoons out there. You can capitalize on that by getting those writers to do a screenplay. You have writers like Bruce Timm, Paul Dini (Now with Marvel), Alan Burnett, Bob Kane, and William M. Marston. All of which worked on the Justice League the animated series from 2001-2006. Some of them even produced and directed their projects. Jumping from television to the big screen is not that far of a reach.
In the long run having these strategies will help complete the Justice League movie and any other movie thereafter. Coming up with all of this didn’t take long but would be hard for any non-comic book fan. So like me know what you think of my choice.