Who Would YOU Pick To Direct A 'Justice League of America' Film?

thecolorsblend wrote:The director needs to have enough understanding of character to know what makes the members of the group tick. Superman isn't motivated by the same forces driving Batman. Aquaman has an agenda utterly separate from the Flash in wanting to join the team. So on and so forth. This isn't a monolithic group. It's not the Super Friends, the Getalong Gang or any of that shit. They're not constantly at each others throats because this isn't Marvel either. But they're not cardboard cutouts at the same time.

I've lost faith in Hollywood to deliver on correctly written superhero characters for the big screen in most cases. The exceptions (if any even exist) serve to prove the rule.

So all I want is a film with enough plot and character to keep up appearances but is otherwise one huge action fest. Fuck everything else, Warner Bros. will only screw it up and deny it all later. Pissants.

Zack Snyder has handled team/ensemble pieces before. He's also done his tour of duty handling dark superhero characters as well. Assuming he handles Superman the way he needs to, he might not be a bad choice for JLA.

But if he can't or doesn't want to... well, the Apologists would shit themselves but I'd want an action-oriented director like Michael Bay to do it. It wouldn't be boring, that's for sure.

thecolorsblend wrote:The director needs to have enough understanding of character to know what makes the members of the group tick. Superman isn't motivated by the same forces driving Batman. Aquaman has an agenda utterly separate from the Flash in wanting to join the team. So on and so forth. This isn't a monolithic group. It's not the Super Friends, the Getalong Gang or any of that shit. They're not constantly at each others throats because this isn't Marvel either. But they're not cardboard cutouts at the same time.

Apologist Puncher wrote:Someone like.....Brad Bird?

Apologist Puncher wrote:I think Bay would want to put his "stamp" on the characters though, and change too much. Like he is doing with the 'Ninja Turtles' debacle. So no thanks to Bay from me.

Apologist Puncher wrote:Now Peter Berg?

Maybe....

webhead2006 wrote:What about Peter Jackson, i was just thinking about him myself. We seen him handle big sfx layered films, and with the lord of the rings, and hobbit coming he has handled large groups of characters well. What would you think of him tackling JL?

thecolorsblend wrote:Yeppers. But since you'd already named him...

Possibly. But he seems to know his strengths as a filmmaker and for something like JLA, I truly believe he'd play it safe.

Eh. I just can't convince myself. He's done a literal team movie, he's done a superhero movie, but... look, I listened to part of the audio commentary for Friday Night Lights. Maybe it's just emotional baggage of my own (ie, my family and I knew those people back then and that motherfucking book is a hackjob that ruined a lot of reputations) but some of his comments seemed really over the line. As far as Hancock is concerned, Berg apparently wanted a pretty minimal fight between Hancock and whatsernamethewife because the real meat of the film is Hancock's character arc. And there's some validity to that but, um, at the end of the day, this is a superhero film. Like it or lump it.

The other thing is that Berg has that handheld, documentary style of shooting. I know there is comic material out there that approach would favor (even if I can't think of one off-hand) but I don't think JLA is among that number.

I'll give you points for thinking outside the box on this one but I'm not sure Berg is really the man for the job.

Ben Affleck To Possibly Co-Star In And Direct JUSTICE LEAGUE

With news that Joss Whedon has just inked a new deal to stay with Marvel through 2015 and direct The Avengers 2, Warner Brothers responds by going after Ben Affleck to co-star and helm Justice League. WaylonJones - 8/8/2012

After yesterday's announcement that Disney/Marvel locked in Joss Whedon for another Avengers picture and a TV show, it should come as no surprise that Warner Brothers would want to respond by dropping their own bombshell. According to Variety WB is looking to Ben Affleck to helm their superhero team upmoviee Justice League. The film is said to bring together such DC players as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Green Lantern. Affleck is not a shoe in for the job at this point. One of the sticking points to him directing the film is that he wants to be apart of the cast. He is expected to meet with Warner Brothers executives in the coming days to try and hammer out all the details.

Earlier I had reported that Zack Snyder's Man Of Steel would be working towards a shared universe to set up a Justice Leaguemoviee. There have also been rumors out there that Batman will be rebooted during that upcoming Justice League project, with his next solo film coming in 2016. However, according to my source Warner Brothers is not quite sure how they will handle the Batman reboot, as well as what they are going to do with Green Lantern. As mentioned before, the roster that Warner Brothers is looking to use in the film includes Batman, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern. Two notable names missing from that list are Aquaman and Martian Manhunter. For the latest on Justice League make sure you check back here at CBM daily.

webhead2006 wrote:Justice league rumor:
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JakeLester/news/?a=65362

Ben Affleck To Possibly Co-Star In And Direct JUSTICE LEAGUE

With news that Joss Whedon has just inked a new deal to stay with Marvel through 2015 and direct The Avengers 2, Warner Brothers responds by going after Ben Affleck to co-star and helm Justice League. WaylonJones - 8/8/2012

After yesterday's announcement that Disney/Marvel locked in Joss Whedon for another Avengers picture and a TV show, it should come as no surprise that Warner Brothers would want to respond by dropping their own bombshell. According to Variety WB is looking to Ben Affleck to helm their superhero team upmoviee Justice League. The film is said to bring together such DC players as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Green Lantern. Affleck is not a shoe in for the job at this point. One of the sticking points to him directing the film is that he wants to be apart of the cast. He is expected to meet with Warner Brothers executives in the coming days to try and hammer out all the details.

Earlier I had reported that Zack Snyder's Man Of Steel would be working towards a shared universe to set up a Justice Leaguemoviee. There have also been rumors out there that Batman will be rebooted during that upcoming Justice League project, with his next solo film coming in 2016. However, according to my source Warner Brothers is not quite sure how they will handle the Batman reboot, as well as what they are going to do with Green Lantern. As mentioned before, the roster that Warner Brothers is looking to use in the film includes Batman, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern. Two notable names missing from that list are Aquaman and Martian Manhunter. For the latest on Justice League make sure you check back here at CBM daily.

I wouldn't mind him directing film. But I can't picture him as any jl. And I would have thought afterr dd mess he wouldn't want to get in superhero role again.

non_amos wrote:Saw that at SHH & was gonna post but Web beat me to it again!

Anyway, what I wonder is, does this mean duh brothers Warner really are serious about this project now? But Avengers already beat them to the punch so that can't just clone that idea. Right now SUPERMAN is priority #1! I'm not really sure how they're gonna branch off from there to JLA? Nevertheless 'shared universe' is also a top priority even if they have to get there a different route than Marvel took.

non_amos wrote:But Affleck is really gaining notoriety as a director so it has me leaning to WB actually being serious this time. We'll see.

There's less than a year until MOS hits theaters. If they wanted to, they could film a scene next week that sets up a shared universe. Plenty of time. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Ben Affleck On ‘Justice League?’ His Camp Says No BY MIKE FLEMING | Wednesday August 8, 2012 @ 9:07pm EDT Email This I’ve been reading a lot of stuff lately that has been of questionable substance, and I’m calling bullshit on this big Variety scoop today that implies Warner Bros will get Ben Affleck as director of its Justice League film. This is a story I checked out days ago, and didn’t run when Affleck’s reps stated that it was not going to happen with him. Now, it makes sense that Warner Bros would offer Affleck the project. Chris Nolan is top man over there, but after three Batfilms and after producing the Superman reboot Man of Steel, he’s gotten spandex-clad protagonists out of his system. After Nolan, the studio then offers everything else to Harry Potter director David Yates (who is now keen on Tarzan) and Affleck, who has become a major director with Gone Baby Gone, The Town, and the upcoming Argo. Just because the studio wants Affleck doesn’t mean he will do the movie, and several sources tell me he might take a meeting, but that’s it.

After putting his acting career in the dumper with questionable choices like Gigli, Affleck admirably scripted a second act for himself with his writing and directing skills, and did it by taking on unexpected, thoughtful films. His reps clearly denied he would take this, and why would he want to direct a Justice League movie, unless he himself had figured out a way to make one that would compare favorably with Joss Whedon’s billion dollar Marvel smash The Avengers? I don’t see it. As my old agent/manager pal Michael Black used to say sometimes when I came at him breathlessly with an important but dubious package involving one of his clients, “Don’t dress for that premiere, darling.”

non_amos wrote:thecolorsblend wrote:

There's less than a year until MOS hits theaters. If they wanted to, they could film a scene next week that sets up a shared universe. Plenty of time. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Ya know, this could even be something as simple as what Marvel did with their films. Samuel L. Jackson making cameos throughout the various solo films which eventually led to his full-blown role. Same thing with the Agent Coulson dude. Little snippets here & there setting up something bigger. However, Marvel had 4 years to do that. I fear DC doesn't have that kind of time. Nevertheless I'm sure someone could do some brainstorming & come up with a workable solution without blatantly ripping off Marvel. A scene in MOS could involve something like that. Remember the rumor that Clark Kent was gonna be in the GL film but it got nixed, no doubt due to duh Nolan mentality? Well, those type of ideas should now be seriously considered.

non_amos wrote:I have to agree with that. Zack Snyder might would be the man to helm JLA. He's already directing MOS & hopefully sequels. He did an awesome job on WATCHMEN which one might say is a take on JLA anyway, alternate style. He could definitely pull off the look & the shared universe as well.

Ya know, last night at work the name James Cameron came to me while thinking about this. Seriously. If he'd even want to do it that is. We already know he's responsible for the 2 biggest films of all time which are the only 2 ahead of MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS. They are of course AVATAR & TITANIC. He also previously did 2 awesome TERMINATOR films as well as ALIENS. We all know he even intended to do SPIDERMAN but that fell through. He's through with Spiderman, obviously, but who's to say he couldn't do something else? He could also pull of the whole 'big-budget' thing & the audience would probably buy it. But he probably won't do it though.

Apologist Puncher wrote:

non_amos wrote:I have to agree with that. Zack Snyder might would be the man to helm JLA. He's already directing MOS & hopefully sequels. He did an awesome job on WATCHMEN which one might say is a take on JLA anyway, alternate style. He could definitely pull off the look & the shared universe as well.

Ya know, last night at work the name James Cameron came to me while thinking about this. Seriously. If he'd even want to do it that is. We already know he's responsible for the 2 biggest films of all time which are the only 2 ahead of MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS. They are of course AVATAR & TITANIC. He also previously did 2 awesome TERMINATOR films as well as ALIENS. We all know he even intended to do SPIDERMAN but that fell through. He's through with Spiderman, obviously, but who's to say he couldn't do something else? He could also pull of the whole 'big-budget' thing & the audience would probably buy it. But he probably won't do it though.

No thanks. Don't need to see a Justice League film with an over-the-top "environmental message" and an anti-war slant. And we don't need the villains searching for a power source for their doomsday weapon to use against the heroes called "Nevergonnafinditanium".

James Cameron can stick with his "Avatard" films, and leave the comic book films for the passionate directors.