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AICN Exclusive: The Martian Manhunter in George Miller's JUSTICE LEAGUE is...

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I got a tip-off today from someone close to the George Miller camp alerting me to a bit of news.

A small story ran in the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday that didn't seem to get much notice, but had some interesting information. The biggest news being that the name of the movie is now JUSTICE LEAGUE MORTAL... I'm thinking there might be a colon missing. JUSTICE LEAGUE: MORTAL maybe?

My source says that MORTAL is indeed tied to the film, appearing on official documents (sometimes representing the whole title... so it could also be a Blue Harvest situation). The story also lists a guy by the name of Hugh Keays-Byrne as appearing in the movie, but doesn't say who he'll play.

George Miller fans will remember Hugh from the original MAD MAX. He played Toecutter.



I don't think he's really been talked about at all, but I know who he is playing in the film. He's the one in the middle.



That's right. Hugh Keays-Byrne will play The Martian Manhunter.

Here's what Hugh looks like today... so imagine the below without the beard and hair:



I gotta say I dig this bit of casting more than any of the others... well, maybe except Megan Gale and her NSFW pics I got to post when she was cast as Wonder Woman.

From what I hear the movie's going ahead strong now that the writer's strike is over. I hope Miller pulls it off. He's earned some trust with me. I hope it turns out well.



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by Bruce Thomas Wayne
Feb 25th, 2008
07:08:53 PM
Although
by Bruce Thomas Wayne
Feb 25th, 2008
07:10:18 PM
He'd be better as the Kingdom Come Aquaman
by chrth
Feb 25th, 2008
07:12:11 PM
Megan Fox would have been better as WonderWOman
by Stormwatcher
Feb 25th, 2008
07:14:44 PM
Did they change the cast?
by beetlegeuse
Feb 25th, 2008
07:16:14 PM
First interesting/promising news item from this film!
by Paul T. Ryan
Feb 25th, 2008
07:19:27 PM
Umm...they post-poned this movie for a VERY long time.
by Mike_D
Feb 25th, 2008
07:19:30 PM
What About Reports...
by Kal Reeve
Feb 25th, 2008
07:20:45 PM
No, No, NO, NO
by Gungan Slayer
Feb 25th, 2008
07:21:05 PM
I was hoping for David Ogden Steirs to get another shot
by modlight
Feb 25th, 2008
07:22:47 PM
Looks like they got Mel Gibson too!!!
by Nice Marmot
Feb 25th, 2008
07:25:30 PM
Kal
by Quint
Feb 25th, 2008
07:32:45 PM
I REMEMBER THE NIGHT RIDER!!!
by LaserPants
Feb 25th, 2008
07:35:57 PM
Will Ralph Macchio be The Karate Kid?
by Heckles
Feb 25th, 2008
07:38:34 PM
Anything I say. What a wonderful philosophy you have.
by LaserPants
Feb 25th, 2008
07:40:03 PM
Who Will Play The Wonder Twins and Gleek?
by LaserPants
Feb 25th, 2008
07:41:04 PM
I thought Miller himself said
by oisin5199
Feb 25th, 2008
07:41:44 PM
JUSTICE LEAGUE: POOPIN'
by LaserPants
Feb 25th, 2008
07:43:33 PM
"Stop playing, Batman!"
by Stalin vs Predator
Feb 25th, 2008
07:44:39 PM
JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND THUNDERDOME ON HAPPY FEET
by LaserPants
Feb 25th, 2008
07:44:44 PM
This will suck so hard
by Mezzanine
Feb 25th, 2008
07:46:17 PM
Cool
by Antz
Feb 25th, 2008
07:46:53 PM
JUSTICE LEAGUE: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
by LaserPants
Feb 25th, 2008
07:47:02 PM
Oh, no... he actually said "Quit toying, Bubba"...!
by Stalin vs Predator
Feb 25th, 2008
07:49:28 PM
JUSTICE LEAGUE: LEX LUTHORS LATEST REAL ESTATE SCAM
by LaserPants
Feb 25th, 2008
07:51:12 PM
BTW, Fuck All This And Make A GOOD Green Lantern Movie
by LaserPants
Feb 25th, 2008
07:54:09 PM
The only grown up in the cast
by George Newman
Feb 25th, 2008
07:56:03 PM
Someone please kill this
by vadakinX
Feb 25th, 2008
07:57:45 PM
George Miller! Oh yeah!
by Scrolly
Feb 25th, 2008
07:59:16 PM
No Hal Jordan? Screw this movie.
by Dave Bowman
Feb 25th, 2008
08:00:45 PM
I thought the delay caused the release of most of the cast?
by ShiftyEyedDog2
Feb 25th, 2008
08:03:39 PM
GODDAMMIT!!
by shatterglass
Feb 25th, 2008
08:05:56 PM
Quint, whats happening with Man of Steel?
by Lyghthouse
Feb 25th, 2008
08:09:09 PM
Male Cameltoe in that Picture?
by ImFixingtoDie
Feb 25th, 2008
08:10:08 PM
How about they don't make this movie
by IndustryKiller!
Feb 25th, 2008
08:12:36 PM
Nathan Fillion for every role!
by skywalkerfamily
Feb 25th, 2008
08:20:47 PM
Yay
by Pipple
Feb 25th, 2008
08:21:14 PM
Why won't it die?
by blindambition238
Feb 25th, 2008
08:24:03 PM
fooking hell, I thought this nightmare was over....
by RockLobster800
Feb 25th, 2008
08:30:45 PM
Who's playing the pre-Wonder Twins dog? Any suggestions?
by Tcal
Feb 25th, 2008
08:31:55 PM
I can't believe someone actually supports this horrible project.
by Aethyrr
Feb 25th, 2008
08:46:20 PM
DC FanBoys
by Locutus_Jones
Feb 25th, 2008
08:51:16 PM
BALE AND ROUTH NEED TO BE INVOLVED
by J-Dizzle
Feb 25th, 2008
08:54:00 PM
Chill Out, JLA!
by Mike-El
Feb 25th, 2008
08:55:51 PM
J-dizzle.....give it up..
by jojo-pimp
Feb 25th, 2008
09:06:57 PM
Hey Quint..isnt this dude a little old???
by jojo-pimp
Feb 25th, 2008
09:08:17 PM
"It's the only way Justice League would ever work..."
by Brians Life
Feb 25th, 2008
09:11:58 PM
Locutus Jones...what's the beef?
by Brians Life
Feb 25th, 2008
09:14:11 PM
Herb West....
by Brians Life
Feb 25th, 2008
09:25:25 PM
Also, Herb....
by Brians Life
Feb 25th, 2008
09:29:06 PM
Herb, my reality....
by Brians Life
Feb 25th, 2008
09:33:14 PM
Why not just do a Smallville movie?
by skywalkerfamily
Feb 25th, 2008
09:34:04 PM
there's only one word for this...
by mr.brownstone
Feb 25th, 2008
09:41:02 PM
Heckles
by mr.brownstone
Feb 25th, 2008
09:44:22 PM
lets sell some toys and Happy Meals!
by Rupee88
Feb 25th, 2008
09:56:13 PM
WHAT?!??! I thought this was dead.
by Kid Idioteque
Feb 25th, 2008
09:59:07 PM
MOVE TO CANADA AND RECAST!!! DO IT WB!
by Live.
Feb 25th, 2008
10:20:13 PM
SWEEEET!
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Feb 25th, 2008
10:21:20 PM
I agree with Tom Bodet about agreeing with me
by Vern
Feb 25th, 2008
10:22:49 PM
Avengers movie vs this
by lowman
Feb 25th, 2008
10:29:42 PM
Geriatric Justice League
by Live.
Feb 25th, 2008
10:37:52 PM
BRING BACK MICHAEL KEATON AS BATMAN!
by Live.
Feb 25th, 2008
10:46:53 PM
George Miller is awesome.
by TattooedBillionaire
Feb 25th, 2008
10:48:03 PM
Fuck yeah Vern, you tell these fools
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Feb 25th, 2008
10:49:27 PM
Okay, is it just me or does the Green Lantern look a little like
by thedarklinglord
Feb 25th, 2008
10:52:04 PM
DWAYNE JOHNSON FOR SUPES!!! POWERS BOOTHE FOR BATS!!!
by Shermdawg
Feb 25th, 2008
10:55:59 PM
Harry Please
by Frodo T. Baggins
Feb 25th, 2008
10:57:31 PM
Vern, you should know better
by Kid Idioteque
Feb 25th, 2008
10:57:49 PM
QUITCHER BITCHIN!
by DOGSOUP
Feb 25th, 2008
11:04:24 PM
MOORTAL KOMBAAAAT!!!
by UMAGA
Feb 25th, 2008
11:06:25 PM
Superman Returns failure fucked up the entire DC universe
by Live.
Feb 25th, 2008
11:08:54 PM
Kid Idioteque
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Feb 25th, 2008
11:10:59 PM
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO KILL THIS MOVIE!
by messi
Feb 25th, 2008
11:15:18 PM
Vern and others - regarding Nolans Batman
by vadakinX
Feb 25th, 2008
11:19:05 PM
Scrolly MAD MAX WAS OVER 20 YEARS AGO YOU FUCK
by messi
Feb 25th, 2008
11:22:37 PM
Herb West ????
by messi
Feb 25th, 2008
11:24:19 PM
I can see some retarded exec putting an end to Nolan's Batverse.
by UMAGA
Feb 25th, 2008
11:24:25 PM
Brians Life
by messi
Feb 25th, 2008
11:26:26 PM
messi you sound pissed
by Scrolly
Feb 25th, 2008
11:28:36 PM
Kid Idioteque Superman Returns was a piece of shit
by messi
Feb 25th, 2008
11:30:01 PM
Superman Returns is fine.
by UMAGA
Feb 25th, 2008
11:32:55 PM
Sorry Heckles...
by mr.brownstone
Feb 25th, 2008
11:46:00 PM
Brian
by Locutus_Jones
Feb 25th, 2008
11:50:41 PM
I hope that this hits. HARD.
by Rakafraker
Feb 26th, 2008
12:04:58 AM
KEATON AS BATMAN & WELLING AS SUPERMAN IN JLA!!!!!!
by Live.
Feb 26th, 2008
12:15:33 AM
Sherm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!
by mansuper
Feb 26th, 2008
12:17:12 AM
Babe II is the best Australian film of the nineties
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Feb 26th, 2008
12:17:32 AM
Toecutter for Martian Guy!
by otm shank
Feb 26th, 2008
12:22:51 AM
Something about Roid Ragers in tights turn me off.
by mistergreen
Feb 26th, 2008
12:37:22 AM
Messi, that's a good point...BUT
by Brians Life
Feb 26th, 2008
12:38:08 AM
Drinking Scotch and Watching Fiddler on the Roof..
by Brians Life
Feb 26th, 2008
12:42:39 AM
Brians Life
by messi
Feb 26th, 2008
01:01:11 AM
Epic JLA Stories for the bgi screen
by messi
Feb 26th, 2008
01:07:13 AM
VAL KILMER GOTTA EAT
by skywalkerfamily
Feb 26th, 2008
01:40:36 AM
Michael Keaton as Batman = YES!!!
by Demode
Feb 26th, 2008
01:47:28 AM
"Paranoid" Batman set up in Batman '89
by Demode
Feb 26th, 2008
02:08:17 AM
I'm not worried about Christian Bale Batman
by Vern
Feb 26th, 2008
02:18:37 AM
Why the hate?
by alpha
Feb 26th, 2008
02:21:12 AM
Oscar Best Actress Marion Cotillard is WW.
by The Founder
Feb 26th, 2008
02:24:42 AM
Here's my cast.
by skywalkerfamily
Feb 26th, 2008
02:26:23 AM
Oh, who gives a fuck?
by 11dayempire
Feb 26th, 2008
02:48:36 AM
Some very small imaginations on parade here
by Calico Pete
Feb 26th, 2008
03:04:50 AM
The Monolith Post (above)
by Calico Pete
Feb 26th, 2008
03:06:12 AM
J'onn J'onzz is cool, so´s that actor
by CuervoJones
Feb 26th, 2008
03:16:42 AM
why did my post disappear?
by vadakinX
Feb 26th, 2008
03:48:08 AM
skywalkerfamily - I'd cry tears of joy at that cast
by Live.
Feb 26th, 2008
03:51:12 AM
"Only people who hate excellence."
by CuervoJones
Feb 26th, 2008
03:55:40 AM
Drop JLA, make MAD MAX 4 instead!
by Motoko Kusanagi
Feb 26th, 2008
04:11:03 AM
Not true, Cuervo Jones...
by Motoko Kusanagi
Feb 26th, 2008
04:13:17 AM
This movie won't be made
by Darth Fart
Feb 26th, 2008
04:26:48 AM
Vadakin
by Vern
Feb 26th, 2008
05:11:40 AM
I hear ya Motoko, wish Miller'd shift back to Fury Road
by KillaKane
Feb 26th, 2008
05:11:45 AM
Bale, Sure! Routh? NO
by LaserPants
Feb 26th, 2008
05:42:03 AM
I still don't get all the excitement about Miller.
by Knuckleduster
Feb 26th, 2008
06:42:23 AM
All we've seen so far is casting.
by rbatty024
Feb 26th, 2008
06:51:06 AM
Calico Pete
by messi
Feb 26th, 2008
08:06:50 AM
TomBodet
by messi
Feb 26th, 2008
08:12:46 AM
Actually, Mad Max was about thirty years ago...
by Phimseto
Feb 26th, 2008
08:19:35 AM
Look! --The ATOM is in the corner of the Hugh pic!
by JDanielP
Feb 26th, 2008
08:38:37 AM
What the--?!
by rutgersjaffo
Feb 26th, 2008
09:38:01 AM
When is someone going to review the script?
by Evil_Twin
Feb 26th, 2008
09:53:42 AM
I remembered that I thought...
by metaluna
Feb 26th, 2008
10:43:24 AM
Why does J'onn J'onzz...
by Kid Z
Feb 26th, 2008
10:57:38 AM
Script Review
by Abin Sur
Feb 26th, 2008
10:59:13 AM
You Whiney Bitches
by Friendo
Feb 26th, 2008
11:20:41 AM
Manhunter should be played by...
by Lanceloco
Feb 26th, 2008
11:21:19 AM
Lanceloco
by messi
Feb 26th, 2008
11:26:11 AM
Evil_Twin
by messi
Feb 26th, 2008
11:35:32 AM
Fuck this movie with a green Martian dick.
by Burgundy82
Feb 26th, 2008
11:40:51 AM
You had me at "I fail..."
by Friendo
Feb 26th, 2008
12:24:00 PM
Effects Company
by Abin Sur
Feb 26th, 2008
12:40:28 PM
Don't make this movie!
by Wormie1
Feb 26th, 2008
12:50:43 PM
Say what you will about Marvel...
by Burgundy82
Feb 26th, 2008
12:58:06 PM
Some people just don't get it...
by Sledge Hammer
Feb 26th, 2008
01:54:40 PM
I didn't care about this until I saw the name
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Feb 26th, 2008
02:10:56 PM
Sledge
by Burgundy82
Feb 26th, 2008
02:11:18 PM
how the hell can a "martian" character work?
by systemsbroom
Feb 26th, 2008
02:49:00 PM
beefy
by finky089
Feb 26th, 2008
04:33:08 PM
"You & Me Are Gonna Talk About Jon Jonzz."
by Buzz Maverik
Feb 26th, 2008
05:14:10 PM
Waah! JLA Too Young! Waah! JLA Too Old.
by Buzz Maverik
Feb 26th, 2008
05:16:12 PM
RECAST, fact checking, and ridiculing welfare recipients
by Live.
Feb 26th, 2008
05:18:46 PM
Watch Out For The Martian Manhunter...
by LaserPants
Feb 26th, 2008
05:38:30 PM
How about John Carpenter?
by skywalkerfamily
Feb 26th, 2008
05:45:56 PM
Isn't This Supposed To Be One Of Them CGI Dealies?
by LaserPants
Feb 26th, 2008
05:57:13 PM
John Carpenter, Karen Carpenter, Its All Good
by LaserPants
Feb 26th, 2008
05:58:39 PM
You Know Whats Gonna Happen
by LaserPants
Feb 26th, 2008
06:02:38 PM
Dammit
by TruPhan
Feb 26th, 2008
06:12:05 PM
How to please all the whiners
by dilbynuggets
Feb 26th, 2008
06:38:46 PM
Vern, yes there is a story
by vadakinX
Feb 26th, 2008
07:12:48 PM
As the Bastidge who originally broke this F'N film's cherry...
by genro
Feb 26th, 2008
07:21:52 PM
I'm in the Minority..
by Stalkeye
Feb 26th, 2008
07:26:28 PM
As for Avengers and the difference between WB and Marvel...
by genro
Feb 26th, 2008
07:41:00 PM
Hey Sledge...
by genro
Feb 26th, 2008
07:49:46 PM
Messi...
by Calico Pete
Feb 26th, 2008
10:14:18 PM
them = the same
by Calico Pete
Feb 26th, 2008
10:14:43 PM
Mel Gibson as Batman
by future help
Feb 26th, 2008
10:21:35 PM
Warners should have gone the star trek route...
by jazzylg
Feb 26th, 2008
11:34:26 PM
George Miller has a beer & cheats on ...
by Boris Baddenov
Feb 26th, 2008
11:39:50 PM
And jazzylg gets an automatic fail...
by Shermdawg
Feb 26th, 2008
11:53:49 PM
Star Trek > Smallville > Superman movie
by Demode
Feb 27th, 2008
01:27:51 AM
genro & Live
by Sledge Hammer
Feb 27th, 2008
02:27:30 AM
if only welling could act...
by vadakinX
Feb 27th, 2008
02:47:56 AM
Genro
by Vern
Feb 27th, 2008
02:55:32 AM
Genro part 2
by Vern
Feb 27th, 2008
03:12:45 AM
"You will be lucky if it does as well as SERENITY."
by Shermdawg
Feb 27th, 2008
05:24:46 AM
Stone Cold Steve Austin for Martian Manhunter.....
by travis-dane
Feb 27th, 2008
06:41:25 AM
Uhh Vern what?
by messi
Feb 27th, 2008
07:03:35 AM
Calico Pete
by messi
Feb 27th, 2008
07:05:16 AM
vadakinX
by messi
Feb 27th, 2008
07:08:00 AM
Warner Bros
by I AM ROCKO
Feb 27th, 2008
07:56:49 AM
Good God...
by micturatingbenjamin
Feb 27th, 2008
09:44:36 AM
Ralph Macchio would have to be the Karate Man
by kevinwillis.net
Feb 27th, 2008
09:50:27 AM
This Movie Could Be Less Than Horrible
by kevinwillis.net
Feb 27th, 2008
09:54:04 AM
Vern...Why I dislike this idea...
by micturatingbenjamin
Feb 27th, 2008
09:56:41 AM
ROMALA GARIA/BRIONY FROM ATONEMENT AS MM!!! LOOK!
by messi
Feb 27th, 2008
10:05:07 AM
3things will make me give this wreck a chance
by JTStyler
Feb 27th, 2008
10:44:28 AM
Messi...
by Abin Sur
Feb 27th, 2008
10:51:36 AM
Love for Superman Returns???
by Darth Macchio
Feb 27th, 2008
11:26:39 AM
Re: Kryptonite in SR
by JTStyler
Feb 27th, 2008
11:39:53 AM
Superman Returns
by micturatingbenjamin
Feb 27th, 2008
12:05:59 PM
Sherm/messi
by Vern
Feb 27th, 2008
12:45:43 PM
You should never...
by Darth Macchio
Feb 27th, 2008
01:07:28 PM
Well said Vern. Who is playing what is this movie?
by Yeti
Feb 27th, 2008
01:18:14 PM
I AM ROCKO
by sman113
Feb 27th, 2008
03:16:33 PM
It would be nice if...
by alienindisguise
Feb 27th, 2008
03:23:04 PM
Vern
by messi
Feb 27th, 2008
04:40:05 PM
JTStyler
by messi
Feb 27th, 2008
05:19:28 PM
I would love a SMALLVILLE movie - right now.
by Mosquito March
Feb 27th, 2008
05:23:07 PM
Someone should tell George Miller that...
by TVguy4566
Feb 27th, 2008
06:24:35 PM
Mosquito March
by messi
Feb 27th, 2008
08:39:06 PM
Ohh and The Fortress of Solitude
by messi
Feb 27th, 2008
08:40:45 PM
FUCK MO-CAP
by PVIII
Feb 27th, 2008
09:18:11 PM
Megan Gale
by alpha
Feb 27th, 2008
09:41:56 PM
sman113
by I AM ROCKO
Feb 28th, 2008
11:05:03 AM
Vern...
by Shermdawg
Feb 28th, 2008
01:00:53 PM
Actually Messi
by JTStyler
Feb 28th, 2008
02:10:42 PM
PS: No-one wants a Smallville movie
by JTStyler
Feb 28th, 2008
02:12:55 PM
That made absolutely no sense JT.
by Shermdawg
Feb 28th, 2008
03:15:51 PM
I'm talking about Welling playing Superman
by JTStyler
Feb 28th, 2008
04:10:10 PM
Always the token old guy in the group
by Immortal_Fish
Feb 28th, 2008
05:21:46 PM
JTStyler
by messi
Feb 28th, 2008
08:33:56 PM
yeah
by Shermdawg
Feb 28th, 2008
09:08:50 PM
This will suck.
by ZeroCorpse
Feb 29th, 2008
04:13:02 AM
Messi - I disagree with you
by JTStyler
Feb 29th, 2008
09:06:40 AM
This movie is going to suck balls
by NightArrows
Feb 29th, 2008
10:57:30 AM
JTStyle, once again you don't have a valid argument.
by Shermdawg
Feb 29th, 2008
01:02:36 PM
Not so, Shermdawg
by JTStyler
Feb 29th, 2008
05:37:45 PM
Nope, still got nuthin.
by Shermdawg
Feb 29th, 2008
07:21:15 PM
You already have Routh though
by vadakinX
Feb 29th, 2008
09:55:15 PM
Michael Keaton should be Batman
by AntoniusBloc
Mar 1st, 2008
01:59:02 AM
AIP: the good old days!
by Uncapie
Mar 1st, 2008
01:41:08 PM
Take it down a few notches...
by vineethchacko
Mar 2nd, 2008
02:01:26 PM
I agree...
by Lucifer Haywood
Mar 2nd, 2008
05:43:59 PM
STFU right back, "thasithtosser". Clearly a lower life form
by JTStyler
Mar 3rd, 2008
01:48:17 PM
Sithmaster, you can't be serious
by AntoniusBloc
Mar 4th, 2008
12:31:22 AM
ThaShitMaster...
by Calico Pete
Mar 4th, 2008
04:58:09 AM
WTF? This guy is fat and old.
by batmans_pants
Mar 4th, 2008
05:49:37 AM
He looks like that fat guy from Harry Potter.
by Cotton McKnight
Mar 5th, 2008
11:30:31 AM
Grunchlik!!!!
by Huelya
Mar 6th, 2008
07:49:02 AM
Why you want a Superman movie based on material
by CrichtonAstronut
Mar 6th, 2008
10:23:17 AM
Love Grunchlik. How did
by CrichtonAstronut
Mar 6th, 2008
10:24:03 AM
Love Grunchlik. How did I miss that reference
by CrichtonAstronut
Mar 6th, 2008
10:26:45 AM
JUSTICE LEAGUE: MORTAL KOMBAT
by JoeSixPack
Mar 6th, 2008
06:07:45 PM

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