for example, I bought the JLA game for the PS2 and their Batman sucked as Batman (I forget who they got, Ron Peralman or Clancy Brown) on paper it sounded good but the execution was awful because my ears had been trained over the years to hear Kevin Conroy as Batman. After 2 movies people are going to want and expect Bale as their Batman expically if a year or 2 later the 3rd movie in the Bale/Nolan triology comes out

What I think this is by WB a way to introduce a new actor as Batman whilst allowing (and maknig money) off the Nolan/Bale Batman trilogy so they can continue to milk the Batman teat.

Personally, I think it's a great idea for the different franchises to live in different universes. I think only the very young or the mentally unstable won't be able to realize the difference. No offense if you're in one of the aformentioned catagories.

Has Nathan Fillion ever been considered for Supes? He at least is over 6' tall, which should be the first requirement (Evans is 5'10"), and I think he could pull off the boy scout aspect. Put on 20lbs of muscle and I think he'd be perfect. Plus, he's in his Thirties, which is HOW OLD SUPERMAN should be. Super"MAN," you see? Evans JUST TURNED 30 this year.

Geez, Firefly was one hell of a show, wasn't it? I can see that guy playing a ton of classic genre characters.

John Carter of Mars, anyone?

Batman Begins and Superman Returns were set in worlds where their respective main characters (Bats and Supes) are the ONLY superheroes in the world, especially Nolans ultra-grounded take.

If Miller sets this movie in a universe where seeing Superman fly by is no more unusual than seeing a fire truck race past, then I think the universes will be distinct.

But I'm kind of tired of the WB/MTV-style casting of so many of these movies. It's one thing with Spider-Man, who should be young, but a horde of college-student-looking, sort of genially soft-faced blah actors doesn't interest me too much, and too many of these movies trend this way.

Hopefully Hollywood hasn't completely missed the message that it's the actors with character--and yes, a few more years of age--that have made film series like X-Men and Spider-Man really work.

Take Perlman out of Hellboy, take Jackman/Stewart/McKellen out of X-Men, heck, take Harrison Ford and everyone older than him out of Star Wars, and what do you have left? Something that only appeals to kids who watch the JLA and Teen Titans cartoons on Cartoon Network.

This is probably premature, as there's hardly ever been anyone better than Miller at being gritty, but just a thought.

in other news: Original Movie With Interesting Premise And Engaging Stars Bombs.

Weirdly, Dr. Savana and Solomon Grundy are in it too.

Just astoundingly ghastly in every way imaginable.

Needless to say, I highly recommend it. Essential viewing.

It's coming you WB fuckards, oh yeah, it's coming.

As for this JLA nonsense going on, I also find it interesting that a budget has not been mentioned. At least, if it has then I missed it. To do a movie like this right, to have the scale of action and set pieces match the comic, the budget would have to be pretty hefty. But something tells me we may get a Watchtower made of Legos.

10.24.07

By Jeremy Smith

Contributing sources: Dark Horizons

The frantic spectacle that is the casting of George Miller's Justice League of America is beginning to resemble a hobo on a shopping spree at a 99-cent store. Forced to lower their sights after B-lister Jessica Biel spurned their Wonder Woman offer (she's too busy trying to be the next Julia Roberts without the $100 million successes), the production is now flirting with every kinda-hot, sorta-known young actor currently unattached to a major feature. And since everyone's been booking work straight into next June in anticipation of a multi-union strike for months now, it's quite possible Miller and company will be settling for second or third choices out of this already compromised casting pool.

This is how, if Dark Horizons has it right, you end up with Rupert Evans as Superman.

The most loathed aspect of Guillermo del Toro's first Hellboy - he didn't bother me, but when a guy's acting opposite a hulking red beast with sanded-down horns, I have a very high tolerance for bland - can't be anyone's ideal Superman. That he's British is sure to rile the jingoists who believe the Man of Steel is the sole property of American thespians (as opposed to Djangoists, who believe all our worldly possessions are the sole property of Franco Nero), but I have a bigger problem: he's 5'10" and might lose in a fistfight with D.J. Qualls.

If this is the direction in which Miller's headed (and this could be 100-percent wrong!), I'd recommend that he go drag Jose Canseco off the Hold 'Em tables at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, and get young Mr. Myers on a ramped-up 'roid schedule. 'Cuz, as of right now, boy ain't fit to play Plastic Man.

Should've just made a feature-length animated film, like Mask of the Phantasm, and spared everyone this grief.

After several false starts, one major budget blowout and a thrillion chuckles, George Miller’s “Mad Max 4 : Fury Road” is finally juiced and ready to go. Its production quarters re-opened at Fox Studios in Sydney this week.

One of Moviehole’s longest - not as in length (well not that we know of) but in terms of how good he has been to us over the years (setting up set visits.. basically giving us access to things we normally couldn’t have gotten) – friends called today from the lot to let us know that “Fury Road” has finally got a greenlight, with pre-production commencing immediately.

It sounds as if Miller will be working on this film, and “Justice League” concurrently – the latter is also set up at Fox Studios – as well as…. “Happy Feet 2”.

Yep, work has also begun – albeit slowly – on a sequel to Milller’s uber-successful penguin flick but since the first one took four years to make don’t look for this one in theatres anytime soon.

Our colleague has discovered that ‘’Kennedy Miller is dancing with VFX and animation houses for both Mad Max 4 and Happy Feet 2. As far as I know the plan is to do all the animation for Happy Feet 2 in Australia, but not necessarily at Animal Logic (who did the first one). I'd guess that Mad Max 4 will be shot in Namibia as per the original plans (blown out by the Iraq invasion). In terms of release time - it took 4 years to make the original Happy Feet.”

He even speculates that ‘’Mad Max 4 : Fury Road’’ will be released before “Justice League”… but that’s a guess based on how fast the former seems to be moving forward (and no, he doesn’t have any information on “Justice League”). Of course, they have to find a new 'Mad Max' first - with Miller telling Moviehole recently that he won't be using Mel Gibson again, but a younger face.

This is 100% solid information…. The same tipster was the one that broke the news initially that “Mad Max 4” had shut down…. so start practicing those bike moves peoples, George Miller might just be calling on you shortly.
Thanks ‘Sir Summer’

Bale is committed to Nolan and Nolan's vision of Batman. That is why he is not in JL and why he won't stick around as Batman after the trilogy. He seems to want to do inde stuff or Oscar-caliber stuff. That's not happening in spin off Batman movies.

But WB can't afford either of them. DAMN YOU WB!

Don;t miss next weeks Bones for Emily Daschenal in a Wonder Woman costume, Michaela Conlin in the Pfeiffer Catwoman garb and Boreanez as a slightly nerdier Clark Kent.

I did quite like routh as Superman though.

He is fucking funny though.