According to aint-it-cool-news.com, the previously rumored Megan Gale has been 100% cast as Wonder Woman in the Justice League movie. There's no way to be sure, of course, but at least this seems like a positive indication that the project is still moving forward. Given the Writer's strike and all of those (sometimes ridiculous) rumors that had flooded the net, there was concern that the project had been aborted. Hopefully further word will be coming soon from Warners.
Over at iesb.net came word that actor Armie Hammer had been cast in the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne. Most of his previous acting credits have been as a guest starring actor in a number of network TV series, among them Arrested Development, Veronica Mars and Desperate Housewives. One confusing aspect of his casting is the fact that the approach was supposedly going to be that the members of the Justice League had been teaming up for several years by the
time the adventure of the film takes place. Hammer, however, is only 20 years old -- younger than the character was in Batman Begins. As with Megan Gale, the studio has had no comment.
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November 2007
November 30, 2007
November 13, 2007
THE JUSTICE LEAGUE GOES ON
Just last week Variety was raising a concern that without the ability for rewrites due to the Writer's Strike, the movie version of Justice League would have to be postponded. According to a report that surfaced today at iesb.net, that's not the case at all. "The WGA is not slowing down the WB and its plan to get Justice League on track," notes the site. "WB sources tell IESB that the cast will be announced this week. They tell the IESB that unlike the story ran by the trades, casting is 100% locked. The cast has been chosen and sworn to secrecy, but official confirmation will happen sometime this week. There have been many names associated with the Justice League throughout the last few months that it would make anybody's head spin. Looks like this will all come to an end by the end of this weeknd. "
November 09, 2007
HAS THE JUSTICE LEAGUE MET ITS MATCH?
Although Max Lord, the OMACs and Superman himself are rumored to be the villains of George Miller's forthcoming Justice League, according to Variety, the supposedly go project may be held back by the Writer's Strike. Notes the trade, "Warner Bros. execs are nervous about how to proceed with Justice League of America, which is still uncast and is a crucial potential franchise boasting popular DC Comics characters." The bottom line is that although the studio had stated the script was good to go whether or not there was a strike, the inability to perform rewrites depending on casting or production contingencies is probably not the best way to go forward with a big-budget potential blockbuster.
November 08, 2007
A FEW WORDS WITH JL ART DIRECTOR DAMIEN DREW
Justice League Art Director Damien Drew (who is working alongside Production Designer Owen Paterson and Supervising Art Director Hugh Bateup) recently consented to a brief interview, though his confidentiality agreement with Warner Bros. prevents him from speaking specifically about Justice League.
VOICES FROM KRYPTON: Considering your credits — among them the Matrix films — is the genre something you seek out or, instead, is it something you’ve just fallen in to?
DAMIEN DREW: I haven’t sought out “genre material” specifically. A large proportion of film productions in Australia in recent years have been in the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres. I think this has been a studio trend. These are also the productions that generally require large scale set builds of “other world” environments.
VOICES FROM KRYPTON: With what you do, are films like Justice League, The Matrix, Superman Returns and Star Wars more creatively fulfilling?
DAMIEN DREW: I am equally interested in other film genres, but these types of films do afford exciting design opportunities by their nature.
VOICES FROM KRYPTON: What are you responsibilities on a film?
DAMIEN DREW: My responsibilities as an Art Director bridge both creative and management roles. The Art Directors are often facilitators, ensuring that the Production Designer’s creative goals are implemented through the skills and talents of the many different crew in the art department. This begins with the development of concept art into sketch models and plans for physical sets, supervising the development of construction drawings and following through the construction, painting, dressing and delivery of the sets and locations to meet the shooting schedule. As the film making process is increasingly influenced by digital technologies, the Art Department also develops and designs environments that will only exist in the realm of Visual Effects.
VOICES FROM KRYPTON: When you work on the films you’ve been involved with, is there a personal sense of excitement to become a part of a larger mythos or legacy?
DAMIEN DREW: It is certainly exciting to work on projects where I may have had a relationship with characters or stories as a child. Star Wars has been a big part of many children and adults’ lives from its inception. Likewise the Superman character and its history are iconic. These projects were both hard work and lots of fun to be involved with.