Tag: Will Beall

‘Justice League’ Film To Be Based On A Certain 1980’s Storyline?

by Shawn Madden

Yet another Justice League movie rumor has surfaced. According to Latino Review, the same source that recently revealed that Darkseid would be the villain the in DC Comics team-film, has revealed a new piece of information about the film. Word is that the screenplay written by Will Beall (Gangster Squad) is being influenced by a particular Justice League storyline from the 1980’s that took place in issues #183-185 of Justice League Of America.

The story, which was written by Gerry Conway and drawn by George Perez, saw the JLA team-up with the Justice Society Of America and involves Darkseid “planning the destruction of Earth by blasting it with a ray that’ll move Apokolips into the Earth’s place”. Wait, Justice League: Dark Of The Moon? Yes, that was a Transformers joke.

There’s currently no word as far as just how much the screenplay will take from the storyline, and at the moment it’s still a rumor. The source is usually fairly reliable, but have been known to get debunked here and there. And it’s pretty surprising that they wouldn’t just pursue the recent New 52’s first story arc for Justice League, which would be a perfect and easy introduction to all of the characters, and would choose to pursue such an obscure storyline. Let’s see how this one works out.

Frank Miller Involved With ‘Justice League’ Movie?

by Shawn Madden

The latest of many rumors attached to the upcoming Justice League film is an interesting one. It appears that an undercover Warner Bros. marketing/research team made it’s way into an undisclosed comic book shop and began asking a series of question to gauge what fans reactions are to Marvel Studios, the talked about Justice League film and Frank Miller. The team apparently entered the shop posing as fans, but it became apparent to the staff by the time they finished their first question that they were definitely not.

The team began asking questions regarding whether fans would accept a DC superhero movie without Christopher Nolan directing and if he served as a producer, would that placate fans?

Apparently they also began asking about the team line-up and made sure and mentioned Aquaman but also went on to mock the Ant-Man film only to become worried when the staff said it would probably be cool. The most interesting of the questions seemed to be the final question. They asked:

“What would fan reaction be to a Justice League movie with Frank Miller’s name attached?”

If this turned out to be true. What would it really mean to have Frank Miller’s name attached? Is he rewriting Will Beall’s (Gangster Squad) script, producing or directing? I guess we’re going to have to wait and find out.

Source: Bleeding Cool