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[slighted]

^ Who was Shia LeBeef gonna play?

 

[rfx45]

Scott Eastwoods part so they would have just killed him anyways, better to just avoid the headache I guess.

 

[slighted]

How many lines did Eastwood have in the film? 5 max?

What a waste of a character.

 

[rfx45]

at least he was in the film, Jena Malone didn't even make the theatrical cut

 

[Master Zik]

Apparently in the draft of the script Shia saw his character and Flagg played a larger part in the movie.

WB was just not having it seeing his name. They aint care that Ayer wanted to reunite with Shia

This was before Will signed on to be Deadshot. The script then changed obviously.

 

[shogun]

at least he was in the film, Jena Malone didn't even make the theatrical cut

Good. No one wanted to see her anyway.

Also, keep lebouf away from any movie.

 

[law3001]

Good. No one wanted to see her anyway.

Also, keep lebouf away from any movie.

Shia played himself so bad over the years no one wants to see him

 

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[Fresh Like Will]

I know Supes is still mid resurrection in the DCEU, but he wasn't there with the team for the worthy cause?

 

[KingParappa]

Momoa needs to do one in full Aquaman gear.

 

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Greg Berlanti’s BOOSTER GOLD Film Won't Have Any "Connective Tissue" To The DCEU

Back in May, superhero fans displeased with the DC cinematic universe's sludge-heavy darkness saw a ray of light when the world learned a Booster Gold movie was in development. The character is a humorous DC Comics mainstay, a cocky gent from the future who steals some high-tech equipment, travels back in time, and seeks fame and fortune as a superhero in the present. What's more, the potential film was being developed and possibly directed by Greg Berlanti, the super-producer behind sunny DC TV properties like The Flash and Supergirl. But as Vulture learned during our talk with Berlanti, it looks like Ol' Boosty won't be inhabiting the same shared universe as Batfleck and the murderous Henry Cavill Superman.

"As of right now we have no connective tissue to those worlds," Berlanti said when asked if the movie would be part of the DC Extended Universe that already includes Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad (with Wonder Woman and Justice League following in 2017). "It'd be a separate thing." He also said the project emerged from a long-dead Booster Gold TV show idea he was working on with longtime producing collaborator Andrew Kreisberg that "never got off the ground." After it bit the dust, Berlanti and Kreisberg got into talks with DC Entertainment president and chief creative officer (and reported new film co-chief) Geoff Johns, and the topic of the producing duo doing a movie came up.

 

[jays25]

That's fine, since jumping to other worlds and time periods down the line is what Booster Gold does anyways. Let the film stand on its own for now and focus on making a good, entertaining story.

 

[Fresh Like Will]

Their wording is strange. Are they saying that Booster Gold won't be in the DCEU or that the movie currently doesn't have any connections to the other DCEU films?

Shazam was supposedly going to be self contained, but we know it's a part of the universe and Black Adam is rumored to appear in Justice League. Not having any stakes for the overall DCEU or featuring cameos is one thing, but It would be a terrible decision to not have it be in the movie universe at all. Too many potentially amazing interactions with other heroes and villains from Booster and Ted.

 

[paulwest1985]

I don't buy that story. They said the same thing about Shazam initially, then they decided to connect it to the dceu.

 

[Master Zik]

I can see Berlanti not wanting anything to do with the **** show.

WB not doing connective shared universe movies is really what they're known for so it's not a reach. They already got the excuse of calling it a shared multiverse when they wanted a reason to ignore the tv shows.

Plus it's Booster Gold.

 

[IATT]

 

[paulwest1985]

more whining from comicbook girl....

 

[raider5]

No matter what anyone says, the movie has made decent money for a movie filled with characters no one has ever heard of outside the comic community

 

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Joe Mangomelowadelebronjordankobe is indeed Deathstroke

“Justice League” will come out in November 2017, following next June’s “Wonder Woman.” Mr. Johns did a rewrite of the script for the superheroine’s origin story, working with director Patty Jenkins, and is writing a solo Batman movie to be directed by Mr. Affleck. It will feature Joe Manganiello, from “Magic Mike” and “True Blood,” as nemesis Deathstroke and could come as early as 2018, though Warner has not set a release date.

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Warner Bros.’s New Strategy on DC: Lighten Up, Superheroes
Creative team seeks a more positive attitude onscreen

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

They’re two of the most successful movies of the year, grossing a combined $1.5 billion at the global box office.

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Suicide Squad” are also two of the year’s biggest disappointments, met with viciously negative reviews, bitter fans’ complaints and large second-weekend sales drops that indicate word-of-mouth was unkind, to say the least. The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Morgenstern wrote that “Suicide Squad” represented “an all-out attack on the whole idea of entertainment” due to its “exceptional cynicism and startling ineptitude.”

Warner Bros. is responding to this paradox by charging full-speed ahead with plans for its DC “cinematic universe”—while conceding the movies to date have fallen creatively short, a rare public admission in Hollywood.

The studio has reworked the 2017-slated “Justice League” in hopes of making it less grim and depressing than March’s “Batman v Superman.” And it has put fan-favorite comic book and TV writer Geoff Johns in a senior position overseeing the next wave of movies, along with veteran production executive Jon Berg.

One of the duo’s main goals, they said in their first interview since taking the jobs this past spring, is to make DC superheroes on the big screen more inspiring.

“Mistakenly in the past I think the studio has said, ‘Oh, DC films are gritty and dark and that’s what makes them different.’ That couldn’t be more wrong,” said Mr. Johns, who has written comic books featuring most of the company’s top superheroes. “It’s a hopeful and optimistic view of life. Even Batman has a glimmer of that in him. If he didn’t think he’d make tomorrow better, he’d stop.”


Many have complained that such a sense of optimism was precisely what was missing from​director Zack Snyder’s “Batman v Superman” and his 2013 Superman reboot “Man of Steel.” Neither Ben Affleck’s Batman nor Henry Cavill’s Superman crack a smile, and both films feature so much death and destruction, including killings perpetrated by the main characters, that bloggers labeled them the “DC cinematic murderverse.”

The shuffle that made DC movies a full-time job for Messrs. Berg and Johns came soon after the public reaction to “Batman v Superman.” Previously, no Warner executives were devoted exclusively to the studio’s superhero films. Mr. Berg worked on them along with other productions, and Mr. Johns was a consultant with no authority.

Their appointments indicate that after giving Mr. Snyder the type of long leash accorded Christopher Nolan on the hit “Dark Knight” Batman trilogy, Warner has concluded it needs to oversee its DC movies more closely.

A spokeswoman for Mr. Snyder said he was unavailable to comment.

There was precedent in comics for Mr. Snyder’s interpretations, particularly Frank Miller’s revered 1986 comic-book miniseries “The Dark Knight Returns,” in which Batman and Superman battle. And director David Ayer’s “Suicide Squad,” though it had significant reshoots and last-minute editing, was never going to be a lighthearted romp, since its source material is about villains coerced into doing good.

While they knew the movies had flaws and expected them to be controversial, Warner executives were taken aback by the overwhelmingly negative responses, people at the studio said. They believed they had created more grounded, character-based stories that, like “The Dark Knight,” would favorably stand out from chief rival Marvel Studios’ consistently successful but fluffier fare such as “Avengers” and “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

The negative reactions were troubling. Despite the box office, if people aren’t happy and excited to see what’s next when they come out of theaters, the long-term prospects for DC films and consumer products are poor. Warner plans to release at least two movies based on DC characters every year for the foreseeable future at a cost of several billion dollars. CEO Kevin Tsujihara has said DC is one of three pillars of his studio’s movie business, along with Harry Potter and Lego.

Still, Warner executives have found reasons to take heart. The fact that this year’s movies were met with strident opinions—instead of a shrug like the Twentieth Century Fox 2015 superhero flop “Fantastic Four”—indicates that fans care about the characters. Big opening weekends mean that the marketing and concepts resonated—a particularly impressive feat for “Suicide Squad,” given the low profile of the comic book on which it’s based. And even people who didn’t like the movies latched onto characters who proved popular, particularly Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman and Mr. Affleck’s Batman in “Batman v Superman” and Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn and Will Smith’s Deadshot in “Suicide Squad.”

“To have these characters be part of the fabric of pop culture is so rewarding, though of course we’re disappointed the movies weren’t better reviewed,” said Mr. Berg. He spoke from the London set of “Justice League,” where Mr. Snyder is a few weeks away from completing a five-month shoot.

“Justice League” was already intended to be less depressing than “Batman v Superman,” but Messrs Berg and Johns worked with Mr. Snyder and screenwriter Chris Terrio to make changes after gauging fan reactions to the superhero fight.

“We accelerated the story to get to the hope and optimism a little faster,” said Mr. Berg.

“Justice League” will also directly address Batman’s extreme actions in the last movie, such as torturing criminals and nearly killing the man of steel, rather than accept them as par for the course. And it’s expected to have fewer of Mr. Snyder’s controversial flourishes, like the dream sequences in “Batman v Superman,” in favor of focusing more tightly on the plot, people close to the picture said.

Plans to make “Justice League” a multipart story that would continue in a 2019 sequel also were abandoned.

“Justice League” will come out in November 2017, following next June’s “Wonder Woman.” Mr. Johns did a rewrite of the script for the superheroine’s origin story, working with director Patty Jenkins, and is writing a solo Batman movie to be directed by Mr. Affleck. It will feature Joe Manganiello, from “Magic Mike” and “True Blood,” as nemesis Deathstroke and could come as early as 2018, though Warner has not set a release date.

As he is writing screenplays and working with Mr. Berg to develop other coming DC movies including “Flash,” “Aquaman” and “Cyborg,” Mr. Johns has pulled back from his work on DC television shows and comic books.

This past May, however, he wrote a special called “Rebirth” that gave DC’s comic-book line a more hopeful tone and a renewed focus on each superhero’s core qualities—following complaints that, like the recent movies, they had gone astray from what fans loved about them. Early sales numbers have been strong, and Mr. Johns said he is applying lessons to his film work.

“We’re trying to take a really hard look at everything to make sure we stay true to the characters and tell stories that celebrate them,” he said.

 

[Fresh Like Will]

Deathstroke isn't going to be the real villain though. There's got to be a mastermind behind it all. My guess is Black Mask, Penguin, or Riddler might incentivize Slade to fade Batman.

 

[KingParappa]

Deathstroke isn't going to be the real villain though. There's got to be a mastermind behind it all. My guess is Black Mask, Penguin, or Riddler might incentivize Slade to fade Batman.

Just go the Black Mask route or

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Just rough the Arkham Origins storyline

 

[raider5]

 

[Fresh Like Will]

James Wan and Momoaquaman are going to kill it. Can't wait to see how they make Atlantis look.

 

[laker4lifeman]

Didn't know Joe was in the OG Spiderman

 

[jays25]

Deathstroke isn't going to be the real villain though. There's got to be a mastermind behind it all. My guess is Black Mask, Penguin, or Riddler might incentivize Slade to fade Batman.

Just go the Black Mask route or

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Just rough the Arkham Origins storyline

Do Arkham Origins, but actually have Black Mask be behind everything.