News > No Justice After All?

Written by Lucas C Haberstich

Production delays, a cast the studio execs aren't pleased with, a subpar script that can't be doctored due to the strike, and an ever-inflating budget all have Warner Bros leaning towards scrapping the superhero team project, IESB reports.  And in a world where the Hollywood machine strip-mines and fast-tracks any and all recognizable comic book properties, hoping for a big box office draw while leaving out all the best parts, I feel it might be for the best if this Justice League flick currently in pre-production just… didn't happen.  As big of a geek-thrill it would be to see Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and the Flash up on the screen together in all their colorful glory, slapping the holy heck out of the film's rumored Big Bad, Jay Baruchel (…what?), it just feels like this project's been doomed to failure.  I'm certainly not against a Justice League movie being made, quite the opposite, but I am against this particular one moving ahead just so WB can pocket our sadness.  If that makes me a super-villain, I'll bitch-slap Jay Baruchel.