Script Trouble Rumored for Justice League

Ever since Marvel stuck their landing with the $1.5 billion grossing Phase One-capper The Avengers, a number of other studios have been making moves to try and mimic the studio?s ?Cinematic Universe? model.? One of the most notable reactions to The Avengers came by way of the announcement that Warner Bros. was going to finally try to mount their Justice League movie for a 2015 release.? When a major update on Justice League first broke last summer, we learned that WB had enlisted scribe Will Beall (Gangster Squad) to tackle the screenplay.

The studio has yet to nab a director since then, and a few weeks ago we learned that WB was waiting to see how Man of Steel does this summer before giving Justice League a greenlight.? Now it appears that WB is having an even harder time with JL than we previously thought, as a new report claims that Beall?s script is being entirely tossed out.? Hit the jump for more.

Over at Badass Digest, Devin is hearing from multiple sources that Beall?s script has been scrapped.? Apparently each of his sources claim that the script is ?terrible,? with some even saying that the quality of the screenplay is the reason why WB has been unable to land a good director (this isn?t hard to believe seeing as how Beall?s script for Gangster Sqaud was quite?disappointing).? We previously heard that Beall?s story involves the villain Darkseid and ?a heavy cosmic threat,? with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Green Lantern set as the film?s primary heroes, but if his script is indeed being thrown out, that could mean a wholly new story and/or different characters.

I?ve been unconvinced that Justice League could make the 2015 release date for a while now, and if Badass Digest?s report does indeed turn out to be true, it seems unlikely that the film could hit theaters in just two years.? A new script will have to be written, a director will have to be found (who will have his own input on the screenplay), a prolonged casting process will need to take place, and then there?s the lengthy production and post-production schedule to take into account.

Though this recent development is certainly disconcerting, it?s been clear for a some time that Warner Bros. isn?t entirely sure how to approach Justice League.? Marvel threw the gauntlet down hard with The Avengers, so the DC superhero team-up film is feeling the pressure.? Maybe this development isn?t such a bad thing, though. ?I?d rather have a high-quality Justice League movie in 2016 or 2017 rather than a rushed, subpar Justice League movie in 2015. ?We should hear more regarding the film soon as we approach the June 14th release of Zack Snyder?s Man of Steel.

Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1926811/news/1926811/

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