RUMOR CONTROL...THESE ARE THE FACTS

[Anderson]

Is it really Black Panther?

[Abraham Smashington]

WAT?

[Martin]

Andy Samberg is playing Black Panther?

HOLLYWOOD FINALLY GETS IT.

[Abraham Smashington]

YESSSS

[B_Metal]

Is it really Black Panther?

I haven't seen anything official but I could deal with it with the right cast.

[FilmNerdJamie]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand WB flips the Justice League switch on (again!)

AKA: they don't know what they fuck they're doing without Nolan.

[Timothy225]

Hope it's better than Green Lantern turned out. Also hope they stick with the big 7 (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter), as I really, really don't want to see folks like Booster Gold or Vibe anywhere near this.

[Captain Russ]

Well, their stable of characters are even weirder and more godlike than even the Marvel dudes, so making them not boring as fuck will be difficult (unless they tap a nostalgia vein ala The New Frontier).

Unless their name is Batman, I don't see Joe the Plumber giving a shit about the league.

[Timothy225]

Joe might - most of the characters in the League your average audience member either grew up on (via cartoons, toys, etc.), or are so embedded in the cultural DNA they learned about them through osmosis. Shit, Batman's been crammed down kids throats nonstop since '89, plus we had a Superman cartoon series, leading to the Justice League shows.

The thought of a movie with all of 'em together will bring in folks, if only to see how a JLA film compares to The Avengers. I do agree, however, whatever they fight has to be so damn badass that it needs the entire League to defeat it. Only thing I can think of would be Darkseid and the crew from Apokolips, but that's going to draw an immediate comparison to Marvel's film which is something WB can't want at this point.

[Captain Russ]

Yeah, it is an almost herculean task to set up and sell a credible or interesting threat at this point.

They could always recycle the George Miller film script they threatened us with a few years ago.

Personally, I'd be fine if they didn't jump into such an awful idea, and instead cribbed from Marvel and gave us something from their more fringe characters (ala Blade). Give me a fucking Animal Man movie, is what I'm saying.

[BillyG]

I give absolutely zero fucks about Justice League. Would take something special. Like AQUAMAN!

[FilmNerdJamie]

They love the shit out of Batman Versus Superman script, like they had a hard-on for Flyby (and look at how much they're using it for Synder's reboot!)

That's the best course of action. A Supes/Bats team-up.

[B_Metal]

I give absolutely zero fucks about Justice League. Would take something special. Like AQUAMAN!

Played by Vince from Entourage.

[Anderson]

They won't go the nostalgia route because it would be brand confusion for the new Superman and any future plans for GL.

While they should pump up their fringe with the metric ton of scripts they commissioned over the last decade, they won't. DC is WB's bitch and they will only play it safe.

I fully expect to see the body of Miller's version used, but not much else. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the movie is complete aping of The Avengers.

[Abraham Smashington]

With Russ and Jaime. God like heroes are boring but a Supes/Bat team up could be great. I'd like that to be how they reboot Bats in a few years. That way they could bring back Two-Face/Joker/CLAYFACE