After getting postponed for several months due to the Writer's Strike, "Justice League of America" got more bad news last week when the film was denied necessary subsidies to shoot in Australia, calling into question whether or not the movie would ever get made at all.
It's "blackest night" for the high-powered supers. Luckily for them, that's just about the time when the Green Lantern usually steps in. Only now he's asking for a little help...yours.
"I would love to say it will go through," Common, who was cast as John Stewart, the Green Lantern, told MTV News of where he stood with "JLA." "I pray and hope that it will. Keep speaking it for real and it's gonna happen."
A power greater than Superman? Than the Green Lantern's ring? It belongs to us, Common insisted. Read more...
From "Laguna Beach" surfer to undersea superhero? It might be a short walk distancewise, but for former MTV reality show star Talan Torriero it feels like a nearly insurmountable chasm. Still, he's not giving up.
Talan gave me a call recently to discuss his latest movie "Driftwood," a horror film about a camp for wayward youths, and wound up dishing dirt on his former co-stars, his love of musical theater, his intense and "crazy" acting method, and why his dream role involves talking to fish.
MTV News: Right off the bat, I'm curious what the heck a guy from "Laguna Beach" is doing in a horror movie.
Talan Torriero: I wanted to do something that was different. I felt like this movie would show people a different side to me, and show that I really am very serious about acting. Read more...
From MTV staffers to gangster rappers, if you've ever come within even 10 feet of a comic book, chances are you have an opinion on who should be cast in George Miller's upcoming "Justice League of America" movie, and with that, high hopes for a franchise that will combine some of history's greatest comic heroes.
Then there's Mary Elizabeth Winstead, an actress who actually auditioned recently for the role of Wonder Woman. She's just "trying not to get [her] hopes up," the 22-year-old told MTV News.
"I was so excited [to audition]. It would be the biggest honor in the world to play an icon like that," she enthused, looking like a child on Christmas morning about to be told whether or not she could open the world's biggest ever present. "We'll see. I keep thinking about all of the physical training I could do, bulking up and getting some muscles. I've never seen myself like that before!" Read more...
Casting rumblings about the "Justice League" movie just never seem to end. While actresses like Christina Milian hope to get a crack at Wonder Woman, we're especially anxious to see who will be the first actor to bring Green Lantern to the big screen. Of course by now you know that many are said to have read for the role, including none other than "American Gangster" co-star Common.
We did our best to get the dirt from the man himself recently, but he was pretty tight-lipped. But check out the video below to see his fellow "Gangster" star RZA get psyched about the prospect of Common donning that all-powerful ring.
Does Common have the chops to recite the Green Lantern oath? Who should play the DC comics icon when "Justice League" makes it to your multiplex? Sound off.
What do Hercules and Alexander the Great have in common with Jessica Biel? They're all strong-willed individuals who throughout history have found it in themselves to turn down an Amazonian Princess.
Three days after reporting that Biel was in talks to star as Wonder in George Miller's upcoming "Justice League" movie, Entertainment Weekly reports today that the 25-year-old "Illusionist" star has passed on the project. She would have been the first thesp to officially sign onto the ensemble film; in addition to Wonder Woman, "JLA" is still lacking actors for the roles of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Martian Manhunter, and Aquaman (and his fish). Read more...
Hungry for news? Dig into our links of the day — a veritable smorgasbord of news on Justin Timberlake, Russell Crowe, "Punisher 2," "JLA" and more.
- Brining sexy back to comedy: Justin Timberlake set to join Mike Myers and Jessica Alba in "The Love Guru." (Variety)
- Silk Specter meets a Raging Bull. Carla Gugino joins De Niro/ Pacino flick "Righteous Kill." (Hollywood Reporter)
- "Justice League of America" to be entirely motion capture? (IESB)
- Romulan Ramblings: Russell Crowe addresses "Star Trek" rumors. (IGN)
- Director Lexi Alexander blogs "Punisher 2." (Lexi Alexander)
- Elvis has left the building? Bruce Campbell waffles over "Bubbo-Ho-Tep" sequel, says co-star Paul Giamatti. (Rotten Tomatoes)
There are days on this job when we have good news to bring you — and then there are the days like today.
As absurd as it may seem, it's sounding more and more like someone besides Christian Bale will soon take flight in the Batman cowl. With a hastily produced "Justice League of America" movie speeding through preproduction, casting is about to begin — and when we posed the question on Tuesday to the man who reinvented the character for "Batman Begins," he confirmed that the "Justice League" train is moving right past him.
"I don't really know anything about it," Bale said of the "JLA" flick, which has already begun approaching such actors as Ryan Reynolds to fill hero roles. "No, there's been no talk with me about 'Justice League'; it's only [reporters] who mention this to me."
Poking some fun at the concept of a superhero group that would have Bruce Wayne standing alongside the Green Lantern, Bale and his "3:10 to Yuma" co-star Russell Crowe teased that perhaps the latter could play Robin. But getting serious for a moment, Bale made it clear that he will only play Batman for Christopher Nolan. Read more...
TO: Kiernan and Michele Mulroney
CC: Warner Bros.
FROM: Shawn Adler, MTV News
RE: JLA Flick
Congratulations. Word yesterday in "The Hollywood Reporter" is that you two just handed in the first draft for "Justice League of America," which, according to the trade mag, has been met with an enthusiastic thumbs up.
So was the original "Fantastic Four," if you catch our meaning.
See, comic books fans are a lot like Captain Marvel. Half the time we're excitable children, the Billy Batsons of the world. We demand geeky entertainment, lots of whiz-bangs, ooohs and ahhhs. Say the magic word, though, and we turn into our alter-egos -- big, fearsomely powerful adults. We crave gritty drama, realistic situations.
You? You'll have to entertain both sides. It's never to late to learn how. Read more...
