The DC Extended Universe is moving full steam ahead, with or without the approval from critics. Recently, the studio finally gave the green light to the long-gestatingJustice League Darkunder the helm ofdirector Doug Liman, who took the wheel of theTom Cruisesci-fi flickEdge of Tomorrowand was attached to theGambitmovie for a while at Fox. Not much has been revealed about the movie, but the director has opened up a bit about how he is going to approach it.
Doug Limanrecently sat down withIGNto discuss his new VR seriesInvisible. They did manage to get him to discussJustice League Darka bit and he said that he feels Warner Bros. brought him on because they know he will take an unconventional approach to the movie. Here is what he had to say about it.
“Yeah, I mean first of all, I love those characters, and I love Warner Bros., and I love [producer] Scott Rudin, and it’s - and you know, I get asked to come in and do things that are “unconventional.” If people want conventional, they don’t come to me. It’s why doing Invisible was like right up my alley - because how can you be conventional when there aren’t even conventions that exist? And so you know when Warner Bros. wants to sort of turn the comic book genre on its head, they call me.”
If nothing else,Doug Limanseems to be quite confident in his abilities, much like Warner Bros. still has a lot of confidence in their DC Comics movies, despite dreadful reviews for bothSuicide SquadandBatman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. EvenMan of Steelwasn’t received very well. Even though the studio already has a full slate announced for the next few years, they are working on even more projects for their DC Extended Universe, one of which beingJustice League Dark, which had been kicked around for a long time, but with a different filmmaker attached.
This is a project that has long been in development at Warner Bros. withPacific RimdirectorGuillermo Del Torooriginally directing. As of last year, it seemed like the live action version ofJustice League Darkwas all but scrapped whenDel Toroleft the project in favor ofPacific Rim 2, which he also ultimately decided not to direct. According to an interview he did about the movie shortly after exiting, it was pretty much good to go, so it is likely that hisDNAwill still be felt in the final product.
For those that may not know,Justice League Darkfirst appeared as a title in DC Comics in 2011 and featured mostly supernatural characters likeJohn Constantine, Deadman, Swamp Thing and Zatanna. The team essentially took on missions that the regularJustice Leaguewasn’t fit for and a lot of the storytelling centered on supernatural and occult elements.Michael Giliois writing the script for the latest version ofJustice League DarkwithScott Rudinproducing. No cast members have been confirmed yet, butColin Farrellhas a mystery role inZack Snyder’s upcomingJustice League. Could he be ourJohn Constantine? Warner Bros. has yet to set a release date for the movie, but it is, at least for the moment, definitely happening. And if it doesn’t, there is a full-lengthanimated moviecoming next year from DC home video.
