"Justice League" - superhero fighterDC Films, one of the most anticipated films of the year. The premiere is scheduled for November 16th. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, the famous master of superhero movies. In the new Justice League, actors Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot and Ezra Miller will play the main roles. Judging by the trailer and the strong cast, the audience is awaited by a truly spectacular sight.
Production
Attempts to shoot a feature film based onGardner Fox comics of the same name began in 2007. But the project was repeatedly postponed, the script was rewritten many times, and it was planned to approve completely different actors for the main roles. The Justice League could have been released in distant 2008, the role of Batman was meant for Christian Bale, and Superman for Brandon Root.
Студия объявила начало работы над фильмом в конце October 2014 Directed by Zack Snyder, known for his work on the militants "Keepers", "Forbidden Reception" and "300 Spartans", was hired to produce the film.
The film script was commissioned to Oscar-winning screenwriter Chris Terrio.
Initially, Warner Bros. proposed to put the "Justice League" Jason Raitmanu, but he refused, preferring to work as an independent director on less expensive projects.
It was planned that the film will be divided into twoparts: the first will be released in November 2017, the second - in 2019. But in June 2016, Zack Snyder stated that if the picture continues, it will be a completely different, independent story.
Due to the death of his daughter, Snyder left the project in May2017 to spend more time with his wife and children. His place was taken by the less well-known director Joss Whedon, who had previously worked a lot on comics. In particular, Weedom acted as a scriptwriter for the fantasy action movie Avengers and the superhero series Shch.IT Agents. He is also known as the creator of the Astonishing X-Men comic book series, "Frey" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". At the post-production stage, John Whedon shot several additional scenes for the film.
Cast
The main actors of the "Justice League"joined the project in the spring of 2014. In April, actor Ben Fisher was approved for the role of Victor Stone (Cyborg). His character appeared in the movie "Batman vs. Superman: At the Dawn of Justice," although not much screen time was devoted to him.
Henry Cavill returned to the roleSuperman, the role of Diana Prince, as in the previous film, was performed by Israeli actress Gal Gadot, and the role of Batman went to Ben Affleck. Justice League is Affleck's second film in which he played Bruce Wayne. Kristen Bale was considered for this role for a long time, but he refused to return to the image of a superhero after completing the work on the Dark Knight franchise.
In October 2014, American actor James Momoa was selected for the role of Aquaman in the Justice League 2017 and the upcoming solo film Aquaman.
In March 2016, it was announced that JonathanSimmons will play the role of James Gordon. Interestingly, in the animated series "Justice League" (2004-2006), based on the same comics, the actor voiced by General Wade Ailing.
Other Actors of the League of Justicejoined the project in the summer of 2017. It was decided that Amy Adams would return to the role of Lois Lane, Ezra Miller would play Flash, and Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons would get the role of butler Bruce Wayne.
Actress Diane Lane, the star of the films "The Glass House" and "Leaving No Trace," will return to the role of Martha Kent, Amber Heard will play Meru, and Connie Nielsen will play Hippolyte, Queen of the Amazons.
Plot
The plot of the movie "Justice League" is developinga few months after the events of "Batman vs. Superman: At the Dawn of Justice." Inspired by the victim of Superman, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince gather a team of meta-people to protect the world from Steppenwulf and his parademon army. At this time, the danger is so terrible that no one else from superheroes had to face a threat of this magnitude. If they fail to stop Steppenwulf, people will face a real hell on earth.
Cash forecast
According to the forecasts of the magazine "Forbes", in the USA and Canada, the Justice League 2017 will collect at the box office 130-170 million dollars on the first weekend.
According to the forecast of newsreel BoxOffice, box officefor the first week of hire will amount to 150 million dollars, and the total box office in the US and Canada - 330 million dollars. Will these optimistic predictions come true? Well, we will soon find out.
Sequels and prequels
In May, work began on "Aquaman", a solofilm about one of the members of the "Justice League". The film will be directed by James Van, for whom this is the first superhero film in his career. Prior to that, he worked exclusively on horror ("Saw," "The Spell," "Dead Silence"), which glorified him in Hollywood.
Jason Momoa was chosen for the role of Aquaman, and Amber Heard will play the role of his beloved. The premiere of the sequel is scheduled for December 2018.
Making the film "Justice League 2" is still in question.
