The Justice League, also called the Justice League of America or JLA, is a fictional superhero team that appears in comic books published by DC Comics.
First appearing in
The Brave and the Bold #28 (February/March 1960), the League originally appeared with a line-up that included Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash (Barry Allen), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Aquaman, and the Martian Manhunter. However, the team roster has been rotated throughout the years with characters such as Green Arrow, Atom, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Black Canary, Zatanna, Captain Marvel, Plastic Man, the Elongated Man, Red Tornado, other Green Lanterns, and dozens of others. The team received its own comic book title in October 1960, when the first issue was published, and would continue to #261 in April 1987, which was the final issue. Throughout the years, various incarnations or subsections of the team have operated as Justice League America, Justice League Europe, Justice League International, Justice League Task Force, Justice League Elite, and Extreme Justice.
Warner Bros. has tried many attempts to bring Justice League to the big screen. Foremost was the planned
Justice League: Mortals movie, with George Miller as the director. The movie had been prepared, however was ultimately cancelled. And now, with the rise of DC movies, a new hope rises for the movie. However, there has been many inside people telling that DC movies will not share the same universe. It can be, but it can be not. And from that, I say that no matter what, a Justice League movie can be done, maybe with its own universe. So...hit the jump.
Thanks to
Wikipedia for all the introductions.
THE BIG SEVEN Well to start off, I've said that the shared universe idea can be a yes or no. The inside people have said a no, but who knows things may change. So if one day things
do really change, then these actors are ready to appear.
These actors seem to be the best at what they do, we'll still have to see Reynolds and Cavill in action, but period they are best in their roles.
Well however, if the shared universe is a no, then no worries, these guys are ready to take on it.
A bit note before, most of these actors have relatively same age, which is around 33 years old. So they each have one more reason to fit in the Justice League!
Superman/Clark Kent: Owain Yeoman
Superman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. The original story of Superman relates that he was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father Jor-El, moments before Krypton's destruction. Discovered and adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife, the child is raised as Clark Kent and imbued with a strong moral compass. Very early he started to display superhuman abilities, which upon reaching maturity he resolved to use for the benefit of humanity.
Many thanks to
LEEE777 for pointing him out.
Yeoman is not widely recognized yet, however he really looks for the part. I mean look at him, he's got the build, height (6 ft 3 in), and other attributes to perfect Supes (Especially if compared to Alex Ross' or Jim Lee's). Despite his Welsh nationality; though I've never concerned much of nationality, he is a nice actor, so why not give him the role of Superman.
Batman/Bruce Wayne: Matt Bomer
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in
Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). In the original version of the story and the vast majority of retellings, Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, an American millionaire (later billionaire) playboy, industrialist, and philanthropist. Having witnessed the murder of his parents as a child, he swore revenge on crime, an oath tempered with the greater ideal of justice. Wayne trains himself both physically and intellectually and dons a bat-themed costume in order to fight crime.
Bomer who was a frontrunner as Superman before, actually is a pretty nice choice for Batman instead as he has all the quality to portray Bruce Wayne; from his performance (See
White Collar) to his looks that fits Bruce's charm and charisma as a billionaire playboy. Well, his height (Which is only 5.11 1/2, pretty far if compared to Yeoman and the others) may be a problem though, however it's Holywood, camera tricks and maybe the costume will kick this problem aside.
Wonder Woman/Diana of Themyscira: Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in
All Star Comics #8 (December 1941). Wonder Woman is an Amazon (based on the Amazons of Greek mythology) and was created by Marston, an American, as a "distinctly feminist role model whose mission was to bring the Amazon ideals of love, peace, and sexual equality to a world torn by the hatred of men." Her powers include superhuman strength, flight, super-speed, super-stamina, and super-agility. She is highly proficient in hand-to-hand combat and in the art of tactical warfare. She also possesses an animal-like cunning and a natural rapport with animals, which has in the past been presented as an actual ability to communicate with the animal kingdom. She uses her Lasso of Truth, which forces those bound by it to tell the truth, a pair of indestructible bracelets, a tiara which serves as a projectile, and an invisible airplane.
This one's pretty 'nuff said I guess, I mean while Jodi is a nice actress, her look is just too much to convince people that she's Diana. Perfect choice for me.
Green Lantern/Hal Jordan: Geoff Stults
Harold "Hal" Jordan is a DC Comics superhero known as Green Lantern and a founding member of the Justice League of America. Jordan is the second DC Comics character to adopt the Green Lantern moniker and arguably the most popular one. Jordan was created in the Silver Age of Comic Books by John Broome and Gil Kane, and made his first appearance in
Showcase #22 (October 1959) to replace the original Green Lantern Alan Scott from the Golden Age of Comic Books.
Stults is rarely seen actually, however he's got the looks to nicely fit Jordan and also, seems to be a capable actor to portray the Green Lantern.
The Flash/Barry Allen: Scott Porter
The Flash (Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen) is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics universe. He is the second character known as the Flash. The character first appeared in
Showcase #4 (Oct. 1956). Barry Allen is a police scientist with a reputation for being very slow, deliberate, and frequently late, which frustrates his fiancee, Iris West. One night, as he is preparing to leave work, a lightning bolt shatters a case full of chemicals and spills them all over Allen. As a result, Allen finds that he can run extremely fast and has matching reflexes. He dons a set of red tights sporting a lightning bolt, dubs himself the Flash (after his childhood comic book hero, Jay Garrick), and becomes Central City's resident costumed crimefighter. Central City University professor Ira West (Iris' adoptive father) designed Allen's costume (reminiscent of the original Fawcett Captain Marvel) and the ring which stores it while Allen is in his civilian identity. The ring can eject the compressed clothing when Allen needs it and suck it back in with the aid of a special gas that shrinks the suit. In addition, Allen invented the cosmic treadmill, a device that allowed for precise time travel and was used in many stories. Allen was so well liked that nearly all speedsters that come after him are constantly compared to him. Batman once said "Barry is the kind of man that I would've hoped to become if my parents hadn't been murdered."
I initially picked Ryan Kwanten for the role of Barry as well, but people cried that he should be Wally West. I agreed, so Porter is the only choice I'm left with. But I won't regret it;
Friday Night Lights' Porter has all the physical attributes to fit Barry Allen, while he also is a nice actor. While Barry and Hal should be friends in the comics, he and my Green Lantern pick, Geoff Stults, will also be able to portray that image.
Aquaman/Arthur Curry: Ryan McPartlin
Aquaman is a comic book superhero who appears in DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, and inspired[citation needed] by a book by the Russian Soviet science fiction-writer Alexander Belyayev (Amphibian Man, 1928), the character debuted in
More Fun Comics #73 (Nov. 1941). Initially a backup feature in DC's anthology titles, Aquaman later starred in several volumes of a solo title. During the late 1950s and 1960s superhero-revival period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books, he was a founding member of the Justice League of America. In the 1990s Modern Age of Comic Books, Aquaman's character became more serious than in most previous interpretations, with storylines depicting the weight of his role as king of Atlantis.
Easy choice, McPartlin is a good actor that he has been picked for many roles by fans, however I pick him as Aquaman as his appearance fits more to the character well.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz: CGI - Jon Hamm (Voice: Laurence Fishburne)
The Martian Manhunter debuted in the back-up story "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel" in
Detective Comics #225 (Nov. 1955), written by Joseph Samachson and illustrated by Joe Certa; the character is a green-skinned extraterrestrial humanoid from the planet Mars, who is pulled to earth by an experimental teleportation beam (originally presented as an attempted communication device) constructed by Dr. Erdel. The shock of the encounter kills Dr. Erdel and leaves J'onn with no method of returning home. The character decides to fight crime while waiting for Martian technology to advance to a stage that will enable his rescue. To that end, he adopts the identity of John Jones, a detective in the fictional Middletown, U.S.A.
Another 'nuff said, Hamm is a perfect actor to portray J'onzz human alter ego John Jones, while with CGI he can also give a base to create the looks of Martian Manhunter as well. Throw in Fishburne's voice with the similar style to his performance as Silver Surfer, and we'll get a perfect J'onn J'onzz.
THE OTHER LEAGUERS Booster Gold/Michael Jon Carter: Bradley Cooper
Booster Gold is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Dan Jurgens, he first appeared in
Booster Gold #1 (February 1986) and has been a member of the Justice League, DC Comics' all-star team of heroes. The character is initially depicted as a glory-seeking showboat from the future, using knowledge of historical events and futuristic technology to stage high-publicity heroics. Booster develops over the course of his publication history and through personal tragedies to become a true hero weighed down by the reputation he has created for himself.
I know, Cooper is a nice actor to fit other roles, most notably Guy Gardner. However, all his performance like in
The A-Team and other movies he has starred in convinced me that he fits Booster's personality.
Blue Beetle/Ted Kord: Justin Bartha
Theodore Stephen "Ted" Kord is the second version of the Blue Beetle, a superhero who was originally published by Charlton Comics and later picked up by DC Comics. This version of the character was created by Steve Ditko, and first appeared as a back-up feature in
Captain Atom #83 (Nov. 1966), with Gary Friedrich scripting from Ditko's conception and plot. Ted Kord was a genius-level inventor and a gifted athlete, sharing much more in common with the Fox original than did Charlton's earlier reimagining of the character. Kord's signature equipment was his bug-shaped personal aircraft, which he entered and exited typically with a cable suspended from the cockpit. He also generally eschewed personal weaponry except for a pistol that made a blinding flash of light and, additionally, a strong airblast to gain the advantage when he closed in for hand-to-hand combat.
Best known for his role in
National Treasure where he portrayed the wisecracking yet daring and intelligent Riley Poole, Bartha can easily portray Kord also with the same vein as his performance as Poole.
Hawkman/Carter Hall: Adrian Pasdar
Hawkman is a fictional superhero who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, the original Hawkman first appeared in
Flash Comics #1, published by All-American Publications in 1940. Several incarnations of Hawkman have appeared in DC Comics, all of them characterized by the use of archaic weaponry and by large, artificial wings, attached to a harness made from the special Nth metal that allows flight. Most incarnations of Hawkman work closely with a partner/romantic interest named Hawkgirl or Hawkwoman. Since DC’s continuity was rewritten in the 1985 series Crisis on Infinite Earths, Hawkman’s history has become muddled with several new versions of the character appearing throughout the years, some associated with ancient Egypt and some with Thanagar. These versions of the character have starred in several series of various durations.
Heroes' Pasdar is very used to flight as we all know, while he is a capable actor to portray character like Carter. While he's got the build, his height can also be a problem too, however with the same solution with Bomer above I'm still picking him. And if Iran is a close one to Egypt, Pasdar being an Iranian descend is a plus.
Hawkgirl/Shierra Hall: Gemma Arterton
The Golden Age Hawkgirl was Shiera Hall (or Saunders), the reincarnation of the Egyptian princess Chay-Ara, and partner of Carter Hall, the Golden Age Hawkman. Centuries ago, Chay-Ara and her lover Prince Khufu were killed by Hath-Set with a knife forged from an alien substance called Nth metal. The properties of the metal and the strength of the duo's love created a bond between them, causing them to be reborn multiple times throughout the centuries.
Arterton's performance as a Persian princess in
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time pretty convinced me to pick her as Hawkgirl. While she also has the look and quality to portray the character.
Zatanna Zatara: Genevieve Cortese
Zatanna Zatara is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson, Zatanna first appeared in
Hawkman vol. 1 #4 (October–November 1964). The character, both a stage magician and a real magician, like her father, Giovanni Zatara, is known for her involvement with the Justice League, her retconned childhood association with Batman, and her crossing of the Vertigo line with characters such as romantic partner John Constantine and protegé Timothy Hunter.
Best known for her role as Ruby in
Supernatural, Cortese has the beauty and other physical attributes to fill in the role as Zatanna. She is also a nice actor to portray a rather dark yet sweet character, so why not pick her for Zatanna.
Maxwell Lord: Timothy Olyphant
Maxwell Lord IV, initially, worked behind the scenes to establish the League, while under the control of a villainous computer created by Metron (a later retcon would say that this was actually the villainous computer program Kilg%re, which had taken over Metron's machine: the much later, post-Infinite Crisis retcon mitigated the Kilg%re and the New Gods' influence, stating that Maxwell Lord had already plans for taking over the League, and he would have pursued them on his own volition the same. The computer wanted Max to set up a worldwide peacekeeping organization, as part of its plan to dominate the world. Once free of the computer's influence, Lord was portrayed as an amoral businessman, but not a real villain. During the time that Giffen and DeMatteis were writing the Justice League the character was shown struggling with his conscience and developing heroic qualities, though he would remain a con-artist; however, more recent changes to his character by different writers seem to contradict these previous characterizations.
Alright, I decided this pick based on nothing other but Olyphant's performance as the antagonist in
Die Hard 4. He nicely portrayed a ruthless and cruel character, much like Max is. While Lord is not always bad, but I'm sure Olyphant can also portray any trait that Max has. His look may also fit Lord, so he can easily cast as the character.
The Question/Charles Victor Szasz: Misha Collins
The Question is Vic Sage, vigilante protector of Hub City. He is a great martial artist and detective, an investigative reporter in his civilian identity. The mask he wears to disguise his face is made of an experimental material called pseudoderm. Sage is driven by a deep personal quest for philosophical meaning, which has taken him through both objectivism and zen; in some versions he is portrayed as a paranoid conspiracy theorist. Aristotle Rodor is his closest friend and mentor, although his teachers have included Richard Dragon and Lady Shiva. Myra Fermin is his most frequent love interest. During 52, when Sage was dying of lung cancer, he trained Renee Montoya as his successor and she eventually replaced him. Sage has been a member of the Justice League, the Sentinels of Justice, the Living Assault Weapons and the Black Lantern Corps. Montoya frequently works alongside Batwoman against the Religion of Crime and has also done work with the Birds of Prey.
Admit it, Misha is awesome in
Supernatural. He's got talent to portray such mysterious and dark character like Vic, also he looks cool in dingy brown overcoat, which is the Question's most typical outfit. Go pick him then!
VILLAINS Lex Luthor: Billy Zane
Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He is the archenemy of Superman. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, he first appeared in
Action Comics #23 (April 1940). Luthor is described as "a power-mad, evil scientist" of high intelligence and incredible technological prowess. His goals typically center on killing Superman, usually as a stepping stone to world domination. Though he periodically wears a powered exoskeleton, Luthor has traditionally lacked superpowers or a dual identity.
Zane's appearance in
Titanic is enough to serve as a base for him to be cast as Luthor. Caledon Hockley, whom he portrayed in the movie has a similar trait with Luthor, well less ruthless but I'm sure Zane can portray Luthor perfectly.
Captain Cold/Leonard Snart: Robert Patrick
Leonard Snart was raised by an abusive father and took refuge with his grandfather, who worked in an ice truck. When his grandfather died, Len grew tired of his father's abuse and set out to start a criminal career. Snart joined up with a group of small-time thieves and in planning out a robbery, each was issued a gun and a visor to protect their eyes against the flashes of gunfire. This visor design would later be adapted by Snart into his trademark costume. In recent years he has added a radio receiver to them which picks up the police band to monitor local law enforcement. Snart and the other thugs were captured by the Flash and imprisoned. Snart decided to go solo, but knew he had to do something about the local hero, the Flash. Snart read an article that theorized that the energy emissions of a cyclotron could interfere with the Flash's speed. He designed a weapon to harness that power and broke into a cyclotron lab, intending to use the device to charge up his experimental gun. As he was finishing his experiment, a security guard surprised Snart. Intending to use his gun only to scare the guard, he inadvertently pulled the trigger and discovered that his weapon had been altered in a way he had never imagined. The moisture in the air around the guard froze. Intrigued by this twist of fate, Snart donned a parka and the aforementioned visor and declared himself to be Captain Cold - the man who mastered absolute zero. Snart then committed a series of non-lethal crimes.
The man known as T-1000 in
Terminator 2: The Judgement Day is surely has a very nice acting skills to once more portray a 'cold' character, while his looks fits the villain perfectly too. 'Nuff said in my opinion, go pick him for Captain Cold!
Black Manta/David (last name unknown): Chiwetel Ejiofor
For most of his publishing history, Black Manta had no definitive origin story. The first was given in #6 of the 1993 Aquaman series. In this origin, the boy who would become Black Manta grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and loved to play by the sea. As a youth he was kidnapped and sexually abused on a ship for an unspecified amount of time. At one point he apparently saw Aquaman with his dolphin friends and tried to signal him for help but was not seen. Finally, he was forced to defend himself, killing one of his tormentors on the ship with a knife. Hating the emotionless sea (and Aquaman, whom he saw as its representative), the boy was determined to become its master. A second origin was given in #8 of the 2003
Aquaman series. In this origin, the boy who would become Black Manta was an orphan who has autism and was placed in Gotham City's Arkham Asylum. He felt comfortable in freezing cold water, while cotton sheets were excruciatingly painful. Because the attendants at Arkham did not know how to deal with autism, they would end up restraining him to the bed as he struggled and screamed whenever they tried putting him there. The boy was also fascinated when he saw Aquaman on television.
The boy would end up being subjected to experimental treatments. One treatment seemed to clear the boy's head, but left him violent as a result; he killed the scientist who had administered the treatment and escaped from Arkham. As an adult, the man who would become Black Manta designed a costume (primarily a black wetsuit with bug-eyed helmet, that was able to shoot blasting rays from its eyes) and fashioned a high-tech submersible inspired by manta rays. Taking the name Black Manta, he and his masked army became a force to be reckoned with, engaging in at least one unrecorded clash with Aquaman prior to his first appearance as a rival to the Ocean Master (and before joining the short-lived Injustice League in the retcon Silver Age third week event).
Chiwetel who portrayed a CIA Agent in
Salt and Adrian Helmsey in
2012 undeniably has the looks to fit Manta under his mask, while he also has the quality to portray such cruel villain surely.
Cheetah/Barbara Ann Minerva: Rachel Nichols
The third Cheetah is British archaeologist Dr. Barbara Ann Minerva. Born as the heiress of a vast fortune in the ancient family site in Nottinghamshire. Ambitious, selfish, and severely neurotic, Barbara developes a passion for archaeology that eventually led her to search out a tribe in Africa who utilizes a female guardian with the powers of a cheetah. A band of marauders kill the guardian and most of what remained of her original expedition party. Barbara, with the aid of the priest, Chuma, the caretaker of the ancient plant god Urtzkartaga, takes her place after being told that she would gain immortality. Her powers are conferred to her by ingesting a combination of human blood and the berries or leaves of Urtzkartaga. Unfortunately for Minerva, the host of the Cheetah persona is intended to be a virgin. Minerva is not, so her transformations were part curse and part blessing, as she experiences severe pain and physical disability while in her human form and blood-thirsty euphoria while in her cat form.
I initially picked Nichols for the Priscilla Rich incarnation of Cheetah, however then I discovered that this version is more popular so I switched it to her. Nevertheless, Nichols is still quite perfect for the role. With her suitable height when compared to Jodi Lyn O'Keefe who I picked as Wonder Woman above, Nichols also has enough quality to portray the Cheetah. Her looks is pretty much convincing too, so why not.
The Calculator/Noah Kuttler Jack Coleman
The Calculator is a fictional supervillain published by DC Comics. He first appeared in
Detective Comics #463 (September 1976), and he was created by Bob Rozakis and Mike Grell. As is commonplace in comics, the character was based on a topical event or trend; in this case, Noah Kuttler took his powers and costume design from the recently-popular pocket calculator. His costume had a large numerical keypad on the front and a flashlight-like device on the headpiece. When he typed upon the keypad, he could make "hard light" constructs appear from the headpiece, fashioning tools and weapons in the style of Green Lantern's power ring. He was featured in a series of one-shot adventures in Detective Comics, stealing objects "when they are their most valuable" and fighting many Justice League members. As he was defeated by hero after hero, he presses a special button on his keypad that would (as it was revealed to the reader in a thought balloon) "turn defeat into victory". After months of appearances, the Calculator's scheme is revealed. The button somehow analyzes the powers or tactics of the hero defeating him, and effectively inoculates him from ever being defeated by that hero ever again. This immunity manifests itself as a force field, rendering a hero unable to touch or otherwise affect The Calculator. This of course meant he could only be defeated by a new hero; fortunately the heroes had many allies to drawn upon. The Calculator could also be defeated when his own weaponry was turned against him. The Calculator made intermittent appearances in DC titles over the years, such as Blue Beetle. In the 2004 miniseries
Identity Crisis, he was revamped as a non-costumed villainous analogue to Oracle; a source of information for supervillains planning heists, offering suggestions of weaponry, assisting with logistics, etc. — but charging $1,000 per question, unlike Oracle, who works pro bono. He became a major player in the Infinite Crisis cross-over Villains United as a core member of Lex Luthor's The Society. His allies included such villains as Doctor Psycho, Doctor Light and Deathstroke. Noah suffers from severe Obsessive-compulsive disorder, unbeknownst to his peers (even though this was hinted at when he was in charge of monitoring Supergirl), and initially controlled this with medication. However, in Birds of Prey, he became obsessed with finding out the identity of Oracle, and this led him toward a mental breakdown. He stops taking his medication and suffers from nightmares about the green mask that Oracle uses as an avatar. In
Birds of Prey issue #111, Noah finally meets the woman behind Oracle face-to-face at a computer-industry conference, but is depicted looking far younger than his previous illustrations in DC titles and his history would indicate. Both are using aliases, and Noah is prevented from learning Oracle's true identity only at the last possible moment through a stratagem devised by Oracle's allies.
Yes, I know Calculator is not a core member of the Legion of Doom or other groups using the similar lineup as it is in this cast, however he will be an interesting addition to the group of villains, acting as a 'calculator' for the team that plans and calculate their evil schemes, and basing him on his revamped version. And yes, Jack Coleman (who incidentally also portrayed a character named Noah in
Heroes) is a great actor who will own as Calculator, plus he's got the look.
Dr. Light/Arthur Light Robert Knepper
The first Silver Age Doctor Light was a criminal physicist named Dr. Arthur Light, who first appeared in
Justice League of America #12 where he succeeded in sending the League to different planets with faster light that opened wormholes and nearly succeeded in taking over the world after fooling the Leauge with duplicates of himself, though Green Lantern realized this trick and faked his death to track Doctor Light. A retcon introduced in Secret Origins #37 revealed that this character was actually the second Dr. Light. According to the retcon, his predecessor was his partner at S.T.A.R. Labs, a scientist named Jacob Finlay. Finlay created a technologically advanced suit to control light as a minor superhero, but was accidentally killed by Arthur Light near the beginning of his heroic career (though Finlay's death may have been caused by hiding his costume in a computer console, causing it to malfunction). Light took the suit and the "Doctor Light" codename, using them for selfish, criminal ends. He has been periodically haunted by Finlay's ghost through the years, but could use the light generated by the suit to drive off this spirit.
Knepper's convincing and suitable look to fit such villain as Light is only one of the reasons for him to fit the character. Also with his skills to portray ruthless and villainous character, it is easy to pick him as this Justice League villain.
Jolt17: Still not much additions to the villains, I'd be pleased if you're able to point out some; and your ideas for Green Arrow & Black Canary as well. Along with it, comments and critics on the usual spot are appreciated!
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