>Doug Liman is set to direct the Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment adaptation of “Dark Universe” — a.k.a., “Justice League Dark.”
>Warner Bros. had no comment.
>While plot details are being kept under wraps, the story revolves around a dark Justice League team that consists of Det. John Constantine, Swamp Thing, Deadman, Zatanna and Etrigan the Demon.
>The film is an ensemble focused which speaks to one of his early hits “Go”, which dealt with a similar ensemble. The film will play a major role in the new D.C. Cinematic Universe.
>Del Toro was originally attached to direct, but the project was shelved as the helmer was sidetracked by other projects. Rudin came on board as producer last year, giving new life to the property.
Huh. So they are moving ahead with it. I like Liman. He did Swingers, Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow. Hopefully it turns out well.
Hudson Brown
Please don't fuck this up WB...
James Brooks
I have fear for this... May God have mercy on this
Aiden Taylor
Well we're never getting this costume for Zatanna so Im already disappointed
Dylan Bennett
I don't think it's impossible. If Harley Quinn can wear booty shorts and bracelets that say "yes sir" then I don't see the problem with Zatanna's outfit.
Ayden Johnson
JLD is a dumb concept name just call it shadowpact or night line
Owen Reed
Not if Dini has something to say about it. I don't think he will accept WB fucking up his waifu
Nolan Cox
>The film will play a major role in the new D.C. Cinematic Universe. Wait, there isn't going to be a Vertigo division like what was rumored before? We're going to make Constantine, Swamp Thing, Deadman Zatanna and Etrigan as cannon in the DC Films universe? Fucking awesome.
Adam Allen
>The Bourne Identity >Edge of Tomorrow hey, i liked those
Ian Evans
Neat i hope its good one of the few things suicide squad got right is it treated magic with respect.
Isaac Watson
while suicide squad was a long shot that had really obscure characters WB peppered in Joker and Batman to sell the movie
With JLD you have nothing nothing not even the name Justice League is a proven sell yet.
Jackson Murphy
JLD doesn't really count as Vertigo does it?
Jordan Harris
She wore a magician getup in Smallville, it's not too crazy
Alexander Bailey
I know shazam was not originally going to be apart of it but now with the shaky ground WB is on everything needs to be connected to sell these movies.
Levi Robinson
There was rumor that Vertigo had been moved to WB's New Line division to be worked on as a separate franchise that'd contain many of the darker and magic based characters like Constantine and Swamp Thing that had traditionally been on that DC/Vertigo edge.
Matthew Gonzalez
>shazam was not originally going to be apart of it It was. It's just that since New Line is the one in charge of it and they said he (the character) won't be in 'Justice League' some people took that to mean it would be a different universe.
Matthew Mitchell
Oh, I didn't know Constantine and Swamp Thing were still part of it, I thought it would just be Sandman and 100 Bullets and whatnot.
Bentley Roberts
Im expecting more the lines of this costume. For me shes not Zatanna without that classic magician getup (hat, bow tie, wand)
Hudson Perry
SJWs cried over the over sexualization of that shit user and I agreed , I won't recommend holding your breath.
Brandon Ramirez
>directed Edge of Tomorrow >directing Edge of Tomorrow 2 >directing American Made Tom Cruise as Constantine confirmed
Oliver Flores
This is my favorite Zatanna outfit tbqh.
Aiden Wright
I would be surprised if she never showed up on CW Supergirl in tails
Luis Morris
I guess it could be, though that one is close enough thematically not to bother me.
Noah Gonzalez
It's tied with the magician get up for me desu so I wouldn't be anger about getting that pic
Ethan Bell
>With JLD you have nothing nothing
It'll have star power, if Scott Rudin has his way
>Colin Farrell as John Constantine >Ewan McGregor as Jason Blood >Monica Bellucci as Madama Xanadu >Ron Perlman as Swamp Thing >Ben Mendehlson as Anton Arcana >From producer Guillermo Del Toro
Austin Ward
The Hype is being created as we speak
Wyatt Lee
Now to get roles and everything will be fine.
Leo King
Top hat or bust
Robert Morris
Why not Top Hat AND Bust?
Brody Phillips
Surely this won't get butchered by executives in the editing room
Luke Morris
>Del Toro >Liman is a good producer >Little to no involvement from Zack Snyder
I have a twinge of hope.
Chase Cox
>Colin Farrell as John Constantine ewww
Josiah Carter
>implying Sudoku Squadron wasn't bad before it made it through editing
What is that, the stench of disappointment?
Jackson Scott
Some people say it was mentioned in some leaks. What leaks are they talking about ?
Jayden Phillips
He'd be pretty good, you plebeian.
Joseph Morris
Probably the Reddit one
Parker Perez
Reread, user. Del Toro is out completely. Liman is directing, not producing.
Anthony Taylor
So, the thing that was posted yesterday ? Any links user ?
Justin Cruz
Man, it makes me sad that Matt Ryan won't be playing John.
Easton Cruz
I read the leaks, it wasn't.
Isaiah Thomas
He's playing ol Con-Job in the animated movie
Jackson Campbell
Thanks Sup Forumsmblr
Joseph Hernandez
Yeah, I'm glad he's staying with the character in some way, at least, but he was so good in the show it makes me sad he won't get to play him in a live-action movie.
Ayden Rivera
there were already rumors about him a couple of months ago that he's in justice league movie. why would Constantine be in a justice league movie? but maybe it's about another that thing liman is working on. also rumors about him as constantine are from another year
Hudson Sanchez
Del Toro said a while back he'd consider casting Matt Ryan, but he isn't directing anymore so it probably won't happen.
Austin Taylor
Where is this confirmed? They're keeping him around for the DTV at least
Brayden Ward
Del Toro still might end up being a producer. It's still his treatment/script/idea that got this going.
Easton Long
Wasn't that before he was 'absorbed' into the CW Universe? I think there was a chance if 'Constantine' stayed stand-alone but since now it's connected to the CWU it's pretty much dead.
Oliver Harris
Those weren't rumors, it was blatant falsification.
Aiden Roberts
are you shocked? del taco has more "in development" projects, than ACTUAL finished projects. him dropping out was 100% inevitable
Asher Nelson
It wasn't outright confirmed but since he's part of the TV shows there's pretty much no chance of him also being in the movies.
Leo Rivera
Why you are complaining about sexualization on character that is 50% about her sex appeal?
Jackson Williams
I think the TV show getting cancelled relatively quickly might change that unless they have more Arrow appearances planned. Suppose we'll find out eventually though.
It just seems different when there isn't a show running concurrently that could cause brand confusion.
Charles Hughes
actually Variety has Del Toro as producer and writer
Liam Gonzalez
>Scott Rudin producing
Go look at his producing credits. Hes going to keep WB at bay.
Luis Reyes
matt ryan will be busy being felicity fuccboi, get ready, constantine will be just as annoying as merlyn on arrow
Jeremiah Cook
Yeah, I hope that's the case.
It's just the fact that he's now part of that universe that causes doubts for me.
Brandon Ross
>JLD dumb concept name >shadowpact or nightline
Ayden Howard
it's not gonna happen man it's just, normies are so fucking dumb. you can't have one actor appearing in a tv show and then a movie playing the same role. people are so fucking dumb, they think the nolan trilogy is somehow related to the snyderverse. execs know this, matt ryan is not gonna show up in the movie, amell, gustin, forget it man. EBR might appear though, get ready for EBR as Batgirl
Jaxson Perez
Zattana is like just shy of a-list
Connor Cooper
I feel that gets thrown out the wondow when you have the enchantress as a suicide squad villan.
David Martinez
Fuck you user i spat out my sprite in laughter.
Gabriel Stewart
RIP Gambit
You were too good for this world
Jordan Parker
Im pretty hopeful about that movie i just hope they dont go overboard on john in combat and they scale back on there plans for runes they look nice but it seems there going to overuse them
Jaxon Fisher
...
John Sanchez
>Dark Universe >Justice League Dark
Both shit
Think of a better title someone
Anthony Gray
my god, youre all fucking fags, so much bitching..
Sebastian Sanders
All the " leaks" were saying it was shelved
Julian Allen
it's gonna happen sooner or later they will probably ask brett ratner to come back
Noah Ward
When do they even release this, this is the third movie unofficially announced this year.
>harley spin off >man of steel 2 >jl dark
Jonathan Martin
Gambit died the minute they revealed the concept art
Paul Dini has absolutely no say in it
No, they're obviously not off to the flying start they hoped for, this is realistically the second attempt at starting a connected super-franchise (after Green Lantern bombed) just this decade; they did try in the last decade but there were two or three points at which they just couldn't get things off the ground. Someone else had to prove it was possible before anybody would fund attempts by WB to do the same thing
Having something else - which can appeal to the same audiences who apparently want dark, gritty superhero movies, but theoretically won't turn away audiences who are just kind of sick of Batman/Superman and/or seeing those characters reinvented.... it was always going to happen. Eventually Affleck will kill himself or the estate of Bob Kane will sue for ownership of the Batman rights or whatever. Better to have more options ready to go by then - these things have a very long lead time, as the history of this project proves
There's still no guarantee it's going to get made, this is the second director the project has had
New Line is really just a banner these days anyway. Everything is ultimately Warner Bros. there
Depends whether they got letters when that episode aired
Logan Cook
>harley spin off
hard sell, almost guaranteed to gross less, won't happen unless SS2 makes a lot of money
>man of steel 2
not happening, pegged for post 2020
>jl dark
probably not happening, WB might be in panic mode because everything they've got set up for the next five years looks like ass
Ian Hill
Zoey Kravitz for Zatanna. And Lenny Kravitz for Zatara.
You have no idea how much you wanted this until now.
Eli Thompson
There's no Harley Quinn spin-off in development, just Margot Robbie pitching it to studio executives.
Blake Smith
>this is the second director the project has had
It's actually only the first. Del Toro was never attached to direct, it was just an idea he had and wrote a treatment for it. He was never going to direct.
Brandon Hill
>Shadowpact >Nightline >Better names than Justice League Dark
Jacob Bell
But Lenny Kravitz is creepy as fuck.
Brayden Jackson
>Det. John Constantine
Conjob as a cop? I'm almost curious
Isaac Baker
>Det. John Constantine
We need to stop pushing John as Harry Dresden. It's part of the reason he's so fucking bland these days.
Grayson Carter
I'd literally prefer she wore this one to that one. There's no personality at all to that costume. Tails and Top Hat or bust.
Ryder Cook
You know which other superhero movie has had a second director, Gambit, in fact the next one to come will be the third.
This is just worts than the development hell of deadpool.
Isaac Bell
I'm kind of glad. He's servicable as cable-TV Constantine, but I really doubt he has the chops for the real meaty character bits that John's journey has.
David Cox
Fuck i want a zatanna/zattara team up film that ends in zattaras death before we have jld.
Tyler Gutierrez
Im pretty sure its just a typo or something.
I would totaly read that in an elseworlds though i just dont want it in film.
Andrew Wright
Why not make a Constantine or Swamp Thing horror movie instead of turning magic characters into cape movies? Why not a trenchcoat brigade movie?
Juan Lopez
>Shitting on based Shadowpact
Lucas Cooper
>Swamp Thing
He should get a solo movie
Connor Rivera
He already did, user.
he got two
Oliver Ward
He's a really good actor, royal shakespeare group, so he's already on a similar level to the acting capability of the current DC movie actors.
That said, it absolutely won't be him. Having been in Arrow probably destroyed his chances. Furthermore, since he'll probably be the central character and a key marketing point, they'll want a recognisable actor in the role, much like they did with Will Smith as Deadshot.
Aaron Baker
But a modern one with the current CGI could be awesome, even Oscar-worthy.
Like imagine the lifelike chi from the tiger from Life of Pi but on Swamp Thing.
Samuel Fisher
Honestly? I have faith that they'll do it.
They've been surprisingly faithful with the costumes so far. Honestly my one real praise for the DCEU thus far has been that they've been pretty good with the costume design and getting everyone's looks right. I still think Superman is kind of hit and miss and Cyborg looks like fucking garbage, but it's otherwise been pretty damn good.
Knowing WB, they'll probably screw up about a dozen other things though.
Isaiah Martin
>even Oscar-worthy.
Stop.
Don't do this to yourself.
Nolan Lopez
But Avatar was nominated for an Oscar.
Christopher Reed
The movie was before alan Moore's Swamp thing.
Jonathan Hill
Do you think they'll have the balls to go for an r-rating with this one?
Let's face it, having Constantine smoke is probably warrant enough with the MPAA to have the film rated R
Jayden Carter
Yeah this is cool but i wanted to see the Gambit movie too