1. Justice League
Avengers Assemble is the highest grossing comic book movie of all-time, but common sense surely says that a movie starring the likes of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman should crush a film with the mostly unknown Captain America and Thor, right? Perhaps, but regardless of box office expectations, it’s about time that Warner Bros. bring DC’s top superhero team to the big screen. The line-up you see in the image above is the current iteration of the team in the comic books, and while some could be introduced before the release of a Justice League movie (Batman and Superman being the two most obvious examples), the rest could then possibly receive their own spin-off’s. The Flash for example could even be the same one from the planned CW series, giving Warner Bros. the unique opportunity to build a connected television and movie universe!
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Flash should be played by Bradley Cooper who has the natural jokey vibe of Flash plus he has experience with both comedic and serious roles.
Green Lantern (John Stewart, NOT the guy suggested in this article) should be played by Idris Elba. Elba is an excellent actor who looks the part down to a T and the right writing can make any character interesting, so that’s not an issue.
Wonder Woman should be played by Jaimie Alexander who has the look and the experience playing the similar character Sif in the Thor movies. She just needs a tan.
Aquaman should be played by… I’m not sure. Who’s a great blonde actor with a beard? I would’ve named Russell Crowe as a good choice but he’s neither blonde nor available to play two characters in the same universe. I do think Aquaman should be Crowe’s age, though. I can’t imagine the king of Atlantis otherwise.
Martian Manhunter… I have no clue. Anyone have any suggestions?
@disqus_cSmFg6Ffp1:disqus How about the most blonde guy of hollywood Brad Pitt for Aquaman?
Martian Manhunter, well I can see Vin Diesel justifying this role, but since he is now in Marvelverse, how about Matthew McConaughey?
you have 2 marvel actors listed there though. DC is gonna want to separate the actors
Since when have they cared about sharing actors? You forget about Ryan Reynolds?
Not sure about any of those, really. Brad Pitt doesn’t seem Aquaman-ish in my head and Vin Diesel could look the part for MM but he’s a pretty bad actor. Then again, isn’t MM pretty much emotionless? I guess it could work fine then. Also Marvel and DC have shared actors before (Ryan Reynolds and Ben Affleck most notably).
Oh and most recently, Ben Affleck.
After some consideration, I actually could see Brad Pitt as Aquaman. I need to Google what he looks like with a full beard lol
If they can get a great team of writers and a great director (Ridley Scott comes to mind for some reason) and someone with the visual genius of Zack Snyder, I can see an Aquaman movie starring Brad Pitt turning out amazing. It could actually end all the Aquaman jokes and earn DC enough money to help fund the (hopefully) inevitable Justice League movie.
Vince made the movie a hit in the show Entourage
I, personally, would like to see Hal Jordan in the first JL movie. To me he is the quintessential Green Lantern. I won’t mind seeing Ryan Reynolds again, actually. He wasn’t a problem with the GL movie. Martian Manhunter has to be CGI(a la Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen). Idris Elba could play his human form. He has the build, the wise voice. He would be perfect!
I respectfully disagree. For one I think John Stewart would be better because it at least diversifies the team (aside from the ALIEN lol). I thought Ryan Reynolds was TERRIBLE. I can’t take him serious and Bradley Cooper as Flash could easily cover the comic relief, and much better in my opinion. Idris Elba would bring the wise-ness and sense of responsibility that a Green Lantern is supposed to have. As far as Elba for Martian Manhunter, I’m not sure his voice would be best. I think Vin Diesel would be good like Mohit Kumar above suggested. He could both play Martian Manhunter’s more human form (with CGI stepping in for his true martian form) and give the Manhunter a distinct, deep voice. Then again, Diesel’s accent doesn’t quite suit who MM is supposed to be. Idk lol