WhenDC Comics and Warner Bros.announced their crazy 9 movie line-up back in August of last year, many thought it was way too ambitious. Fans and pundits alike shook their heads, claiming there was no way it could happen. But the studios are proving them all wrong.Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceis completed and awaiting release next March,Suicide Squadis near the end of filming in Toronto and will soon move into post-production, andWonder Womanis currently in the stages of pre-production and has a director attached inPatty Jenkins. Now comes word fromEWthat the script forJustice League Part 1is finished!
ScreenwriterChris Terriohas completed the screenplay, though it isn’t known how many drafts it has been through, or how many polishes it will need before the movie begins shooting next year for its set release date of August 16, 2025. It’s not the onlyDC Comics moviehitting that year, withWonder Womanset to arrive five months prior, opening in June.Chris Terriois also responsible for the final draft ofBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and is said to have rewritten the first Justice League Part 1 draft turned in by DC Cinematic Universe mainstayDavid S. Goyer.
No plot has been revealed at this time, though it is known thatBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicewill set up the ensemble team of superheroes in Justice League Part 1. The movie will starHenry Cavillas Superman,Ben Affleckas Batman,Gal GadotasWonder Woman,Jason Momoaas Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash andRay FisherasCyborg, all of whom are getting their ownstandalone moviesleading into 2020. There is no word yet on how Green Lantern will be utilized or introduced. While Doomsday has long been rumored to show up inBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, directorZack Snyder, who is also taking the reigns of Justice League Part 1, teases that we may see Brainiac or Metallo in this upcoming superhero movie.
“I remember talking about ‘What’s the next villain?’ We can’t do another alien invasion. Brianiac was definitely down the road. Metallo, I think, was going to be the main bad guy of this movie.”
By ‘this movie’, he meansMan of Steel 2, which instead becameBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, whose main villain is Lex Luthor, played byJesse Eisenberg. We may learn more about Justice League Part 1 when the cast of Batman v Superman hitHall Hfor their epicComic Conpanel on Saturday, June 11 at 10:30 am.
