'Justice League' finally moving forward

After getting what could be called a harsh wake-up call after the huge success of The Avengers, Warner Bros. is finally moving forward with their long-gestating Justice League movie (2007 was the last time work had progressed on it). Will Beall -who has already landed writing gigs on other Warner Bros. hopefuls, including Logan’s Run, Gangster Squad and a Lethal Weapon reboot- will script the feature. Admittedly, though, Warners has an uphill battle. Their only successful DC franchise has been Batman, and since the Christopher Nolan version is very well set in real-life, it will have to contend with on much they want that trilogy to impact what has to be a more fantasy based aspect of a team-up movie in the vein of The Avengers. It’s also been reported that Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Suicide Squad and Shazam (a.k.a., Captain Marvel) are all in development at the studio, with Michael Goldenberg (one of the many writers on Green Lantern) hired recently to script perpetual always-the-bridesmaid-never-the-bride Wonder Woman. And speaking of the Green Lantern, since that film failed word has surfaced they may attempt a reboot, moving forward without Ryan Reynolds. Meanwhile, next year’s Superman reboot The Man of Steel is remains an unknown quantity, so that begs the big question is Warner Bros. doing this for the right reason, or are they cashing in on the success of rival The Avengers and put out a well-intended, but ultimately cheap knock off?