The World's Greatest Heroes: Coming To A Big Screen Near You?

In what Tammy would call either "amazing, or guaranteed to be garbage?", news came out yesterday of a Justice League of America film being initiated by Warner Brothers. When you own some of the world's most recognizable characters - Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman - who also happen to make up the backbone of one of the best-known super-groups, wouldn't you think you'd have gotten them onto the silver screen long ago? I guess the argument could be made that it's an expensive undertaking, considering that most of the main characters requires special effects of a non-trivial nature: Superman's flying and super-strength, Flash's speed, and Green Lantern's ring in action, not to mention Wonder Woman's defiance of gravity in keeping her costume in place! On the other hand, who wouldn't want to see a good JLA movie, among the millions of people who went to see Batman Begins and Superman Returns, considering each of those blockbusters only showcased one measly superhero?

Personally, I suspect the script - if it ever gets written - will be crap, because even the JLA comic has proven tough to write well over the years. The most obvious challenge is simply coming up with a threat that can challenge that collection of powerhouses in a believable manner. If I had any say in it, I'd suggest they follow the lead of such successes as Sin City and Batman Begins, and find strong source material to adapt, instead of trying to make it up from whole cloth. Grant Morrison's "White Martians" storyline from JLA (Vol II) # 1 to 4 would be a cool choice, in that regard. Of course, even that approach is no guarantee, as Daredevil proved; but at least it'd provide a strong starting point!