Up until now, the prospect of a Justice League film–something that many fans want to see but about that many are extremely skeptical can be done right–has been little more than a vague notion, a pipe dream that seemed unlikely to ever come to fruition.Today, though, someone apparently affiliated with Warner Brothers told the Los Angeles Times that the film will start shooting next summer in order to hit the rumored 2015 release date that would put it up against Marvel’s Untitled Avengers Sequel in an epic showdown of super-team movies.In other words, things just got real.The idea of a Warner rep going to the mainstream press and giving dates for the production and release more or less puts the studio in the position where they have to make the movie, or they’ll look foolish. The fact that they’ve been mostly unable to capitalize on their DC properties while Marvel bolsters their bottom line with Marvel content has already had the effect of making Warner look pretty foolish, so going the extra mile in that regard is probably not something anyone wants.And there’s a lot to consider before the film can get underway. Rumor has it that they want to establish a cinematic universe, not unlike what Marvel has, but Marvel is connecting their movies with TV properties like Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. and a potential Incredible Hulk series. DC’s TV presence right now is limited to Arrow and the suddenly-missing DC Nation block on Cartoon Network, which rumor has it is on hiatus partially due to conflicts between DC Entertainment and the Warner-owned Cartoon Network.Arrow, meanwhile, is rumored to be bringing in Bruce Wayne at some point, something that’s unlikely to connect to the movie universe becuase it’s hard to imagine anyone coming to The CW Network to get their start on a major summer tentpole franchise, let alone two if they decide that the Batman films and the Justice League films are to be interconnected.
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