Long before DC’s cinematic landscape of today, Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller nearly directed his very own Justice League film back in 2007 titled Justice League Mortal when the film was canceled last minute. The project itself made it all the way through pre-production before it was scrapped by Warner Bros. just before photography was set to commence.
Concept art shared on Instagram gives us a look at the costume DJ Cotrona was to don as Superman in Justice League Mortal. DJ Cotrona was set to star as Superman, alongside Armie Hammer as Batman, Common as John Stewart aka Green Lantern, Santiago Cabrera (Heroes) as Aquaman, Megan Gale as Wonder Woman, Jay Baruchel as Maxwell Lord, Teresa Palmer as Talia Al Ghul, Adam Brody as The Flash, and Hugh Keays-Byrne as Martian Manhunter.
You can check out the concept art of DJ Cotrona’s Superman from Justice League Mortal below.
While DJ Cotrona did not get his chance to play Superman due to Justice League Mortal being scrapped, the actor is set to appear in DC’s upcoming Shazam! film as the adult, super-powered form of Jovan Armand’s Pedro Peña.
The DCEU continues forward with Aquaman which is now playing and will be followed by Shazam! on April 5, 2019, Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), on February 7, 2020, and Wonder Woman 1984 on June 5, 2020. A standalone Joker film set outside of the DC Films universe starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime is also set to hit theaters October 4, 2019.
We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s (Angel) case, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart—inside a ripped, godlike body—Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his social studies test? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child. But he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Strong).
Directed by David F. Sandberg, the film stars Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Grace Fulton, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Cooper Andrews, Marta Milans, and Djimon Hounsou.
Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news on the future of the DC cinematic universe as we learn it.
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The film will also be set in Central City.