Is there anyone out there who is working on the Justice League movie? Maybe you’re an assistant or a gopher or the producer, whatever – I just want to know what the mood is like. Is everybody walking around like they’re wasting their time on a movie that is never going to happen? Is there a palpable feeling of doom in the offices of George Miller? Have they begun handing out cyanide pills?
The latest in the long list of miseries inflicted on Miller et al is the decision by the Australian Federal Government to not offer the film a rebate. The reasoning: It’s really an American film, mate. Here’s what the Sydney Morning Herald says:
The director of the equity section of the Media, Entertainment
and Arts Alliance, Simon Whipp, has lobbied against Justice
League Mortal’s eligibility, describing it as an American story
that will be performed in American accents.
“For the public, both in Australia and outside of Australia, it
will be seen as an American film,” he said. “I have tremendous
respect for George and his work, which has been some of the most
successful films that we have ever produced. But the studio I think
in this instance is seeking to push the limits of the
envelope.”
What a maroon. Please, don’t bring money and work here because the accents are all wrong.
Oh, and you might have noticed this Justice League Mortal stuff – that’s the ‘working title,’ and I don’t really know if it’s going to stick or if people are going to wake up and realize they’d be better off flushing 200 million dollars down the toilet one dime at a time than calling the film a name that seems like the outcome of some refrigerator magnets.
So without the rebate it looks like the movie will move to Canada, as had been reported some time ago. Will George Miller use this as an excuse to jump off this rapidly sinking ship? Or maybe he’ll placate the Aussie Powers That Be by making Boomerang the main villain.
17 comments
Jump, Georgie…JUMP!!
WTF? The Australian government have been offering tax rebates on American Studio productions for years… it's one of the main reasons we have the bloody tax rebates to begin with.
AFC head, Brian Rosen, needs to be shot… he has a responsibility to Australian crews to generate as much employment opportunities as possible. Ugh…. he's probably too busy providing funding approval to another naval-gazing piece of artistically-worthy but boring filmatism that will appeal to no one but the filmmaker and his/her immediate family.
Not that any of your American readers care about that guff anyway…
The decision is prompted out of a massive downturn in Australian film production in the last seven years (thank you, Howard government). The tax rebates were originally designed to stimulate Australian films being made, not for wealthy studios to turn up on our doorstep and save a few quid, so I can understand the decision in theory. The tax savings the studio make come directly out of the Australian film industry coffers, which in theory should be being spent on Aussie films. Of course, no Australian film is really going to generate the kind of work that 'Justice League' would, and such a defensive decision needs to be backed up by actually replacing the lost film with local productions… which probably isn't going to happen.
BTW, I know a girl who works in the production office on this film (she was one of those who got laid off when it was first delayed due to the writers' strike and then got rehired), and according to her there's a lot of confusion and uncertainty with the staff about what's going on. George Miller apparently isn't very visible around the production offices at the moment.
I wonder if it's statistically possible for then to raise the titanic, then sell tickets for people to go for a cruise, then re-sink it again?…if so, they should film that and call it 'Justice League'
I'll take your 200 Million Warners in a bank cheque…
This movie just needs to sink and die. Is there anyone who truly, really wants to see this?
Well kiss my ass, australia! Those anti-American bastards. I'm boycotting Crocodile Dundee 3! Fuck Yahoo Serious!
They gave Star Wars the rebate twice and the only character that had an aussie accent was sort of Jango Fett if you count new zealand as part of australia like I do because I am from california.
My vote is to make the film in CURSED Transalvania.
Unknown User up there has a question as to whom NEEDS to see this film and the answer is nobody. Many many may teenaged boys will buy this film on DVD when it is realed that tuesday.
I will watch the teaser trailer.
Seriously, this movie has potential for an awesome disaster if it goes the wrong direction.
The studios are ALWAYS crazy to pay 200 million for any movie.
You could totally make a zillion good cheap comedies for that price.
But they will never stop.
I had a dream there was an Aquaman film in a multiplex. I kind of sort of hope that never happens too.
Orange and green just don't go together. I like George Miller, though and hope he is able to pull this behemoth project off.
Pull it off George Miller!! We need more action figures, beach towels, T-Shirts and other useless merchandise to fill the voids in our lives.
I have friends who were gonna be working in the camera dept when this was initially canned because of the writers strike. They jumping off from HBO's The pacific and then straight onto this. They were pissed. Now its back on again… and off again.. they're gonna be really pissed. But fuck em. With high quality international output like superman returns, ghost rider and queen of the damned, I can see why american film-makers are clamouring to use aussie crews. back to working on "quality" aussie productions like "underbelly" and "city Homicide". Hope All saints gets renewed. Douchebags.
Bring production back to America! Our dollar is so weak, everyone should be filming here! Even the French!
I watched Mad Max on cable last night. Come back to us George…please.
I'm from Melbourne and love my city… but if this does turn into another Ghostrider, well there's only so much emabrrasment one town can take! (I am praying that Where The Wild Things Are redeems us)
So, George Miller can't even film at home anymore because his films are too American? Brilliant. Well, I guess it's fortunate for him that if he ever does film Mad Max 4 he was not going to film the movie set in Australia in Australia.
To comment #8—–wait…wait, a little confused here. Did you just say Queen of the Damned was high quality? ROFLMAO…funny. that made my day, thanks.
fuck this rebate bullshit. no government should be subsidizing movies in the first place.
I really really hope this movie never actually happens.
Hey Warners… take a time out on this… maybe focus on that Green Lantern movie I'm hearing about from Rotten Tomatoes ( http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_incredible_hulk/news/1715543/ ). This JLA movie smells too much of decay.
MAROON = A dull dark red colour. NOT = a person exhibiting the mildest degree of mental defficiency. Um how do YOU spell moron? Maybee there is a reason!
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