Anton Yelchin becomes Wally West, aka The Flash, in concept art for the canceled movie Justice League Mortal.
Back in 2007, Mad Max franchise director George Miller was going to set forth and bring the world the first live-action Justice League film on the big screen, titled Justice League Mortal. The DC team-up already had its cast in place and came very close to filming before production was shut down indefinitely.
The cast had some very intriguing names in it, most notably Armie Hammer. The actor, who has been a fan-favorite choice for Ben Affleck’s Batman replacement since the Batman v Superman star’s recent exit from the DC Extended Universe, was actually going to play the Caped Crusader for George Miller’s Justice League Mortal. Another incredible piece of casting was Anton Yelchin, who was going to play Wally West, aka The Flash.
Fans can finally get a peeek at various costume designs for Anton Yelchin’s The Flash in Justice League Mortal, which you can check out in the Instagram post from user devinscott64 below.
Although Justice League Mortal never came to fruition and fans never got to see Anton Yelchin as The Flash, there are currently two iterations of the Scarlet Speedster in live-action. On the small screen, The CW’s The Flash is nearing the end of its fifth season with Grant Gustin as the titular hero. On the big screen, Ezra Miller has played The Flash briefly in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and as a much larger role in 2017’s Justice League.
Ezra Miller’s The Flash solo movie has gone through some rough production of its own, with various directors and writers boarding and abandoning the project over the course of several years. Recently, it was announced that Ezra Miller would be joining forces with comic book writer Grant Morrison to develop a new screenplay for the film.
We’ll be sure to keep you updated on all news regarding Justice League Mortal as soon as more information becomes available. Would you have liked to see Anton Yelchin play The Flash? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
The next DC film headed to the big screen is Shazam!, starring Zachary Levi as the titular superhero. Check out the film’s cast and synopsis below:
Directed by David F. Sandberg, Shazam! 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.
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).
Shazam! will be released in theaters on April 5, 2019.
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