Justice League: Mortal (DCEU)

**Justice League: Mortal** is an American superhero film based on the DC team of the same name. It is set in the fictional continuity known as the DC Extended Universe, and is part of Wave Two of the franchise. The film is directed by George Miller.

## Cast

* **Superman/Clark Kent** (portrayed by Henry Cavill) – A Kryptonian survivor with superpowers and a journalist for the *Daily Planet,* based in Metropolis, and a member of the Justice League.
	+ D.J. Cotrona was originally set to portray the character in the cancelled version of the movie.
* **Wonder Woman/Diana Prince** (portrayed by Gal Gadot) – An immortal demigoddess princess and Amazon warrior. She is a co-founder of the Justice League.
	+ Megan Gale was originally set to portray the character in the cancelled version of the movie.
* **Green Lantern/John Stewart** (portrayed by Wayne T. Carr).
	+ Common was originally set to portray the character in the cancelled version of the movie.
* **Blue Beetle II/Ted Kord.**
* **Booster Gold/Michael Jon Carter.**
* **Maxwell Lord** (portrayed by Pedro Pascal) – A struggling yet charismatic businessman, famous for TV infomercials, the founder of Black Gold Cooperative and Ted Kord's friend; he is secretly the leader of the “Checkmate” organization.
	+ Jay Baruchel was originally set to portray the character in the cancelled version of the movie.

## Trivia

* The “Justice League: Mortal” is actually a cancelled movie, which started its history of development in February 2007.
* The project was loosely based on these comic books:
	+ “JLA: Tower of Babel” by Mark Weid
	+ “Superman: Sacrifice” by John Byrne, Gail Simone, etc.
* The initial script was submitted to Warner Bros. by Michele and Kieran Mulroney.
* George Miller was hired to direct this movie in September 2007.
* Warner Bros. wanted this film to be set in a new franchise, not connected to *Superman Returns* (2006) and Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.
* With the success of *The Dark Knight* (2008), Warner Bros. decided to focus on developing solo films and allow Christopher Nolan to complete his story.
* The version of the film for the DC Extended Universe would have been different:
	+ The Justice League already exists in this universe for a long time.
	+ By this point in time, Batman has sacrificed himself to save Lois Lane and her unborn child and has prevented the Knightmare timeline from existing.
		- Arnie Hammer was originally set to portray the character in the cancelled version of the movie.
	+ Separately, the Flash went missing after undoing the Flashpoint timeline, as he has, not by his own choice, ended up being stranded in a parallel universe.
		- Adam Brody was originally set to portray the character in the cancelled version of the movie.
	+ However, Maxwell Lord would have remained the antagonist from the original script, ignoring his appearance in *~~Wonder Woman 1984~~* (2020).
* This movie was originally meant to establish the Justice League team, similar to how X-Men were introduced in *X-Men* (2000).
	+ In the DCEU, the movie would have instead meant to irreparably change the status quo in the overall superhuman community.
* Additional, and more primary, inspiration for the DCEU version of the film would be “Countdown to Infinite Crisis” by Geoff Johns.