Jay Baruchel Talks "Justice League: Mortal"
Tue, August 3, 2010 
It seems so long ago that fans were fighting over whether or not "Justice League: Mortal" was a good or bad thing for their favorite characters. Whatever your viewpoint might have been, we all know what ended up happening. A combination of script issues, budget issues, tax issues, casting issues, and any other issue you can't think of grounded the project. The folks over at Digital Spy had a chance to ask Jay Baruchel about George Miller's failed project while he was doing a press tour for "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".
Do you think it would have won around the blogosphere?
"I'll just say this, if we had been able to make the movie that we had gone down [to Australia] to rehearse, if you had seen the production art I'd seen... it would've been the coolest thing ever. It would have been the neatest vision of Batman and the coolest vision of Superman you've ever seen. It would have been dark and fairly brutal and quite gory and just f**king epic."
What was the problem?
"The problem was that, had it gone to production, it would have been the single most expensive movie in the history of movies. Sometimes people are reticent to spend upwards of $300 million. It was a fun two weeks in Sydney and I got to hang out with one of my idols, George Miller."
Did you get as far as seeing the Justice League heroes in costume?
"I did. My friends, who were training to be Batman and Superman, they were down there for three months training and going to Weta in New Zealand to get their costumes. Weta, which is arguably the greatest special effects house on Earth, they had to cancel everything else. They were doing nothing but our movie. It was going to be f**king dope!"
Sounds like Baruchel, who was lined up to play Max Lord, is painting a pretty picture of what seemed like a troubled project. That being said, I am really interested in seeing the concept art and/or costumes, but by the time that happens I will be in diapers yet again.
Reader Comments (2)
I would love to see what the sotumes look like, but I doubt they were as epic as they sound.
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