User blog comment:Nardragon/Justice League 2015/@comment-5154078-20121110055711

Anything is possible in this life. If a Justice League movie turns out good, it turns out good. If it is horrible, well...you get the idea.

If I were placed in charge of the casting and writing of the movie, I would start the league off in the first film as follows:

Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman- This is assuming that "Man of Steel" is a critical and commercial success and spreads into a Justice League film.

Matthew Mercer as Bruce Wayne/Batman- I'm aware that he is primarily a video game voice actor, but he physically resembles Christian Bale (except with the blue eyes that are consistent with the comic book Batman) and is an audible dead-ringer for beloved Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy. Essentially, he is the best two Batmans rolled into one.

Andrea Lima as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman- Finding blue-eyed brunettes are becoming harder and harder with every passing day in Hollywood, let alone one that can stand eye-to-eye with the 6-footers Cavill and Mercer (Lima stands at 5 foot 10 without heels) and has experience in English-language films (she is from South America, so an affected accent would bring up the well known fact that Wonder Woman is obviously not an American citizen.

Lance Gross as John Stewart/Green Lantern- Not too many people were very happy with how Hal Jordan was portrayed in last year's "Green Lantern." Well, in my case, my faith in Hal as a strong character is all but diminished. It would probably be safer to bet on Stewart. Gross (of "House of Payne" fame) has both the athletic build and the abrasive demeanor to play an ex-Marine who takes his position as a Lantern very seriously.

Michael Dorn as J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter- I know he turns sixty next month, but the Martian Manhunter's shapeshifting abilities will require plenty of CGI. And as an alien, there will be plenty of makeup involved (something Dorn isn't a stranger to after playing Commander Worf on Star Trek for 280 episodes and 5 films over a period of fifteen years).

Dakota Fanning as Dinah Lance/Black Canary- In part, a gift to Greg Weisman. Largely, the Justice League could use an extra woman. Her origin story as living in the shadow of her mother (the previous Black Canary) can be seen as a tremendous influence on her character...if you're not getting it, I'll just end the discussion by saying it beats Aquaman's fish-out-of-water character by a long shot...and she'll be easier to fit into fight scenes without making her look useless. As for the choice of casting Fanning, she's an incredible actress, and after voicing a young Wonder Woman in "Justice League Unlimited," I have a feeling she could pull off Dinah Lance in her early superhero career.

Emma Stone as Shayera Hol/Hawkgirl- After seeing her play a superhero's love interest in "The Amazing Spider-Man," it would be really fun to see how Stone can work her way through portraying a superhero herself...and dry-witted, no-nonsense, short-fused characters like Shayera Hol seem to be right up her alley.

Lucas Till as Barry Allen/Flash- He's young, has a lean physique (perfect for a speedster), and is no stranger to superheroes (he played Havoc in "X-Men: First Class").

Once the initial founding of the League is completed, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Zatanna, Black Lightning, Plastic Man, Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Kimiyo Hoshi/Doctor Light, Red Tornado, Fire, Ice, Vixen, Captain Marvel, Ted Kord/Blue Beetle, Icon, John Henry Irons/Steel, Guy Gardner/Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, Apache Chief, Kate Kane/Batwoman, Metamorpho, Silver Sorceress, Katar Hol/Hawkman, Shayera Thal/Hawkwoman, Icemaiden, Elongated Man, Anya Savenlovich/Green Lantern, and both Crimson Foxes (Constance and Vivien D'Aramis) would join over the course of an entire film series in that exact order, any deaths notwithstanding.

As for a villain in the first movie, my choice would be the Martian Manhunter's nemesis/twin brother, Ma'alefa'ak J'onzz (with an army of White Martians in tow). That would be quite an epic challenge to bring eight of the world's greatest superheroes together, while simultaneously fleshing out the one character that every one of you seem to be ignoring: Martian Manhunter, "the" most criminally underrated member of the League and by default, the one we probably may never see in his own film.

It does look like I'm talking about a live-action film series, but I will make it clear now that the film can equally work as an animated film...perhaps even better. After all, DC does make some of the best animated films.