You may have heard of this really lame Justice League movie that Hollywood is trying to green light rush because of the impending screenwriters strikes (mark our words, rushing something as big as a gigantic superhero movie will be disastrous).
We haven’t reported too much about it, cause frankly we don’t care, but this item about director George Miller flying potential cast members to Australia in the Hollywood Reporter caught our eye.
Apparently rapper Common was one of the few lucky actors chosen to screen test (other actors include, Adam Brody, Mary Elizabeth Winstead,Teresa Palmer and the guy who played kid version of Cameron Crowe in “Almost Famous,” Michael Angarano).
While the piece doesn’t say which actors will play the specific superhero parts one can safely assume Common would be testing for the role of the African-American version of Green Lantern, John Stewart (a) there’s very few African American Justice League members b) this version of the Lantern seems to be especially popular as there are many different Earth-based Lantern members and versions, but the Cartoon Network chose to use Stewart for the animated “Justice League Unlimited” show – wow that was nerdy).
Don’t do it Common. This lameduck tent pole film has “hurry, we need a 2009 blockbuster to put asses in seats, quick!,” written all over it. We’ll find out soon enough. Every element of this film has been ridiculously hurried, so casting will inevitably be finished soon; watch for announcements.
