2012 Movie News Archives

March 27, 2012: Armie Hammer Talks Never-Made "Justice League" Movie

Armie Hammer CraveOnline.com interviewed actor Armie Hammer ahead of his new film "Lone Ranger", and asked him about his experience in Australia when he was cast to play Batman in the never-made "Justice League: Mortal" movie.

    Was the Justice League thing a good education for you as a young actor, having that big budget film not go?

    Yeah, yeah. It was amazing as a young actor to even get to experience that kind of a budget. I think that they were talking about, I mean this could be hearsay, who knows, but I think the budget was close to $300 million. I don't know the specifics, but it was huge, huge to the point where I remember being down in Australia and they were just throwing money around. Just like, "Wherever the whole cast wants to go to dinner every night? Sure. Pay with this wad of cash." It was extravagant and then to have it all fall apart was a really good reality check. It's like, "Hey, nothing in this business is real. Don't forget that." It's like, "Oh, yeah, right, right."

Source: CraveOnline.com.

With George Miller (Happy Feet) directing, "Justice League: Mortal" was set to star D.J. Cotrona as Superman, Hammer as Batman, Megan Gale as Wonder Woman, Adam Brody as The Flash, rapper/actor Common as Green Lantern, Hugh Keays-Byrne as Martian Manhunter, Santiago Cabrera as Aquaman, Jay Baruchel as Maxwell Lord, and Teresa Palmer as Talia al Ghul. The Writer's strike in 2007 as well as a change in tax break advantages in Australia resulted in the project being cancelled.



2012 Movie News

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