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May 16, 2013: Damon Lindelof Talks Justice League Movie

HollywoodReporter.com has conducted an interview with Damon Lindelof, the writer of "Star Trek Into Darkness", and amongst other things asks him if he'd be up for tackling a Justice League movie and what his thoughts are on "Man of Steel".

THR: If Warner Bros called and asked you to help solve their Justice League problem, would you take that call?

Lindelof: The Justice League problem? I think a lot of that depends on Man of Steel. The Justice League problem is not a problem of, who is the bad guy that Wonder Woman and Green Lantern, Superman, whoever you decide to pit them against. The problem is: What's the tone of that movie? They've been struggling with launching their own tone. The tone of Green Lantern is very different from the tone of The Dark Knight. They clearly inhabit two entirely different worlds. You want to feel like someone is establishing a world where the Justice League can exist, maybe Man of Steel is that movie. If Man of Steel works, and it's great, I think it starts to make sense where Paradise Island is in that world. Because that's an entirely different world than the one Christopher Nolan introduced.

THR: I was disheartened when Man of Steel was rated PG-13.

Lindelof: It should be PG. In the spirit of not throwing stones from the glass house in which one resides, the same should be said of Star Trek. The limitation between PG and PG-13, particularly as it pertains to violence - there's no sex in Star Trek; there are a couple of "s-words," but only because we already knew we were going to get PG-13. They are easily excisable. I always loved that moment in Temple of Doom when Indy says, "Shit." Because that's exactly what he would say. You don't use it to be gratuitous, but it's what a character would say in that moment. Donner's Superman is a very adult movie. It doesn't feel like it's being whitewashed or watered down in any way. It feels real, cool, fun, escapist and upbeat. The larger thing for Man of Steel, is like, "Yes, we all are consuming darker stories." Again, glass house. But it's like, "Is there any way we can get the word dark in it?"

You can read the entire interview at HollywoodReporter.com.