LIVE Magazine Issue #265 December 2017

y Levvy Carriker and Juli Ragsdale
LIVE Magazine
The movie opens with the news that Superman is dead. As soon as
the news spreads violence erupts as the cities begin to burn. It signals
the possible end of the world as powers struggle for control of the
planet. This time the heroes feel it is ‘something more...something
darker’. Divided they begin to feel conquered. They ask, “Where are
you, Superman?”
Photos:
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/ TM & © DC Comics
The world remains in mourning after the death of Superman. Frontlines
of the papers read: ‘WORLD WITHOUT HOPE’. “We don’t have
any more time” and a feeling for “Something is coming” envelops the
minds of everyone!
Is there hope?
From Warner Bros. Pictures comes the
first-ever big screen epic action adventure
“Justice League,” directed by Zack Snyder
and starring as the famed lineup of DC
Super Heroes: Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry
Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder
Woman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Jason Momoa
as Aquaman, and Ray Fisher as Cyborg.
Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and
inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce
Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally,
Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy.
Together, Batman and Wonder Woman
work quickly to find and recruit a team of
metahumans to stand against this newly
awakened threat. But despite the formation
of this unprecedented league of heroes—
Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg
and The Flash—it may already be too late to
save the planet from an assault of catastrophic
proportions.
The film also stars Amy Adams as Lois Lane,
Jeremy Irons as Alfred, Diane Lane as Martha
Kent, Connie Nielsen as Hippolyta, and
J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon.
The “Justice League” screenplay is by Chris
Terrio and Joss Whedon, story by Chris
Terrio & Zack Snyder, based on characters
from DC, Superman created by Jerry Siegel
and Joe Shuster. The film’s producers are
Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder, Jon Berg
and Geoff Johns, with executive producers
Jim Rowe, Ben Affleck, Wesley Coller, Curtis
Kanemoto, Daniel S. Kaminsky and Chris
Terrio.
The behind-the-scenes team includes director
of photography Fabian Wagner (“Game of
Thrones”); Snyder’s frequent collaborators,
production designer Patrick Tatopoulos, editor
David Brenner, Oscar-nominated costume
designer Michael Wilkinson (“American
Hustle”) and visual effects supervisor John
“DJ” DesJardin; and Oscar-nominated editor
Richard Pearson (“Kong: Skull Island,” “United
93”) and Oscar-winning editor Martin Walsh
(“Wonder Woman,” “Chicago”). The music is
by Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman
(“Milk,” “Men in Black”).
Warner Bros. Pictures presents an Atlas Entertainment/Cruel
and Unusual Production, a
Zack Snyder Film, “Justice League.” The film is
set for release in 3D and 2D in select theaters
and IMAX on November 17, 2017. It will be
distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures,
a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
“Justice League” has been rated PG-13 for
sequences of sci-fi violence and action.
(L-R) J.K. SIMMONS as Commissioner Gordon,
BEN AFFLECK as Batman and JASON
MOMOA as Aquaman in Warner Bros.
EZRA MILLER as The Flash
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