No Surprise – Warner Bros Hires a Writer for ‘Justice League’ Script

I was wondering how long it would take until we heard this kind of news. Ever since Marvel’s The Avengers shattered opening weekend records with $207 million, we completely expected Warner Bros / DC Ent. to quickly kick start development on their own Justice League team-up movie. Variety is now reporting that Warner Bros has “quietly” started development again, with the first step involving hiring writer Will Beall, a relative fresh face responsible for the Gangster Squad script as well as the Logan’s Run remake and Lethal Weapon reboot, all for WB. He’ll be getting first shot at a post-Avengers, brand new Justice League script. Not many details are provided besides the basics: Warner Bros, who owns DC Entertainment, is developing their own “all-star superhero pic” following the failed Justice League: Mortals project that George Miller worked on a few years back. Will Beall is likely only the first of many …