Why is this happening? Because Batman’s been hacked, and his files on how to take out assorted superhumans if they ever got out of line are now being exploited by Bruce Wayne’s buddy Maxwell Lord, who is also playing around with the government’s super secret OMAC technology. As each member of the team goes to his rescue, they each find themselves compromised by nanotechnology that exploits their weaknesses. In short order we’re introduced to the rest of the team once the Martian Manhunter finds himself the victim of a mysterious attack that leaves him in the uncomfortable position of bursting into flames whenever he’s exposed to oxygen. The world’s superhumans have never teamed up on a large scale, but some of them appear to have met before. It’s never made quite clear how long superheroes have been operating, but I figure five years is a safe bet, especially for Batman, who has probably been operating longer than any of them. It makes for a nice change of pace from the origin story addiction on display in most superhero movies, and the novelty is more in how these characters get together and interact rather than how they came to be in the first place.
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It’s an interesting opening gambit, almost like a far-reaching, optimistic version of Watchmen, but it’s glossed over so quickly (Wonder Woman’s speech to the UN is broadcasting on a TV in the background of a restaurant where Barry Allen and Iris West are eating), and referred to so infrequently afterwards, that it’s almost inconsequential. Even Bruce Wayne’s faithful aide, Alfred, tells Bruce that crime in Gotham City has been reduced to a “nuisance.” In fact, they’re so well-established that Wonder Woman is addressing the UN to discuss the fact that humanity (with the help of their superpowered protectors) appears to have achieved world peace. Once that shocking opening is out of the way, it’s made clear that superheroes are already well-established on Earth. The film is bookended with a funeral sequence for a hero, although we don’t find out who it’s for until the end. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but things move along a little too easily considering how many characters need to be introduced. Justice League: Mortal sometimes reads more like an extended episode of the Justice League Unlimited animated series. While it’s refreshing to see these characters presented pretty much exactly as you would want to see them, with little in the way in deconstructionism or even soul-searching on display, it does make the proceedings feel a little lightweight. Everyone (yes, even Aquaman) gets a chance to shine, and the idea of introducing a new DC cinematic universe with all of the characters together and then spinning them off into their own films certainly must have seemed attractive, even in those pre-Marvel Studios days. The characters are in costume and in action on virtually every single page from the get-go, and there’s plenty of opportunity for merchandising between the heroes and the endless array of robotic bad guys they square off with.
in June of 2007 and received a positive response from executives, and it’s easy to see why.
The script was handed over to Warner Bros.
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Michele and Kiernan Mulroney (who went on to pen Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadowsafter this movie failed to materialize) wrote the Justice League: Mortalscript, and all things considered, it’s a fun, breezy read.
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