Justice League Fancast

[DigificWriter]

Hey, all. I'm working on a fan project involving the Justice League right now (which I've spoken more about in a thread in the Fan Fiction section), and am at the stage where I want (and feel the need) to begin "fan-casting" the various roles in order to give myself a 'visual' as I start work on the process of actually writing for it.

However, rather than handling this "casting process" myself, I decided that I wanted to get other Sci-Fi/comic book fans involved, and am therefore posting this poll/thread.

In the poll, please select one actor for each of the listed characters.

Also, to help with actor choices, here are descriptions for the characters as I'm choosing to portray them.
Superwoman:

The last survivor of the planet of Argo, Superwoman, born Kara In-Ze, was placed into cryogenic stasis by her parents, who had feared the destruction of their civilization and were looking to preserve themselves and their way of life, trusting that an automated distress signal they had set would be heard and they would be discovered. The signal would be heard, but not until some 5 years after Krypton’s destruction, when the Green Lanterns Tomar Re of Xudor and John Stewart of Earth would come across it while searching for the space pirate Kanjar Ro. While searching for the source of the signal, John came across the cryogenic chamber and discovered that Kara’s life signs were fading. In order to save her life, he freed her from the chamber, but was forced to leave her behind when Tomar Re – who had been ambushed by Kanjar Ro – summoned him.

Following Kanjar Ro’s defeat, John returned to the chamber to find Kara cowering on the floor in fear and disorientation, and he introduced himself as “John”, told her that he would keep her safe, and took her back to Oa with him. Shortly thereafter, he was reassigned to patrol his “home sector” and return to Earth, bringing Kara with him. As his duties as a Lantern would leave little time for him to help her adjust to her new surroundings, John took her to Jonathan Kent, a retired Army officer whom he had served alongside in Iraq, and his wife Martha, who agreed to raise her as their own daughter.

As she began to get to know her new home and family, Kara discovered that her exposure to Earth’s yellow sun gave her superpowers, and, as she watched tales of John’s heroic exploits as the “Green Lantern” be reported on the news, resolved that she’d become a hero too, finally getting her chance when the Kents and the rest of the residents of Smallville fell under the thrall of a strange itinerent preacher named the Reverend. She later traveled to the city of Metropolis, where she made her official “public debut” as a superhero by stopping a robbery being committed by members of the criminal organization known as Intergang, an act that was witnessed by reporter Lois Lane, who nicknamed her the “Supergirl” (although that moniker was later changed to the “Superwoman”).

Batwoman:

The daughter of Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon, Batwoman, born Barbara Gordon, grew up watching her father as he struggled to clean up the streets of Gotham City and rid his department of corruption and excess, idolizing him and wanting to follow in his footsteps, although not necessarily as a police officer.

She finally got her opportunity to do so when her father was framed for murder by the deranged criminal known as Two-Face (who had once been her father’s best friend, Assistant District Attorney Harvey Dent). With the new Interim Police Commissioner unwilling to listen to her protests that her father was innocent, Barbara decided to take matters into her own hands, fashioning a costume – inspired by a character her father had created for her as a child, “The Bat” – and setting out to clear her father’s name, eventually arresting Two-Face and sending him to prison. She later confided her secret to her father, who told her that he was proud of her, but warned her that she needed to be careful if she were going to continue fighting crime, something she decided to do.

Wonder Woman:

Sculpted from clay, given life, and raised on the hidden island of Themyscira, Wonder Woman, born Princess Diana, knew nothing of life beyond Themyscira until she began having strange dreams of massive while “creatures” attacking people and destroying cities, and received a visit in her dreams from the goddess Athena, who told her that the images she was seeing were of “Man’s World” and that the Themyscirans needed to “send help”.

After trying and failing to persuade her mother, Queen Hippolyta, to heed Athena’s warning/request, Diana decided to do so on her own, stealing the Themyscirans’ sacred armor from the Temple of Athena and leaving the island behind.

The Flash:

It isn’t known exactly how The Flash, born Wally West, came to possess the ability to run at superhuman speeds, or exactly when his first public appearance was, as most of his activities were confined to Central City, where he spent his time facing and capturing criminals of all stripes, including a growing collection of individuals who possessed superpowers themselves.

His first appearance outside of Central City, however, came when he participated in a “charity race” against Superwoman a few months after the latter had made her own debut in the public eye. It was during this event that he and Superwoman encountered a criminal extortionist named Mark Mardon whom he had dealt with previously and whose latest scheme involved controlling the weather using a device built by his younger brother Ben and were able to defeat him by working together; they would then resume their race, although the result of the competition would never be made public.

Green Lantern:

Green Lantern, born John Stewart, grew up spending time with his uncle and reading the comic exploits of the “Justice Guild”, activities that fostered in him a strong sense of right and wrong and a commitment to the American ideals of truth, justice, and freedom, ideals that he had the opportunity to fight to uphold when he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from high school. After a few short months as a Marine, John was deployed to fight in the Iraq War, serving several tours of duty until the withdrawal of US troops from the conflict.

Returning home, John found himself “drifting” and without purpose until one evening when he found a strange green ring, which led him to be recruited by the intergalactic police agency known as the Green Lantern Corps. Although he by all rights should’ve been assigned by the Corps to protect his “home sector” of 2814, the sector already had a Green Lantern, one Abin Sur of Ungara – who was notoriously solitary and resisted working closely with others - assigned to it, and so John was assigned to help patrol Sector 2813, the “home sector” of one of the Green Lanterns who’d trained him, Tomar Re of Xudar.

It was during his partnership with Tomar Re that John would come across the Argoan survivor Kara In-Ze, with whom he would develop a close father-daughter-type bond for the short few months he spent caring for her prior to his being transferred back to Earth, at which point he turned her over to the custody of Jonathan Kent, a retired Army officer with whom he’d briefly served in Iraq, and his wife Martha, who took her in and raised her as their own daughter while John continued his duties as a Green Lantern.

Aquaman:

For years, the existence of Aquaman, born Arthur, King of the underwater civilization of Atlantis, was nothing more than an urban legend perpetuated by sailors and others who made their living on and near the world’s oceans, but all of that changed when he was captured and imprisoned by billionaire businessman Lex Luthor after he came to the surface to stop weapons testing being conducted near Atlantis, which was polluting the oceans and causing harm to the Atlanteans and their way of life.

To escape his captor, Arthur called out telepathically to the world’s ocean creatures, instructing them to “attack the surface dwellers”. The attack was stopped by Superwoman and reporter Lois Lane, who were able to convince him that, despite the actions of men like Luthor, the “surface world” posed no direct threat to either him or his people, although Arthur warned them that if tensions were to ever escalate again, he would not hold back, and a war between Atlantis and the “surface dwellers” would swiftly follow.

Martian Manhunter:

The Martian Manhunter, born J’onn J’onzz, had a much different life before the Imperium invaded his home planet of Mars, living happily with his wife, M’yriah, and two children. It wasn’t until M’yriah and his children perished during the Imperium’s initial assault that J’onn found himself compelled to act, joining the newly formed Martian strike force known as the Manhunters for a massive “final strike offensive” against the invading Imperium forces in an effort to end the conflict and save what was left of the rapidly dwindling Martian population.

Their efforts were only partially successful, however, because, although the Imperium chose to abort its assault on Mars, they only did so after capturing J’onn, scanning his mind, and learning about the existence of Earth (information gleaned from Martian scouting expeditions to the “blue planet” to ascertain the level of threat that it posed to Martian civilization as its people began to explore the cosmos), and still chose to perpetrate one final act of destruction, wiping out the remainder of the Martian civilization before departing, leaving J’onn, whom they took with them, as the last remaining survivor of his race.

Hawkwoman:

On her native planet of Thanagar, Hawkwoman, born Shayera Hol, was a member of the Thanagarian military and an expert in espionage, and was often assigned to travel to other planets as a scout in order to learn their defenses, with the information she provided being used by her superior officers, including her “promised”, Hro Talak, to attack and subdue said planets, which were then used as “staging grounds” from which the Thanagarians could build “hyperspace bypass” generators that would offer them a way to attack the homeworld of their ancient enemies, the Gordanians.

It was one such scouting assignment that brought Shayera to Earth, with her cover story being that she’d been accidentally transported to the planet while attempting to apprehend a trio of criminals on Thanagar. Although initially faithful to her assignment, Shayera’s resolve began to waver the more time she spent on Earth, especially after her military instincts kicked in and she stopped a robbery, an act that exposed her to the general populace of Earth as the heroic Hawkwoman, although she continued to report in as requested.

Thanks in advance.

Note 1: I posed this thread here rather than in the Fan Fiction thread because I was hoping to get as many eyeballs on it - and hopefully votes/responses - as possible, but if mods feel it needs to be moved, they can do so.

Note 2: You can also respond to the thread by posting your votes outside of the poll.

 

[DigificWriter]

Why is no-one responding to this?

 

[Morpheus 02]

i think people have missed this thread, and has been pushed far down....

Also, can you explain the scenario here? I think i missed it...but it looks like some alternative world, with gender swapping for the big 2, but others seem pretty similar to their original selves... I guess i don't quite understand why....

Also, could you post photos of all the actors....many i do NOT know, and don't have time to research

 

[DigificWriter]

^ Thanks for the response. I'd all but given up on this getting any kind of traction.

I explained the scenario I'm working with in another thread, but the basic gist is that it's a "live-action" adaptation of the DC Animated Universe Justice League cartoon series, with variants on the DCAU's Supergirl and Batgirl standing in for Superman and Batman in order to give the team a more even balance of genders.

I hadn't thought about posting pictures of the actors I wanted people to pick from, but since you asked, here we go (spoiler-tagged in order to not clutter the thread).

Abigal Breslin

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Chloe Grace Moretz

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Britt Robertson

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Jane Levy

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Odeya Rush

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Ciara Bravo

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Rupert Grint

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Myles Jeffrey

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Leslie Odom, Jr.

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Chiwitel Ejiofor

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Matt Lanter

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Ryan Gosling

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Dennis Haysbert

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Keith David

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Rachelle Lefevre

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Bryce Dallas Howard

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[Morpheus 02]

Thanks for posting the update...this helps. (Though i would personally liek to see more diversity, since you're already shakng some things up with gender)

 

[DigificWriter]

^ I was constrained by wanting/needing to match, as much as possible, the established character designs of the DCAU Justice League since, after all, this is meant to be an adaptation thereof.

The actors I picked for the poll were chosen based on whether or not they A) matched the character ages I was looking for and B) had facial structures/hair coloring that was a close enough match to the character designs for the DCAU characters they were meant to be portraying that you could conceivably get away with casting them with a few wardrobe/prosthetics/hair/makeup additions.

 

[The Realist]

I was constrained by wanting/needing to match, as much as possible, the established character designs of the DCAU Justice League since, after all, this is meant to be an adaptation thereof.

Can I just leave this here?

An adaptation changes things; that's what makes it an adaptation. Therefore, an adaptation can't "recapture the feel" of the source material because it's not the source material, and if it were to try and "recapture the feel" of the source material, it wouldn't be an adaptation... it would be a translation.

 

[DigificWriter]

^ And I have changed things. Appearances and ethnicities, however, were deliberately not among the things that I changed, nor were they things that I wanted to change.

So, "nice try, but no cigar".