With THE DARK KNIGHT RISES and SUPERMAN reboot set for next summer's release, the president of the Warner Bros. Jeff Robinov has already set his sights for more DC Comics movies in 2013 and beyond.
The first one in his mind is none others than JUSTICE LEAGUE, which has been in development hell for years. In fact JUSTICE LEAGUE is almost close to production in late 2007 and early 2008, with George Miller (HAPPY FEET) attached to direct. However, the project is killed by the Writers Guild of America strike, tax credit issues in Australia, and major concerns by some at Warner about presenting a competing version of Batman while director Christopher Nolan's movies (BATMAN BEGINS, THE DARK KNIGHT) are breaking box-office records.
However Robinov said a new JUSTICE LEAGUE is in the works, along with the one that features FLASH and WONDER WOMAN, which could be spun off into their own movies after JUSTICE LEAGUE.
Another one is of course the further adventure of Batman after THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. Although Christian Bale and Nolan have made clear that the third BATMAN movie will be their last collaboration, Robinov stated:
"We have the third Batman, but then we’ll have to reinvent Batman…Chris Nolan and [producing partner and wife] Emma Thomas will be producing it, so it will be a conversation with them about what the next phase is."