justice league

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Isn’t Playing Batman in ‘Justice League’

Well, that was quick! Yesterday we told you guys about a very exciting (not to mention convincing) rumor that Joseph Gordon-Levitt would be making a cameo as Batman in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, and then going on to play the caped crusader in the Justice League movie. But according to Hollywood.com, his… Read More

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

1. Frank Ocean will be the musical guest on the Seth MacFarlane-hosted season premiere of Saturday Night Live, which airs September 15th. Meanwhile, September 22nd’s episode pairs Joseph Gordon-Levitt with Mumford & Sons, and Daniel Craig and Muse will be on the show October 6th. [via Pitchfork]

2. ABC has ordered a pilot… Read More

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

1. Not only is “Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)” the first new song we’ve heard from Flight of the Conchords in years, it was written in collaboration with a bunch of schoolkids from Auckland to help raise money for medical research into life-threatening childhood diseases. So, exciting and adorable! (Note, if you’re pressed for… Read More

Let’s Cast the ‘Justice League’ Movie

Considering the speed with which Hollywood usually cashes in on a smash hit, we were frankly a little surprised that it took a full month for the staggering opening weekend of The Avengers to get the long-gestating film version of DC’s equivalent all-star superhero franchise going. But as Variety reports, it’s not that it just happened, it’s that it just broke — Warner Brothers, which holds the film rights to the DC characters, put screenwriter Will Beall (who penned the forthcoming Gangster Squad) on the job of writing a film version of Justice League last year, a “top-secret hire” which, according to the industry paper, “was more in anticipation of — rather than a reaction to—the box office success of The Avengers.” So the Justice League movie is happening — but filling it with superheroes will be easier said than done. Who should play them? We’ve got some ideas after the jump — and we’d love to hear yours. … Read More