![]() deciding to put the film on hold and pursue different options. While production was initially held up due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, further production delays and the success of The Dark Knight led to Warner Bros. Marit Allen was hired as the original costume designer before her untimely death in November 2007, and the responsibilities were assumed by Weta Workshop. Longtime Miller collaborator Hugh Keays-Byrne had been cast in an unnamed role, rumored to be Martian Manhunter. Hip hop recording artist and rapper Common was cast, with Adam Brody as The Flash / Barry Allen, and Jay Baruchel as the lead villain, Maxwell Lord. The script for Justice League: Mortal would have featured the John Stewart character as the Green Lantern, a role originally offered to Columbus Short. Ultimately Megan Gale was cast as Wonder Woman, while Palmer was cast as Talia al Ghul, whom Miller had in mind to act with a Russian accent. The character was also linked to actresses Teresa Palmer and Shannyn Sossamon, along with Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who confirmed that she had auditioned. ![]() Jessica Biel reportedly declined the Wonder Woman role after being in negotiations. Cotrona was cast as Superman, along with Armie Hammer as Batman. Miller intended to cast younger actors as he wanted them to "grow" into their roles over the course of several films. The following month roughly 40 actors and actresses were auditioning for the ensemble superhero roles, among them were Joseph Cross, Michael Angarano, Max Thieriot, Minka Kelly, Adrianne Palicki and Scott Porter. In 2007, Miller signed on to direct a Justice League film titled Justice League: Mortal. Robert Zemeckis was eventually brought on to direct. ![]() The studio fired the director, blaming pushed-back start dates, budget concerns, and Miller's insistence that the script needed five more weeks of rewriting after working on the film for over a year. was hoping to have the film ready for release by Christmas 1996, but under Miller's direction pre-production lasted longer than expected. Miller also asked Goldenberg to rewrite Contact in an attempt to portray the Pope as a key supporting character. In addition to having aliens put on a laser lighting display around Earth, another version of the Goldenberg scripts had an alien wormhole swallow up the planet, transporting Earth to the center of the galaxy. Miller cast Jodie Foster in the lead role, approached Ralph Fiennes to play Palmer Joss and also considered casting Linda Hunt as the President of the United States. In 1993, Miller was hired to direct Contact based on the story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. His would instead go on and direct Mad Max 2. After working together on the novelization of Mad Max, Miller and Terry Hayes teamed up in Los Angeles to write Roxanne, but the script was ultimately shelved. ![]() A few of the projects were made after he had left production.įollowing Mad Max, Miller was offered plenty of Hollywood jobs, but he turned most of them down he wanted to develop a rock and roll movie, the working title of which was Roxanne. During a career that has spanned over 40 years, George Miller has worked on projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. ![]() The following is a list of unproduced George Miller projects in roughly chronological order. ![]()
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