10 Major Issues Surrounding The Justice League Movie

9. The Back-To-Back Shoot

It has become a fairly common practice in recent years for massive productions to shoot back-to-back, and it is a practice that has brought decidedly mixed results. The critical and commercial response to the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that proves the strategy works, although it seems better suited to literary adaptations where the source material already exists. The two projects that immediately spring to mind are The Matrix and Pirates of the Caribbean sequels; two follow-up movies to almost universally-loved blockbuster movies that were shot back-to-back. These franchises saw the first sequel make a huge increase in performance, but critical and audience apathy saw the box office returns significantly drop for the second sequel. However, it is safe to assume that Man of Steel, the first chapter in this instance, isn't as well-liked as either The Matrix or Curse of the Black Pearl. Shooting two parts of the same story back-to-back is difficult enough, but Superman vs Batman and Justice League couldn't be more different; one is a pseudo-sequel to Man of Steel that reintroduces Batman to cinema audiences, the other is an ensemble superhero movie that will see the big-screen debut of several DC characters in Warner Bros. answer to The Avengers. Then there is the danger that repetitiveness of creative fatigue could set in as Zack Snyder likely prepares to embark on what will be at least a 12 month shoot. Based on previous experience, the back-to-back shooting schedule hasn't brought the best creative results.