A few months back, it was said that DC would be making insane announcements regards to upcoming projects which included possible fan-favourite heroes appearing on the big screen. Now that Harry Potter was closing, Warner Bros. Studios needed to carry on their fantasy drive and put their partnership with DC in full force. Whilst getting fans all hopped up and excited, literally two days later this was shunned by DC representatives saying the people over at WB were “a little excited”…

But it does beg the question: Why not just go all out? Why not fund into certain fan favourite superheroes and garner yourself some big bucks? Whilst DC are slowly doing that (with the upcoming Green Lantern, a Lobo movie in the works and silent hitters such as V for Vendetta and Watchmen proving a success) the likes of their opposition have been doing it from the get go, gaining scriptwriters passing on rough drafts only to then be plugged as one of the films to watch out for. Because DC slowly working its way round, people are only focused on Batman and Superman, with Green Lantern a possible hit. There obvious heroes that fans will want to see…

Which is what this article is about, pretty much. I can’t say I’m an expert on DC stars mind you, so if I do pick the obvious I do apologize, but I do give my reasonings as well as what the story should focus on, who should play her and who should direct. Also, if there’s anyone else you believe would be amazing to watch on screen let us know in the comments below. In the meantime, Checkout my five DC characters:

1. Wonder Woman

Who Now?
The amazon beauty with ridiculous superhuman strength that also flies around, but is no fairy. She was created around the 1940′s by American artist William Moulton Marston, in the time where DC dominated their line with male powerhouse characters. Marston wanted a hero who would not defeat villains and overcome all possibilities with just fist of fury as well as firepower, but possibly with love, aww…Violence in love.

Wonder Woman was a representation of a particular form of female empowerment, which made her become a serious hit towards fans, most notably: feminists. William Martson’s had said on his creation of Wonder Woman: “Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power. Not wanting to be girls, they don’t want to be tender, submissive, peace-loving as good women are. Women’s strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.”

Why This One?
Despite the feminism quote just typed/said, if we’ve learned anything about Hollywood and the use of ever-so-sexy ladies in the entertainment biz, it’s that women sell, really really sell. But with someone like Wonder Woman you could toy with her character so much to the point where if a movie about her was created the best parts would be her jiggly boobs or that one naked shower scene where you just see her leg and a little butt crack but WORTH IT! Unless of course, it was a ‘adult orientated’ (porn) movie, or just a Cosplay tease. Wonder Woman was indeed a strong representation of female power which garnered a lot of fans and even got females reading comics, which is/was very rare in seeing.

She’s actually one of my favourite heroes, it’s just the classic role of looking classy and gorgeous but really just a disguise to the power really possessed, and to see it in a female representation made it all the more interesting. Plus she has ridiculous weapons like the ‘Golden Lasso Of Truth’ which brings the truth out of people once whipped and wrapped around it. Despite wearing starry hot pants and a custom burlesque-like top, she has bullet proof bracelets? But with that shows her super agility strength – which brings the point that she easily overpowers Supergirl plus can stand her own ground against DC’s flagship hero Superman, a hero which fans argue is too ‘perfect’. Maybe Wonder Woman in that case is the right type of hero?

Who Should Play Her?
Well if its low budget and a porno then you may as well stick this woman in and have fun. Other then that, this is where it usually would get interesting, for Wonder Woman is an intriguing character with again the mixture of beauty and strength. So to play a role such as hers requires the looks as well as tons of stamina and a strong dominance towards a already strong fan-base. In my mind I would always like to believe one of my favourite ladies Rachel Bilson can play the role…considering especially errm…this scene?

But when it comes to actually representing DC’s female force, you think Wonder Woman is a six-foot amazon, Rachel Bilson is I dunno…5’4″? She’s got the looks but despite the many art forms of how Wonder Woman can look, if she ever got the part I can see fans getting angry in saying she can’t pull off the strength and dominance she possesses.
Then there’s Jessica Biel, who not only has the body of an amazon, but also has the right type of mainstream appeal. If ever there was a time to become a breakout star, this is the moment for her…

But I’m going to have to go with the ever gorgeous that is…Anne Hathaway:

For one, she’s hot and knows how to use that hotness to sell, so if you imagine her in the Wonder Woman costume its an instant win. Secondly, keep imagining her in the costume and you can see it actually fits well – she has a certain classical beauty to her as well as the stature to hold her own. She’s young, talented (Oscar nomination at her age proves it) and like Christian Bale did for Batman, Anne could well elevate the role of Wonder Woman. Her personality in real life likely makes you want more and giving her the role could propel her to insane stardom. Anne Hathaway can really bring the franchise to an ever-lasting state.

Who Would Direct?
Though unlikely, its without a doubt that this movie is perfect for James Cameron:

James Cameron loves his women strong, knows how to make the women of the world a strong figure and can direct big hit makers. Sigourney Weaver in Aliens and Avatar, Jessica Alba in Dark Angel (despite the cancellation after season 2), Linda Hamilton in Terminator (considered an all-time great female role), James loves bringing out the fury and will out of his choices of women. The film could be the most fantasy-based plot imagined, yet James has the ability to make his characters atleast believable. Giving him control of gladiator-like females will only just make it heaven for him and push whoever gets the role of Wonder Woman to their utmost limits. A man with a warm heart but with a mind always working and engineered to defy any odds. Its just perfect for him. For the actors/actresses under his command, they best be driven.

2. Captain Marvel

Who Now?
He’s the worlds mightiest mortal and considered as “the big red cheese” by his fans, Captain Marvel was the most popular hero around the 1940s with comic sales surpassing Superman and any other competing superhero out there. Started off with Fawcett Comics only to then be under DC’s command, with the single word of “Shazam” spoken (who was the wizard that gave him the super abilities), alter ego child Billy Batson became one of the most believable superheroes in the world…okay maybe not the world, but to many! But with the wisdom of Solomon, strength of Hercules, stamina of Atlas, power of Zeus, courage of Achilles and the speed of Mercury (note that all the Greek Mythology Gods first letter spell ‘SHAZAM’) It was pretty near perfect.

Fawcett Comics ceased the publishing of Captain Marvel around 1953 due to part of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics, which alleged that Captain Marvel was an illegal infringement of Superman. In 1972 however; DC licensed the Marvel Family characters and returned them to publication, acquiring all rights to the characters by 1991 – WHAT CHEEK! Eventually you would see Captain Marvel trademarked under “Shazam!” in their title of comics, this was due to Marvel copyrighting their “Captain Marvel” comic book during the time Fawcett and DC were mulling over their issues. Got to a point where Captain Marvel was just simply referred as ‘Shazam’, making it seem as if he shouted his own name to get stronger only made it out like he had a big ego. But trust me, he was badass.

Why This One?
Firstly, if anyone watched “Justice League: Unlimited” they would’ve noticed that despite all the generic useless heroes they never used, one of the episodes called “Clash” featured the big red cheese himself, and was possibly the best episode of that show. He pushed Superman to his limits in a very cool fight, for that cartoon hardly ever showed Superman at his best. He was merely the kind man wanting to be appreciated yet still relevantly new to the whole superhero lifestyle (was a kid after all with wild imaginations). He even gives the Justice League leaders a verbal beating at the end after his fight with Superman simply saying before he left the league: “You don’t act like heroes anymore”. It was awesome…in fact, check the video below for just his whole part:

He’s just an example of a believable superhero again. It is one of those situations where you find yourself asking “If I had powers of such, what would I do with it?” Gradually when the comics are read, there’s a certain growth on the character which I’m sure had made others who read the comics feel like they were apart of his life and grew up along with him. Regards to movie wise – it fits the bill of a trilogy waiting to happen. Starts of with an origin-like story, with then the sequel to mix in drama along with action, and for the third to introduce the class which involves “Captain Marvel Jr.” and the other ridiculously named ones such as “Fat Marvel” and “Hillbilly Marvel”. Of course there would be the hot woman in spandex too, and no this would not be childish, it would be the way Captain Marvel rolled.

Who Should Play Him?
Certainly NOT this fella:

With Shazam/Captain Marvel its a character who as a kid has charismatic and was likeable (unlike many children in movies, you feel like slapping a majority of them). As a grown up you really have to avoid the insanely roided-up machoism going on regularly with superheroes. We’ve updated to modern times and seeing triangle-chested meatheads is not usually the way anymore, for leading towards a visual appearance where the audience can go “I can get to that physique!” and believe they themselves are a superhero. Also a hint of humor doesn’t hurt anyone – after all he is a kid in a big man’s body. Just please avoid the sterotypical moments as well as over-the-top humor.

It was said Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson was really intrigued with the idea of playing Captain Marvel, but he also said Captain America, and though I like the guy, It’d be odd seeing him as Shazam himself (although playing as the villain Black Adam could possibly suit him more). A role like Captain Marvel deserves a dark horse actor to fill the red spandex…So with that said, meet Brandon Molale:

What makes this funny is that this guy has been in talks to be Captain Marvel, and has even embraced the idea with photos as such. Majority of times he’s just merely your stuntman, but has appeared in a majority of comedies such as “Dodgeball” where he plays BLAZER…I think? As well as appearing in “Mr. Deeds” and “Big Stan”, he also had little roles in more serious/action packed films such as “Collateral” and “Mission: Impossible 3″. But look at him: looks very similar to Captain Marvel, loves the franchise, has the right believable build and at the age of 39 (soon to be 40) he’s really a great pick and a good shot to bring his career into superhero explosion. He can bring that slight comedy into the movie as well as the seriousness when it is needed. Brandon Molale as Shazam, Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam, you have an interesting film set up.

Who Would DIrect?
You could say that I am crazy, or you could support my decision, but I’d say Bryan Singer:

He directed “Superman Returns”, a film which I say is still pretty good, but the only possible problem with it was that there was no main villain and/or epic battles to wow the audience. X-Men under Bryan Singer was successful because of the various choices of villains and heroes you can pit into that movie – not only just Magneto, but by the second there was William Stryker and then the dismal third had Jean Grey/Phoenix. Along with that there was sequences of battles going on over and over, Wolverine against mystique, against Yuriko, Toad against the whole squad and so on…With Superman Returns it had to be a slow build again to which at first starts with Lex Luthor obviously, but when you then think about it, Luthor himself seems to be the main face behind just about everything no matter the villain and the plot. Until Zod comes into it but, you know…Returns was pretty much after the original second so…

In my argument, I don’t think Bryan Singer was given the best chance, I feel bad for the guy. So why not give him someone who is fairly similar to Superman instead? But give him a script to work with that includes a villain (in this case Black Adam) and let him do what he does best which is create an interesting film. He can blend the little chunks of humor within an action sequence in a superhero film, He can do just the same and possibly better with Captain Marvel.

3. The Flash

Who Now?
Barry Allen, the second to hold the identity of Flash, is one of the most loved superheroes. His name inspired by two talk show hosts (Barry Gray and Steve Allen) and first appeared around 1956 as a police scientist with the reputation for being very slow, deliberate, and frequently late, irony. Just so happens, as he is preparing to leave work, a lightning bolt shatters a case full of chemicals and spills them all over Allen. Rather than gain a noble prize for discovering the creation of human speed, Allen finds that he can run extremely fast and has matching reflexes. He dons a set of red tights sporting a lightning bolt, dubs himself the Flash (after his childhood comic book hero and first Flash, Jay Garrick). In time, he marries his girlfriend Iris West, who learned of his double identity because Allen talked in his sleep. She kept his secret, and he eventually revealed his identity to her of his own free will. Iris was eventually revealed to have been sent as a child from the 30th century and adopted.

Tragedy would hit Barry Allen however; around the 1980′s his wife Iris West Allen is murdered by villain Professor Zoom, a man who always loved Iris and was jealous of Barry. When Barry plans to marry again eventually, Zoom tries to kill again, only for Barry to go psycho and break his neck, literally, in process of killing him. This causes Barry to be late for his own wedding, leaving his fiancee falling into madness. His whole story is based on time travel and eciting confusion, as when Barry is put on trial for the suspected murder of Zoom, the jury found Allen guilty only to be founded out that the jury is being brainwashed by a mind from the future by a man known as “Reverse Flash” (I KNOW RIGHT??). The juror notices this, tells Barry, and he flees the court. The Flash is then attacked by Reverse Flash, and realizes that the answers to this mystery, and restoring his good name, lie in the future. So the juror uses a time device to send them forward where they discover that Abra Kadabra was disguised as Reverse Flash to ruin the Flash’s good name. When defeating him, Flash returns to the future in the 30th century, where he discovers that Iris’s soul exists and was drawn in that era of time in another body.

Thinking that’s the end with the Flash retiring, he re-appears in one of DC’s most important events “Crisis On Infinite Earths”. There, in the 30th century chilling, Allen is captured by the ‘Anti-Monitor’ and brought to 1985. According to the Anti-Monitor, the Flash was the only being capable of travelling to other universes at will, so the Anti-Monitor couldn’t allow him to stay free. Allen escapes and foils the Anti-Monitor’s plan to destroy the Earth with an anti-matter cannon, creating a speed vortex to draw the power in, but dies in the process as the power becomes too much for his body. It is strongly said that Barry Allen resides in the ‘Speed Force’, the mystical source and Valhalla open to all dead speedsters, and from which the living ones draw their amazing powers. DC would not bring Barry Allen back for the next 23 years, only for him to reappear again in 2008 “The Justice League” cartoons.

Why This One?
Because he’s badass, he has the humour and powers to create both entertainment and crazy special effects. He’s one of the most liked characters with powers undermined by many people thinking its all about strength. I like the speedster type hero, and every time Justice League would come on he’s one of the characters worth watching. Even Batman stated: “Barry would be the type of man I would turn out to be had my parents not been murdered”…that’s sort of stating something? He’s just awesome and pleasing to watch.

Along with that, his back-story is perfect for the big screen, and one again for people to go “oh yeah, I can relate to that”…until you know, he gets his superpowers anyways…it’s pretty powerful and kind of dark in some cases. Its a project however that would need to be dealt with delicacy. Flash has a decent fanbase and is a popular character, but the franchise getting turned into a movie can easily be pictured as a low budget cheesy film, and be compared to the likes of Fantastic Four or a way of DC trying to use Barry Allen as their version of Marvel’s Peter Parker. It would need to stay true to its comic routes which are a great read.

Who Should Play Him?
It is strongly rumoured that the Flash is the next DC Comics superhero lined up to gain his own movie depending on Green Lantern’s success. Writers Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green are said to have a script ready for Warner Bros. Studio around the time of Thanksgiving, which the two have also worked on Green Lantern, now in production starring Ryan Reynolds (who first had intentions of being Flash before his love for Deadpool would become a reality) and directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale). While Bradley Cooper (The Hangover, The A-Team) seems to want to stay on Warner Bros. radar, there are other possible and more suitable choices for Barry Allen and the capability of handling his wit and power. Lets not forget Adrian Brody (The O.C.) was to play Flash in the Justice League America movie, only for that to get cancelled. Also there are different personalities of the Flash, and though I hope it is Barry Allen they focus on, there is the chance for studios to change it to Wally West (nephew to Barry’s wife, Iris. The third Flash, the first “Kid Flash”) to keep with modern times. But for Barry Allen, my choice in this matter would be for Chris Pine:

If its not him, its Jensen Ackles from the “Supernaturals” TV hit. But it would not hurt for an actor like Chris to have a second big franchise on his shoulders and earn big bucks for his talents. Chris Pine did an amazing job on being Captain Kirk in JJ Abrams “Star Trek”, bringing the smarts along with the cocky humour yet still lovable, a seemingly all round great guy off the screen too. Its quite a jump from being a random crazy neo-nazi killer in “Smokin Aces” to becoming the main guy in one of Sci-Fi’s biggest franchises around. He’s a hidden talent who looks to be able to adapt himself in any sort of task given to him. He’s a young actor (30 years) with a huge amount of potential going in right now and one to definitely look out for, pitting him as the Flash would not only be perfect to pull off the characteristics but make him shine once more on the big screen.

Who Would Direct?
Along with the heavy rumour of Flash movie, it is said that co-writer of Green Lantern Greg Berlanti would direct the speedster movie. Greg is close with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green, and with the insane faith going into Green Lantern time can only tell if the rumour for Greg becomes reality. It is a little strange to see a writer be a director, but people thought the same with Matt Reeves in “Cloverfield”, a man relatively unknown yet given faith by producer JJ Abrams and ended up making a decent movie. But since I am bringing up that name a fair bit, why not JJ Abrams?:

Think about it, the man works with the subject of “time” and “speed”. His TV series of “Lost” was all eventually towards time travel and bending time, living sideways and all that confusion, “Star Trek” was in space, involving time travel with Nero especially. He would have no problem working on Flash! All about speed, defying the laws of it all, and a hero powerful enough to travel through time would be an interesting factor for him (ONLY if this film could go on to having successful sequels). Plus, he’s worked with Chris Pine, and brought the best out of him as James Kirk, he can do just as well with the Flash.

The only issue would be if he is just as big of a fan of Flash as he is with the likes of Greg Berlanti? People can say they’re fans but then we get things like “Transformers” happening, and nobody wants another Transformers franchise happening…whilst JJ Abrams is to me an ideal choice his name wouldn’t be surfacing around anywhere else, due to the fact it may not seem like he is suited to the fans of the red spandex-clad wearing superhero. Would he have been a supporter of the hero as a child? Read his comics? bought his suit for Halloween? Who knows, time however will tell of this development…

4. Question

Who Now?
That guy with no face, yet he still manages to hear, speak, see, possibly eat, smell and…oh whats that? The no face thing is just a cover-up for the fact he actually has a face? Special material made out of pseudoderm? Oh okay that makes more sense…kind of. He’s known mainly for being that nutcase detective, but he is mainly a detective taken through both objectivism and zen, driven by a personal quest for philosophical meaning. He knows martial arts too. In all honesty Question (real name Charles Victor Zsasz…Alias Vic Sage) has been used and described in different character approaches by various different artists, it is pretty hard to stick with one. But literally this character has been everywhere since his arrival to DC Comics, appearing in the likes of the Justice League, Sentinels of Justice, the Living Assault Weapons and the Black Lantern Corps. He was mainly meant to apparently have just been an occasionally appearing character in the Batman series, but I guess the faceless face and persona of Question was quite an interesting one to jump around with from one place to another.

Originally a hero from the Charlton Comics publishers, Question, at this time just as his alias “Vic Sage”, was known for being the highly aggressive and outspoken investigative journalist, garnering himself a high profile plus recognition through the media and television. The mask came about when he went to investigate Dr. Arby Twain, who co-developed the artificial skin Pseudoderm along with scientist, professor Aristotle Rodor. When Sage approached Rodor, the professor spoke of how they both had promised to abandon the project due to the risks of what Pseudoderm did to open wounds in human flesh (“unforeseen toxicity”). However, Aristotle Rodor discovered that Dr. Arby Twain had decided to proceed with an illegal sale of the invention to Third World nations, regardless of the risk to human health.
With Vic Sage having to expose Dr. Arby Twain without being noticed due to his new found fame of being a loudmouth, both he and professor Rodor would work together, with Rodor suggesting to use a mask made out of Pseudoderm to cover the famous features of his. Eventually, with his new identity and a hefty load of information Sage caught with Dr. Arby, gaining a confession whilst stopping any activity/transaction happening. With his identity catching the scene of the crime, back as his regular self on TV, Sage reported of the news. Sage would then go on to realize that the identity idea was not so bad, and carried on teaming up with Aristotle Rodor, who would modify the skin mask so that it changes also the colour of Sage’s hair and clothing. This would therefore create “Question”.
Question was created by Steve Ditko and published through Charlton Comics, but when DC bought them out and acquired Question, he ended up going through some serious revamp action, recreated by Denny O’Neil and reintroduced in his own comic series. What was quite funny, and possibly a piss take to the Steve Ditko fans, was that Denny O’Neil received insane amount of jeers by fans after his recreation came under heavy criticism, claims of the fact the character had changed hugely since Steve Ditko’s original. From this, Denny made the first issue of his Question comics end with Question actually getting killed, only for in the second to be resurrected and born again as a whole new different character, where he was ‘a protector of a hellhole, Hub City.’ With his training in martial arts and already given knowledge, Question would deal with a number of grotesque characters and villains. According to vicsage.com, the series became known for it’s thoughtful handling of real-world issues, an excellent letter column, and, from some, for not being Ditko.
However in one point of the comic series “52″, the sequel to the rather rubbish ended “Crisis, Infinite Crisis”, Question suffers from lung cancer, eventually, and for real, dying. BUT all was not lost as he ended up delivering all his knowledge and skills to a protege named Renee Montoya, who eventually became the successor to Vic Sage.

Why This One?
Because he’s a reporter finding JUSTICE! And everybody wants that, or at least imagines a human who knows the blatant truth and therefore goes out his/her own way to expose it (and I don’t mean the really lame ones that work for sites such as CelebBuzz, yeah I mentioned you guys, and what?). Plus, as a film this could work in two ways: The Spider-Man/Iron Man way, or the Batman/Watchmen way. It can be nice and bright, with a few comedic moments but the action and exposure moments with that one main villain shaking his fist saying “I’LL GET YOU NEXT TIME!!” appears in all three movies plus prequel and reboot. Or, it can be dark, gritty, and relate to real life events with possible mafias and coke smuggling business going down in Hub City. It is likely it could work towards the latter, and with enough decent promotion could be seen as a dark horse in the DC family to garner success. Other then that he’s a bizarre character that is likable – He’s a nutcase that at times won’t make sense at times and is laughable, maybe, but that’s okay because he gets the job done and you can accept that. Also, despite walking around with no face, he still somehow manages to get seriously hot looking ladies, so if he doesn’t do justice for you, down the line you’ll come across some very pretty ladies on the screen to ogle at.

Who Should Play Him?
To be honest, anyone. The guy walks around most of the time in that weird facial skin mask nearly all the time, you know the only time they’d reveal his face would be right near the end somewhere, where the woman wants to see his smashed in bruised face with missing teeth but still think he’s beautiful. That however can prove to be difficult in trying to catch the persona of who Question is and such. Again, if this movie would go the dark gritty route they could possibly design the character to be this mysterious figure living in the shadows, with a slightly dark past and can be quite a vicious fella plus extreme to get his way to work.
I feel maybe someone from the Watchmen cast can do it right, a choice of two actors, one obvious and one eyebrow raiser in that “hm, possibly a good choice”. The eyebrow raiser, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, has the right physique and mentality to play a role of an outspoken yet tough exterior Question, which he also has the voice of doing very very well. He played as ‘The Comedian’ in ‘Watchmen’ as well as appearing in ‘The Losers’, so giving off the comic character vibe should not be a problem for him.

However I can’t help but feel Question is a lot quite similar to the likes of Rorschach, and the actor who played Rorschach has also played other crazy characters, including the remake of Freddy Kruger in ‘Night On Elm Street’. That actor, Jackie Earle Haley:

This article is all for showing the not so thought of fairly thought about and Jackie Earle Haley is a decent example of that. He is an absolute classy actor who plays the craziest roles but interviews as the nicest man you could ever imagine. He’s got the gritty attitude, the rough edge fighting, skills of being an investigator such as Rorschach as well as being outspoken and fighting the right cause. He’s a monster of a human, just needs no face, which he has had to deal with when being Rorschach (except the times when he had the mask off). He’s built up a nice fan base for himself and jumping more towards the comic field of things, especially with the DC bunch, people will accept and agree this guy is the ideal one for the job, and if not then maybe the guy next to him in the photo above like I said, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Who Would Direct?
Someone that can bring Drama as well as mystery & crime with a hint of thriller and possible suspense into it. There are many directors that can do so, but a decent director that did just that, was David Fincher:

In 1995 David Fincher directed a successful film called “Se7en”. It was pretty awesome, mind crazy as well as a little dark. He also directed another great movie in 1999 called “Fight Club”, which screwed up everyone’s mind a bit and was one of the first movies I watched which twisted the story and made me appreciate thrillers a lot more. Both those movies starred Brad Pitt, and both were very awesome. In fact, Brad Pitt also worked with David Fincher on “Curious Case Of Benjamin Button”, which I believe got Brad an Oscar nominee. Though he is the least likely choice in some minds, he is rather good at making something dark look pretty surreal with much suspense. Simple, maybe.

5. Stargirl

Who Now?
Real name Courtney Whitmore, she was raised by a mother nobody cares the name of and her stepfather Pat Dugan (who was S.T.R.I.P.E.S., nicknamed Stripsey, the mechanical robot guy). Though she did not get along with Pat, her mother married the damn guy and she had to live with it. Rummaging through his stuff however she finds ‘the Cosmic Belt’, a belt first worn by a wealthy spoiled brat by the name of Sylvester Pemberton to which he became “Star Spangled Kid”. Before being nosey, Courtney had no clue of Pat’s past to which he was a superhero. Now knowing, she wore the belt and ran around as a hero herself to mainly annoy Pat Dugan, giving herself the identity of “Star”. In order to not get pissed off with her and be an abusive step-dad (that’s what I can assume) Pat went back to building his Mech suit S.T.R.I.P.E.S. and follows/keep guard of Star, thus conveniently forming the duo of “Stars & Stripes”.

Courtney became Stargirl when she was handed the Star Rod by Starman Jack Knight. From this point she joined the JSA (Justice Society of America) and established herself as a worthy super-hero.

Why This One?
Because she is the type of superhero that can fit in with the modern times of the real world, but depending on how she’s used can either just join the cult of teen stardom icons, or can actually be used for a great story avoiding any cliche moments just because she is a 16-year old. If they went with the latter, they would automatically make her an 18 year old. Stargirl in fact has quite an interesting back story and constantly shining in decent story lines; When she joins JSA she actually gets in a relationship with Captain Marvel, but first ever Flash Jay Garrick pressured Captain Marvel the fact he was 25 and Stargirl was 16. Captain Marvels secret identity was not revealed to the JSA that he is actually a kid, and so rather telling the team, he opted to break off the relationship and in fact leave the JSA. Poor Marvel…
Stargirl also has some time travelling stories going around her, where her biggest love interest was Atom Smasher. She was heartbroken when Atom joined Black Adam (Captain Marvels nemesis), but in typical girl fashion teamed up with him despite apparently “not trusting him” to defeat villain Per Degaton in his bid to kill the past JSA crew. Through the whole time travelling manic, Per’s agents killed Stargirl’s parents, but after coming back to reality her parents were still alive after defeating Degaton. Despite both heroes choosing different sides, at some point later in the series both find they are in love with each other, but once again that damned age difference causes Atom to push no further incase the elderly morons in JSA would talk. Eventually at later comic series “52″ Atom Smasher saved Black Adam from…something…which caused Black Adam to wreak havoc and thus literally causing World War 3. What are the odds?
She also appeared in the “Infinite Crisis” series, where she finally accepted Pat as a real father-figure after knowing the true story behind her real father’s death. She also in this time living her normal life, attending college and all the usual stuff…till she rejoins the Justice Society.

There is surprisingly so much to her which is not really viewed, but can be easily adapted into a fairly decent trilogy given the right script, setting, director and actress. She’s not Supergirl, but she’s someone not exactly perfect and more easy for young fans to believe they can relate with the balance of strength as well as just being your ordinary girl going through random emotions as well as the witty and/or stern attitude to take in whatever situation handed to them. Gone a bit over-in-depth? Perhaps…I could have merely just said “because she’s hot”, but that would be lazy of me now wouldn’t it?

Who Should Play Her?
Since it is a female superhero, in order to get as many views as they can you KNOW they’d have to automatically make Stargirl 18, so that it is legal for pervs to do their thing. So with that, my original choice of Dakota Fanning is therefore out the window (trust me, it is if we follow Hollywood laws). Plus it gives a better choice of stars to take the role of Courtney Whitmore. Though whilst Amanda Bynes is out of the picture, for she retired from acting, it leaves the door open for anyone. If anyone has still been watching Smallville, they would know actress Britt Irvin takes the role of Stargirl in the series, and whilst very hot, is apparently criticised for being too old for the role. She is only 26.
So how old is old exactly to play a 18 year old? Hollywood is cruel, and Britt Irvin I suppose misses out the under-25 actresses to play the role of a teen. So…I am gonna go ahead…pick a favourite female I have kinda fallen a little for AND/BUT can actually get a boost in her career in playing Stargirl…and say AnnaLynne McCord:

Why? Because if you are yet to see these photos do so now, view with authority, then stand up, and clap in agreement. at 23-years of age, it’s a fitting role for her and one to get away from playing the usual bitch character she so seemingly gets given. Apparently she is actually a nice girl, just an interesting attitude, but mainly I guess people cannot separate the actress from a fictional character. It gives a chance for any actress to play an interesting role for herself which can bloom into a successful franchise if AGAIN, enough budget is given as well as a decent director and writer. If not AnnaLynne McCord, Jennifer Lawrence, who at 20 years and equally beautiful, can be more suited for the role. AnnaLynne is just lucky that her name and her features help stay on my mind.
Her weight could play a factor in being the next Stargirl or not mind you if there was ever a casting moment going on, but she seems to be glowing and healthy which is the main part. However, that is why Jennifer Lawrence is there for backup.

Who Would Direct?
Well with Zack Snyder gone directing Sucker Punch as well as confirmed to direct the main DC hero ‘Superman’, he would have been the obvious, yet difficult to gain choice. So other than him this is where it gets tough to think about. Stargirl is a teen, bit of a rebel against her stepfather and in general a teen full of mischief and deliberate trouble maker. Evenrtually down the line you can picture this being a movie filled with little humorous incidents whilst also getting down to being serious and adapting herself from being a regular girl to being a full-fledged superhero. The director has to go on that journey with the actress – if that has to be the one who understands and teaches the actress how to adapt herself to switching personalities and roles. Lastly, this does not need no Twilight route where the stepfather morphs into a robotic wolf and gains pecks out of nowhere just to make people gasp like an idiot, and only to get real messed up and have the stepfather have sex with Stargirl.

So with that said…I’m gonna go say Jason Reitman:

He’s worked on various styles of movies, from comedy “Juno” to highly praised “Up In The Air”, he can bring the elements of drama into a movie really well, add on another genre and he’ll work with it. High appraisals? I have no clue, but neither is Stargirl. She would come into the world of Hollywood with a giant question mark. A director like Jason Reitman had made Ellen Page fairly memorable in Juno (whether you like her or hate character in that it is up to you), nominated for six Oscars with “Up In The Air” and made it to Sundance Festival with “Thank You For Smoking”. As every other hard working director, Jason would seem the type to know exactly how he would want a scene to work, be it either controversial and/or memorable. According to his speech when winning a Golden Globe recently, he is apparently praised for “writing women characters really well”, so in a sense this is a suited role for him to take charge. For a director he’s quite young too, at 33 it is something you would want to to aboard when working with a heck-load of youngsters in a story and a hero to which nobody has no possible clue about until they do their research.