Justice League of America

RELEASED 28 Dec 19971h 26m★ 3.7 TMDB

The evil Weather Man is intent on destroying New Metro City with a series of malevolent meteorological mishaps. Can the super-powered (and semi-employed) Justice League of America save the day? Or will New Metro be drowned in a humongous tidal wave?

WATCH NOTE

1997 live-action CBS pilot for an unproduced Justice League series. Covers the pilot only, excluding its 24-minute promotional condensation; the season-one Pilot listing repeats this work. John Kassir's Ray Palmer / The Atom resolves to the existing dc-atom association. Kenny Johnston's Barry Allen / Flash, Matthew Settle's Guy Gardner / Green Lantern and David Ogden Stiers' J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter are independently verified. TV Guide and KQEK independently identify Michelle Hurd as B.B. DaCosta / Fire, supporting correction of Rotten Tomatoes' apparent Matthew Hurd name error. Kimberly Oja is credited as Tori Olafsdotter / Ice. Individual official DC character-profile matches for Fire, Ice and supporting roles, complete production credits and silent/background coverage remain unresolved. Directing attribution, first public transmission and runtime remain disputed; published durations include 68, 85 and 86 minutes. Preserve the existing date and runtime pending resolution.

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Justice League of America is title 33 of 75 in our Live-action Elseworlds viewing sequence. Start with this self-contained 1997 live-action pilot, which introduces Ice to its own Justice League team. The proposed CBS series did not continue, and no other DC adaptation is established as required viewing. The separate 24-minute promotional condensation repeats pilot material.

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