A Justice League film is headed for a summer 2015 release, with principal photography reportedly starting as early as next year.

If you’re unfamiliar with the Justice League, it’s essentially The Avengers for DC comic heroes. The League includes Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Wonder Woman, and many more superheroes.

After a court case was won by the studio yesterday, in which the heirs of Superman’s co-creator had stated that their royalties weren’t what they should be, Variety is claiming that Warner Bros. will be moving forward with the Justice League production.

There have been many rumors throughout the years of a film based around the DC comic heroes and very few have been true. The most solid story was a few years back when Armie Hammer (The Social Network) was said to have received a full script and would be playing Batman in the film. The script was scrapped, and the production was put on the back burner once again.

The task at hand here is beyond difficult, nigh impossible, mostly due to the hugely successful Avengers film. The Justice League will forever be compared to The Avengers, and when it inevitably becomes a realization, it will undoubtedly fall short in the eyes of the public – most likely at no fault of its own.

Variety goes on to report:

“Warner hopes to shoot the film next year and release it in the summer of 2015. The studio already has a “Justice League” script in the works. Next it needs to attach a director and then cast the lead roles.”

With The Avengers becoming the third highest grossing film of all time, critics and fans alike will always compare the two films due to their superhero similarities.

The other problem is Warner Bros. is essentially working backwards. Instead of doing what Marvel did and building separate superheroes and their respective films, it’ll be building the characters out from the Justice League film. So, the studio will be looking to recast characters like Batman, Green Lantern, and possibly Superman depending on how well Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel film is received.

As fans of many of these characters we can only hope that Warner Bros. is up to the task of creating a cohesive film out of this material and that the actors that sign on for these iconic roles are just as capable. Until then, we remain a bit skeptical about such an enormously superhero-heavy cast being created.

The Avengers was such an anomaly, it shouldn’t have worked, and yet it did. We can only hope Warner Bros. figures out the key ingredient which allows such a film to succeed, while including multiple massively iconic superheroes in one enormous film.

Can lightning strike twice? We’d like to think so, but the odds are definitely not in Warner Bros.’ favor.