Jul 13 2009 Ryan Reynolds is Your Green Lantern
Ryan Reynolds, the man currently set to star in Deadpool and who was last seen pretending he was engaged to Sandra Bullock, has reportedly been cast as Green Lantern in Martin Campbell's adaptation of the superhero property. Early Friday reports claimed the casting race was down to three--Ryan Reynolds, Bradley Cooper, and Justin Timberlake--but by the end of the day the studio realized that every time they brought up Timberlake someone would shout, "Are you fucking serious? Justin Timberlake?", and Reynolds ended up winning the part.
How will this affect the longtime, fan-approved rumor that the actor would be playing The Flash? I still wouldn't completely discount the idea. DC's silver age heroes are all the same strong-jawed face with different haircuts anyway; wouldn't casting Reynolds as every one of them actually be the most authentic casting possible? Sounds like the perfect opportunity to make an all-Reynolds Justice League movie--Eddie Murphy style!
(Thanks, various people who sent this in.)
Jul 10 2009 Green Lantern Casting Narrowed to Three
Our wait for an H.J. has almost ended. The Hollywood Reporter says casting for Hal Jordan, the lead in Warner Bros. Green Lantern movie, is down to three candidates:
Warners has spent the past five months searching for the actor to play Hal Jordan, the hot-shot Air Force pilot who is chosen by a dying alien to be his successor in an intergalactic police force known as the Green Lanterns.This week, the race narrowed to Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds and Justin Timberlake.
The adaptation is being directed by Martin Campbell and--juuuuust a minute. What was that part about Justin Timberlake maybe playing Green Lantern?
May 26 2009 Real 'Green Lantern' Trailer Probably Won't Look This Convincing
Welp, you might as well stop editing together footage from Firefly and 28 other movie, television, and video games to piece together a Nathan Fillion-starring fake trailer for Green Lantern, because this guy Jaron Pitts has done it, and you probably aren't going to be able to beat it unless you include several squirrel Green Laterns. This guy has knocked it out of the park and into the internetverse.
The real Green Lantern movie doesn't have a chance against awesome sequences from other movies with green effects digitally inserted:
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May 6 2009 This Guy Might Be Green Lantern
Might Hangover star Bradley Cooper, seen here with a monkey, play Hal Jordan, keeper of the Green Lantern jewelry and portable light source? So says HitFix:
Bradley Cooper is now one of the guys most likely to don the suit and slip on the power ring as The Green Lantern for director Martin Campbell.Let's be clear: they have not hired him yet. But the process is far enough along that this is more than just a meeting or some spot on a wish list.
Well, not my first choice for a Wet Hot American Summer cast member to play a DC superhero (I would first cast Paul Rudd as Blue Beetle and the talent show kid as Dr. Fate), but it works. I'll take that.
Mar 20 2009 Will Kirk Wield Color-Based, Magic-Powered Jewelry?
First rumored on IESB and now confirmed by Latino Review, news is that soon-to-be-Kirk Chris Pine has officially been offered the lead in Martin Campbell's Green Lantern adaptation. I have no information on whether or not Pine is utterly honest, fearless, and in possession of stronger willpower than any other man alive, but he does have about the same hair color as Hal Jordan, so alright.
Feb 5 2009 Martin Campbell Has the Willpower for 'Green Lantern'
Warner Bros. has come up with a really good way of hopefully making a Green Lantern movie as action packed as Casino Royale: they're getting the director of Casino Royale to do it. Good idea, Bros. From Variety:
Warner Bros. is negotiating with Martin Campbell to direct "Green Lantern," the live-action film based on the DC Comics hero.Campbell last directed "Casino Royale" and recently wrapped the Mel Gibson starrer "Edge of Darkness," based on the 1985 BBC miniseries that Campbell helmed.
The emergence of Campbell, who also helmed two "Zorro" films and the 007 film "GoldenEye," puts "Green Lantern" at the top of DC properties being set for movie treatment by WB.
Greg Berlanti wrote the script with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green.
This definitely has the potential to be one of the best jewelry-and-lighting-based superhero movies to date.
Oct 9 2008 Ryan Gosling Could Be Green Lantern
Latino Review is reporting that Ryan Gosling, the man who beat your heart senseless with romance in The Notebook (I think, since I never saw The Notebook), is Warner's first choice to wear a green ring and pretend to be a superhero:
You know who the studio wants to wear Abin Sur’s ring and take up the mantle of The Green Lantern?From my trusted source within the WB, I’m hearing… RYAN GOSLING
Mind you, I don’t know if an offer has been made, and if WB is into it now with Ryan’s people, but once again Gosling is who I’m hearing the WB wants for Hal Jordan.
Well, I guess that shoots down my theory that they'd get a '90s Jim Carrey for the role and just remake The Mask with a green ring instead of a mask. But maybe they'll still get Jaime Kennedy for the sequel? We can always dream.
Sep 5 2008 'Green Lantern' Concept Art Explained
Illustrator Brian Murray has posted a series of Green Lantern images he made as a pitch package with writer/director Greg Berlanti, which eventually won them the project. Murray didn't include any of the written portion of the pitch, but fortunately for you, I did some digging and found the descriptions that accompanied the drawings. You're welcome.
Above: OK, so it starts off with Green Lantern on this street, but instead of buildings, the street is, like, lined by mountains. But there's still like a gas station and bar--so he can fill up his sweet Green Lantern car and get drunk. Suddenly, his ring starts shooting out green shit, and Green Lantern is all like, "Whoa, shit, I'm Green Lantern!" It's awesome.
Oct 29 2007 Some Other Crap That Happened...
- Brett Ratner has said he is no longer the directing the Escape From New York remake, giving him plenty of time for two or three more Rush Hours. [AICN]
- David Dobkin, director of The Wedding Crashers and Fred Claus announced he's taken over the reigns of the Flash movie hoped to spin-off from Justice League of America. To those worried his involvement means it will be a comedy, he offered up the film's melancholy tagline, "You can't outrun yourself," indicating it will instead be a laughable melodrama. [MTV]
- On that note, Greg Berlanti is lined up to direct the Green Lantern movie, pitting the Lantern in a tough race against The Flash for critical and commercial failure. [Variety]
- Cuba Gooding Jr. has joined John Carter's action thriller The Way of War, with executive producer Nick Thurlow adding, "With his intensity and ability to take a character to the edge, the part is tailor-made for Cuba." Is that assessment based on Snow Dogs, Boat Trip, or Daddy Day Camp? [Variety Hollywood Reporter]
- Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, and Amanda Peet will star in Brian Goodman's autobiographical crime drama Real Men Cry. Telling a true-to-life Boston crime saga, it will be the 50th film of the year to do so. [Hollywood Reporter]
