Green Lantern 2

[Gabe99]

From Latino Review:
Are 'Green Lantern 2' And '3' Already In Development?

Heat Vision Exclusive: Warners hires writers for 'Green Lantern 2' and 'Flash'

[danlav05]

Batman 3 + The Man of Steel + Green Lantern 2 in ONE YEAR?!

NOW THAT'S MORE LIKE IT DC!!

[mclay18]

Eh, I can't see GL2 coming out same year as Batman 3 and Superman. More likely, it'll get a summer 2013 release.

[Closerframe]

Originally Posted by mclay18

Eh, I can't see GL2 coming out same year as Batman 3 and Superman. More likely, it'll get a summer 2013 release.

I agree, Green Lantern is coming out next year, I doubt they'd film a sequel to a movie a couple months after its release in theaters then have it ready by the following year.

[mclay18]

Originally Posted by Closerframe

I agree, Green Lantern is coming out next year, I doubt they'd film a sequel to a movie a couple months after its release in theaters then have it ready by the following year.

They could very well do it. I mean, Warners has a lot of confidence in the first film already (especially since Michael Goldenberg was hired to write the sequel days after filming wrapped on GL). If the first is a rousing success, Warners could fast track the sequel even more efficiently.

The first two Harry Potter films came out concurrently in 2001 and 2002. It could happen with GL and GL2, but most of the prime summer 2012 spots are already booked. Although Warners could pick and choose any summer date for 2013 right now:

May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
June 7, 14, 21, 28
July 5, 12, 19, 26

[matrix_ghost]

I think it'll be July 2013 ( unless they push back the Superman Reboot to summer 2013).
For the past few years WB has always released ine their high profile movies in July.
Batman 3 July 2012
Final Potter movie July 2011
Inception July 2010
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince July 2009
The Dark Knight July 2008
Harry Potter & Order Of The Phoenix July 2007
Superman Returns July 2006
Charlie & Chocolate Factory July 2005


July and November were usually the months reserved for Potter ( and now the batman franchise) but with Potter gone , i think WB might go for the July release date.

And good news that WB is already ordering the script for the 2nd movie to be written. Hopefully this will mean that GL2 will have a finished script when shooting starts. And this would also mean that WB is going to try to get the sequel out 2 yrs after GL1.

[mclay18]

Originally Posted by matrix_ghost

I think it'll be July 2013 ( unless they push back the Superman Reboot to summer 2013).
For the past few years WB has always released ine their high profile movies in July.
Batman 3 July 2012
Final Potter movie July 2011
Inception July 2010
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince July 2009
The Dark Knight July 2008
Harry Potter & Order Of The Phoenix July 2007
Superman Returns July 2006
Charlie & Chocolate Factory July 2005

You have a point there. But SR was released June 28th.

WB could put the sequel in the same mid-June spot if GL hits it off. That way, they can position the franchise in the old Batman spot. And then they save the big heavy-hitters for July and November.

[matrix_ghost]

Originally Posted by mclay18

You have a point there. But SR was released June 28th.

WB could put the sequel in the same mid-June spot if GL hits it off. That way, they can position the franchise in the old Batman spot. And then they save the big heavy-hitters for July and November.

Forgot about SR. But yeah you also have a point about GL2 being released in June as well. Although WB sticks with certain dates ( JUly & November) because usually their movies have performed well during those times , WB also likes to experiment with more dates.
Look at Sherlock Holmes . Released in december against Avatar and Chipmunks 2. Despite the competition it still grossed 200 million domestic and WB is now going to release the sequel dec 2011.
Ditto with March. WB experimented with 300 on March and it worked out well. They also released Watchmen in March and Snyder's Sucker Punch. March was also the month when DIsney released Alice in Wonderland.

But yeah like you said , if GL1 works during that period WB might opt to release Gl2 in June as well.

[Gabe99]

From Variety:
Goldenberg lights 'Green Lantern 2' - Warner signs scribe to pen comic hero sequel

Originally Posted by Dave McNary

Warner Bros. is moving ahead on a second "Green Lantern," hiring Michael Goldenberg ("Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix") to write the screenplay for the sequel. With the first pic's June 17 release date just under a year away, the move to hire a writer for number two shows a serious commitment to the franchise.

Move comes a few months after the studio tapped the three "Green Lantern" screenwriters -- Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim -- to write a treatment for "Green Lantern 2."

Goldenberg performed a rewrite on the script for "Green Lantern," which just wrapped shooting in Louisiana with Donald De Line producing and Martin Campbell directing. Ryan Reynolds stars as DC Comics superhero who's part of the Green Lantern Corps.

"Green Lantern 2" is one of the first DC Comics properties -- which include Batman, Superman and the Flash -- to move forward at Warner since the studio took control of DC Comics a year ago and rebranded it DC Entertainment, tapping Warner Bros. vet Diane Nelson as president. It brought in a new management team in February.

Warner Bros. announced in late April that "Batman 3" would open on July 20, 2012. David Goyer is working with Christopher Nolan's brother, Jonathan Nolan, on a script for the next Batman installment, based on an idea from Christopher Nolan.

Goldenberg previously adapted "Where the Wild Things Are" and also wrote "Peter Pan" and "Contact."

[BojacRedleif]

I say they should do the 2nd and 3rd movie back to back. I would be even happier if they started filming them before the first movie comes out.

When was the last time a movie studio had the balls to do that? Exactly.

No guts. No glory.

[Gamma Ray]

Wow. Overconfidence?

[C. Lee]

Originally Posted by BojacRedleif

I say they should do the 2nd and 3rd movie back to back. I would be even happier if they started filming them before the first movie comes out.

When was the last time a movie studio had the balls to do that? Exactly.

No guts. No glory.

It was called THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.

[Gabe99]

Collider Exclusive: Writer-Director Greg Berlanti on NO ORDINARY FAMILY, CLASH OF THE TITANS 2 and GREEN LANTERN 2

[Gabe99]

DEADLINE EXCLUSIVE:
Both 'The Flash' And 'Green Lantern 2' Scripts Coming In To Warner Bros By Xmas

Originally Posted by Nikki Finke

I've just learned that the latest script for the Dc Comics character The Flash will be handed into Warner Bros between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green are writing the draft, and Greg Berlanti did the story with them. No word on who'll direct The Flash yet, but I can tell you it's doubtful it'll be Berlanti, even though his very different Life As We Know It came in #2 at the box office for the studio this weekend. And his freshman TV superpowers series No Ordinary Family is now ABC's most promising new drama, doing respectable business as a self-starter in one of the most competitive time slots. "He won't want to direct it because he kinda wants to do something in between size-wise first before attempting something that large," an insider tells me. On the other hand, "If Warner Bros does like the script and wants him to direct it... But that's a lot of ifs. And all of it is moot if they don't dig the script. Green Lantern wasn't real until the studio liked the draft." Speaking of Green Lantern, all 3 scribes worked on that superhero pic which director Martin Campbell is right now editing. And I hear the film shaping up is "jaw-dropping".) My source says, "They're working round the clock on that now. Also, the three of them are working on the treatment for the sequel to the Green Lantern at the same time. All of which will be in by Christmas."

[matrix_ghost]

Seems like we really are going to get the sequel within 2 years.

[superherolegacy]

Something to consider is WB's plan to release a superhero movie every year to catch up with Marvel. If Batman 3 and Man of Steel come out in 2013, Green Lantern could come out in 2013 to spread things out. Of course there's Flash to put into the mix, which is probably less of a sure thing than GL 2, since there's already being a first movie made for that franchise.

[Sam Fisher]

Originally Posted by BojacRedleif

I say they should do the 2nd and 3rd movie back to back. I would be even happier if they started filming them before the first movie comes out.

When was the last time a movie studio had the balls to do that? Exactly.

No guts. No glory.

The Matrix.

[Gabe99]

From IESB:
Green Lantern 2 and The Flash Scripts Turned In and Release Dates Set?

[shiveringmelody]

Star Sapphire for GL2, please!

[dnno1]

So they are saying somewhere between June 1st and June 10th. The next available Friday in 2013 is June 7th.

[HighFivingMF]

Originally Posted by BojacRedleif

I say they should do the 2nd and 3rd movie back to back. I would be even happier if they started filming them before the first movie comes out.

When was the last time a movie studio had the balls to do that? Exactly.

No guts. No glory.

Didn't they do that with Dead Man's Chest and At World's End?

[FilmNerdJamie]

Been recent chatter about bringing a sequel back to New Orleans.

[The Morningstar]

Shouldn't they, you know, wait until the first one comes out? What if it ends up taking like 300 million WW or even less?

[HighFivingMF]

Originally Posted by The Morningstar

Shouldn't they, you know, wait until the first one comes out? What if it ends up taking like 300 million WW or even less?

Then they won't.

[dnno1]

Originally Posted by The Morningstar

Shouldn't they, you know, wait until the first one comes out? What if it ends up taking like 300 million WW or even less?

If you look at how long it took to do all the SfX and VfX work on the first film, it would behoove them to get the sequel set up just as a contingency so they won't be behind if they do get the green light. If it doesn't work out, they could always cut their losses and call it a day. I have a strong feeling that they will make a second film even if this one makes $400 million. In my opinion though, if this franchise is being prepped to be a replacement for Harry Potter, they will need to make almost a $100 million domestically in the first week or it will be a disappointment.