How would a team-up between Green Arrown and Green Lantern turn out?

[Airwings]

It's obvious it won't be anywhere near a World's Finest. But it could still be a movie of a big size. I mean, these heroes aren't just random guys.
Just like Batman and Superman, the green heroes are different from each other. Green Arrow is the non-powered small scale crime fighter, Green Lantern is a cosmic policeman with a mighty supernatural weapon.

I think in this story, there aren't any other superheroes in the world. GA is facing some really big problems, and GL enters the scene to help out.
Or it could be the other way around. Hal Jordan's hero alias, perhaps even the whole corps, can't fight a dangerous villain alone. The outcome is depending on somebody else, a fighter who stands above others. And Oliver Queen is the one.

With World's Finest, the world will know about them working together.
This doesn't have to be the case here. The main reason behind the team-up might not even have a connection to earth. Green Arrow can actually vistit Oa, if it's logical for the plot and not just there for the sake of having contrasts.

Have some of you been thinking about how such a story will play out in live action?

 

[Lord]

I see that you've been following the Justice League movie thread
Green Lantern/ Green Arrow was a great comic from what i see and there were some really classic stuff:

If DC ever plans to do a team up without superman and batman then this is what they should do.

 

[Ultra Lantern]

I'd really like to see a Green Arrow/Green Lantern movie sometime in the future.

 

[Kyle Rayner]

For GA/GL to meet I really don't know what would be a good bandwagon to meet. Reynolds is now the poster for GL (that is unless they make another GL movie that makes up for the last film) he would have to concentrate in an event on Earth after Siniestro or before Siniestro. Maybe Hal is trying to establish that he's the first of a new wave of heroes and meets GA in Seattle (being that both characters are from the West Coast). I really don't have a story in mind, GA got lost during the Smallville run and I would love for him to have a fair treatment. I have someone in mind to play him:

Charlie Humman from Sons Of Anarchy:

 

[Ultra Lantern]

For GA/GL to meet I really don't know what would be a good bandwagon to meet. Reynolds is now the poster for GL (that is unless they make another GL movie that makes up for the last film) he would have to concentrate in an event on Earth after Siniestro or before Siniestro. Maybe Hal is trying to establish that he's the first of a new wave of heroes and meets GA in Seattle (being that both characters are from the West Coast). I really don't have a story in mind, GA got lost during the Smallville run and I would love for him to have a fair treatment. I have someone in mind to play him:

Charlie Humman from Sons Of Anarchy:

He'd be a good Green Arrow.

 

[DrCosmic]

Great comic, works better as a smaller movie, perhaps with the contrivance that GL cannot recharge his ring, so he must conserve his battery. That's what made the comic so good, it was earth bound, not on Oa, down to earth and dealt with real issues. It'd be great as a counter-culture indie take on superheroes. Too bad WB would never put up these heroes for the kind of film they deserve.

 

[Airwings]

DrCosmic: Green Lantern can't have a useless ring all through the film. It has to work at some point, or else it won't be Green Lantern, just some non-powered guy. And with that, he won't be needed in the story. It will just turn out to be a Green Arrow one-man show, where the emerald archer is the only hero.
But I can see the point with GL being powerless for the majority of the film, and getting the powers back before the climax of the film.

 

[Lord]

Actually, from what i understand he would have powers but since he can't recharge it he must conserve the energy in it so he may only do some small constructs instead of biger ones.

 

[chiefchirpa]

Movie-wise? Bad. Forget about any plot, common moviegoers would stop being enthusiastic when they see all-green domino mask costumed guys on screen. It's just way too comic bookey for them to handle.

 

[Lord]

It depends, i think that a movie like this shouldn't have too big of a budget, it should be more urban and need to have a good director on board. It can work, you just need to be careful with the budget and the story

 

[The Overlord]

It depends, i think that a movie like this shouldn't have too big of a budget, it should be more urban and need to have a good director on board. It can work, you just need to be careful with the budget and the story

How would this work on film exactly? If Hal can't use his ring for most of the movie, he will seem useless for most of the film and if he just his powers at the end of the film to deal with the Earth bound threat, it will seem like eus ex machina. It won't be very interesting if Green Arrow is having trouble with some thugs for the whole movie and then Green Lantern just takes care of them in two seconds with his power ring at the end of the film.

How would take the idea of two super heroes just traveling around America and turn it into a movie with 3 acts, a climax and an conclusion? I think this comic book is just too low key to work as a movie, where the stakes have to be really high.

Comic books and movies are too different formats, just because something works as a comic, doesn't mean it works as a movie.

 

[Lord]

I already said how before, Hal can make some constructs but not many because he needs to recharge his ring, it doesn't mean he won't use it, it means he won't fly away or that he will make gigantic contructs, just that he will use little ones when needed.

Have you ever read the original Green Lantern/ Green Arrow comics? They explored a lot of real issues and worked because they weren't about fighting alien threats, they were about real life issues

 

[The Overlord]

I already said how before, Hal can make some constructs but not many because he needs to recharge his ring, it doesn't mean he won't use it, it means he won't fly away or that he will make gigantic contructs, just that he will use little ones when needed.

Have you ever read the original Green Lantern/ Green Arrow comics? They explored a lot of real issues and worked because they weren't about fighting alien threats, they were about real life issues

I know what the series is about, but you still haven't answered my question, how would this series translate into a movie, with a 3 act structure, with a climax and conclusion? Green Lantern and Green arrow dealing with real life issues doesn't seem like it fits into a movie structure. The problem with this series is its not really the type of story that would work as a film, its more down beat then epic as a film should feel. Its more like a series of different events rather then one big story, it seems like something that might work as a TV series rather then a movie.

GL and Green Arrow traveling around America and seeing social issues problems isn't really a movie, you really can't have an ending to that movie, because problems with racism and drug abuse aren't the kind of things that can solved in 2 hours. You need a rather singular cohesive narrative, one main obstacle they can try to overcome, rather then a sampling of different selection of social issues. Again the problem with this series, is its more similar to TV series then a movie, with a few smaller stories that happen rather then one big one. The problem with GL's powers it be hard to work with a TV budget.

If Hal can make constructs through out the film and they are dealing with real life issues instead of some of powerful super villain, Hal can take care most of the enemies they encounter in a second, even if his ring is low on power, its still the most powerful weapon in the universe and can defeat most earth bound enemies with it, easily.

Not mention GL and Green Arrow aren't just popular to warrant a team up movie at this point, Green arrow hasn't even gotten an movie that has introduced him to general public and Green Lantern's movie was a flop. Unless the movie can establish who Green Arrow is in terms of back story without taking time from the main story or establish why people should care about Hal Jordan after the Green Lantern movie was a dud and Hal was made into an unlikable jackass in that film, I don't see how this would do well.

I think you are thinking just because something worked well as a comic, it will instantly work as movie, that's not always case.

 

[The Morningstar]

Not sure if serious...

 

[Airwings]

Any possible team-up between these two will be a long wait, because of the Arrow series. And then a GA motion picture is required to introduce the character on the big screen and see if it's profitable. Also a GL reboot.
Who to direct? I don't know, but I remember suggesting Peter Hyams for GL, and either Terry Gilliam or Darren Aronyfsky for GA.
Are there any directors that have a little of these 3 in themselves?
Or should we use one of the ones I suggested?
Or going in a different direction all together, and have a more traditional action-packed adaption over any version that is more visual in its own way?

Tony Scott is a quite good action director.

 

[Boy Scout]

Yeah...I'd like to see them prove they can handle GA and GL seperately before they try sticking them together.

 

[SlamAdams]

I don't think GA and GL need to be done separately. You could totally (and hypothetically) introduce Green Arrow as a supporting player in a GL movie very similar to the way they did it with JLU. That whole "When you're off fighting monsters, you don't seem too concerned with who they're stepping on" mentality could make for a great foil.

 

[dnno1]

This type of project is going to have to wait to see if a large enough fan base can build up for the two properties to justify the desire to produce a film. Green Lantern has an animated television series right now and they are working on a pilot for a Green Arrow skien. If they turn out to be popular, you never know if you might see a team up of some kind in the future (although I doubt that would go beyond a television episode or two).

 

[Boy Scout]

I don't think GA and GL need to be done separately.

Like I said, I'd rather WB prove to me that they can handle them separately before they bring them together. We've already seen that they (apparently) can't handle Green Lantern, and they haven't even made a Green Arrow film yet.

 

[Airwings]

I guess Green Arrow needs to be the approached as the main hero in the duo. Lantern should only be a supporting character, maybe even a minor character like Black Widow in Iron Man 2.
But first we will have to wait and see if The Emerald Archer is a big shot, compared to other DC heroes. GA might be easier to adapt than Lantern, as well as a bigger money maker than Lantern. I am not sure, but he could be.

 

[SlamAdams]

Like I said, I'd rather WB prove to me that they can handle them separately before they bring them together. We've already seen that they (apparently) can't handle Green Lantern, and they haven't even made a Green Arrow film yet.

I'm not ready to throw the entire studio under the bus because Green Lantern sucked. I do not see a reason why every hero needs their own solo. They could very easily show up in each other's especially when they have a close bond, like GL and GA. Its not a team-up/crossover, its a character acting as a supporting character. Not unlike Black Widow appearing in Iron Man 2

 

[Boy Scout]

I'm not ready to throw the entire studio under the bus because Green Lantern sucked.

Oh, me neither. I'm not saying they're incapable of getting these characters right. I'm just saying I'd like to actually see them do it first.

I do not see a reason why every hero needs their own solo.

It's not about every character needing their own solo film. It's about the studio proving they can handle the characters individually before arbitrarily sticking them together for a team-up.

They could very easily show up in each other's especially when they have a close bond, like GL and GA. Its not a team-up/crossover, its a character acting as a supporting character. Not unlike Black Widow appearing in Iron Man 2

That's an entirely different scenario. I'm talking about a movie that's designed to be a team-up/crossover.

 

[CConn]

Why do people immediately have to start posting pictures of actors the minute someone mentions a new idea for a superhero movie?

 

[SlamAdams]

It's not about every character needing their own solo film. It's about the studio proving they can handle the characters individually before arbitrarily sticking them together for a team-up.

But GA/GL is not the arbitrary, they are a pair of characters known as good friends (if not best) with a rich publication history to draw from. Superman/Blue Devil would be arbitrary.

That's an entirely different scenario. I'm talking about a movie that's designed to be a team-up/crossover.

But its not that different, I was only using that to illustrate a point. The only problem there seems to be is people don't like the idea of using one character's film series as a platform for another character, which actually makes sense to me especially when its a character they might have interest in doing a solo but are not convinced of the kind of draw it would bring in at the box office.

 

[Airwings]

I wonder if they are going to fight each other at some point. Some members of Avengers do it in the trailer, so it's not far fetched. Different heroes have different ways of solving things, and when somebody doesn't agree and goes up against the other....