Martin Campbell is Directing Green Lantern

[Franklin Richards]

He would be for an adventure/drama film (keep in mind that this is superhero/SciFi-fantasy adventure), but Brian Singer is no Scorsese.

We'll get Marty to do the Corps movie.


He certainly is an A-List Director though.



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[Wesley Dodds]

If they were gonna do a Corps movie it should be a Battlestar Galactica style TV show that runs as kind of a companion to the movies...

 

[Double Down]

If they were gonna do a Corps movie it should be a Battlestar Galactica style TV show that runs as kind of a companion to the movies...

That would be phenomenal.

 

[dnno1]

We'll get Marty to do the Corps movie.


He certainly is an A-List Director though.



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Like I said before, I don't know if there is such a thing as an A-List for directors, although out of the 40 best directors, Scorsese would be #2. Actually Scorsese is best at gangster films and adventure dramas. "Green Lantern" is more Sci-Fi/Action/Adventure. I was expecting somebody like Nicholas Meyer, Roland Emmerich (who is producing now), Peter Hyams, or even Ron Howard to be approached for this type of film.

 

[Octoberist]

Roland would not be a good choice for this, along with Peter Hyams.

 

[Lobo]

Like I said before, I don't know if there is such a thing as an A-List for directors, although out of the 40 best directors, Scorsese would be #2. Actually Scorsese is best at gangster films and adventure dramas. "Green Lantern" is more Sci-Fi/Action/Adventure. I was expecting somebody like Nicholas Meyer, Roland Emmerich (who is producing now), Peter Hyams, or even Ron Howard to be approached for this type of film.

I always wanted to see a Scorsese Punisher.

 

[Webhead2006]

Yea i doubt script is going to get scraped and a whole new one happening. Last reports we had was berlanti/other writers recently handed in another new draft of the film and wb was really happy with it. Now if campbell is confirmed in the coming days/weeks and we get solid news on cast there is no problem wit hthe film to come out in summer 2010 like others have said. As long as its filming by may a mid summer release is plently of time to work on the film. Most films only need like 4-6 months of production, then the rest of the time for post work, reshoots and alot of pre work has been on going for a long while right.

 

[dnno1]

Roland would not be a good choice for this, along with Peter Hyams.

Emmerich did "Stargate", and "Independenc Day". That's why I would consider him (I guess he also did "Godzilla" which was a disappointment). Hyams did "Outlander", "2010", and "Timecop". I don't see why they wouldn't have been at least a thought in someones mind.

 

[dnno1]

I always wanted to see a Scorsese Punisher.

Not that would probably be a great film.

 

[Octoberist]

Emmerich did "Stargate", and "Independenc Day". That's why I would consider him (I guess he also did "Godzilla" which was a disappointment). Hyams did "Outlander", "2010", and "Timecop". I don't see why they wouldn't have been at least a thought in someones mind.

Emmerich hasn't done anything close to those movies in years though. Visually he's good but his latest movies are so...dumb. Hell, I would rather go to Michael Bay than to Roland. Yes, that sounds crazy right? I love cheesy fun and all, but not for Green Lantern. I want Green Lantern to be DC's Iron Man, filmwise.

And Hyams, again, those movies are in the past, and you can't argue that he has done the same quality of work as of late. I haven't seen Outlander (It sucks that it got dumped out into theaters like that) but I don't know if he's consistent enough anymore.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Yeah Emmerich is primarily Hollywood fluff (which can be enjoyable) but I would hope GL would be better than that.

 

[Excel]

Why didnt they get him for Superman instead?

 

[Octoberist]

because I personally think that Superman can wait.

It's been Batman and Superman for the longest time; now it's time for the others to join in.

 

[Excel]

I see. I would expect a holiday release. Campbell a notoriously quick shooter (filming on CR began at the end of 2005). I'd expect shooting by the end of the year if this is true and winter 2010 release (batman gets summer 2011).

I am anxious to see who the writer is. Campbells proven his films are only as good as their scripts; albeit he has a knack for flair and effective romance/characters with proper writing.

 

[mclay18]

Bale was locked for Terminator in November/December 2007 and filming began around March/April 2008.

Oh. I keep thinking it's later than that.

 

[Chewy]

I see. I would expect a holiday release. Campbell a notoriously quick shooter (filming on CR began at the end of 2005). I'd expect shooting by the end of the year if this is true and winter 2010 release (batman gets summer 2011).

They aren't going to have GL compete with HP

Everything we've seen indicates they want this for a Summer 2010 release. And that makes sense - WB's summer 2010 slate is very blank at the moment.

 

[mclay18]

All they (Warners) has on their plate is Guardians of Ga'Hoole sketched in for July 23, 2010. Not exactly a blockbuster tentpole.

They need something big like GL for the big money in June or early July. (I still think The Last Airbender will be pushed back to late 2010 or early 2011, let alone be huge competition for GL.)

 

[Sawyer]

Great choice of director.

 

[TheVileOne]

Peter Hyams would be a good choice if this movie was direct to video and had a budget of like $10-20 million.

A Sound of Thunder should disqualify him as well.

Roland Emmerich - I don't want the director of Godzilla anywhere near Green Lantern.

He makes big loud popcorn movies but they are dumb, stupid popcorn movies.

 

[Hush]

Sounds like a solid choice if it happens just hope we get some space fairing.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Sounds like a solid choice if it happens just hope we get some space fairing.

Oh, im sure there will be. It's not really GL without at least a little space faring.

 

[ClarkLuther55]

Awesome choice. Hopefully this goes through, and finally gets a GL film going.

Campbell has proven himself as a good action director who can make intelligent films as well. The Mask of Zorro is one of my favorite movies, and perfectly balances fun, humor, action, and drama without getting silly. And of course his Bond movies were badass.t:

 

[Chewy]

All they (Warners) has on their plate is Guardians of Ga'Hoole sketched in for July 23, 2010. Not exactly a blockbuster tentpole.

They need something big like GL for the big money in June or early July. (I still think The Last Airbender will be pushed back to late 2010 or early 2011, let alone be huge competition for GL.)

July 4th weekend is only two weeks before Thor - not enough breathing room, imo. It'll probably be placed on the weekend before July 4th - Spider-Man 2 was very successful there, and Transformers 2 is going to be very successful there this year.

 

[Octoberist]

I still don't know if Thor will be a huge hit; i think it'll hit Incredbile Hulk type numbers.

Out of the two, I would think that a space opera like Green Lantern is more appealing than a viking dude. Maybe it's because Ive never 'got' Thor.

 

[Sawyer]

I still don't know if Thor will be a huge hit; i think it'll hit Incredbile Hulk type numbers.

It all depends on the stars and how well it is marketed. And the fact that the name Thor hasnt already been put on a ****** movie prior to this one may work in its favor.