Martin Campbell is Directing Green Lantern

[dnno1]

I'm curious as to why certain individuals are bothered that Berlanti is not directing. He seems to be an unknown quantity, so I'm not sure what would make someone actively support him. For the record, I'm not trying to be a dick, I'm genuinely curious.

So was Quetin Tarrantino, and look how he turned out.

 

[solidsnake86]

I think they did the smartest thing with campbell. The guy might not stick around if a sequel comes about, but berlanti should have a film or two under his belt.

 

[Dark Knight]

He also made an awful mountain climbing action suspense movie in Vertical Limit.

CUT THE ROPE! DON'T CUT THE ROPE!

Oh yeah...I remember that one....lol

 

[The Major]

So was Quetin Tarrantino, and look how he turned out.

Tarantino never made adaptions on established properties IIRC. Especially not for his early work.The only exceptions are tv episodes for ER and CSI and those were not only years between each other but after he had already done a decent amount of directing experience. Nor did he do projects in completely different genres until after he became a hit director in one genre. Another difference is that he directs stuff all the time, he didn't start go from My Best Friend's Birthday to Kill Bill.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Tarantino never made adaptions on established properties IIRC. Especially not for his early work.The only exceptions are tv episodes for ER and CSI and those were not only years between each other but after he had already done a decent amount of directing experience. Nor did he do projects in completely different genres until after he became a hit director in one genre. Another difference is that he directs stuff all the time, he didn't start go from My Best Friend's Birthday to Kill Bill.

Jackie Brown is an adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel

 

[The Major]

Jackie Brown is an adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel

He directed four movies and a tv episode before it, as well. Jackie Brown is also much closer to his other projects in genre, unlike GL and Broken Hearts Club.

 

[mclay18]

He also made an awful mountain climbing action suspense movie in Vertical Limit.

CUT THE ROPE! DON'T CUT THE ROPE!

Casino Royale more than made up for VL. And for one, VL was made nearly a decade ago.

 

[Keyser Soze]

I think they did the smartest thing with campbell. The guy might not stick around if a sequel comes about, but berlanti should have a film or two under his belt.

Yeah, I think Greg Berlanti will be well positioned to take over for the sequel should Campbell not stick around.

 

[TheVileOne]

Casino Royale more than made up for VL. And for one, VL was made nearly a decade ago.

Don't get me wrong, I love some of Campbell's work. It's just that when his movies are bad, they are REALLY bad.

 

[The Major]

Don't get me wrong, I love some of Campbell's work. It's just that when his movies are bad, they are REALLY bad.

And when his movies are good they're EXTREMELY good.

No-one's perfect, of course. GL would be fortunate to have such a talented director working on the franchise.

 

[The Guard]

Campbell doesn't seem to have much input on scripts usually. Hence, if he has a good script, he ends up with a good movie. A bad script usually turns out to be a subpar one. However, he is often able to get performances out of actors to mostly cover up a subpar script (the Zorro sequel).

 

[Webhead2006]

Yea i hope campbell if its becomes totally official he does as well as possible with gl and we get a kick butt film.

 

[Dark Knight]

Yeah, I think Greg Berlanti will be well positioned to take over for the sequel should Campbell not stick around.

That would make sense.....

 

[Metamorpho1977]

Looks like it might gonna be happen soon. Warner Bros is neotiating with the director, Martin Campbell to direct "Green Lantern".

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999580.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

When I first read that headline, I thought for a second that they were signing Bruce Campbell as Hal Jordan.

 

[Excel]

Campbell doesn't seem to have much input on scripts usually. Hence, if he has a good script, he ends up with a good movie. A bad script usually turns out to be a subpar one. However, he is often able to get performances out of actors to mostly cover up a subpar script (the Zorro sequel).

Yup. He is excellent with casting. If the scripts as good as LR said it was, we probably have a kick ass movie coming.

 

[REDophile]

Campbell directing this is a great call. But lets just hope a cast and release date will still be announced soon. On the other hand, WB doesn't seem to have anything officially lined up for 2010 yet.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea as many have pointed out as long as a cast is set and filming has started by may that gives them plently of time to shoot the film in 4-6 months, then post work, any reshoots and then have the film out next yr between may-aug.

 

[terry78]

Do you want the Lantern to wear that little mask thing, or should he just go mask-less?

 

[The Major]

Do you want the Lantern to wear that little mask thing, or should he just go mask-less?

Mask. Hal works better if his identities aren't merged.

 

[Octoberist]

I mean, they have a good explaination for the mask anyway [BLACKOUT]in the script.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[TheVileOne]

Hal has always worn the mask and he always should.

 

[The Major]

Hal has always worn the mask and he always should.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea mask would be better to go and costume wise would be much easier to pull off then having to cgi his eyes or a cgi mask and waste sfx money on that.

 

[REDophile]

GL and Clash of the Titans in 2010 would make for a more epic blockbuster season at WB than they seem to be looking at this summer.

 

[Chewy]

GL and Clash of the Titans in 2010 would make for a more epic blockbuster season at WB than they seem to be looking at this summer.

Terminator and Harry Potter