Official Green Lantern Casting and Discussion Thread

[Ace of Knaves]

I could see Jamie Foxx as John Stewart. That would be pretty cool.

 

[louiebling$]

Yea.... he's really gone far in terms of his acting Ability.

 

[cin0]

he's always been a great actor, that is if ur talkin about jamie

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

As per their Twitter feed:

Green Lantern’s proposed Australian shoot is understood to be under threat after the rising Australian dollar has blown out production costs

 

[protocida]

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Vas is das?

Wolverine was made in Australia and there is no way that movie broke the bank.

 

[mclay18]

The thing is, the AU dollar was low during shooting on Wolverine, and now that it's shot up during pre-production on GL, they're going to have to shoot elsewhere. Eastern Europe, UK, or Canada is the most likely alternative.

I'm sure the producers and director have a backup plan for this in case something like that happened.

 

[Octoberist]

I'm sure they'll figure something out....I HOPE!

 

[Ace of Knaves]

They better.

 

[Octoberist]

what was the costs of Star Trek?

I'm just wondering, because WB is so worried about the budget and all, so if a movie like Star Trek could be made, I don't see what's the problem..

 

[cerealkiller182]

People seem unusually attached to Australia for this film.

 

[guitarsingerguy]

People seem unusually attached to Australia for this film.

If I remember correctly, Australia has several tax breaks for movie productions which is why so many of them film there.

 

[cerealkiller182]

If I remember correctly, Australia has several tax breaks for movie productions which is why so many of them film there.

i know why movies are filmed there and I know plenty of places have tax breaks, but since Reynolds was cast I see people specifically about Aussies and Australia which seems to be very unique to the development of this movie

 

[Webhead2006]

well hopefully they wont lose production shoot. If they cant do aus i am sure they can find a good replacement place to shoot.

 

[mclay18]

The recent L.A. Times article about the DC restructuring mentions that GL will start shooting next year on March 15. So I'm sure some shooting will be in Australia (since it's technically summer by that time), but the article doesn't mention anything specific.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-warner10-2009sep10,0,1779787.story

 

[Webhead2006]

well i havent heard any dates stated before that la times article, all we know is some time between jan-early spring which can mean jan-march range. They would have to have film going by march to have enough time to film, post, reshoots, etc.... promoting and all that.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I think it could be true. The article reads as pretty damn confident. And WB might have told them what they're doing.

 

[Webhead2006]

possible i was just saying before that article we were still hearing jan. but hopefully wb/campbell will be releasing news soon on if that is indeed the start date, and hopefully between now-end of the year get the rest of the cast set.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

The recent L.A. Times article about the DC restructuring mentions that GL will start shooting next year on March 15. So I'm sure some shooting will be in Australia (since it's technically summer by that time), but the article doesn't mention anything specific.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-warner10-2009sep10,0,1779787.story

In Australia March is Autumn. t:

 

[Doctor Jones]

I just wish someone would say something regarding production. Just to let us know I and reasure is this isn't dead. Not saying it is, but, oh hell, I just want something.

 

[mclay18]

Showtime said in another thread that the location has already been set. He wouldn't say whether it was still in Australia, New Orleans or a different location altogether.

But they do have a start date for GL.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea if things were dead we would have likely heard something by now. They need gl and it is a character they can tap into the action/scifi genre and could be a big hit if they play it right.

 

[Dark Knight]

http://www.superherohype.com/news/greenlanternnews.php?id=8697



Now this is a cast IMO....


Hal Jordan- Ryan Reynolds

Carol Ferris- Rachel McAdams, Michelle Monaghan or Anne Hathaway (even though Hathaway would be a better Lois Lane)

Sinestro- Hugo Weaving or Viggo Mortensen

Dr. Hector Hammond- Peter Sarsgaard

Abin Sur- Laurence Fishburn

Kilowog- Michael Clark Duncan

Tomar Re- Doug Jones

 

[Doctor Jones]

They have the casting calls. So thank God we have something to let us know this is still going. At least we know.

 

[Dark Knight]

As per their Twitter feed:

They should go to New Zealand then....or Seattle or Vancouver or Dubai. LOL