Official Green Lantern News & Discussion Thread - Part 1

[dnno1]

QFT
The gross cut share was the main reason why we haven't seen a Superman Returns sequel.

That and the fact that they had to settle the lawsuit with the Siegel estate.

 

[Dark Knight]

We're still pretty sure it's Dennis Haysbert. John Laroquette is Tomar. Paul Parducci is G'Hu. Rumor is that Michael Ironside is Krona as well.

Ryan Reynolds' introduction to the re-release of Green Lantern: Secret Origin

 

[The Sage]

Here is all I know about the Green Lantern plot:

Spoiler

OPENING SCENE
3 alien astronauts are exploring space (specifically the "Lost Sector") and come across a stone citadel. Exploring the citadel they find a light in the pitch darkness and follow leading them to find Parallax who is held down inside a cave by Green chains of willpower. Parallax scares the astronauts but one approaches it out of curiosity. Parallax uses their fear and rips the soul out of the approaching astronaut gaining strength and breaks the green chains before ripping the souls from the other 2 astronauts and is finally free.

- MARTIN JORDAN DEATH SCENE

15 YEARS LATER

- HAL JORDAN WAKES UP (Opening scene of the trailer) LATE FOR AN IMPORTANT TEST FLIGHT

- HAL DRIVES TO FERRIS

- CAROL FINDS HIM IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND TELLS HIM OFF (Hal offers Carol a date at the tavern bar if they win the test flight)

- TEST FLIGHT (Hal and Carol are piloting jets against U-CAV's and Hal goes to maximum altitude to defeat the U-CAV stalling his plane but loses consciousness but eventually comes round and ejects losing his plane)

- TEST FLIGHT AFTERMOUTH (Carol bans Hal from flying after crashing his plane and being stupid)

- ABIN SUR IS FLYING TO THE PLANET VENTARA (Sinestro contacts him informing him of his location. Abin says "I'm flying at maximum velocity" but Sinestro tells him that Ventara has been consumed like the others before the transmission cuts. A dark shadow is cast of Abin's ship before a massive surge of yellow light comes flying at Abin sending him backwards. Parallax attacks Abin who tries to fight back before trying to escape but is caught by one of Parallax's tentacles before he gets into an escape pod and ejects before setting co-ordinates for Earth and telling his ring to find a worthy successor)

- JORDAN FAMILY BARBEQUE SCENE (Hal's mother tells him off for being stupid in the test flight)

- HAL MEETS ABIN SUR (Hal is at the old pier [as seen in the trailer] thinking over being a pilot when a green light zooms over head and crashses. He follows the light to find a crashes alien ship and an injured purple alien. He helps the alien out who speaks english to him and informs him that he has been chosen to be a member of the Green Lantern Corps. He tells him to go inside the ship and get the lantern and speak the oath before dying. Hal phones up Tom to come and see this as he buries Abin Sur)

- TOM AND DEO ARRIVE (Tom arrives and is overwhelmed by the alien ship and wants to take it home and study it. Hal hands him the lantern as helicopters arrive overhead with flashing lights so Hal and Tom run for it, get into his jeep and head back to Hal's apartment. The DEO arrive and excavate Abin Sur's body.)

- HAL'S APARTMENT (Hal and Tom arrive back at Hal's apartment when Carol calls asking where Hal is and she is waiting at the tavern for him. Hal says he is on his way.)

- TAVERN (Hal arrives to find Carol waiting for him at the bar and is pissed off. She tells him off again for being late for her again and wonders why he can't be serious for once in his life. Carol ends up leaving and the 3 U-CAV pilots who Hal pissed off for ruining their test flight earlier show up and tease Hal for Carol leaving him. Hal decides to leave and goes round back to get his car. The 3 pilots ambush him and beat him up. Hal remembers the ring and creates a giant fist and knocks the 3 pilots out.)

That is all I know for certain up to this point that occurs in the correct order. The rest of the scenes below are scenes I know happen but don't know where they fit into the film but are in the order I think they happen.

- HAL TEST THE RING (Hal begins testing out the powers of the ring and begins to accidentally fly)

- AMANDA WALLER FINDS HECTOR HAMMOND (Amanda Waller goes to his university and recruits Hammond who is showing students operating techniques and stuff for an alien autopsy)

- AUTOPSY SCENE (Hammond is looking over the body of Abin Sur documenting it before getting to his shoulder injury. As he examines the injury yellow light [from Parallax] ejects onto Hammond sending him flying backwards.

- OA TRAINING (Hal ends up on Oa [either after he flies for the first time and the ring takes him automatically or a reason I don't know of] and meets Tomar-Re, Kilowog, Sinestro and the Guardians. Tomar-Re gives him some training [shown in the trailer], Kilowog says he smells funny [shown in the trailer] and Sinestro thinks that he won't be good enough.

- HAMMOND TESTS HIS ABILITIES (Hector Hammond begins testing his abilities out on one his university colleagues)

- HAL RETURNS TO EARTH (This is the where he gets Tom round and shows him transforming into his GL attire [shown in trailer])

- FERRIS AIRCRAFT PARTY (Hammond tries to hook up with Carol but she rejects his advances. He makes a helicopter crash and Hal turns into Green Lantern and saves the day)

- GREEN LANTERN NEWS FLASH (Hal as Green Lantern begins popping up all over the Earth saving the day becoming a sensation)]

- SINESTRO CONFRONTS THE GUARDIANS (Sinestro confronts the Guardians about what they plan to do about Parallax as it looks like they are doing nothing. They tell him to be patient. He says he's sick of being patient. Ganthet relents and tells Sinestro of Parallax's origin [Krona, their brother left them billions of years ago to search for the Yellow Central Battery believing it a stronger power than Green Light and found it in the Vega System and Parallax was inside and took him over. He went on a killing spree conusming planets before they subdued Parallax. The Guardians reveal that they are constructing a Yellow Power Ring to confront Parallax with and will need somebody to wield the ring which isn't ready yet)

- SINESTRO ADDRESS (Sinsetro calls all available GL's to the Great Hall [the big GLC monument shown in trailers and posters] beneath the Central Battery and says that a war is coming and that he will lead the army of Green Lantern's to defeat Parallax)

- HAL CONVINCES THE GLC (Hal convinces the Guardians and Sinestro that they can defeat Parallax without the use of a Yellow Power Ring and that all they need to do is overcome their fear)

- HAL VS HAMMOND IN HANGAR (There is a scene almost shot for shot of Green Lantern vs Hector Hammond in a aircraft hangar)

- HAL VS HAMMOND IN DEO BUNKER (There is a fight between Green Lantern and Hammond here which is the final battle [shown in trailer]

- FINAL BATTLE VS PARALLAX (Occurs in Coast City Market and is Hal vs Parallax until Sinestro and hundreds of Green Lanterns arrive to join in the battle. Hal, Sinestro, Tomar-Re and Kilowog all fight Parallax until Hal stands and defeats Parallax himself [This was Martin Campbell's idea, Geoff Johns and Michael Goldenburg's revision had all 4 defeating Parallax].

- HAL REVEALS HIMSELF TO CAROL (Hal saves Carol from Parallax and reveals himself as Green Lantern and explains his powers)

- FINAL SCENE (The completed Yellow Power Ring remains on Oa)

Might want to use spoiler tags...

Sounds good.

 

[HighFivingMF]

I love the wording "For being stupid."

 

[arman200]

Here is all I know about the Green Lantern plot:

Spoiler

OPENING SCENE
3 alien astronauts are exploring space (specifically the "Lost Sector") and come across a stone citadel. Exploring the citadel they find a light in the pitch darkness and follow leading them to find Parallax who is held down inside a cave by Green chains of willpower. Parallax scares the astronauts but one approaches it out of curiosity. Parallax uses their fear and rips the soul out of the approaching astronaut gaining strength and breaks the green chains before ripping the souls from the other 2 astronauts and is finally free.

- MARTIN JORDAN DEATH SCENE

15 YEARS LATER

- HAL JORDAN WAKES UP (Opening scene of the trailer) LATE FOR AN IMPORTANT TEST FLIGHT

- HAL DRIVES TO FERRIS

- CAROL FINDS HIM IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND TELLS HIM OFF (Hal offers Carol a date at the tavern bar if they win the test flight)

- TEST FLIGHT (Hal and Carol are piloting jets against U-CAV's and Hal goes to maximum altitude to defeat the U-CAV stalling his plane but loses consciousness but eventually comes round and ejects losing his plane)

- TEST FLIGHT AFTERMOUTH (Carol bans Hal from flying after crashing his plane and being stupid)

- ABIN SUR IS FLYING TO THE PLANET VENTARA (Sinestro contacts him informing him of his location. Abin says "I'm flying at maximum velocity" but Sinestro tells him that Ventara has been consumed like the others before the transmission cuts. A dark shadow is cast of Abin's ship before a massive surge of yellow light comes flying at Abin sending him backwards. Parallax attacks Abin who tries to fight back before trying to escape but is caught by one of Parallax's tentacles before he gets into an escape pod and ejects before setting co-ordinates for Earth and telling his ring to find a worthy successor)

- JORDAN FAMILY BARBEQUE SCENE (Hal's mother tells him off for being stupid in the test flight)

- HAL MEETS ABIN SUR (Hal is at the old pier [as seen in the trailer] thinking over being a pilot when a green light zooms over head and crashses. He follows the light to find a crashes alien ship and an injured purple alien. He helps the alien out who speaks english to him and informs him that he has been chosen to be a member of the Green Lantern Corps. He tells him to go inside the ship and get the lantern and speak the oath before dying. Hal phones up Tom to come and see this as he buries Abin Sur)

- TOM AND DEO ARRIVE (Tom arrives and is overwhelmed by the alien ship and wants to take it home and study it. Hal hands him the lantern as helicopters arrive overhead with flashing lights so Hal and Tom run for it, get into his jeep and head back to Hal's apartment. The DEO arrive and excavate Abin Sur's body.)

- HAL'S APARTMENT (Hal and Tom arrive back at Hal's apartment when Carol calls asking where Hal is and she is waiting at the tavern for him. Hal says he is on his way.)

- TAVERN (Hal arrives to find Carol waiting for him at the bar and is pissed off. She tells him off again for being late for her again and wonders why he can't be serious for once in his life. Carol ends up leaving and the 3 U-CAV pilots who Hal pissed off for ruining their test flight earlier show up and tease Hal for Carol leaving him. Hal decides to leave and goes round back to get his car. The 3 pilots ambush him and beat him up. Hal remembers the ring and creates a giant fist and knocks the 3 pilots out.)

That is all I know for certain up to this point that occurs in the correct order. The rest of the scenes below are scenes I know happen but don't know where they fit into the film but are in the order I think they happen.

- HAL TEST THE RING (Hal begins testing out the powers of the ring and begins to accidentally fly)

- AMANDA WALLER FINDS HECTOR HAMMOND (Amanda Waller goes to his university and recruits Hammond who is showing students operating techniques and stuff for an alien autopsy)

- AUTOPSY SCENE (Hammond is looking over the body of Abin Sur documenting it before getting to his shoulder injury. As he examines the injury yellow light [from Parallax] ejects onto Hammond sending him flying backwards.

- OA TRAINING (Hal ends up on Oa [either after he flies for the first time and the ring takes him automatically or a reason I don't know of] and meets Tomar-Re, Kilowog, Sinestro and the Guardians. Tomar-Re gives him some training [shown in the trailer], Kilowog says he smells funny [shown in the trailer] and Sinestro thinks that he won't be good enough.

- HAMMOND TESTS HIS ABILITIES (Hector Hammond begins testing his abilities out on one his university colleagues)

- HAL RETURNS TO EARTH (This is the where he gets Tom round and shows him transforming into his GL attire [shown in trailer])

- FERRIS AIRCRAFT PARTY (Hammond tries to hook up with Carol but she rejects his advances. He makes a helicopter crash and Hal turns into Green Lantern and saves the day)

- GREEN LANTERN NEWS FLASH (Hal as Green Lantern begins popping up all over the Earth saving the day becoming a sensation)]

- SINESTRO CONFRONTS THE GUARDIANS (Sinestro confronts the Guardians about what they plan to do about Parallax as it looks like they are doing nothing. They tell him to be patient. He says he's sick of being patient. Ganthet relents and tells Sinestro of Parallax's origin [Krona, their brother left them billions of years ago to search for the Yellow Central Battery believing it a stronger power than Green Light and found it in the Vega System and Parallax was inside and took him over. He went on a killing spree conusming planets before they subdued Parallax. The Guardians reveal that they are constructing a Yellow Power Ring to confront Parallax with and will need somebody to wield the ring which isn't ready yet)

- SINESTRO ADDRESS (Sinsetro calls all available GL's to the Great Hall [the big GLC monument shown in trailers and posters] beneath the Central Battery and says that a war is coming and that he will lead the army of Green Lantern's to defeat Parallax)

- HAL CONVINCES THE GLC (Hal convinces the Guardians and Sinestro that they can defeat Parallax without the use of a Yellow Power Ring and that all they need to do is overcome their fear)

- HAL VS HAMMOND IN HANGAR (There is a scene almost shot for shot of Green Lantern vs Hector Hammond in a aircraft hangar)

- HAL VS HAMMOND IN DEO BUNKER (There is a fight between Green Lantern and Hammond here which is the final battle [shown in trailer]

- FINAL BATTLE VS PARALLAX (Occurs in Coast City Market and is Hal vs Parallax until Sinestro and hundreds of Green Lanterns arrive to join in the battle. Hal, Sinestro, Tomar-Re and Kilowog all fight Parallax until Hal stands and defeats Parallax himself [This was Martin Campbell's idea, Geoff Johns and Michael Goldenburg's revision had all 4 defeating Parallax].

- HAL REVEALS HIMSELF TO CAROL (Hal saves Carol from Parallax and reveals himself as Green Lantern and explains his powers)

- FINAL SCENE (The completed Yellow Power Ring remains on Oa)

I kinda wish there was the scene with Hal creating a construct of his father, and the Sinestro visiting Hal on Earth, but overall not bad at all.

 

[JDym]

What does this mean:

Spoiler

- HAL VS HAMMOND IN HANGAR (There is a scene almost shot for shot of Green Lantern vs Hector Hammond in a aircraft hangar)

 

[HighFivingMF]

I think it means.

Spoiler

Hal hits. Hector hits. Hal hits. Hector hits.

 

[JDym]

ahh. that makes sense

 

[JDym]

where'd this John laraoquette information come from?!

 

[dnno1]

IMDb.

 

[protocida]

^ He means the fight between Hal and Hector from "Secret Origin".

 

[HighFivingMF]

^ He means the fight between Hal and Hector from "Secret Origin".

That's what I originally thought but I didn't see a mention of Secret Origin in the quote.

 

[Lone]

We're still pretty sure it's Dennis Haysbert. John Laroquette is Tomar. Paul Parducci is G'Hu. Rumor is that Michael Ironside is Krona as well.

Dennis Haybert sounds a little too "smooth" IMO. Still a great choice if true but I would've preferred a tougher sounding actor.

 

[terry78]

Dennis Haybert sounds a little too "smooth" IMO. Still a great choice if true but I would've preferred a tougher sounding actor.

You never watched The Unit, I take it.

 

[SuperDaniel]

This lack of news or anything regarding GL is pissing me off. Its about time they start showing some stuff about the movie.

 

[Showtime]

Should be seeing a new trailer next week. That works for me.

 

[protocida]

^ The Spoilers sound legit, for the most part.

 

[Avengers-Report]

Should be seeing a new trailer next week. That works for me.

Good news. Any more information on it? What movie is it coming before?

 

[I Am The Knight]

^^Sucker Punch.

 

[Ahura Mazda]

Umm....I think most of us knew that the Blue Ray and DVD sales are a big part of making a profit from films.

If you read my whole post I was not inferring anything regarding your knowledge. Plus I was referring to DVD sales to give a timeline not to mention percentages.

Anyways, is the script summary above a fabrication or somewhat accurate beyond what we have seen in the trailers?

 

[dnno1]

This lack of news or anything regarding GL is pissing me off. Its about time they start showing some stuff about the movie.

Well, Ryan Reynolds, did do the intro to the reprint of Secret Origins this week, and in the news there was a report that "Green Lantern" and "Transformers" were considering delaying thier release dates in Japan due to the damage done by the earthquake and tsunami over there. This weekend we will be having the C2E2 which will be featuring Chris Hemsworth and an appearance of Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis. The following week we should have the second trailer for "Green Lantern" and the the week of April fools we should have some "Green Lantern" stuff at Wondercon.

 

[Reel]

I was referring to the scene from Secret Origins guys. This scene was actually in the first draft as well and has stuck into the final draft, as did a couple of other things like Hector getting his powers from Abin Sur's infected dead body, Sinestro's confrontation with the Guardians about them not doing anything regarding the galactic threat.

 

[Reel]

@Arman200 - Hal does create a construct of a fighter jet..

 

[JDym]

you know, if Green Lantern came out in the 70s (and I know the effects wouldn't be what they are today) before people were constantly hit over the head with CGI, I bet kids would grow up pretending to make constructs and whatnot. I just can't see the current generation of kids falling head over heels for GL, even with all the toys they are putting out there

 

[protocida]

Anyways, is the script summary above a fabrication or somewhat accurate beyond what we have seen in the trailers?

It appears to be quite accurate, aside from some minor conflicting info.