Official Green Lantern News & Discussion Thread - Part 6

[Karelia]

I showed the 3rd trailer to my mother and grandmother. Both are about as non-geek, mainstream audience as you can get. 2 people does not a focus group make, but they were both blown away and want to see it with me. I find that encouraging.

My mom is nerding out almost as much as I am for the movie.

 

[DarkKnight FTW]

did anybody notice the sinestro corps logo in the close-up of Hammonds eyes? It flashes real quick! OUTSTANDING!

 

[The Sage]

I don't know how reliable this is, so take it with a grain of salt, but a guy over at 4chan who claims to know people who work at DC Comics revealed a series of interesting tidbits.

Spoiler

Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett will take over "Green Lantern" after Geoff Johns' departure to oversee the development of Green Lantern's follow-up movies: The Suicide Squad, Captain Marvel and Martian Manhunter.

"Flashpoint" will reboot the Flash franchise. Barry Allen will become the main Flash. Wally West will be de-aged and become Kid Flash - partly due to Young Justice. Bart Allen will become Impulse and return to the 31st Century to have adventures alongside his cousin Xs in the Legion of Superheroes. Zoom will erase Wally's wife and children from existence using the Negative Speed Force.

Interesting, to say the least.

If this is true...

Spoiler

Suicide Squad movie. I wonder if Angela Bassett might continue her role as Amanda Waller there. I don't read much about the Suicide Squad but I kinda get the impression it could work as a movie.

Captain Marvel getting a movie...surprised. I would've thought he'd get a animated show first.

My reaction to the Flash news is the same as Earle's....WHY?!!! I hope it's not true.

 

[Metropolis_Man]

That art of the Green Lantern book seems to be a really nice tie in for the film. It's great to see some shots of the designs for other members of the Corps. Depending on the price tag, this is definitely one I will pick up. On a quick side note, I'd like to pass on a link to my GL fansite Welcome To Coast City. If you get some spare time and want a place to find various Lantern related news, stop by and check it out!

 

[Metropolis_Man]

Here's a shot of what I'm assuming is the same scene. Left image taken from the very first trailer and the right image taken from the newest one. Notice some very major differences.

 

[The Sage]

Wow, good catch.

 

[Kane52630]

Yeah you get that with a lot of movies trailers that rely on SFX. I remember seeing the same thing for Avatar.

See:

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Weird how much stuff they change around as post goes on. That they'd add stuff is obvious but they pretty much went through and redid the entire skyline. Looks cool tho

 

[S.A.A.D.]

Amazing. I really like the close-ups on the alien Green Lanterns and confirmation

Spoiler

that Kilowog, Tomar-Re and Sinestro come to Earth in the ending.

EDIT: A little spoiler there...

If that is the ending from the movie then color me a little disappointed.

 

[protocida]

What Could Have Been: Green Lantern.

In 1997, Warner started to become interested in developing new franchises based on DC Comics characters, and Green Lantern was one of their first picks. They asked Kevin Smith to write a Script for a movie about the character, but Smith refused, partly due to the Superman Lives fiasco he had recently been through. With Batman & Robin's failure, Warner scrapped the idea of a "serious" Green Lantern movie and started looking at the project as a potential comedy.

In 2006, Robert Smiegel wrote a The Mask-based Script intented to be starred by Jack Black. Adapted from "Emerald Dawn", the Script was focused on Judd Plato, a furniture store employee who is bestowed the Green Lantern power ring by a dying Abin Sur after eating a dead coyote on live television and taken to planet Oa to help the Green Lantern Corps fight their greatest enemy, Legion. Other classic characters from the comics included Sinestro, Kilowog, Tomar-Re, Katma Tui and Xax. The project was eventually scrapped due to negative feedback from the fans.

In 2007, Corey Reynolds offered himself to write a Script for a movie centered on John Stewart and able to spawn a potential trilogy that'd introduce Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League of America. He also intented to star on the movie. His spec Script, Green Lantern: Birth of a Hero, was well-received by Warner and even scouted for a potential 2010 release date as a Spin-Off of George Miller's Justice League: Mortal, which would feature Common as John Stewart. Columbus Short was also approached for the role, but turned it down.

When Justice League: Mortal fell apart, a solo Green Lantern movie started to interest Warner's executives again. Greg Berlanti, a big fan of the character, presented his idea for a Hal Jordan-centric trilogy, using concept art portraying David Boreanaz as Hal Jordan and Carla Gugino as Carol Ferris, to convince Warner to greenlight a Script. They did, and, in 2009, Berlanti, Marc Guggenhein and Michael Green turned over their first draft, also based in "Emerald Dawn" and featuring a Parallax-inspired Legion and Hector Hammond as the villains.

Warner decided to produce the movie and, after entertaining the idea of asking Miller to direct it, they chose Berlanti for the job. Geoff Johns was also asked to do uncredited rewrites, with later drafts being based on "Secret Origin" and featuring Parallax and Hector Hammond as the villains. Berlanti eventually felt that the project was too big for him to handle and, after scouting the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Zack Snyder, Warner hired Martin Campbell to replace him as the movie's director. Michael Goldenberg then joined production, rewriting sections of the Script alongside Johns. The search for the cast then begun.

Several young actors were rumored for the lead role of Hal Jordan, including Ryan Gosling, Chris Pine, Sam Worthington, James Franco, Jake Gyllenhall, Anton Yelchin, Brian Austin Green and Shawn Roberts. However, the final candidates were Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto, Justin Timberlake and Ryan Reynolds, who got the role.

For Carol Ferris, Rose Byrne, Michelle Monaghan, Eva Green, Keri Russel, Jennifer Garner, Diane Kruger and Blake Lively, who got the role.

For Thaal Sinestro, Hugo Weaving, Jackie Earle Haley, Geoffrey Rush and Jason Isaacs were considered before Mark Strong landed the role.

For Abin Sur, Doug Jones was considered before Temuera Morrison got the role. Likewise, John Cho and Adam Beach were contenders for Tom Kalmaku before Taika Waititi was hired.

The rest of the cast, composed of Peter Sarsgaard, Tim Robbins, Jon Tenney, Jay O. Sanders and Angela Basset, was chosen without many bumps on the road.

The roster of characters, on the other hand, was very long, with John Stewart, Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner and even Clark Kent being considered for minor roles and/or cameos. Eventually, John Stewart got the "part", and former marine Nick Jones plays him in a small scene in the film. The original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, on the other hand, was originally the mysterious governmental agency that connects the stories of Jordan and Hammond. He was replaced by Amanda Waller, played by Basset, and the Department of Extranormal Operations (DEO).

 

[jmc]

I still can't believe Lively beat out the likes of Diana Kruger and Rose Byrne.

 

[Spideyfan93]

Love Lively but...

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......

 

[HighFivingMF]

I still want Eva Green to play Lyssa Drak.

 

[Breogan]

What Could Have Been: Green Lantern...

What is that cut and pasted from wrongapedia? I like how the Jackie Earle Haley “was considered” for Sinestro fantasy still persists, when we had Martin Campbell already flat out deny it ages ago. http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/01/1...talks-to-play-sinestro-confirms-kilowog-more/
I’d take much of what you see there especially some of the supposed casting considerations, with a grain of salt.

 

[protocida]

You know that studios consider actors who are never actually approached, right? Kinda like they used Ryan Reynolds' face as a mold of the GL mask way before he actually became a contender?

 

[Breogan]

You know that studios consider actors who are never actually approached, right?

Martin Campbell when asked about JEH - "No, that was completely wrong,"

Kinda like they used Ryan Reynolds' face as a mold of the GL mask way before he actually became a contender?

Wrong. he was already a contender, where do you think they got his face? LOL
The VFX guys needed a face, so they picked someone who ACTUALLY HAD ALREADY AUDITIONED, hence was already a contender.

"Reynolds later revealed that the vfx guys had arbitrarily chose his head to mold the first Green Lantern mask when he first auditioned.
"I had no idea who else auditioned [meaning he had auditioned] but when I showed up to set the mask fit my head perfectly, much better than it would have Regis Philbin or whoever else was up for the role.""

As to the CGI'd rough mockup of JEH as Sinestro we all saw, again the VFX guys needed a good face to start work, and used a picture anyone could have found on the net, VFX have to start somewhere, it doesn’t mean he was ever considered for the part.
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[Whiskey Tango]

Martin Campbell when asked about JEH - "No, that was completely wrong,"

Haha, well Joe Johnston said something like "Yes there are definitely Nazis in Captain America" and we have people who still don't believe that either.

 

[protocida]

As I said, Jackie Earle Haley was never actually a contender for the role of Sinestro, but he was considered by Warner's executives. That's how casting works. In early stages, they simply throw names arround and then settle for a list that is pursued for audictions and such.

 

[Breogan]

Jackie Earle Haley was never actually a contender for the role of Sinestro,

No freakin kidding, that's what I'm saying.
Yet your article implies he was

For Thaal Sinestro, Hugo Weaving, Jackie Earle Haley, Geoffrey Rush and Jason Isaacs were considered before Mark Strong landed the role.

In the interview Campbell obviously knows who "they" are considering and he said - - "No, that was completely wrong,"
But believe what you want.

 

[protocida]

Believe whatever you want, dude.

 

[chelo248]

GREEN LANTERN - New TV Spot

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[batman44]

Man, this movie looks so good.

 

[Hazelnut624]

nice shot of hector using the ring in that latest tv spot ^

 

[Metropolis_Man]

A few new shots from the latest TV spot.

Lively looks so good in that last shot. She works well as a brunette.

 

[Spideyfan93]

That's something I didn't want to see...

...straight up...I want to **** Blake Lively. Why must they torture us with her beauty?!