The Green Lantern movie thread

[The Guard]

I'm of the opinion that Hal Jordan should be the focus of a GREEN LANTERN franchise, with Kyle Rayner or John Stewart being the Lantern featured in any Justice League project. Hal is just so, so great on his own, I don't think teaming him with others helps him out so much as a character. I think Hal's lone struggle adds a lot to the Green Lantern story.

In regard to the Golden Age Green Lantern, I've always thought that Ed Harris could play a pretty solid Alan Scott.

Here's an excerpt from a GREEN LANTERN script I toyed with a while back, featuring Hal.

Darkness. Silence.

As the orchestral strains of the Green Lantern March begin, a soft green glow fades into the screen. The universe appears. Planets and stars. The green glow fades, becoming the vast, star-dotted blackness of space. We sweep through the cosmos.

GANTHET (V.O.)
Since the creation of the universe, the forces of order have clashed with the forces of chaos. Eons ago, on the planet Oa, The Guardians of the Universe, beings of incredible power, sought to repel the forces of chaos through the establishment of an elite corps. of peacekeepers, comprised of beings from all sectors of the known universe. Through these beings would flow the incredible power of The Guardians.

Keep moving through the universe.

GANTHET (CONT’D)
These beings were brought together for a single purpose. To defeat the forces of chaos, and to create universal order.

We are in a strange system, moving toward a small planet.

SUPER TEXT: OA, THE CENTER OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE

As we near the surface of Oa, we see a disturbing sight. The planet is a battlefield, lit up with green and red flashes.

As me move closer, we can make out dozens and dozen of beings of various races, all clad in identical black and green battlesuits with green insignias on their chests. These are THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS. And their homeworld is under attack.

EXT. OAN CITADEL

At the edge of the battlefield, a towering silver FORTRESS rises above the landscape, the home of The Guardians and the stronghold of the Green Lantern Corps. The battlefield is littered with dead and wounded. The Green Lanterns battle on.

One group of three Green Lanterns is flung from the source of the destruction, a massive golden armored CONSTRUCT. Whatever this thing is, it's all but unstoppable. A group of Lanterns attack in tandem, and the construct fires red LASERS from its arm-mounted pulse cannons, burning holes right through them.

The construct marches over a field of bodies, toward another group of Green Lanterns, who fire continuous streams of green lasers. This has no effect on the construct, which plows right through the soldiers, FRYING them with a strafing red laser blast. The construct charges on through the confusion.

EXT. OAN FORTRESS, WATCHTOWER

High above, on a parapet, four senior Green Lanterns watch as chaos ensues below. The Oan equivalent of commanders, these four beings watch in silence as their forces are decimated. The four beings are:

KILOWOG, a massive, eight hundred pound being resembling an alien hippopotamus, with brown skin and a massive jaw.

SINESTRO, a tall, thin humanoid with blood-red skin, thin features, a shock of slicked black hair and black eyes.

ABIN SUR. The same race as Sinestro, although shorter and more muscular, he is in fact the other Lantern’s brother.

TOMAR-RE, a tall, thin beak-headed alien with dark orange scale-covered skin and a large dorsal fin on his head.
The sounds of combat can be heard below. Lasers and the screams of injured Green Lanterns. Abin Sur speaks.

SUBTITLES

ABIN SUR
Another squadron has fallen. We must sound the retreat, Kilowog.

KILOWOG
Not while The Corps still stands. The Guardians must be protected.

TOMAR-RE
Most of our forces have fallen. We cannot stop it. We must evacuate.

SINESTRO
No, Tomar-Re. We mustn’t waver. We must halt this intruder.

SINESTRO
The tchkk-tchkk. The Guardians imprisoned them on their homeworld...now they want revenge.

ABIN SUR
How, Brother?

KILOWOG
A frontal attack is no good. Its armor weakens our auras. Our rings are next to useless against it.

SINESTRO
So far.

KILOWOG
You have an idea, Sinestro?

SINESTRO
Perhaps. Regardless, we must all intervene now. The Lanterns’ wills are fading. If our foe gains the fortress, then...all is lost.

KILOWOG
For The Guardians, then. Attack!

The four Green Lanterns rise into the air, rings glowing, auras bright with the strength of their wills, and descend toward the battleground below. Their presence creates an element of hope, and some of the Green Lanterns cheer, rallying.

Kilowog and Sinestro land in front of the construct. The two of them attack in tandem, using well-oiled combat strategies.
The Construct, unaffected, raises its pulse cannons. Both Sinesatro and Kilowog throw up force fields as it fires, and are propelled backward across the battlefield.

Abin Sur flies forward, firing his own power beam into the ground beneath the construct, disrupting its balance. A red laser strikes Sur’s aura and sends him spinning. He crashes to the ground and rolls, injured and out of action. The construct approaches him, leveling it's laser cannon at him.

SINESTRO
Abin Sur!

Sinestro flies forward, creating a bubble to shield Abin Sur from the construct’s lasers. Then Sinestro flies off, Abin Sur in tow. He sets him down behind a rock outcropping and kneels over his brother, who appears to be half-conscious.

SINESTRO (CONT’D)
Brother?

Abin Sur's eyes flicker open. He looks up at Sinestro.

ABIN SUR
I'm fine. You must...stop it.

SINESTRO
I will, Brother. I swear it.

Sinestro flies upward, where Kilowog is battling the construct. Kilowog gets smacked down. He retreats to an outcropping near
Sinestro.

KILOWOG
It's too powerful. Sheer force is not enough. We cannot defeat it.

SINESTRO
Then we'll have to outsmart it.

Sinestro looks around. Sees the bodies. The smoke. The flames. The utter, total chaos. He trembles with rage.

INT. CITADEL

The Ruling Council of The Guardians watches the destruction from a high balcony.

GUARDIAN
We should have wiped them out entirely when we had the chance.

GANTHET
Unacceptable. Our laws of order do not permit genocide. The Lanterns will stop this aggression.

GUARDIANS
And if they don't?

GANTHET
We will take action if neccessary.

EXT. CITADEL

Sinestro sees the smoke. Bodies. Fallen Lanterns. LEGION stalks around.

SINESTRO (CONT’D)
No more of this. I have had enough.

It’s path cleared, The Construct stalks toward the Fortress, incinerating four more Green Lanterns who attack in tandem.
Sinestro moves out from behind his cover. His protective aura beings to glow as his anger toward the intruder increases.

SINESTRO (CONT’D)
I will not allow this to continue. Order must be maintained!

KILOWOG
Sinestro!

ABIN SUR
Wait!

Sinestro fires a power beam at The Construct. It has little effect, but The Construct swivels on a hinged axis and begins to return in Sinestro's direction. It raises it's arm and fires lasers at Sinestro. Sinestro dodges the attack and flies off. The construct runs after
Sinestro, tracking him.

EXT. OA, CANYON BASE

Sinestro lands in front of a pool of tar between two nearby canyon walls. The construct follows him into the canyon. Sinestro stands his ground as The Construct advances.

SINESTRO
You are nothing to me, invader. Nothing but a bringer of chaos.

Sinestro raises his ring and fires a power beam at the construct. The beam strikes The Construct. Nothing happens. The construct fires it's own laser. Sinestro BLOCKS it with a chunk of boulder, then HURLS the chunk at construct. Sinestro stands on the other side of the tar pit. The construct moves toward him, its laser cannons leveled.

SINESTRO (CONT’D)
Come.

The Construct moves forward. Sinestro smiles as it begins to cross the tar pool. And then, The Construct starts to sink.
Sinestro flies up into the air and comes down on its “head” with force, driving The Construct down into the tar, where it disappears from view with a loud whirring of machine parts.

All is silent for a few seconds, and then the tar pit bubbles, and The Construct EXPLODES from it's surface, now covered in thick, black tar, and pissed, if a machine can be.

SINESTRO (CONT’D)
All right, then. Let’s finish this.

The Construct fires a laser, which Sinestro deflects with a green force shield. He flies forward, SLAMMING into the construct, driving it back into a canyon wall. The construct rises to its feet, but Sinestro is much faster. He grabs the construct's feet and swings it, THROWS it across the canyon, where it smashes into another rock wall.

Sinestro fires an intense power beam at it, and the construct smokes, damaged. It races toward him, and Sinestro PUNCHES it backward. The Construct rolls, gets to it's feet, and LEAPS into the air toward him. Sinestro reaches out with his ring, and traps The Construct inside a power bubble in mid-air.

SINESTRO (CONT’D)
Your advantage is gone.

Sinestro flies up into the air until he is level with it.

SINESTRO (CONT’D)
The advantage is now mine.

LEGION (V.O.)
Do you know what The Guardians have done? Do you even know the nature of the creatures you serve?

SINESTRO
I serve order.

Sinestro flies upward, the construct in tow, toward the blackness of space. He looks at the stars in front of him.

SINESTRO (CONT’D)
You’ve brought chaos here. That is unacceptable.

Sinestro spins once, twice, three times, and with tremendous ring-aided strength, HURLS the construct into the far reaches of space, watching as it disappear into the stars. He descends back to the Citadel. Kilowog land beside Sinestro. The two of them look up at the stars, silent for a moment.

SINESTRO
I chose a trajectory that will avoid any inhabited systems.

KILOWOG
Then the threat is over...

SINESTRO
For now, Kilowog. But we must remain vigilant. Order must be maintained. Whatever the cost.

Abin Sur looks at his brother. The three lanterns look to the stars. Somber. We move up to the stars above, and begin moving through the endless void of the vast, limitless Universe...

GANTHET (V.O.)
Their deeds are legend. They have come to be known throughout the universe...as the Green Lanterns. For billions of years, the legend of the Green Lantern Corps. has grown, as its soldiers strive to bring light even to the darkest reaches of the universe.

Now we hear a familiar oath..recited in a thousand alien tongues. Rising in volume, it blends into the HUM of PURE POWER.

A sleek, futuristic, POWER BATTERY, composed of a strange, luminescent green metal emerges from the blackness of space, shining with a brilliant green light. The energies within it begin to GLOW so brilliantly that they wipe out the screen in a green FLASH as The Green Lantern March crescendoes.

SUPER TITLE: GREEN LANTERN

The green glow fades out on deep space. A field of stars. Past the Moon, and then...the Earth.

EXT. SOLAR SYSTEM

We descend toward the Earth, slowly, toward North America, and down, down, down through thick white clouds until...with a loud SONIC BOOM, a sleek, EXPERIMENTAL JET rockets past the screen, trailing smoke.

INT. EXPERIMENTAL JETPLANE -- DAY

Clouds sweep past the cockpit. The rush of pure speed. The loud ROAR of a powerful turbine engine. The flightsuit-clad man at the controls twists the yoke and the world outside SPINS around the cockpit.

 

[Matt.S99]

Except he's way too old and a better fit for Hal.

my bad, used the wrong name

yeah Nathan=hal jordan

 

[Eddie Dean]

Ok, cool.

 

[Ghostrider87]

Ok here are 5 actors that can be really evil Sinestros.

A.Clive Owen
B.Jeffery Donovan This is the guy that played jerk two timer in Hitch and women hated his character as a result. He pulled Vance off perfectly so I can see him taking it up a notch as a phycopath.
C.Johnny Depp
D.Cillian Murphy The biggest challenge would be getting out of Batman franchise.
E.William Dafoe

 

[Ghostrider87]

COREY REYNOLDS: GREEN LANTERN TO BE?

by Steve Fritz

If you were to ask Corey Reynolds, he’s having the time of his life.

Not even 30, he’s worked his way from regional theatre to Broadway and now to a key supporting role in TNT’s The Closer. Of course, this begs one highly important question for the actor who plays Sgt. David Gabriel.

Marvel or DC?

“I have my favorites on both sides, but my heart is with DC,” he replies, “because DC has the Green Lantern. Green Lantern is my favorite comic book hero.”

That begs a second critical question. So is your favorite Lantern? Hal? Guy? Kyle? Who?

“Now Hal Jordan is the ultimate Green Lantern,” Reynolds admits, “but my favorite is John Stewart. I believe that it really is about time for a black, traditional, All-American hero and Stewart represents that.

“He’s gone through everything from being paralyzed to being healed, to being placed in charge of it all, to patrolling 2814. He’s gone through everything. But when you look at his back story as far as where he comes from., how he grew up, that he’s an architect by trade, I think it’s very interesting to think that someone like him was given the ability to just about anything they want with their mind. I also think it’s interesting that he has such a creative mind to begin with. I love the whole idea that the combination of will and determination being the link to his abilities. So I think he would be a really interesting character to bring to the screen, and I’m working hard to make it happen.”

You read that right. Reynolds is currently hard at work on obtaining the rights to DC’s Green Lantern franchise. Ambitious, even for an actor who’s only truly starting to get his first true taste of national exposure. Then again, we’re also talking about one huge comic book fan here; one who is actually working for a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Stranger things have happened in Hollywood, and some have even worked out.

From the amount of thought Reynolds has put into John Stewart, he just might pull it off.

“I’d rather not discuss the business aspect as they are still very up in the air, but ultimately yes, it would be Warner Bros. I would be working with,” says Reynolds. “After all, they own the comic. Also, with the success of Batman Begins and the anticipated success of Superman Returns, there’s talk.”

There’s still one major question though, and that is what direction would Reynolds take this particular Emerald Knight? As he acknowledged, Stewart’s been through more than his share of changes since he was introduced. Also, there’s the matter of how he’s been redefined again through Bruce Timm and crew’s Justice League series.

“Story-wise the direction I’m going is more true to the comic,” says Reynolds. “What I think is interesting about this way is normally a lot of heroes are just born that way or are born knowing they have a path to travel. John always felt there was a purpose to his life, he just didn’t know what capacity it would be in. Then, all of a sudden, he is handed this tremendous gift and not everyone is prepared for that.

“I’d love for it to be a series. I think I would need about three films to tell the story that I’d want to. I’d like to use the first film to paint the picture of what he is as a man. I’d also challenge the viewer to what they would be like if they were given the same responsibility. How would they handle it? Hopefully that would be the bridge between all the versions of him.

“I think the interesting thing about bringing the big guy to the screen is finding the balance between those who see him the way Bruce Timm and Phil LaMarr made him, and the version in the comics,” says Reynolds. “If that isn’t enough, one also when doing a movie one also has to make him interesting to people who have never read the comics or seen the cartoon, especially as he doesn’t get as much hype as many other characters at DC. He’s not just what the younger kids have seen, this big brooding character from the cartoons.”

Reynolds also has a very strong idea what kind of movie his Green Lantern would be.

“Visually, I think the film could be stunning,” he said. “Bryan Singer would be the director I would salivate to have. When he worked on the X-Men movies he created this incredibly organic world that made you believe the characters that were in there. He really captured that series the way I think the fans would have wanted it to be.”

As for other Lanterns making an appearance, Stewart admits there he has to be a bit of a realist. “I think that’s something we will see happen. Some of them will be on screen while others will only be alluded to. I have to be careful to not step on other potential franchises. If possible, in the second film I want to throw a reference in to the League as a whole, and John joining.”

In the meantime, he appears to be having the time of his life playing Sgt. Gabriel.

“It has its plusses and minuses,” says Reynolds. “On the plus side I’m allowed to make mistakes. After all, it’s my first experience not only with a TV series, but with the camera altogether. Before The Closer my entire experience has been in live performance. So I’m going from stage to screen. The good news is everyone has their role both on the screen and in the family. I’m in the position that I can ask questions and not look silly.”

“Gabriel is the youngest of the characters, but he got there because he deserved to. After all, his rank is sergeant and all the characters know he’s on the accelerated path. He was also brought in because he’s one of the few who understand Kyra’s character as a person. He also knows she’s the best person he can have to mentor him and help him along on the path that’s been made for him. It’s very big sister/ little brother.

“Another thing about Gabriel, along with John Stewart for that matter,” Reynolds continues, “is both have an innate sense of seeing right from wrong. He also is compelled to insure that justice prevails. Last year was about establishing the relationships inside the squad. This season it will be about the squad going up against the LAPD as a whole. I think the viewers will really enjoy it.”

And working on a Warner Bros./Turner-produced show has its perks. For instance, Reynolds apparently has all the Justice League DVDs in his trailer for his viewing pleasure…including the unreleased stuff.

And as an admittedly huge comic book fan, the steady income of a successful TV actor has been doing wonders for the personal collection.

“I do a lot of my shopping through the Internet and especially eBay for things that are hard to find,” says Reynolds. “I recently found a mint condition 1984 Hall of Justice headquarters on there. The collection of action figures has exploded now that I have the resources to pamper myself with. I probably have a total of 600 to 700 action figures in my collection. The comic book collection itself was lost in my move from the East Coast to LA, where a lot of my good stuff got destroyed. I’ve recouped as much of it as I could but one thing I’m proud to say I have is a lithograph of John Stewart signed by Bruce Timm.”

Lord knows what will happen to that collection if the Warners does give this man the green light on the Lantern project. Then again, it probably couldn’t be in better hands.


http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=73962

 

[Artistsean]

Thats one thing I really like about John Stewart over Hal.
He is an architect, a naturally creative artist. It always made more sence to me, or maybe I just liked the idea a little more, that an artist would be a Green Lantern because of the creativity involved.
Just like Kyle Rayner being a cartoonist.
(plus a am an artist too)

So That aspect would be cool to see in film.
But I would like the GL Films to start with Hal and then move down the line to John and then later Kyle, introduce Guy in one of them,
Keep the continuity. Otherwise Hal might get cut out completely.

But I always liked John being an architect and Kyle being a cartoonist.



Wait.... is this artical talking about him being signed to be John Stewart in the GL movie?

 

[Artistsean]

OK, even though I didn't want to I read a little more of the artical. Its long and, like Steven Colbert, I am against reading.
But its very cool news. Sounds like he is such a huge fan that if they he makes the movie it would be awesome.
I am just worried that if the movie starts out with Stewart being GL then Hal Jordan will get totally over looked, again.
But maybe if it starts with John Stewart as GL they will work in that he isn't the original, and at very least leave it open for a Hal prequal of something.

Very cool news.

 

[Ghostrider87]

OK, even though I didn't want to I read a little more of the artical. Its long and, like Steven Colbert, I am against reading.
But its very cool news. Sounds like he is such a huge fan that if they he makes the movie it would be awesome.
I am just worried that if the movie starts out with Stewart being GL then Hal Jordan will get totally over looked, again.
But maybe if it starts with John Stewart as GL they will work in that he isn't the original, and at very least leave it open for a Hal prequal of something.

Very cool news.

Exactly Let's be honest Hal is the most popular of all Gls, he has been called the best, and he has the largest fan base of all Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan came before John Stewart so I think it's only fitting that Hal Jordan stars in the first movie.He is also the best known. I have nothing against John but I really think Hal Jordan is the basis for a Green Lantern movie franchise.

John Stewart would serve well in the GLC movie series if they ever did that but seriously Hal Jordan is the forefront for the Green Lantern movie series.

 

[Steelsheen]

Jordan is still my top GL. but as for the second GL i'm gravitating more towards Stewart than Rayner, i'm not sure why. maybe its due to the gravitas and the self discipline Stewart has compared to Rayner.

 

[GL1]

Exactly Let's be honest Hal is the most popular of all Gls, he has been called the best, and he has the largest fan base of all Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan came before John Stewart so I think it's only fitting that Hal Jordan stars in the first movie.He is also the best known. I have nothing against John but I really think Hal Jordan is the basis for a Green Lantern movie franchise.

Every single one of these statements (except for the bolded one) is incorrect. I dare you to prove any one of them. And if the bolded one is so important, then Alan Scott should be the basis for a GL franchise.

I think Hal's a great character, but when I think of encompassing all that Greenlanterndom is, I just think Stewart lends himself more to some of the weightier deeper aspects of the fiction. If it were going to be a kids popcorn flick, I'd say Jordan would be best, cuz he's cool and white and an all around crowd-pleaser... but if the GL film is actually going someplace intellectual, I'd rather have the more intellectual character. Cuz honestly, there just isn't anything that Hal can do that John can't, character-wise.

 

[Dr. Fate]

Thats one thing I really like about John Stewart over Hal.
He is an architect, a naturally creative artist. It always made more sence to me, or maybe I just liked the idea a little more, that an artist would be a Green Lantern because of the creativity involved.
Just like Kyle Rayner being a cartoonist.
(plus a am an artist too)

So That aspect would be cool to see in film.
But I would like the GL Films to start with Hal and then move down the line to John and then later Kyle, introduce Guy in one of them,
Keep the continuity. Otherwise Hal might get cut out completely.

But I always liked John being an architect and Kyle being a cartoonist.



Wait.... is this artical talking about him being signed to be John Stewart in the GL movie?

I always thought it was a bit of a shame that the Justice League cartoon made John a former Marine instead of an architec. Didn't even mention that he studied architecture.

 

[GL1]

Artistsean... that article is a well done "I would like to do this movie" with support from the newspaper editorial staff. It is not clear whether Reynolds is proposing the project to WB, or "in talks." Likely the former...

That said, he would be awesome with it.


Dr. Fate -- Yeah, JLU did some awesome things with John, but its too bad they didn't try to work in more of his comic civillian life... course... they didn't really do much of ANYone's civillian life...

 

[Artistsean]

Hal Jordan is the main Green Lantern. He was who they introduced in 1940. Hal is the most popular GL, thats why they kept bringing him back and why everyone makes a big about him in magazines and such. He is the one that turned the GL story to what it is.
John Stewart might be more popular now since the cartoon show, but I think Hal might be the GL that the others are messured up to. I know thats what happened with Kyle Rayner.
Hal is the most hyped Green Lantern out there.

(I personally connect more with Kyle, I started really getting into GL comics when Hal was going crazy, and then they brought Kyle in.
Also he is a cartoonist, I am trying to break into comics and animation so I relate more to that. Plus I loved all the cartoonish and creative, way out there, constructs Kyle created. He made giant hims, robots, stuffed animals, stares, bubbles, an army of former GLs, and much more creative stuff. but his story always seemed to be him trying to measure up to Hal's shadow.
I also have never read a comic featuring John Stewart in it, so I am not fermiliar with his character in the comic.)

But also he is important to the whole Green Lantern story. True Alan Scott was the first, but his story isn't exactly inline with the GL space cops origin and is a little more out there. I think he could be in a prequal though. I think after a few Green Lantern movies the audiance will be used to the idea and then you can show exactly where it all started.
Hal is who turned the Green lantern comic into the space cops with the super weapon.

I don't mind who the Green Lantern movies start with, Hal, John, or Kyle, I just think Hal is too important a character to sideline again. He should be brought in somehow. (hopefully if not in the first, then in a prequal showing he was Earth's first human Green Lantern.)

I would love to see the origins go like this, Hal gets the ring from a dying Abin Surr (and trained by Killowog). Then He passes the ring to the next worthy GL, John Stewart.
Perhaps then John passes it down to Kyle. (don't know if the ring should come from Hal or not. Not really important I think, and I don't see the need to do the whole Parallax thing.)
Somewhere in there introduce Guy, Killawog, and the others.
I'd hate to see Abin Surr give the ring to John Stewart or to Kyle because then it cuts Hal out again and changes the GL history.

I can see the Green Lantern franchise, seraiousl I really see this, becoming like James Bond movies. But instead of it being the same character played by different actors it can be different people taking up the mantel of Earth's Green Lantern.

Spin Offs: I would like to see a Green Lantern Corps spin off, as well as a Alan Scott prequal and if necissary a Hal Jordan prequal.
But most likely the Corps would be a cartoon, and the Alan Scott movie might never happen. I don't see the studio making a GL movie, the a spin off GL Corps movie, then two prequals abouty the GLs.

I do see this though, A GL movie staring Hal or someone. Then having another Green Lantern as a member of the Justice League in the JLA movie (mentioning the GL film's Green Lantern). Then having a Green Lantern Corps cartoon show, staring Killowog, Tomar Re, other aliens, and maybe Hal or someone, and having Guy as a side character who is in charge of training new recruits. And then maybe having an Alan Scott prequal.
And after about three movies changing the actor who plays Earth's Green Lantern, continuing the legacy to over 10 movies.

I hope this wasn't all just rambling. I don't read even my own writing.

 

[Dr. Fate]

Dr. Fate -- Yeah, JLU did some awesome things with John, but its too bad they didn't try to work in more of his comic civillian life... course... they didn't really do much of ANYone's civillian life...

Glad we agree there at least.

I would have liked to have seen Hal on JLU in his Parallax mode, but that's not important now.

Hal Jordan is the main Green Lantern. He was who they introduced in 1940.

Art, you're thinking of Alan Scott, the Golden Age GL. Hal was introduced in the late 1950s/early 1960s.

 

[GL1]

I love Green Lanterndom in general, but I don't see GL becoming like James Bond... the thing with JB is that appeals the very core of masculinity. Period. Fast Cars. Fast Women. Being "the man" over and over again. In addition to this, it gives women this great looking, great talking guy to pine after. JB is universal to western sensual culture. It's appeal is inherent.

Green Lantern is a cool concept, but it doesn't draw it's appeal from our own natural instincts and desires, it's simply a series of cool thoughts strung together in a cool way. It just doesn't have perennial appeal and it can't come back from a bad movie (or a bad set of movies) like James Bond can.

But, even though the chances are infintessimal that GL will become the next JB series, it would still be a nice thing, and it is, technically, still possible.

As for trilogies switching main characters, I've never seen that done for sequel trilogies, only for prequels, since, if you're making a sequel, the natrual question is what's happening with the main guy from the first trilogy, not to forget about this guy that we've invested so much in and concentrate on a new guy. Unless there's a long lapse between the trilogies and we're basically doing a "new go" at the franchise.

Thusly, IF they were going to do a series of trilogies, assuming that it's possible or desirable... the SMARTEST way to include all GLs would be to have a John Trilogy, a Hal prequel trilogy and then a Kyle trilogy taking place after the John Trilogy.

Personally, I don't know why Hal is so important to the concept of GL, when it's shown it can stand without him quite well. I also don't see how him not being the main character in a movie is being "sidelined again."

 

[Artistsean]

Glad we agree there at least.

I would have liked to have seen Hal on JLU in his Parallax mode, but that's not important now.


Art, you're thinking of Alan Scott, the Golden Age GL. Hal was introduced in the late 1950s/early 1960s.

That is exactly what I meant. I had wikipedia open right in front of me and I double checked it and in the end I wrote the wrong year down.
I did mean the 50s.

I also like your Parallex idea, that would have been a great JLU movie or something (like Starcrossed). The fabled Hal returns as the villian Parallex, it could even parallel Rebirth. Saving Hal from Parallex in the end.

I love Green Lanterndom in general, but I don't see GL becoming like James Bond... the thing with JB is that appeals the very core of masculinity. Period. Fast Cars. Fast Women. Being "the man" over and over again. In addition to this, it gives women this great looking, great talking guy to pine after. JB is universal to western sensual culture. It's appeal is inherent.

Green Lantern is a cool concept, but it doesn't draw it's appeal from our own natural instincts and desires, it's simply a series of cool thoughts strung together in a cool way. It just doesn't have perennial appeal and it can't come back from a bad movie (or a bad set of movies) like James Bond can.

But, even though the chances are infintessimal that GL will become the next JB series, it would still be a nice thing, and it is, technically, still possible.

As for trilogies switching main characters, I've never seen that done for sequel trilogies, only for prequels, since, if you're making a sequel, the natrual question is what's happening with the main guy from the first trilogy, not to forget about this guy that we've invested so much in and concentrate on a new guy. Unless there's a long lapse between the trilogies and we're basically doing a "new go" at the franchise.

Thusly, IF they were going to do a series of trilogies, assuming that it's possible or desirable... the SMARTEST way to include all GLs would be to have a John Trilogy, a Hal prequel trilogy and then a Kyle trilogy taking place after the John Trilogy.

Personally, I don't know why Hal is so important to the concept of GL, when it's shown it can stand without him quite well. I also don't see how him not being the main character in a movie is being "sidelined again."

What I mean is that I see the movies, because it works in the comics and it is already set up that the mantel is changed all the time, that it in the movies the mantel is switched from person to person (in a similar way the the actor is changed in James Bond, not the type of story.)
To get the audiance to care about the next GL and prepared for the change all they would need to do is introduce the next GL in a previous movie.
If it starts with Hal, introduce John in part 2. Maybe show at the end of part 3 Hal giving his ring to John and asking him to be his replacement.
Or set up by the end of the last movie that Hal is retiring and then show in the commercials him giving his ring (or imply) to John.

I can see it happening where the audiance keeps going to GL movies because it has been set up that its a mantel.
It could still have the draw of a James Bond movie.
Its a cop dramma in space. It would have aspects of cop movies and shows, then the draw of Star Wars type movies, and the draw of a big budget action movie. (a bad movie could set it back though.)

But I do think that the Hal prequal, John trilogy, followed by Kyle,...
and a GL Corps animated series, would work best and would be more likely.

I would just seriously love to see the GL movies keep going, start with Hal as GL (3 movies) then change it over in the third to John (3 movies) then change it over to Kyle (3 movies). Have a GL in the JLA movie, then have a Alan Scott prequal, with the campy old costume, and a GL Corps cartoon show.
That would be my ultimate dream.


The reason he is so important to me is that he was the original space Green lanterns, his origin (being a test pilot, getting the ring from Abin Surr, fighting Sinestro. All that) its classic. Plus he is the original it started with.
That would be like making a Blue Beetle movie and not including Ted Kord at all. Starting with Jamie getting the Beetle thing and becoming the armored magical Blue Beetle. Resulting in leaving out Ted Kord being the Blue Beetle. Its wrong... ITS WRONG! (over acting.t: )
I want it like the comics, Hal gets the ring from Abin Surr (an alien) and becomes Earth's first GL. Then John gets his ring from Hal.
I don't want to see the movie rewrite the history of the GLs, like John being the first GL (getting the ring from Abin Surr) or Kyle Rayner getting from Abin Surr first. (I didn't like it when the cartoon did it either, although I think I understand why it did it. They were probably forced to because Kyle was the GL at the time.)

Back to my original point. The comics set up that Earth's Green Lantern keeps changing, Alan, then Hal, the John, Guy is in there somewhere, then Kyle, then John again, then Hal.
its something they already put in the comics
and something movies like Superman, Batman, and James Bond do all the time (a new actor comes in to fill the role). Only now it is set up that the character changes along with the actor.

 

[kytrigger]

I definately love the idea of Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan. I'm not a fan of the comic version of Hal (at least not recently), but I agree that he is essential to the Lantern mythos.

My rough idea of the story isn't anything new really. It would have Kyle just getting the ring but be about the entire Corps. Kyle and the viewers are in teh same boat learning all about the Corps together during the movie basically. I would have Hal be the older guy that Kyle loos up to, and Kilowagg as Kyle's drill instructor basically. The main thing abou thtis movie is that it shouldn't be a normal superhero film, but (like others have said) Black Hawk Down meets super-heroes type of movie.

I think this would definately make the movie stand out more especialyl since it seems that the market is getting oversaturated with superhero films as of late.

 

[The Guard]

GREEN LANTERN
Hal Jordan becomes a ringbearer. Former Green Lantern of Earth Alan Scott has to teach him how to use the ring, along with Sinestro, who ends up being the villain.

GREEN LANTERN 2
Hal Jordan and The Corps have an adventure in space. John Stewart is appointed Green Lantern of Earth while Hal is away. Sinestro and The Controllers are the villains. Featuring Star Sapphire.

GREEN LANTERN 3
Sinestro takes his revenge on Hal and Coast City, Hal Jordan goes Rogue, and has to be stopped by John Stewart and Kyle Rayner in a story that once again features the Corps, including Guy Gardner, if you want to see him.

Kilowog and Tomar-Re figure in all three films, more in 2 and 3 than the first. It's not difficult to feature the main GL's of the mythology in three films and still keep the focus on Hal Jordan.

 

[Dr. Fate]

Who should play Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire?

 

[Reptile]

I want Fillion for Hal

 

[ShadowBoxing]

It's really sad Michael Biehn is past his prime...he would've been the best Hal Jordan evah.

 

[theDarkerKnight]

Lets get an minip of Dennis Quaid as HAL!!!!!

 

[Ghostrider87]

Who should play Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire?

I say let's not start a Daredevil mistake of a movie with two many supervillains in the first movie. I say in the first movie the supervillain should be Sinestro and then in the next one I think we could have Carol Ferris become Star Sapphrie.
If this was in the 80s then Harrison Ford would have been perfect. Sinestro would be played by Robert Di Niro, John Travolta, or possibly Tommy Lee Jones.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Ford would have made a great Hal.

 

[Ghostrider87]

I want Fillion for Hal

He is perfect for the role but I think we should go the Superman path and get an unknown for Hal Jordan.
Also a question on Kyle Rayner wasn't he early written when he had to face a challenge he would usually just give up?