The Official Green Lantern Rumors/Speculation Thread

[Johnny]

IINM John was in just as many as Hal.

John was featured only during the GLC portion. Whenever they showcased the Justice League throughout the special, the comic panels always had Hal.

I like John more, but truth be told I don't really care who's the Leaguer as long as both are leading the GLC solo.

Agreed. I don't want the GLC movie to revolve around the Lantern who is the "Justice League founder" and have the other guy as a supporting character. Huge disservice to either Hal or John fans.

 

[Rorschach2012]

**** i really just can't even believe i was wrong... GL may not even be in JL2. That's crazy

 

[Fallen Angel]

Here's the Green Lantern portion of the EW article. Quotes from Roven and Silverman (WB producers)

For instance, it’s not an accident that Warner Bros. hasn’t said much about Green Lantern besides the fact that they’re planning a 2020 reboot. The character is not referenced in BvS and Silverman acknowledges, he may not turn up onscreen for a while.

“[Green Lantern] is an incredible character. He’s actually multiple incredible characters,” Silverman says. “There’s real opportunity there. We didn’t do a great job on that first Green Lantern movie. This is a character who deserves to be treated in the same way that Batman and Superman and Wonder Woman are being treated now, which is with great reverence. I guess I can say to the Green Lantern fans: if they can be patient with us, I think they’ll be really happy.”

But how patient? Rovens says we may not see Hal Jordan, John Stewart, or any incarnation of Green Lantern until Justice League – Part Two. Maybe. “Every beat of the movie is not yet worked out. So there’s the possibility that he may or may not be in Justice League 2,” the producer says. “For now, we felt that we were introducing enough characters that the best possible place we could put Green Lantern is some introduction in Justice League 2, or barring that, a movie after.”

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

**** i really just can't even believe i was wrong... GL may not even be in JL2. That's crazy

Really? So... All those that were saying that your proclamations of "absolute authority" being over the top fanboy nonsense were correct? Jeez... Imagine that, sober analysis based on the actual information available turned out to be more accurate than a fan's pontification about what they would like to see. Who would have guessed?

 

[Rorschach2012]

EDIT: I'm going to be the bigger man here and ignore you, engaging in such petty arguments is beneath me. I regret engaging any of you people in such stupid arguments. Extremely immature stuff, and I'm not gonna do it anymore

 

[Rorschach2012]

Well brainchild, we both lose

 

[Johnny]

"This is a character who deserves to be treated in the same way that Batman and Superman and Wonder Woman are being treated now, which is with great reverence."

Yeah, the guy is so revered that you have Aquaman's girlfriend in the movie, but not him.

 

[Sawyer]

Yeah, the guy is so revered that you have Aquaman's girlfriend in the movie, but not him.

Oh Jesus.

 

[Lantern Venom]

**** i really just can't even believe i was wrong... GL may not even be in JL2. That's crazy

It's not really the JL without a Green Lantern. Warner Bumbles shows just how out of touch they are yet again.

 

[Sawyer]

The one who thinks "Warner Bumbles" is clever is making accusations of being out of touch?

 

[Johnny]

Oh Jesus.

Well...

 

[BlueLanternKal]

I look at this way. When we do get the GLC we'll also get Sinestro Corps, RLC, Star Saphires, Indigo Tribe, BLC, Larfleeze, the Guardians and everything else tied to Johns' canon. Essentially we'll get the Green Lantern Cinematic Universe which is also a part of the DC Cinematic Universe.

Green Lantern will be WB's answer to Star Wars except it can intergrate and crossover with the larger DC universe unlike the MCU.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

It's not really the JL without a Green Lantern. Warner Bumbles shows just how out of touch they are yet again.

Wasp and Hank, not part of the MCU Avengers line up. Audience response? Indifference to that fact or fanboy protestations about said absence and the higher ups at Marvel and their fans couldn't be happier about the way it all turned out... Want to bet of a repeat of that exact situation here?

 

[Johnny]

Green Lantern is a bit more high-profile character than Pym and Janet.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Yeah, the guy is so revered that you have Aquaman's girlfriend in the movie, but not him.

Lois is in JL as well, Mera may be a cameo at best... I fail to see a point. Look, it's not GL fans' fault the Reynolds film was such a lifeless dud, but it was. Prudence for DC in this case seems to dictate they are going forward with GL but they are taking it slower probably due to the freshness of the 2011 film in the audience's mind. Do I wish they would Hulk this and go forward regardless? Yeah. They ain't seeming to right now and we have to deal. No biggie.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Green Lantern is a bit more high-profile character than Pym and Janet.

You still fail to see how the stature of the character or characters in the fans' eyes is immaterial to the germane questions and issues. Wasp and Ant-Man being included in a later phase of the MCU despite the differences in canon as to their participation simply didn't matter. The same will, I am guessing, hold true here.

 

[Johnny]

Lois is in JL as well, Mera may be a cameo at best... I fail to see a point. Look, it's not GL fans' fault the Reynolds film was such a lifeless dud, but it was. Prudence for DC in this case seems to dictate they are going forward with GL but they are taking it slower probably due to the freshness of the 2011 film in the audience's mind. Do I wish they would Hulk this and go forward regardless? Yeah. They ain't seeming to right now and we have to deal. No biggie.

Oh I would deal, no prob. And I understand everything you mean. But it's been only a few hours since these news broke so fans need some space.

 

[mclay18]

I'm so bummed to hear this. I wasn't expecting any kind of GL reference in BvS any way, but to hear that he won't appear in either JL film depresses me.

Is it too hard for WB to find a up-and-coming director who's a GL fan? There's over 75 years worth of material to cull from here.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

They are still MAKING a GLC film and making another GL film after the disappointing Reynolds movie should tell us all they still WANT to do right by the character and they still think the mythology is something profitable and worth investing in. We don't know how the GLC will be incorporated in the DCEU on the big screen but we know IT WILL BE. It's the year 2016. They want to get a GLC into production and on the schedule in a relatively short period of time after a lackluster movie debut. This all seems pretty damned pragmatic to me.

 

[Lantern Venom]

The one who thinks "Warner Bumbles" is clever is making accusations of being out of touch?

There's is a line from DT: The Drawing of the Three that comes to mind. Eddie Dean (a heroin addict, if you are unfamiliar) objects to the Gunslinger calling him "Prisoner". Roland responds by saying something like, "I'll call you that until you show me you can walk out of the cell that you're in." I feel the same here. WB is 15 or more years late to the party, currently serving a mere appetizer, and now the main course is missing an essential part of the meal. Bumble, bumble, bumbling all the way.

Wasp and Hank, not part of the MCU Avengers line up. Audience response? Indifference to that fact or fanboy protestations about said absence and the higher ups at Marvel and their fans couldn't be happier about the way it all turned out... Want to bet of a repeat of that exact situation here?

I was highly critical of that, and I still maintain that Avengers could have been even better with at least Hank Pym. Although Ant-Man isn't a personal favorite, Pym certainly has avid fans for whom I felt bad. Call me an comic elitist or a silly fanboy, but I hold their opinions in higher esteem than the non-reading, casual moviegoer. They've devoted more time, effort, and money in the character and don't deserve to be disrespected.

I'm so bummed to hear this. I wasn't expecting any kind of GL reference in BvS any way, but to hear that he won't appear in either JL film depresses me.

Is it too hard for WB to find a up-and-coming director who's a GL fan? There's over 75 years worth of material to cull from here.

This decision reeks of some stuffed suit at Warner Bumbles. I'm sure it didn't come from Didio or Johns. I should have known better than to have harbored high hopes for JL. Now I feel like Saint Walker when his ring left him: all is not well.

 

[brainchild81]

Well brainchild, we both lose

Not really. I've said for a while that I'd prefer them not having a GL in JL at all to them having Hal there instead of John. I wish they'd used John, but this is better than the alternative IMO.

There's still lots of time between now and the JL movies. Maybe they'll find a good way to put GL in, maybe they won't.

I'm a patient man & w/the way DC's treated John since JL/JLU finished, you kind of have to be to keep from going crazy or being pissed all the time. I can wait until GLC if I have to. They just better get John right.


You've been jumping to conclusions for a while now, latching onto any and everything as Hal being confirmed for JL. It seems like you're learning a lesson from this and if you've gained any form of enlightenment from this, there are no losers here.

 

[Rorschach2012]

The fact that they mentioned Hal and John in the article leads me to believe they are going with the correct approach, the approach that has always worked, which is Hal in Justice League and then Hal and John in GLC. It's pretty clear that you would introduce Hal first seeing as all the GLC characters are just an extension of Hal's character, and John has always been designed to be just a supporting character

If GL is in the JL movies at all, I would bet it would be Hal . you can do a GL movie without John but read any GL comic or a basic rundown of the canon and you'll quickly understand that you can't do a GL movie series without Hal. Hal is critical, John is just a great side character. None of the important story lines have ever revolved around him

 

[Rorschach2012]

I would've gladly taken a supporting character like John in JL over no GL at all. Still disappointed by this, but hopefully them taking their time provides a chance for them to get it right

I'm excited by the prospect of a Lethal Weapon style story with Hal and John

 

[brainchild81]

If you mean "worked" as in "made Hal's comic fans happy", that's nice, but it hasn't worked in terms of making the GA care about GL. That, above all else should be the goal in all this GL in live action stuff. If the GL decisions being made aren't one's that'll bring the GA money to the GLC film, they're a waste of time. Hal fans can't make this a success. Too small of an audience. Only the GA can do that. This "it has to be just like the comics even tho it's not the comics" attitude would only really make sense if the movie's total cost to produce/distribute/market/etc was the same as the cost producing/distributing/marketing Hal's comics. If that were the case, the money from Hal's comic fanbase would be sufficient enough to support the movie and catering to them would make more sense.

These are film adaptations. Adaptations ARE changes. We've seen GL w/out Hal and it was popular w/more than just Hal's comic fans. The notion that you can't do a GL movie without Hal is one solidly rooted in fanboyism, not logic. WB can make it w/whomever they choose. You're talking about what you as a fan want to see & there's no problem w/ wanting that. You should probably quit pretending that it has to be the way you want it to be for it to be successful tho. We already know that's false.

 

[Rorschach2012]

You are calling for a complete change to his character because he hasn't been in any major stories that would warrant a movie series