The Official Mark Strong & Sinestro Thread

[Octoberist]

well we dont know how much as changed with the script/characters with all the rewrites they have done. They could have easily made sinestro be mentor for half the film and then turn and go evil, or what not.

i really doubt it. i think the rewrites were more in the lines of dialog and maybe plot points, expansion of certain scenes.

 

[Webhead2006]

well probably so octoberist, we dont really know how much was altered in those rewrites compared to first draft to what ever is the current draft into the studio.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I think Hammond has been on the casting calls that came out recently, so I'm pretty sure he's still in.

 

[Webhead2006]

oh he is probably still in, i was just trying to say we dont know what has really changed from the first draft and if the main threats of the film are still legion and hammond. They likely are. though i hope sinestro has a good juicy role and maybe at the end to be revealed to be the one behind things and get banished from the corps. So then when he returns in part 2 he is evil yellow sinestro.

 

[Octoberist]

but that's too much stuff right there. i think if all else, he needs to get banned in part 2.

 

[Webhead2006]

well we should know sinestro is evil and all that. But i dont know much on the gl characters so i dont know how things should really be at all. But how would you guys want to see his desent into evil, banishment from gl corps, and returning with his own yellow ring?

 

[Doctor Jones]

The banishment should happen in 2. It's too much to put in one film. And you wanna sort of like Sinestro so when he turns in 2 you're like "Damn, I liked him too." And you got to feel for the him. IN 2 when they duke it out I want a purpose, some tragedy behind it. The training in this film should have something along the lines of how Ducard trained Bruce in BB. I know they can't fit that much in, but i want the same kind of emotion.

Legion and Hammond are enough for one film.

 

[mclay18]

IMDB has Haley as Sinestro. No "rumored", "negotiations" or any other tag by it and it's usually a press release or official studio sources that confirm/deny these rumors.

I'm really doubting IMDB's reliability. It's been taken with a pinch of salt ever since it emerged, but this... come on.

 

[Webhead2006]

oh we all know how un trusty imdb is. All we know it is a rumor, and JEH revealed at scream awards he wasnt approached at all. He could be or he could not. Who knows.

 

[Octoberist]

if you have an account (and the money) you can do whatever you wanna do with the credits on imdb.com. THe only problem being is that it will be change back by the staff if you're not legit..

 

[solidsnake86]

So were back in a news slump I see, its odd how non of the major internet movie sites have followed up on this story.

I'm starting to think we might not hear anything this year and if they actually are having that DC event planned in the new year they might try to hold out for then. Question is, will they be able to stop things from leaking.

 

[Webhead2006]

hmmm i that could happen they want to hold out to then and reveal sinestro/carol/etc.... other roles then. Though i am sure if someone is close to a deal some site like variety or what not will break the story.

 

[Octoberist]

This is how Harry is: If he hears something, he'll just post it on his site. God bless him because that has always been his method but I don't know about this JEH rumor either.

I mean, he got the Doc Savage half right, mind you..

 

[Figs]

So if Sinestro might not be the main villian for this film, who is?

 

[solidsnake86]

Sinestro isn't the villain from the first draft figs, its actually hector hammond and legion. However, the secret origin arc in the books was coming out around the same time they handed in the first draft so they might have added some stuff in.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Hammond is the villain. Legion is a subplot for the corps to battle. Legion causes Abin Sur's ship to crash. Hammond is calld in to examine Sur's body. A bit of what killed Sur from Legion get onto Hammond.

This is in the first draft, but who knows what could of changed.

 

[Octoberist]

yeah, Legion is more of a plot device to drive the story forward whereas Hammond is technically the main villain of the piece.

It works, for the most part in the first draft.

I can't see if Legion could work on its own if it were the sole villain, to be honest. It's kinda like how Gary Oldman is the villain in The Fifth Element but the real threat is tht black cloud thing.

 

[Figs]

I don't know much about Green Lantern so I started reading up about Legion and Hammond.

From what I've read, Legion would make a far more entertaining villian than Hammond. To be honest Hammond seems kind of boring, then again I'm sure the writers over the years made him interesting if he is in fact one of Green Lanters main villians.

 

[Octoberist]

to be honest, I think Hammond is not that bad. He's very very Silver Age that there's a charm to his character. But I think he should be used sparingly...

However, Legion is not..a real character per say, in the script. I'm gonna go into spoilers [BLACKOUT]but he serves a way to introduce Hammond, a big threat that ties Hal to the Corps, and the foreshadowing of Sinestro's turn.[/BLACKOUT]

That being said, I don't think the movie could work with Legion by itself. There's no personality. He's just a force. a mcgufflin.

Given the right actor, I think Hammond could be very very entertaining because he was written (in the script) as very whimsical. But I think there should be a creppier side to him that shows that he is someone that you don't wanna mess with. I hope the rewrites fixes that.

 

[solidsnake86]

I would rather they change legion to that parralax entity thing in rebirth.

 

[Octoberist]

you know what? That's completely possible to do that. I mean, why not? and Legion in the script is already Parralax (as the creature) pretty much.

 

[Webhead2006]

well like we know things have gone through many rewrites so we will just have to see what remains from that first draft to the final shooting draft once filming does start up officially in a few months.

 

[solidsnake86]

I think it would make the most sense to change it to parallax if they decided to keep legion in the script. Then again if they were worried about the budget they would have put in atrocitus with a guy in makeup and cut out a lot of money.

 

[Dark Knight]

JEH for Hammond!

Ah!

Now that would be a good casting choice as well!

 

[Bug-Eyed Earl]

They can make Jackie look huge easily- you think the guy who played Xerxes in 300 was really 8' tall?