Green Lantern - the movie

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September 15, 2008


Look out Common! Angel the Slayer Layer is after ya' ring!

David Boreanaz ("Angel", "Bones") is possibly - and I say possibly because the movie is still in the very, very, very early stages of development, and, well, read on.. - up for the role of 'The Green Lantern'.

Seems Boreanaz and "Sin City" star Carla Gugino were the basis of storyboard artist and illustrator Brian Murray's concept work for the "Green Lantern" movie - Boreanaz as the emerald-coloured lead, Gugino as romantic interest Carol Ferris - drawings he was commissioned by "Green Lantern" co-writer (and potential director) Greg Berlanti to do.

The drawings were presented to Warner Bros as part of Berlanti's pitch - a pitch that resulted in him getting the gig.

Boreanaz, who tested for both Superman (in "Superman Returns") and 'The Thing' in "Fantastic Four", actually voiced the role of The Green Lantern in the animated DVD movie ''Justice League: The New Frontier'', in 2006.

I think Boreanaz has a great look for a superhero - but is he the name the superhero flick requires? We've all seen this year that it really does help to have an A-lister under the mask... and Boreanaz, though well-known for his television work, isn't exactly a major film star; in fact, most of his movies (Bar Jamie Blanks' "Valentine") have gone straight to DVD.

Still, it's possible that he may get a look-in - - and again, it's possible his Green Lantern may forever stay in paper-form.

Common was most recently asked to play 'The Green Lantern' - in the recently shelved "Justice League" movie.

Speaking of one-time Superhero contenders, Brendan Fraser tells VoicesOfKrypton.com that he was offered the role of Superman when J.J Abrams was onboard "Superman Returns". Though he was excited at the prospect, Fraser says his "offer" suddenly turned to "er, we like you, but we have to ask the other guys at Warner" so the decision was basically made for him.

The "Mummy" actor says the film would've been a far superior one than the Bryan Singer version. "In my view, and I say this with respect, it's far superior than Bryan Singer's. J.J. had a vision that was larger. It spanned galaxies. It was Lord of the Rings.I mean, it was that huge. It was like a 3rd World War on Earth involving different planets and universes, and brotherhoods--sibling rivalry and the collision of enormous powers. I mean, come on, it wasn't smacking you over the head with a symbolic hammer till you weren't paying attention. That's how good J.J. is."

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5 BADASS REASONS WHY FANS WILL LOVE "GREEN LANTERN" (minor spoilers

Our local script expert is back again with a look at one of the most highly anticipated adaptations - Green Lantern. Superhero films always have a handful of those "badass" moments that make your jaw drop and make the film memorable. Whether it be Batman flipping Joker's semi in The Dark Knight or Tony Stark's first path of destruction in his Mark III armor, these moments will forever make moviegoers wish that they were the ones with the superpowers. Well, after taking a look at a draft of the upcoming Green Lantern script written by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, and Marc Guggenheim, here is my list of five badass reasons why fans will love the Green Lantern movie when it hits theaters in 2010.

#5 - Respect for the Fans

It's hard to make a film adaptation when there is almost seventy years of source material to choose from. We all know that certain compromises have to be made because certain things don't translate well from the comic book to the screen, but the writers of the Green Lantern did a damn good job of respecting their source material. The film centers around Hal Jordan, the best-known Green Lantern, and his origin story stays respectfully accurate to the comics. Hal is a test pilot, which is a huge part of the entire script, and his willpower is the driving force of the entire movie. The writers also managed to craft a great story where other key characters in the Green Lantern universe have great roles. Abin-Sur is a big part of the film's first act, Thaal Sinestro, Tomar-re and Kilowog get good screen time as well.

When it comes to villains, well, I'll get to that later. But don't worry, the fans will be happy. There are also great cameos that will be nods for the fans including a quick glimpse of a football coach with the name "Gardner" on his back, and a mother of a reveal at the end of the film that I wouldn't dream of spoiling. It always makes me happy when writers include things in the script that only the fans will understand. There are plenty of badass moments in this film that will only be amazing to a smaller audience who has the knowledge of years of comic books. So if you were one of those people who got chills during Iron Man when Col. Rhodes saw the Mark II armor and muttered, "Next time baby" get ready for some spine tingling chills during Green Lantern. These writers have done a damn good job staying close to the heart of the Green Lantern universe. Don't be worried about "organic webshooter-like" departures from the comics in this.

#4 - A Killer Dogfight

Look, airplanes fighting other airplanes is badass. Dogfights just look cool. And in this movie, damn do we get a cool one. Hal Jordan's a test pilot and we all know he's supposed to be a damn good one. In this movie we're going to get plenty of flying goodness. So get ready for a scene in the first act of the film where Hal goes head to head with three other fully automated and unmanned "Sabre-Jets." It's like a chess match between a grandmaster and three super-computers at Mach 1 with missiles and bullets instead of bishops and pawns. Hopefully the filmmakers will be able to pull off the same level of excitement on screen that there is in the script. I'm trying to think of dogfights that aren't awesome. Sure, Stealth wasn't Oscar material, but when they were in the sky, everything was just so damn cool. So get ready to add Green Lantern to the list of movies that have a sweet arial showdown between billion dollar hunks of metal.

#3 - Power Rings

Of course this was going to contain power rings! It wouldn't be a Green Lantern movie without them. But after reading the script, DAMN, the things that the power rings do are awesome. While we still have a long time until that glorious moment when we see a trailer and see what they actually look like, I can assure you that the the things the rings DO are amazing. And yes, I said rings, plural. Start drooling now.

Hal will be summoning plenty of badass things from his ring including the classic green fist. But we also see nets, and tons of different weapons. Not to mention plenty of sheer blasts of energy, and one point in the script when Hal creates an entire city from the ring. It's a ring of seemingly limitless power, and we get to see tons of examples of it right from the beginning of the movie. Within the first fifteen minutes of the movie, we get to witness a battle between Abin-Sur and the most bad ass character in the whole script (I'll get to that next). The fight is going to be amazing. Ring blasts, shields, grabbing asteroids with the ring and slamming it around are all part of it, and as far as this movie goes, it's a mini-fight. The rings are the coolest things in this movie, as they certainly should be.

#2 - Legion

So let me get this straight. Legion is essentially the polar opposite of everything that is the Green Lantern Corps wrapped up in one golden yellow monster? Sign me up. Legion is so badass in this that my mind has a hard time wrapping itself around it. Imagine if you took every scary bad guy and combined them into one terrifying motherfucker covered in armor. He's Predator, Jaws, Alien, Mordred (from Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series), and an octopus all rolled into one. He's described as the size of a whale with the grin of a shark and tentacles of an octopus. Sounds a little cheesier than scary. Until I think back to any video I've ever seen of an angry octopus that kills everything - then give it a shark mouth and lethal blasts of yellow energy. When you see the concept art of this guy you're going to wet your bed for a week.

Legion spends all of his time on-screen killing. That's all he does. At one point you think he might take a break, but after lulling his prey into a false sense of security, he lashes out and destroys everyone. Legion is such a badass, that a splinter of his armor that gets separated from him creates the Earth-based villain. So if a splinter of this thing is capable of creating an evil telekinetic madman, I can't even imagine the level of evil that Legion is capable of. He is the reason that grown men might need to wear diapers to this movie.

#1 - Epic Battles

After reading this script, I can't stress enough how magnificently HUGE it is. Green Lantern comics have always dealt with far more than just our measly little "Earth problems." So why limit our fights between on super powered good guy and one super powered bad guy? So the writers went with the approach of including epic battles that could cause a popcorn shortage when this movie comes out. The best part is the scale of these fights. Hal Jordan isn't the only one fighting in this movie. The entire Green Lantern Corps joins in to fight Legion. So everything you imagined Hal Jordan doing as a Green Lantern is actually multiplied exponentially when you seen hundreds of Green Lanterns fighting at the same time.

The battles in this movie are going to be what you would get if you took the entire Roman Army from the opening battle in Gladiator and gave each of them a ring of limitless power, then took every member of the Barbarians they fought against and wrapped them into one huge and terrifying motherfucker (see above), and decided to have a half hour battle. Green Lantern deserves a galactic canvas on which to paint his badass-ness, and this script definitely delivers one. 2010 needs to get here. NOW!

http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/10/...lantern-movie/

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An Oscar Nominee as the Green Lantern?

One way to up your Hollywood profile is to star as a superhero, just ask Robert Downey Jr. and Christian Bale. Of course, it has to be in a good superhero movie, just ask Ioan Gruffudd. So, who is apparently eyeing a role as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in Green Lantern? Why none other than Ryan Gosling according to LatinoReview.

LR is reporting the news from what they refer to as a "trusted source within the Warner Bros" and based on their history with being the first to name Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight and Brandon Routh as Superman in Superman Returns I am not going to doubt them.

I doubt I need to remind the majority of you who Ryan Gosling is, but just in case he starred in the sappy romantic drama The Notebook with current girlfriend Rachel McAdams (Limited Edition DVD on the way), the crappy thriller Stay, was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Half Nelson and starred opposite Anthony Hopkins in another crappy thriller called Fracture. Oh, he also was replaced by Mark Wahlberg in Peter Jackson's upcoming Lovely Bones adaptation and fell in love with a blow-up doll in Lars and the Real Girl.

I believe Gosling has talent, but I am yet to truly enjoy any of his films. I know nothing about the Green Lantern, but I wouldn't be surprised if he nailed it and it's nice to see studios are thinking outside the box and attempting to hire actors for their upcoming superhero flicks as opposed to faces.

It was recently reported by First Showing that producer Donald DeLine was "gearing up to start shooting [Green Lantern in] early spring [2009]" with Greg Berlanti ("Everwood") directing with an eye for a 2010 release.

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article...tern__20081008

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Warner Bros. is set to hire Martin Campbell to direct DC Comics adaptation Green Lantern, with the parties now in negotiations.

Campbell, most famous for directing two of the best modern Bonds - Casino Royale and GoldenEye - replaces Greg Berlanti, who wrote the script and was initially set to direct.

The trade mag reports that Green Lantern is now the top DC Comics priority for studio Warner Bros., with JLA and another Superman movie both continuing to stall, and Christopher Nolan taking his time over a third Batman film.

Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green co-wrote the script with Berlanti, whilst Body of Lies producer Donald De Line is overseeing.

Warner Bros. next job will be to find an actor to play the iconic character, with Aaron Eckhart and Ryan Gosling previously rumoured for the role.

Before he gets cracking on Green Lantern, Campbell will have to finish post-production on the Mel Gibson starring thriller Edge of Darkness.

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I would really like to see Campbell and Gosling get the jobs.

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by massacre man

I would really like to see Campbell and Gosling get the jobs.

I'd LOVE to see Eckhart in the role but his Batman connection blows him for the gig. Gosling is too small - great actor, but I just don't see him in the role.

Both Fillion and Boreanaz are TV guys so no dice there.

I can't think of the right man for the job. All the stars that come to mind are eaither too young (Chris Pine), too old (Dennis Quaid, Bill Paxton), too soft (Benden Fraser) or box office poison (Thomas Jane).

I'm going to have to give this some serious thought.

[massacre man]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

I'd LOVE to see Eckhart in the role but his Batman connection blows him for the gig. Gosling is too small - great actor, but I just don't see him in the role.

Both Fillion and Boreanaz are TV guys so no dice there.

I can't think of the right man for the job. All the stars that come to mind are eaither too young (Chris Pine), too old (Dennis Quaid, Bill Paxton), too soft (Benden Fraser) or box office poison (Thomas Jane).

I'm going to have to give this some serious thought.

I'd add Billy Crudup to a list of "Wouldn't minds". But he's Doc Manhattan. Dennis Quaid could definitely play Alan Scott.

[Roderick Usher]

Maybe Josh Brolin?

[massacre man]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

Maybe Josh Brolin?

Isn't he already going to be Jonah Hex?

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by massacre man

Isn't he already going to be Jonah Hex?

that project is in disarray