If everything goes according to plan, the Green Lantern movie will finally go before the cameras in the spring of 2009. This after about ten years of development and a number of false starts, thankfully in some cases (Jack Black as a Green Lantern?!). One of the aborted attempts to birng GL to the big screen came from Knight Rider executive producer Gary Scott Thompson. Our sister site, Green Lantern Film.net, has scored an interview with Thompson in which he discusses his efforts on the project. To check out that interview, click HERE.
Green Lantern
November 19, 2008
October 09, 2008
RYAN GOSLING AS HAL JORDAN?
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According to Latino Review, reliable sources have claimed that Ryan Gosling could be in the running for the lead role of Hal Jordan in Green Lantern. An acclaimed actor, Gosling is known for bringing character integrity to roles in such films as The Notebook, Half Nelson and Fractured. When interviewed about the latter, he discussed a less than heroic hero, which may possibly be similar to the Hal Jordan we meet at the beginning of Green Lantern.
“I liked the character," Gosling said of that part. "Willie’s a character that, most movies like this, in this genre, they’re like really virtuous guys - like natural heroes waiting to come out,. And this guy’s not. He’s not good. He’s not a good guy, and he never really is. He’s the good guy in the movie because he’s better than Anthony’s character. But he’s not really that good and he’s not bad, and he’s okay with that. As long as he’s not a bad guy he can live with it. He’s just naturally kind of a narcissistic, self-obsessed, selfish guy with tons of ambition. He’s kind of put in a situation in this movie where if he [spoiler deleted] for a promotion, he’s going to officially be a guy he doesn’t want to be, so he reluctantly does the right thing. In the whole film doing the right thing is kind of a pain in the ass for him, and he never makes some kind of huge moral shift. He just reluctantly walks that line, and I thought that that was probably more realistic.”
Obviously this doesn't have a lot to do with Hal Jordan, but it nonetheless provides an insight into the actor's thought processes.i
According to Latino Review, reliable sources have claimed that Ryan Gosling could be in the running for the lead role of Hal Jordan in Green Lantern. An acclaimed actor, Gosling is known for bringing character integrity to roles in such films as The Notebook, Half Nelson and Fractured. When interviewed about the latter, he discussed a less than heroic hero, which may possibly be similar to the Hal Jordan we meet at the beginning of Green Lantern. “I liked the character," Gosling said of that part. "Willie’s a character that, most movies like this, in this genre, they’re like really virtuous guys - like natural heroes waiting to come out,. And this guy’s not. He’s not good. He’s not a good guy, and he never really is. He’s the good guy in the movie because he’s better than Anthony’s character. But he’s not really that good and he’s not bad, and he’s okay with that. As long as he’s not a bad guy he can live with it. He’s just naturally kind of a narcissistic, self-obsessed, selfish guy with tons of ambition. He’s kind of put in a situation in this movie where if he [spoiler deleted] for a promotion, he’s going to officially be a guy he doesn’t want to be, so he reluctantly does the right thing. In the whole film doing the right thing is kind of a pain in the ass for him, and he never makes some kind of huge moral shift. He just reluctantly walks that line, and I thought that that was probably more realistic.”
Obviously this doesn't have a lot to do with Hal Jordan, but it nonetheless provides an insight into the actor's thought processes.i
October 06, 2008
STAN WINSTON STUDIO ON "GREEN LANTERN" & "IRON MAN 2"
An article in the Los Angeles Times regarding the late Stan Winston and Stan Winston Studio states that the name of the operation is being changed to Legacy Effects, and mentions that one of the projects in the pipeline is the forthcoming Green Lantern.
"The last two major American movies that will have Winston Studios listed in the credits will be Terminator Salvation and then the Cameron-directed 3-D film Avatar, which is fitting considering the importance of both the killer-robot franchise and its original director in the career of the late wizard... The Winston name will also appear on a German film called Pandorum. After that, the Legacy era officially begins (as far as movies are concerned) with the Bollywood production Robot and then, if things go as expected, with Iron Man 2 in 2010. Legacy is doing some early design work for a planned movie for Green Lantern, the DC Comics character..."
In other Green Lantern news, the online io9 commented on the fact that the movie, to be directed by Greg Berlanti and scripted by Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green, could go into production as early as Spring 2009. In what could be a MAJOR SPOILER ALERT, they describe the film's plot as follows: It "will start with the death of Green Lantern Corps member Abin Sur on Earth after a battle with the intergalactic baddie Legion (the latter will appear as one of the movie's villains). The dying Abin Sur snubs Clark Kent to pass the potent bauble to Hal Jordan, a civilian grappling with the death of his father. Once annointed, Jordan finds himself busy romancing aerospace businesswoman Carol Ferris, all the while gaining an enemy in Hector Hammond, who obtains powers while performing a government sanctioned autopsy on Abin Sur. Facing certain defeat, Jordan journeys to the Green Lantern motherland, Oa, to ask for help in defeating the tenacious Hammond.... The movie looks like it'll be somewhat steeped in space travel and, as such, is a total fanboy pleaser."
September 14, 2008
THE OA REPORT: DAVID BOREANAZ AS GREEN LANTERN?
According to a report at Moviehole.net, David Boreanaz (Angel, Bones) was supposedly the inspiration in Brian Murray’s recently posted artwork for the currently-in-development Green Lantern, and may be in the running of the role of Hal Jordan. It could be an interesting choice, as the actor voiced the character in the animated adaptation of Justice League: New Frontier.
“Hal’s an interesting character,” Boreanaz offered at the time. “Having been part of the Korean War, he’s kind of damaged goods, yet he’s striving to get back to being himself. I think Hal’s sense of duality is fascinating – his holding onto his past, overcoming it and being heroic with it. It’s about coming to an understanding of where your strengths are and where your weaknesses may be – and as an actor, to go into his dark place and work from there. I found that very appealing."
For the Moviehole story, please click HERE.
October 30, 2007
GREEN LANTERN: HIS TIME HAS COME
Following the announcement that he would co-write and direct the movie version of Green Lantern, Greg Berlanti gave an interview to The Hollywood Reporter in which he shared his enthusiasm regarding the project and why the timing for it couldn't be more perfect. "To me, this was on the last great comic book movie that hasn't been made," said Berlanti. "It was a comic book with a real mythology that you would see in a lot of the space operas and the sci-fi books. The best part about it, anybody can be become one of the Green Lanterns because anyone can end up with that ring."
That ring, actually, and what can be done with it was one of the reasons that it was believed that until now Green Lantern couldn't be brought to life without looking laughable.
"The danger and the fear from a lot of people is that it would be silly," Berlanti admitted to THR. "In these post-Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings days, it's not any more fantastical than that. It's taken movies like that to make it feel as if a Green Lantern film is possible."