The next DC Comics character to hit the big screen will be Green Lantern. Hal Jordan’s foray into theaters is currently in pre-production and scheduled to start shooting in Louisiana next year and Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) is set to direct. Ryan Reynolds is set to star as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern and in a recent interview, Reynolds said that while Green Lantern will be an origin story, the adventure will kick in pretty early on:
Reynolds Said;
“I think you walk away from this first film, and the moments that you remember and the moments that mean so much to you, not unlike ‘Iron Man,’ are the moments where the guy’s not in the suit.”
Reynolds acknowledges that developing those moments amid the cosmic action central to “Green Lantern” is a daunting task — after all, a test pilot who receives a super-powered ring from a dying alien is likely to demand a much different tone than a billionaire industrialist building his own battle armor.
“That to me is the tough thing to get right, And that’s something that they did get right [in 'Iron Man']. You see why this guy’s in the suit, and that’s what’s interesting to me. Not that he is in the suit, but why.”
“It is [an origin story] to a certain degree, but it’s not a labored origin story, where the movie [truly] begins in the third act. The movie starts when it starts. We find out Hal is the guy fairly early on, and the adventure begins.”
Hal is the guy alright. I’d love to see maybe in a sequel a cameo by Guy Gardner :)
Mike, I think we can expect to see a bulk of the Corps. in the movie – considering they are supposedly doing a lot of action in space and are planning on taking it to Oa – so, I wouldn’t be too surprised if we see Gardner, Kilowog, Tomar-Re and most of the central GL Corps. in the first movie.