Green Lantern Movie News Discussion Thread

[InterestingJohn Alpha-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close InterestingJohn]

We already know that Legion will be the major threat to the Corps in the movie and Hector Hammond will be the major threat to Earth.

As I understand it, they basically used Emerald Dawn as a "template" for the script, at least to some degree.

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They're cramming in too much then.

Hammond has no purpose being anything other than a mention in the first movie.


Besides, wasn't that info from one of the earliest scripts? They're on something like the tenth revision/rewrite at this point.

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They're cramming in too much then.

Hammond has no purpose being anything other than a mention in the first movie.


Besides, wasn't that info from one of the earliest scripts? They're on something like the tenth revision/rewrite at this point.

Minor revision. Hammond is still in as a minor villain. How is two villains too much? Worked pretty well for The Dark Knight and Batman Begins, not to mention Superman 2, which had 4 villains total (Zod, Ursa, Non, Luthor)... People only remember the bad multi-villain movies.

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Minor revision. Hammond is still in as a minor villain. How is two villains too much? Worked pretty well for The Dark Knight and Batman Begins, not to mention Superman 2, which had 4 villains total (Zod, Ursa, Non, Luthor)... People only remember the bad multi-villain movies.

Begins had one villain. Scarecrow was little more than a henchman.

Hammond, Legion and Sinestro.

This movies gearing up for three as I really doubt Sinestro's going to be unicorns and rainbows.

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Sinestro won't be evil in the first movie.

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Begins had one villain. Scarecrow was little more than a henchman.

Hammond, Legion and Sinestro.

This movies gearing up for three as I really doubt Sinestro's going to be unicorns and rainbows.

Well, really there's only one villain. In the first draft of the script at least, Sinestro is a good guy in the first film, with only slight foreshadowing of future villainy. Legion is pretty much a walking plot device, and in the movie will just be a CGI special effect rather than a character. Hector Hammond is the only antagonist that really demands substantial screentime for development.

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Ryan talks Origin story and Iron Man

Reynolds told MTV News that the scenes in which Hal Jordan isn't in costume will likely be the most memorable from the film — much like Robert Downey Jr.'s time spent out of Tony Stark's armor in "Iron Man."

"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," said Reynolds.

However, Reynolds acknowledged 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," he explained. "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," he explained. "The movie starts when it starts. We find out Hal is the guy fairly early on, and the adventure begins."

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[B]"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," he explained. "The movie starts when it starts. We find out Hal is the guy fairly early on, and the adventure begins."

Definitely glad to hear that. So tired of long drawn out origin stories, I understand why they do it but definitely glad to see the story picks up early on. Martin Campbell shows this in two of his movies that I can think of, Casino Royale and Mask of Zorro.

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The start to Casino Royale is still one of my favorite scenes ever.

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i want a trailer dammit!! lmao

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They haven't started shooting yet I don't think. So the odds of us having a trailer before next fall is slim.


Darth_Andrea

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I'll settle for some pics of the costume smuggled off the set

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They haven't started shooting yet I don't think. So the odds of us having a trailer before next fall is slim.


Darth_Andrea

i thought they shoot in january no? ill give my cousin a call his friend in hollywood worked on the t4 movie so i can try to see what i can dig up

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I'll settle for some pics of the costume smuggled off the set

Yeah I'd be up for that too.

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The article in its entirety, not too different but here it is:

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Reynolds Says 'Green Lantern' Won't Be A 'Labored Origin Story'
Posted 11/30/09 2:01 pm ET by Rick Marshall in DC Comics, Hot Stuff, News


Last week, we explained why "Deadpool" and "Green Lantern" actor Ryan Reynolds is one of the actors we're thankful for this year around MTV HQ. In fact, he's the actor we're most thankful for this year — and not just because he shared more details with us about the pair of upcoming, much-anticipated comic book movies he's starring in soon. (Though that was certainly an added bonus!)

After offering up some thoughts about Green Lantern's costume, Reynolds told MTV News that the scenes in which Hal Jordan isn't in costume will likely be the most memorable from the film — much like Robert Downey Jr.'s time spent out of Tony Stark's armor in "Iron Man."

"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," said Reynolds.

However, Reynolds acknowledged 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," he explained. "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."

With "Green Lantern" scheduled to begin shooting next year (possibly in New Orleans), Reynolds shied away from calling the film's plot an origin story, despite the need to introduce Hal Jordan to mainstream movie audiences.

"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," he explained. "The movie starts when it starts. We find out Hal is the guy fairly early on, and the adventure begins."