Monday
15Jun2009
'Green Lantern' Writer on Progress, Casting Rumors
Monday, June 15, 2009 at 11:16AM
We know this much about The Green Lantern, courtesy of its writer Marc Guggenheim: There is no Green Lantern, at least not yet. He tells Sci Fi Wire that any of the rumors you've heard regarding casting for the comic book hero are false.
"The goal here is to do the best cinematic representation of the Green Lantern character. You know, there's no desire on anyone's part to completely change the character and just call this other character Green Lantern and try to...draft off the name recognition. This is all about 'How do we bring the best version of this character to the silver screen?'"DC and Warner Bros. have huge aspirations for Green Lantern, hiring Casino Royale director Martin Campbell to steer a project with a budget somewhere between that of Iron Man and The Dark Knight, last year's top two movies at the box office. But you'll notice the way Guggenheim talks about the script that a specific story arc familiar to comic book fans is not what we're likely to see. Instead, they'll pick and choose elements of Hal Jordan to creat the "best cinematic representation" of the character, which could include unrelated stuff from completely different decades. As for the casting, the role is probably just sitting there for Bradley Cooper. After all, the same studio and production company (Warner and Legendary Pictures) are reaping the benefits of The Hangover, and with his star on the rise in a big way, it's better to sign him up if you're interested than let somebody else cast him as, say, Captain America. He wouldn't be my top choice, but there's an awful lot of sense in using that approach.
Reader Comments (2)
Don't get me wrong, I am huge Bradley Cooper fan. I think he is going to keep getting better roles. However, I just don't see him in a super hero role. He always plays the jerk and this isn't that character. The A-Team makes more sense to me. Chris Pine would probably work in this role and it would be great for him to play. So I am pro Braldey Cooper the actor, but against Bradley Cooper the super hero. What do other people think?
I think Gerard Butler would make an Awesome Hal Jordan! He's Tough, he's built (300), he can play a wise ass like he did in Tomb Raider, and i think he'd be perfect for the man with no fear!! On a side note the ONLY person who should play Sinestro is Daniel Day Lewis, his role in "No country for old men" sold me on it, his look with the mustache and his acting abilities would make him PERFECT for Sinestro!.... My choice for Hal's Love interest Carol Ferris (who eventually becomes Star Sapphire) has to be Kate Beckinsale she'd be perfect for the role.
In terms of sequels depending on where they go with the films i'd like to see Bradley Cooper come on as Guy Gardner with Jaime Foxx playing John Stewart..and finally Jake Gyllenhal for Kyle Rayner. A fight between these three and Hal (as parallex) would be incredible. they could also do spin offs with Gyllenhall and Cooper and make a Green Lantern Corps Series, and then either throw Foxx or Butler in the Justice League, or hell BOTH!
In terms of the rest of the cast, i'd love Patrick Stewart to be the voice of Ganthet the leader of the guardians, but if he cant then maybe Chris Lee. Drill Instructor Kilowog should be Dennis Haysbert no question while Lantern Boodika should be non other than Helena Bonam Carter. If they wanted to bring in Soranik Natu as a love interest for Kyle and play the part of Sinestros daughter i'd like to see a hottie like Roselyn Sanchez take that role. so my casting of the GL universe would be as follows
Hal Jordan - Gerard Butler
Sinestro - Daniel Day Lewis
Carol Ferris - Kate Beckinsale
Abin Sur - Doug Jones
Ganthet - Patrick Stewart
Salakk - David Hyde Pierce
Boodikka - Helena Bonham Carter
Kilowog - Dennis Haysbert
Guy Gardner - Bradley Cooper
John Stewart - Jaime Foxx
Kyle Rayner - Jake Gyllenhal
Soranik Natu - Roselyn Sanchez
Mongul - (CGI) voiced by Eric Roberts
Black Hand - Crispen Glover