Thursday, July 9

• Superman to Appear in Green Lantern?

  With Marvel's Avengers characters getting their own movies before combining forces in 2012, is it possible that DC has the same plan for its Justice League characters? Right now Green Lantern is the only league-related movie currently in development, so MTV asked Green Lantern screenwriter Marc Guggenheim about the possibility of cameos from Superman or any other DC character:

  Honestly, it changes on a daily basis. Whatever information I gave you today would be obsolete in a week, and maybe come back again in two weeks. And even if it wasn't in flux at the script stage, it would still be constantly in flux because you can film it, put it in the original cut, and eventually it could end up on the editing room floor. I will say, all the Easter eggs and the cameos that I put in, I couldn't even begin to predict at this point which ones will stay and which ones will go.

  So the answer is a definite "maybe." Guggenheim has previously admitted that he thought the Robert Downey Jr. cameo in The Incredible Hulk was "awesome." And if DC does want to make Justice League movie, Green Lantern is where they need to start.

  
  

  Posted 07/09/2009 by Ryan

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Tuesday, June 16

• Green Lantern Screenwriter Offers an Update

  Green Lantern co-screenwriter Marc Guggenheim spoke to SciFiWire and updated the status of the movie's script and casting issues. Guggenheim had just delivered a new draft of the script, which he says focuses on the first Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, and how he becomes part of the Green Lantern Corps.

  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?" We've drawn heavily from ... a lot of different sources in terms of the comic books.... The character ... is several decades old, so ... we've really had an incredible amount of source material to cherry-pick from.

  While Guggenheim says no decision in casting has been made, he did address some of the recent rumors that had either Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) or Chris Pine (Star Trek) cast in the lead role.

  They're all false. I mean, they're all false insofar as we haven't chosen anyone yet. They're still in the negotiations, you know? There's a lot of names being talked about, and there's a lot of people being met, and a lot of ... actors reading the script. But if you read online [that] Pauly Shore's been cast as Hal Jordan, I can guarantee you we have not cast anyone.

  Pauly Shore? Did Guggenheim perhaps mean Brian Austin Green, who's been openly campaigning for the role? In any case, note that while Guggenheim didn't exactly agree to Shore, but he didn't say no either. So, there's a chance! Keep your fingers crossed, Pauly!

  Green Lantern starts shooting this summer in Australia and arrives in theaters on June 17, 2011. Martin Campbell will direct the production.

  
  

  Posted 06/16/2009 by Ryan

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Friday, February 6

• Green Lantern Gets New Director, Script Update

  Green Lantern has already been announced as "not on hold" by screenwriter Marc Guggenheim, but recent developments show the movie is getting close to being made. While co-screenwriter Greg Berlanti has previously been slated to direct, Variety reports that Martin Campbell, director of Casino Royale, is in talks to direct the movie instead.

  Michael Green, the third co-screenwriter of Green Lantern, explains: "Warner Bros. doesn't do greenlights the way a lot of places do. They sort of always inch towards it, so there's never a day where they're like, 'Boom! Magic bomb! We're greenlit!' But we've had very good conversations with them. From what I'm told, they really like the last script we gave them and are hoping to find a way to make it, which would be thrilling," Green told IGN.

  As for the script details, Green did reveal that the movie will concern original Green Lantern Hal Jordan. "I can't give too many spoilers, but the idea is to introduce a new character to an audience that is probably not familiar with him. So we start at the beginning with Hal Jordan."

  Will Green Lantern tie in to the on-again off-again Justice League movie? Said Green: "The only mandate such as it is was, 'Any references you want to make to expand the DC world, we would enjoy,' which is one of the better notes you can get. It's like, 'Oh, more candy? Please!' They opened up the DC toy box on that, so it was fun. It's definitely tied to the familiar DC universe."

  Which means that DC is still trying to set up a Justice League to rival the 2011 Avengers movie.

  
  

  Posted 02/06/2009 by Ryan

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Wednesday, January 14

• Green Lantern Not "On Hold"

  David Goyer may have said that future DC comic movie adaptations were "on hold," but screenwriter Marc Guggenheim doesn't think that applies to his and writer/director Greg Berlanti's Green Lantern. "I don't think David was referring to Green Lantern. I think David was referring to other properties. That doesn't jibe with the information that I've been getting," Guggenheim told Newsarama.

  Goyer's "other properties" include adaptations of DC's The Flash and Green Arrow, so it would seem Green Lantern is still very much green lit. In fact, Warner Brothers President Alan Horn said in December that Green Lantern was "next."

  
  

  Posted 01/14/2009 by Ryan

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