News has hit the interweb thanks to a few interviews that were given by Donald De Line about WB’s Green Lantern movie. So far, from what I am hearing this movie is headed in the right direction!
* They’re definitely going with the Hal Jordan version of Green Lantern.
* A lot of time will be used to establish the character of Hal Jordan, so that audiences can connect with him prior to acquiring the ring that gives him his superpowers.
* Big stakes and big action, but there will be humor in the film (think a similar tone to Iron Man, rather than The Dark Knight).
* They are in pre-production, they have a production designer and a costume designer and they’re heading to Australia next week to scout locations.
* They are NOT going for a younger Hal Jordan – they’re looking for someone in their late 20’s/early 30’s.
I do appreciate that they are going with the Hal Jordan history, as I still think he has a deeper connection to what Lantern is about than John Stewart or Kyle Rayner.
Devoting a lot of time to an origin story has not worked out in the past, but as in Iron Man we can see that if done well the origin can BE the story instead of flittering past it to get to some other less important conflict.
They still promise the big action but still a lighter tone. With Batman Begins and Dark Knight being such a success, many pundits were saying that “going dark” was the sure way to success with any character and I have to disagree. I dont think that “going dark” with Lantern is at all required. A little more gritty real is perfect. And ANY ideas they had while considering Jack Black in the role needs to go in the garbage right now!
Finally after squashing the Anton Yelchin rumour, it is confirmed that we will be getting a more mature (but not old) Hal Jordan aiming for a late 20s and (hopefully) early 30s Jordan.
All of this sounds great to me.
