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Green Lantern Movie Starts Filming in November Look out Aussies
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 12:32 PM
Oh, sweet Christmas, I hope it is good!
Early script drafts have mention of GLCorps members but it remains to be seen if they are mere cameos or speaking parts. Regardless, it is good to see that DC is moving in its film department again - the WB animated movies notwithstanding.
Bryan - you going to see this one or wait for the DVD???
Early script drafts have mention of GLCorps members but it remains to be seen if they are mere cameos or speaking parts. Regardless, it is good to see that DC is moving in its film department again - the WB animated movies notwithstanding.
Bryan - you going to see this one or wait for the DVD???
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 05:41 PM
Crossing fingers now....
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 05:45 PM
OMG, please be good!
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 07:57 PM
Good, bad, I'll go see it. No casting news as of yet, so who do you get to play:
Hal: Go ahead, boo me. James Marsden. I think he could be a good Hal.
Kyle: Not sure...I'm not up on my young actors these days...
John: Who was the guy got booted from Iron Man 2? Get him. He's learned his lesson.
Guy: Dennis Leary could pull off the smartass lines really well
Arissa: If it were the 70's I'd say get that mousey blond Chloe from Smallville, but since she's *ahem* grown a bit, I'm not sure who to get.
Kilowogg (voice): Not sure here either...always pictured his voice as being kind of like Grimlock from Transformers
Star Sapphire/Carol: Megan Fox...put Megan Fox in the Sapphire suit!
Cowgirl: well, Jessica Alba knows how to handle a lasso
Sinestro: gotta be Gary Oldman. He'd totally own this.
Sooo...now that I've pushed the acting budget well beyond $150 million... heh heh...
Ten years ago you'd never hear me say it, but "Wow! I'm excited to see this Green Lantern movie!"
Hal: Go ahead, boo me. James Marsden. I think he could be a good Hal.
Kyle: Not sure...I'm not up on my young actors these days...
John: Who was the guy got booted from Iron Man 2? Get him. He's learned his lesson.
Guy: Dennis Leary could pull off the smartass lines really well
Arissa: If it were the 70's I'd say get that mousey blond Chloe from Smallville, but since she's *ahem* grown a bit, I'm not sure who to get.
Kilowogg (voice): Not sure here either...always pictured his voice as being kind of like Grimlock from Transformers
Star Sapphire/Carol: Megan Fox...put Megan Fox in the Sapphire suit!
Cowgirl: well, Jessica Alba knows how to handle a lasso
Sinestro: gotta be Gary Oldman. He'd totally own this.
Sooo...now that I've pushed the acting budget well beyond $150 million... heh heh...
Ten years ago you'd never hear me say it, but "Wow! I'm excited to see this Green Lantern movie!"
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 08:33 PM
QUOTE (torchsong @ Apr 17 2009, 02:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Star Sapphire/Carol: Megan Fox...put Megan Fox in the Sapphire suit!
Cowgirl: well, Jessica Alba knows how to handle a lasso
Cowgirl: well, Jessica Alba knows how to handle a lasso
Yes.
Yes.
Um . . . . something's happening in my pants.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 08:35 PM
If there ever was a comic that was perfectly suited for transition to a feature film, this is it. I hope they put some good talent and money behind it, it could be great. Also, you have almost limitless potential for sequels, that is, if they don't screw it up the first time.
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Posted 18 April 2009 - 03:00 PM
If they can top this, I'll be psyched.
Actually, the bar is quite a bit higher than this, but I'll stay positive until there's something to actually see.
Actually, the bar is quite a bit higher than this, but I'll stay positive until there's something to actually see.
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Posted 18 April 2009 - 04:15 PM
I just hope the reading of the oath doesn't come off as corny.
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 07:18 AM
QUOTE (bigraj @ Apr 17 2009, 04:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
150 million bucks can make quite the space epic I'm looking for in this movie. Anyone got a time machine I can borrow? I want to go to the premiere right now.
Murd does have a time bubble now...
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Posted 12 May 2009 - 03:50 PM
http://www.newsarama.com/film/050911-GL-Latest.html
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And just yesterday, Terminator Salvation actor Sam Worthington's name once again became attached to the movie after he confirmed to Moviehole that he has spoken to director Martin Campbell about the role.
"It's one of those things where they're still doing the script," said the 32-year-old actor. "I said, 'Give me a script. Let me have a look at it.' I like Martin a lot. I met him on the Bond stuff, and I like his work, but the second step is, 'Is it a movie that I'd go and see?"
That "still doing the script" line shouldn't worry fans too much. Green and Guggenheim told Newsarama that their script has been finished for some time, but it's being refined to make shooting more realistic and to line up with the locations being scouted in Australia.
"We're doing, basically, the production pass," Green said. "It's a really fun process because you're taking the things that were still abstract and making it practical and real. We're thinking about it in terms of, 'how will we actually affect this?' as opposed to making it something we were trying to convince the studio to do. It's a nice part of the process because it's no longer a sales document; it's a production script."
Guggenheim said the three writers are meeting with Campbell and producer Donald De Line regularly. "We're constantly working on the script and making revisions per our collective discussions and things that are reflected by the other departments in the movie," he said. "It's actually going to be filmed. So that's what's fun and challenging. So we're just working away on it."
Besides their work in TV and film, both Guggenheim and Green are also current comic book writers. Guggenheim works on Amazing Spider-Man for Marvel Comics and Resurrection for Oni Press, while Green co-writes Superman/Batman for DC Comics. Green told Newsarama that because the writers are involved in comics, the script is a "fan's take. We're all huge fans of the character." And Guggenheim told Newsarama last year the script is "not only a respectful approach to the character, but it's a loving approach to the entire mythos."
That comic book connection gives Green Lantern fans hope for a movie that highlights the space-traveling, multi-hero aspect of the character. In comic books, Hal Jordan is not the only Green Lantern, but is part of an interstellar corps of heroes from throughout the universe who enforce justice with their green energy-emitting rings.
The movie seems to be following that universe-wide idea of the Green Lantern mythos, as the writers have confirmed the Green Lantern home planet of Oa is being designed for the film. And as Guggenheim and Green spoke with Newsarama about finding someone young enough to play Hal Jordan in multiple films, the Green Lantern character names Sinestro and Killowog also came up.
"The one thing I fear," Guggenheim said, "is that you don't want to end up – and no offense to Roger Moore – but you don't want to end up in the second movie with, like, Roger Moore in A View to a Kill. Where it's like, oh my God, don't strain yourself."
"So you're not liking my Peter O'Toole idea?" Green joked.
"Not liking your Peter O'Toole idea," Guggenheim said with a laugh. "But then, I tell ya, Peter O'Toole as Sinestro? Hmmm..."
"I have an old joke where anytime anyone asks me who I see in any character, I just say Seth Green," Green said. "And I don't think he's a good Hal Jordan. I don't really want him for this movie. But I'm going to stick with that because it always works for me. Then again, Seth Green Kilowog? What do you think?"
"It's one of those things where they're still doing the script," said the 32-year-old actor. "I said, 'Give me a script. Let me have a look at it.' I like Martin a lot. I met him on the Bond stuff, and I like his work, but the second step is, 'Is it a movie that I'd go and see?"
That "still doing the script" line shouldn't worry fans too much. Green and Guggenheim told Newsarama that their script has been finished for some time, but it's being refined to make shooting more realistic and to line up with the locations being scouted in Australia.
"We're doing, basically, the production pass," Green said. "It's a really fun process because you're taking the things that were still abstract and making it practical and real. We're thinking about it in terms of, 'how will we actually affect this?' as opposed to making it something we were trying to convince the studio to do. It's a nice part of the process because it's no longer a sales document; it's a production script."
Guggenheim said the three writers are meeting with Campbell and producer Donald De Line regularly. "We're constantly working on the script and making revisions per our collective discussions and things that are reflected by the other departments in the movie," he said. "It's actually going to be filmed. So that's what's fun and challenging. So we're just working away on it."
Besides their work in TV and film, both Guggenheim and Green are also current comic book writers. Guggenheim works on Amazing Spider-Man for Marvel Comics and Resurrection for Oni Press, while Green co-writes Superman/Batman for DC Comics. Green told Newsarama that because the writers are involved in comics, the script is a "fan's take. We're all huge fans of the character." And Guggenheim told Newsarama last year the script is "not only a respectful approach to the character, but it's a loving approach to the entire mythos."
That comic book connection gives Green Lantern fans hope for a movie that highlights the space-traveling, multi-hero aspect of the character. In comic books, Hal Jordan is not the only Green Lantern, but is part of an interstellar corps of heroes from throughout the universe who enforce justice with their green energy-emitting rings.
The movie seems to be following that universe-wide idea of the Green Lantern mythos, as the writers have confirmed the Green Lantern home planet of Oa is being designed for the film. And as Guggenheim and Green spoke with Newsarama about finding someone young enough to play Hal Jordan in multiple films, the Green Lantern character names Sinestro and Killowog also came up.
"The one thing I fear," Guggenheim said, "is that you don't want to end up – and no offense to Roger Moore – but you don't want to end up in the second movie with, like, Roger Moore in A View to a Kill. Where it's like, oh my God, don't strain yourself."
"So you're not liking my Peter O'Toole idea?" Green joked.
"Not liking your Peter O'Toole idea," Guggenheim said with a laugh. "But then, I tell ya, Peter O'Toole as Sinestro? Hmmm..."
"I have an old joke where anytime anyone asks me who I see in any character, I just say Seth Green," Green said. "And I don't think he's a good Hal Jordan. I don't really want him for this movie. But I'm going to stick with that because it always works for me. Then again, Seth Green Kilowog? What do you think?"
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Posted 12 May 2009 - 06:53 PM
I just hope the WB folks sat their asses down this weekend to watch Star Trek. That my film-financing fiends is how you do epic cosmic story-telling...equal or beat that or else don't bother playing.
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