Something that got lost in all the post-Big Big Live Show shuffle last week (which is understandable, given how crazy that event-to-end-all-events was) was a little tidbit from comic & screen writer Marc Guggenheim about the second GREEN LANTERN movie and FLASH movie. According to Joblo (by way of Newsarama) Guggenheim and his co-writers, the Greg Berlanti/Michael Green duo, have just turned in their treatment for FLASH and, without skipping a step, they’re already talking about what to do for GREEN LANTERN 2. This is fulfilling the scoop we got back in July when the trio was announced for this gig. Guggenheim stressed, however, that the writing of the FLASH screenplay is still a ways off, presumably depending on the WB’s approval.

So what exactly does this all mean?

I know we’ve got some savy savants in the Comic Vine community, but I ought to explain what a treatment is to those you who might find this talk a little “insider baseball.” Basically, a treatment is a very involved outline for a movie that usually precedes the writing of an actual screenplay. They can run as short as only a few pages or be as long as entire script. James Cameron, for instance, is notable for writing screenplay-long “scriptments” that read almost like novellas. You can find his scripments for ALIENS and his unrealized-SPIDER-MAN movie here and here. == TEASER ==

In this case, the WB could end up hiring another writer or group of writers to make a script based off this treatment, which will you give you an idea as to why these kind of movies usually have many screenwrtiers named in the credits.

Is it too early to be talking about a second GREEN LANTERN movie when the first hasn’t even come out yet? These things are really easy to do sequels to, and I still say that it’d make a lot of sense to fit Johns’ new cosmology into this trilogy with movie #2 concerning the SINESTRO CORPS WAR and movie #3 dealing with BLACKEST NIGHT. Also, a question for you maniacs... 

Christopher Nolan thinks DC characters work best in their own self-contained spheres, but would you like to see GL and Flash exist in the same movie continuity in a manner similar to what Marvel’s been doing?

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I don't think DC needs to make a crossover movie like Marvel plans to just give them some good movies for the moment no need for them to be connected yet or at all. There is no guarantee DC would use the Avengers method or even if that method will work.
 
If Green Lantern is not a hit I don't think other DC heroes will get movies. 

I agree that GL 2 and 3 should follow Geoff John's epics.  If they're done well, they could end up as the greatest comic book blockbusters of all time.  
I think I agree with Nolan that DC characters work best in their own spheres.  But, I guess we'll just have to see how the Avengers movie will turn out.

i really dont think the sinestro corps war and blackest night would work well in a movie

In the past couple years and the following next few years, DC is getting blown out of the water by Marvel in regards to bringing more than a couple of their characters to the big screen. I know they are going the slow and steady approach, but come on already.
 
Btw I just read the final fight in Cameron's Spider-Man treatment...sounded pretty intense.

Yes they should be in the same movie universe and no there shouldn't be Blackest Night. You can't have Blackest Night without all the other DC characters and it can't come before Crisis on Infinite Earths, Zero Hour, Identity Crisis, Infinite Crisis, and Final Crisis.

Hmmm... I don't know...
I definitely want to see a Flash movie, but would GL 2 and 3 work involving those big story arcs?

I love the idea of a Flash film, but I can't see it being a big commercial success along the lines of the Batman or Spiderman films. For all of Flash's greatness, the character isn't innately cool.

Blake Lively said she was gonna be star sapphire in the second movie. so what I am assuming is that.
first movie is gonna be; Hector/Parallax
second movie is gonna be ; Star Sapphire/ possible second villain (Sinestro goes bad at the end of the second film)
third movie; Sinestro Corps War

i think Ryan Reynolds would be perfect for the Flash.

I hope that the Flash film will be good. As for the Green Lantern, I think that it is to early to talk about sequels. Let's see if the movie will become a success first. Even if they make those sequels, I'm not sure they should do the Sinestro Corps War and the Blackest Night, at least not so soon. Well maybe Sinestro Corps War.

Blackest Night won't work.
All these random dead heroes popping up.
Everyones not going to know whats going on.

Sinestro Corps = Yes! Would work without the rest of the DCU
Blackest Night = NO! Needs the DCU and no one knows what's going on.
 
Here's how I imagine the Green Lantern trilogy
 
Green Lantern: Gets  ring, trains and faces Hector Hammond and Parallax (good choice)  and at end Sinestro gets yellow ring

Green Lantern 2: Carol Ferris discovers Star Stapphire gem, turns evil and battles Hal. Later Zamarons show up with Star Sapphire rings with the credits scene showing Sinestro amassing his corps.
 
Green Lantern 3: SINESTRO CORPS WAR!

If they do make a Flash film, it would have to be about Barry, like they are doing with Hal's film. And maybe it would include a cameo from Wally, but the film could be like the Incredible Hulk, it takes place after he has received his powers and is established as Central City's champion, the same thing going for the Rouges.

" @johnny spam: i believe that should do whatever they want... dc and marvel have been copying of of each other for years, so why stop now. "

"i think Ryan Reynolds would be perfect for the Flash. "

cant wait for a Flash film

" i think Ryan Reynolds would be perfect for the Flash. "

No I would like see them in there own movies no guest appearances or tie ins because it is now starting to see too fan boyish or also even cheesy to have team ups or easter eggs. It is more mature just to have one hero on its own tale. 

"If they do make a Flash film, it would have to be about Barry, like they are doing with Hal's film. And maybe it would include a cameo from Wally, but the film could be like the Incredible Hulk, it takes place after he has received his powers and is established as Central City's champion, the same thing going for the Rouges. "

Is there still gonna be the Super Max (aka Green Arrow) movie in the works???

It's too soon to push Blackest Night onto theaters. And Nolan's theory could go either way, but I really want some continuity to be emphasized in the DCU movies.

ryan reynold sucks!
 

I think Batman is really the only DC character that doesn't fit well in a group situation. Having no super-powers, if there was an all-out battle, he'd be the first to get injured. I know in the comics and cartoons he always fights along side the others, but with films added "realism", I don't think he could hold his own in a group with say Superman and Green Lantern.

I can see a Sinestro Corps War, but Blackest Night won't do without the other DC characters
And Flash+GL meeting? yes please

IT'S BRUCE WILLIS!! O_O Alex Ross never stops to surprise me :)

considering flash and green lantern team up quite a bit it makes sense for at least a flash cameo if not a full blown team up...def agree with most for the blackest night story, it would be nearly impossible to do correctly but i think the only way to keep the movie relevant with a modern culture and to appease non-fans they need to stick to the johns perspective of gl

I kinda would prefer myself those DC heroes running together in the same fictional world on screen too. No need for an Avenger-esque planning...but just..the same self contained universe!
If we can see gamma monsters, viking gods and rich playboys armed to the teeth next to each other in "one franchise", I can't see why we couldn't have a dude dressed as a bad, a red-cape wielding alien, a green space cop and a red-speedsuit speedster in the same reality as well!
 
Despite what all Bat-fanboys might say!
(it's all fiction! Bats no more real than Supes or Hal Jordan!)

" I kinda would prefer myself those DC heroes running together in the same fictional world on screen too. No need for an Avenger-esque planning...but just..the same self contained universe! If we can see gamma monsters, viking gods and rich playboys armed to the teeth next to each other in "one franchise", I can't see why we couldn't have a dude dressed as a bad, a red-cape wielding alien, a green space cop and a red-speedsuit speedster in the same reality as well!  Despite what all Bat-fanboys might say! (it's all fiction! Bats no more real than Supes or Hal Jordan!) "

DC needs to follow a few simple steps to have a healthy Movie Universe...
1) Tell a great story. (see Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and Superman The Movie)
2) Have great actors in the roles. (see above) 
3) Get great directors. (see above)
4) Verisimilitude. (see above)
5) Forget whatever Marvel is going and focus on what you're doing. (see above) 
 
The End

" NPH FLASH SUIT-UP "