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Looks Like A Green Christmas In 2010 With Green Lantern

Warner Bros. makes the Green Lantern movie official.

By Tony 'G-Man' Guerrero  |  Feb. 25, 2009

It is now official.  Warner Bros. has announced the release date for the Green Lantern movie.  Mark in on your calendar now...or wait until you get a 2010 calendar and then mark it.  December 17, 2010.

The movie will be directed by Martin Campbell ("Casino Royale") and is said to be about the story of Hal Jordan.  Some concept art has already been seen, including what Oa may look like.

Co-writer, Marc Guggenheim has stated that he would love to include cameos.  Obviously they are nowhere near ready for casting. 

Start charging up your power rings.
Filed under: Green Lantern, Hal Jordan
27 Comments
Deo Wadeon Feb. 25, 2009 at 5:39 a.m.
The bar for Superhero movies is set pretty high now (Dark Knight, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk), so they have their work cut out for them.
Decept-Oon Feb. 25, 2009 at 8:51 a.m.

Great!  It's official.  Let's hope this does well, can't wait to see it.  Not only do I wonder who will play Hal, but who will play Sinestro?

TwilightThunderon Feb. 25, 2009 at 9:18 a.m.
i want the whole frigging Green Lantern Corps, not a movie about Hal Jordan :(
#1ElderScrollsFanon Feb. 25, 2009 at 10:34 a.m.
Can't wait, I wish it was about Rayner though.
inferiorego staff on Feb. 25, 2009 at 10:36 a.m.
TwilightThunder said:
"i want the whole frigging Green Lantern Corps, not a movie about Hal Jordan :("
You need to introduce the concept of one man dealing with this to introduce the audience, before you introduce an army of them. You'll get a lot more detail about the "job" if it's just one man for the first movie. I'm pretty sure there will be some Corps members in the first film, hopefully leading into a second movie mainly about the corps.
King Saturnon Feb. 25, 2009 at 10:41 a.m.
Oh Sh!t... thats Awesome
Meanstreakon Feb. 25, 2009 at 10:45 a.m.
I can't wait for this. I hope we see cameos of John and Guy. Maybe even Ollie.
Kurrenton Feb. 25, 2009 at 10:49 a.m.
NO WAY people. Hal Jordan IS The Green Lantern. I excited about this!!!!!!
danisgod6491on Feb. 25, 2009 at 10:54 a.m.
I hope they push it back to the summer. I hate big movies being release by X-mas because they really never do any good. I love Gl, Hal my favorite one well he's the only one in my book. I love to see a Allen Scott cameo.
Firestormnuclermanon Feb. 25, 2009 at 12:29 p.m.
Decept-O said:
"

Great!  It's official.  Let's hope this does well, can't wait to see it.  Not only do I wonder who will play Hal, but who will play Sinestro?

"
For Sinestro some guy that has already proven he can play a treachorous scheming villain that he's fixing the world, and is skinny.
The_Martianon Feb. 25, 2009 at 1:08 p.m.
SWEET!
danisgod6491on Feb. 25, 2009 at 2:15 p.m.
Sinestro not even going to be the villain in this. Think Secret Origin or Emerald Dawn.
Black L.A.M.P.on Feb. 25, 2009 at 2:51 p.m.
This is going to be awsome!
Decept-Oon Feb. 25, 2009 at 2:52 p.m.
To quote: 

danisgod6491
on Feb. 25, 2009
Sinestro not even going to be the villain in this. Think Secret Origin or Emerald Dawn.  

Here's what I say:

Why won't Sinestro be in this one?  Why not?   Did someone say or prove it for a fact or  Is it your opinion about how to do the movie?  

I can understand where you're coming from if that's your opinion, but I just have a hard time thinking a GL movie wouldn't include Sinestro.   

GL needs his polar opposite, and Sinestro is not only a great GL bad guy, he's just one of the "best" comic book villains, IMO.

I can understand about wanting to introduce the GL Corps, but I'd wait until a subsequent movie, if one ever gets made.  Cameos, though, of the other GL's, that would be pretty neat, but I can actually live without them; that's just me.  They'd have to find an actor with a really bad bowl haircut to play Guy Gardner.  I'm thinking Randy Quaid from "Kingpin" .  Ha.  (I hope someone posts a pic of him in that role).  *don't get me started on G'Nort*

Firestormnuclearman, you've made  a good point about who to cast for Sinestro. 
Darkchildon Feb. 25, 2009 at 3:05 p.m.
another WOOHOO moment
Dr. Maxwellon Feb. 25, 2009 at 4:32 p.m.
danisgod6491 said:
"I hope they push it back to the summer. I hate big movies being release by X-mas because they really never do any good. I love Gl, Hal my favorite one well he's the only one in my book. I love to see a Allen Scott cameo."
By that do you mean that the movies dont make as much money as the studios hope they will as fans are busy doing christmassy thing instead of going to see the movie multiple times? Why do you think Harry Potter was moved?

Anyway, the visuals on this should be amazing.
Media_Masteron Feb. 27, 2009 at 1:48 p.m.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AtPhantomon Feb. 27, 2009 at 2:20 p.m.
FINALLY!!!
Hawkon Feb. 27, 2009 at 2:40 p.m.
blade hunteron March 1, 2009 at 11:07 a.m.
the special effects in this movie will be awesome

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