Hal Jordan is an experienced Test Pilot. He is in good shape, yes, but he has better things to do all day than work on his abs and keeps his body fat down.

I think Reynolds is ok, but I'm not going to get excited by him. Hal Jordan was based on Paul Newman - no doubt a handsome actor, but also someone who was a little more rugged than Reynolds.

You wanna tell me he is Audie Murphy reborn, pretty boy who is a lot tougher than he looks, fine. That is your call. But all I can see is someone who spends a lot of time in the gym working on his core and working on shaping muscles instead of making them functional like a boxer or a fighter would. You ever see soldiers Mr. Beaks? They aren't build massive or completely cut, but they are in great shape. They focus on practical stuff, not about what makes them look good. Not even boxers and MMA fighters are built like actors - they at least have some mass added on.

Like I said when I see Reynolds I see a guy who has put in a lot of time in the gym not doing practical workouts but a lot of body sculpting. And sorry, but that makes me think of the actors I see at my gym or the guys in Boystown here in LA, not actual tough guy. And yes, that is only my opinion.

Yes, he is built like an underwear model - not a fighter. But that isn't the issue. Charisma is. Bruce Willis, Steve McQueen, Liam Neeson etc, etc = Believable tough guys on screen. Ryan Reynolds = Doing lots of crunches and avoiding carbs does not a bad ass make. He comes across as camp as much as anything - and this is coming from someone who actually thinks he's pretty good.

I mean, in Blade 3 he basically came of as the damsel in distress to Snipes and Biel.

Now I am off to the gym in my hopes I having a Ryan Reynolds build.

Say hi to the missus for me.

Atleast they didn't go with Timberlake... and I like JT. Just not for this role.

Second, Martin Campbell is directing, and even Zorro was at least watchable, but Goldeneye and Casino Royale give him a pass, just for re-invigorating the Bond franchise. Twice.

Lastly, if you don't know who Green Lantern is you're in for a surprise. It's one part Star Wars (many different alien species are GLs), and one part Superman (or what should have been Superman, see my Superman TB idea), with some Batman/Iron Man-type personae thrown in for good measure.

I think we're in for a treat.

Not great. Not bad.

Just good.

Thank jeeby chrissy they didn't cast the skinny bisexual pop singer.

Shouldn't he have been locked in by contract to play Deadpool by Marvel? He's been talking about playing Deadpool in a solo movie in interviews lately.

I don't feel one way or another about this. Cooper's star is on the rise and he's gonna get some kind of big break. Honestly, I'm surprised this isn't his.

here's the green lantern without his suit:

http://tinyurl.com/mtr v7t

here's Reynolds:

http://tinyurl.com/lawptp

if you think he's a bad fit, fine. but physically, this guy was born to play superheroes. live with it.

and yes, for this little lesson, I had to google "ryan reynolds shirtless". it wouldn't be the first time...

Anyone seen or heard anything about it?

You know, I'm thinking from now on when we want to figured out who they're going to cast as superheroes we should make a list of all the actors in age range then cross off all the ones we like. Then put the remaining names on post-its on the wall, spin around 5 times, then throw a dart. That has to be more accurate than actually considering the character and stupid shit like acting talent.

Your example of Bruce Willis as a 'bad ass' action star is interesting, since before Die Hard, he was primarily known as a comic actor. Remember Moonlighting? Between Blade III and Wolverine, Reynolds has more action chops than Willis did.

Ryan went from playing a smart alecky frat boy called Van Wilder to a smart alecky (and pretty much ineffectual) vampire killer. Unconvincingly at that.

Bruce went from playing a smart alecky (and often ineffectual) detective called Dave Addison to playing John Mother Fucking McClane. A man who threatens to kill, cook and fucking eat terrorists. Convincingly.

That's the difference. Bruce aced it first time. Ryan has been up to bat numerous times (Blade, Smokin Aces, and even Amityville to an extent) and misses every time. That's not "action chops", that's a good agent. It's not enough to just be in the films, you have to actually be good in them too.

Seriously, I like him and I think he's funny - but even when explicitly asked to be tough or a bit heavy (I'm thinking Smokin Aces specifically- as opposed to Blade where it would seem he was supposed to be a bit wussy)he's got nothing. He is a good actor, but his range just doesn't seem to encompass toughness. But, I'd rather have a good movie than a bad one so here's hoping he pulls it off.

They would have just signed on some guy who just finished directing a Gym Class Heroes music video to helm it. Deadpool, who is supposed to be this badass mercenary, would have completely watered down to make it fit for a PG-13 rating and there's no way the producers would hire someone like Reynolds and keep his face all scarred up through out the whole movie, no matter what the actor says otherwise.

Trust me, this is a blessing in disguise, people.

This is an odd bit of casting, this. I'm in the "Ben Browder would have been perfect" camp, though no way they'd cast someone with so little exposure in a $200 million movie.

Do you realize your debating the merits of a fucking Green Lantern Movie?

This talkback is going to haunt you all for eternity.

We will have to make a giant gay obelisk to place over each and evryone of your tombs...

I mean, fucking idiots actually wayched Blade 3? You actually watched X-men Origins? You actually read DC Comics-Holy Fuck-I'm fucking speechless.

Oh yeah, and they shoulda cast Christian Fucking bale--for fucks sake

Like Holy Fuck, a guy who can get defeated by a fucking bananna-Christ wept.

But even if he changed his workout and go a much more realistic or at least non-narcissistic build (which I could easily see), Reynolds is not known for projecting strength or toughness. Sorry, nothing against the guy but that is true. He is the guy in a romantic comedy or the wise-ass, but tough guy, please. And while Hal Jordan might not be some martial arts expert or a super-spy in his secret identity, he is still the guy who will fly experimental airplanes and then face off against Batman in a test of wills (as gooseud so intelligently pointed out).

Remember, Hal Jordan was SELECTED to be the Green Lantern of Earth. The criteria was courage and willpower, two traits I don't think Reynolds radiates. He literally has "the Right Stuff." Not only can't I imagine Reynolds facing off against Bale's Batman, but I can't imagine Reynolds in the movie the Right Stuff and play a character that Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Haris, Fred Ward and Dennis Quad not only respect but treat as a peer. That is who Hal Jordan is.

Maybe he can pull it off, but I am just going by his past work and saying I am not to excited by his choice. He hasn't demonstrated that he can yet.

Oh, and yes I would probably be disappointed in whomever they cast. Let's not kid ourselves, we are living in the dark ages of Hollywood movies, especially in acting and leading men and women. Just like how Hollywood has a big of fascination with casting rail thin woman who are completely wrong for the part, it also has started casting me who look more like underwear models instead of real people OR symbols of masculinity. We are back to the days of Henry Wilson and his "beefcake" craze of the 50's and 60s. The Tab Hunters, Robert Wagners, Troy Donahues and Doug McClures. The handsome actor types that Troy McClure from the Simpsons parodied. When Bradley Cooper, Justin Timberlake and Ryan Reynolds are the guys you get to play the bravest man on earth, you know we are in trouble in the leading man department.

But just for the sake of argument, here is an image of Ryan Reynolds:

http://tinyurl.com/288chd

Now would you say he reminds you more of this guy:

http://tinyurl.com/nyletp

Or these guys:

http://tinyurl.com/2nycqe

(And yes, I do admit it is an unfair comparison).

the fantastic four- reynoids, reynoids, reynoids, + reynoids!

Hey Shitbag you ole comfy chestnut , what do you think about all of this Green Lantern business?

Green Lantern to me was always the poor mans Superman, so I don't know, maybe this can be workable and a gem, we shall most certainly see.

Plus, that kind of showy musculature is exactly how most comics are drawn.

Finally, he is more than capable of ditching the jokey demeanour when needed - see the terrible Amytiville remake for proof of that. Awful, awful movie but a nicely restrained turn by Reynolds. Give him a chance before slating a film that has yet to even begin shooting.

But SMOKING ACES showed he has the acting chops, and he wasn't too badd in the otherwise unecessary and pointless AMITYVILLE remake. The man can do drama when it's required. I think he'll do just fine as Hal.

KILOWOG? Seriously? As in Killer...

Nah, I'm NOT going there.

KILOWOG? What the fuck?...

Go, 'lop.

We'll be here with bandages.

P.S. Before I get hammered with faggot points for name-dropping Gregg Plitt, it took me a long time to find a male model with a military background through Google. You could at least credit me for research. And, also, if I were gay, I'd know the names of all the UFC fighters by heart.

Haven't heard about that nonsense in a year.

Reynolds will fine.

Watch The Hurt Locker to see why.

yeah i rememeber GI JOE and TRANSFORMERS when i was a kid too...

pdennett316: Yes Reynolds is an actor, which is why I have hesitations about being excited about him playing this role. He has yet shown that he has the ability to project the traits that make Hal Jordan Hal Jordan. If he was chosen to play Wally West, I would definitely be more likely to buy it and trust him in pulling it off. Just because someone is an actor doesn't mean he can play any part.

I will also say I haven't really put down Reynolds yet or denounced him being chosen. I explicitly said he might pull it off, I just am not excited by the choice. I'll just have to wait to see if he can prove my first opinions wrong.

Subtitles Off: Still trying to get people to think your an asshole, huh? Well, nice try but to desperate. But yes there are ex-military guys who are now models, as well as some other tough guys who were models (Jason Statham but they are few and far between. The thing about a models build is that it shows EFFORT - a huge amount of time devoted to dieting, muscle shaping and sculpting, and worrying about their figure and appearance. It is non-congruent with being a fighter or even a pilot who either spend huge amounts of time working out to train for fighting or just to stay in good shape - when do they have time to devote hours to making sure they look super good?

And making a gay joke at the expense of MMA just says more about you than it does the sport.

As for me, I am just amazed that a Green Lantern movie will be made. I never thought I would live to see it happen.

Maybe someday there will be a major motion picture version of Gravity's Rainbow.

also Sean Bean for Sinestro, has worked with Martin campbell before, has box office clout and is a great actor

take a look at the accusations in the abandoned superman TB and tell me im wrong that people are saying he and singer fucked..whatever! the point is routh did just as good as reeve did and yes, reynolds looks pretty fucking amazing on my EW cover, which is now posted on my ceiling in my bedroom.

sweet dreams.

Howie Mandel

Pee Wee Herman

This TB needs more grown men talking about how a ripped, muscly, sexy man with chiseled abs is going to dress up in tight spandex and pretend to be a fantasy hero from their childhood.

DC is following Marvel and are hoping to intertwine their franchises together. Batman won't be involved (at least while Chris Nolan is heading that franchise, he doesn't want it and WB isn't pressuring him) but Superman is looking to reboot into this new "Justice league" universe and depending on the progress of a superman movie, the actor playing supes may or maynot have a major cameo towards the end of GL.

Flash however will definetly debut in the Green Lantern movie followed by a solo Flash adventure 8-10 months. WB knows that Flash and GL are the safest bet when it comes to matching up superheroes, and as both franchises are starting up it makes sense to put them in the same world.

As i said Batman will be left out completly and Superman's appearance depends on a number of things (mainly whoever directs a superman movie and when production starts). Wonder woman may not appear as Joel silver has production rights and wants a Wonder Woman movie to develop and stand on its own before she's thrown into another heroes story.

Batman was strictly derived from the pulp tradition of characters such as The Shadow.

But, as you are so knowledgeable, you already knew that.

Your "human vs. Gods" theory is a sophomoric interpretation of comics, slanted in order to promote a common theory that insists upon a difference between Marvel superhero comics and DC superhero comics, two publishing companies which are more similar than different.

But, you knew that too, I'm sure.

Soap opera is Marvel's main contribution to the genre, and while there is an argument to be made that Batman, like any ongoing comic, is a soap opera adventure, one cannot say Marvel invented soap opera either.

But, if you insist, go ahead. It doesn't mean anything for to say Batman is Marvel-esque than for me to say The Avengers are Homeric.

I'm even less interested in "Green Lantern" now. But we'll see.

But it turned out to just be a pile of leaves.

I criticized his performance in WOLF.

I think I hurt his feelings.

Actually, they kind of ret-conned the yellow weakness of the Green Lanterns. Recently, with the whole Parallax and Rebirth storyline, they revealed that the yellow weakness was an impurity caused by the fear-based creature called Parallax inside the Green Lantern power source on Oa. So basically, your weakness to yellow is somewhat based on your feeling of fear.

. . .or something like that. I'm not entirely sure; the whole thing seemed rather convoluted. It's now been established that Hal is a man without fear, and that the yellow impurity's been recently purged, so Green Lantern's powers now have no weakness. So the Lantern Corps are even more God-like than before.

She me0owed like Catwoman to prove it.

I criticized her work in WOLF.

I think I hurt her feelings.

She called herself "StupidHottie," but I knew it was her.

I told her she wasn't right for a part in JONAH HEX.

I think I hurt her feelings.

The finished film is going to be amazing, the sript is solid and WB is fully backing this and getting it right in the hopes it will turn into the third Superhero franchise for them. I've also heard around the lot that there will be a Dark knight style viral campaign for the film, also expect something at comic con in a few weeks (not to give to much away but it will invole a photo, ryan renoyds and the finished costume)

BUT if this does happen, and Deadpool does not hopefully Ryan has a good reason for choosing this.

So, I guess he'll just have to prove his talent and be worthy of the power ring.

1. because i said so--nuff said.

Adam West didn't make Batman cheesy and kitsch, he just played him as he was in the Silver Age - cheesy and kitsch. Adam West is the only actor to be 100% accurate in his portrayal of Batman (admittedly ONLY the Silver Age Batman).

then batman changed because of them times (as did most comics) to reflect society and how they perceived themselves. just as in the films of the 70s, where it became New Hollywood, which was "anti-establishment", Batman writers were creating darker stories that werent labeled cheesy, and could touch on serious subjects. then the 80s came and some writers just knocked it outta the park. batman became the antihero that everyone now knows him as.

but yes i do agree with you.

speaking of good stuff--ive been reading some of my old g.i. joes.

Say what you want about West, but he IS the 1960s Groovy Batman - right down to his thermal Bat-underwear.

I've got to read some of those again. They are in trades now right?

maybe my mind is turning to mush since my son is forcing me to watch the "one with riddler and mr. freeze". WHY GOD WHY???

Kilmer is like a wooden board throughout Forever. I also despise the butchered characterizations of the Riddler and Two Face. Carrey and Jones are just ripping off Nicholson's Joker. Clooney, at least, had more charisma.

Bale is so tremendously awful it's ridiculous. That voice. That costume. That single, sour expression.

Furture generations will look back and wonder what we were on to go ga-ga for that brown, boring, sullen grief bag.

"What the hell are you anyway? You're a fuckin secretary FUCK YOU, that's right fuck you and kiss my ass" I just can't stop quoting that movie LOL.

I always felt that Bale was a bit wooden. Perhaps that was what he was going for--a man so emotionally traumatized by his parents' death that the only thing that remained was a quiet rage, and numbness to everything else.

But every time I watch Bale act, it seems like he has zero emotional range. He just kind of glowers all the time. I mean, yes, modern depictions of Batman have him glowering all the time. But Bale just seems wooden--I feel like I'm watching Keanu Reeves from the Matrix.

Not to say that the films are bad in any way. I think the films are a pretty accurate depiction of the Dark Knight that we know and love, and both films make my inner geek squeal like a girl getting a pink dress. It's just that Bale's acting isn't quite what I imagined when I think of Bruce Wayne.

I think Reynolds did a good job in the movie The Nines; Definitely Maybe; Chaos Theory and Smoking Aces.

And while some might go nuts, you also have to consider Directors in the equations. Some will get an actor to perform, other are unable to do so, and so the actors just seem "bleh"..

Hope Green Lantern goes good! With Batman reboot, DC and Warner Bros proved they could do a good superhero movie, but failed miserably with Superman Returns..

"Is that the six-million dollar man's boss?"

though, singer-turned-actor has some success stories.

which was the best catwoman though? gonna have to go with meriweather.

I still have a soft spot, or hard spot, for Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman.

However, no one can question that Vincent Price was the best Egghead ever. Okay, he is the only one, but still.

And for more Australian flavour Rose Byrne for Carol.

At least with Hugo/Mark and Rose you would have two quality actors, not sure Reynolds has the depth for Hal. We will see.

While I am not a huge fan of Reynolds, I am also not a hater. He might pull this off. But one thing they shouldn't do is go down the cliched modern comic book route and show him as a "angst-ridden individual" who has to learn a life lesson. Hal Jordan is the closest thing in comics to Captain Kirk, a self-confident Alpha Male who is sure of himself, willing to make tough decisions and always scoring with hot chicks, including hot green or purple ones.

I'm also not saying that I don't want him to not "learn the ropes" but I would prefer if they have it more like Casino Royale (not in style or tone, but in how they presented Bond). Someone who is highly trained, competent and confident in his abilities finally getting to show off what he is capable of. Sure he is not 100% competent about how to use his ring, but he isn't someone who doubts himself or bitches about how he'll never make it, and he sure as hell isn't the Greatest American Hero.

As many have already commented Hal is not a Peter Parker type character, he is much more like tony stark.

Honestly if the studio wants to make cash, they need to watch Iron man several times, and see what was done right and what could be improved. It is without a doubt the closet thing in comic book movies to Green lantern, and was a success critically and financially.

Unfortunately for Green Lantern it doesn't have an actor like RDJ in the lead.

Given that Batman and Robin made $238 million altogether and cost $140 million to make and market, it seems to have, at best, broke even.

Of course, there are other costs like prints, which aren't always included in the production budget, and back-end deals. I am not sure if Schwarzenegger or the producers got a cut of the gross.

On the other hand, the film gets money from licensing deals from fast food, toys and video games. The studio also gets fees from networks for airing the film and home video.

Warner claims they made money and who am I to dispute them. However, I doubt they made a profit from the theatrical side of that film. Most likely, it made a profit from ancillary means.

Alright, I just geeked myself out for the night. I return you to who should play Sinestro.

And Ryan Reynolds is the real deal. He can be funny, serious, physical all at once. He's the best choice for this role.

GL fans should be ecstatic.

Worldwide Gross (150% of Worldwide Box Office which was $238 million) = $357 million

Minus deemed cost of film (budget): $140 million.

Minus distribution fee (35%): $124.95 million

Minus distribution expenses (40%): $142.8 million.

Which brings us to -$50.75 million. That is right, NEGATIVE money.

And the thing is it might have made even less. I am not sure if advertising cost is handled under Distributor expenses of fees - it is most likely supposed to be listed under the cost of the film, meaning Batman and Robin might have lost up to $100 million dollars for WB.

Now obviously my formula and info could be wrong, but I can't imagine the investors would have just been better to but the $140 million in a bank and collect a mere %5 interest. They would have made $22 million off of interest over the three years it usually takes for a film to go through all the different media distributions.

I hope DC keeps the fine track they've had w/ Superman (not awesome, but decent), and Batman. All the better to see a future JLA movie.

I can't understand why people are laughing at your story.

Hell, we're not even allowed to read Flash comics in Ryan's presence.

But it's all good because we get to hang out and have first crack at sloppy seconds.

I told Ryan your story, and he wants to meet you.

Fuck that. Booster Gold ain't even dead.

I thought you were one of their cousins.

Accept no substitutes, ever.

zinc_chameleon-that's actually a pretty cool idea. Like a shimmering desert kinda effect. But they wouldn't use it too much. Studios, for some reason, like to make sure the star's face is visible more or less all the time.