Green Light For Green Lantern

Yesterday, it finally came down that Warner Brothers has given the go-ahead to the Green Lantern movie, as told by Karen Goulekas in her blog.  This counts as being in “the nick of time” since they’re set to start filming in ten weeks, and I’m sure there’s a lot of work that needs to be done for Karen as the Visual Effects Supervisor.  You may recall appreciating her work from “The Day After Tomorrow” and “Spider-Man” (or, some of my personal favorites, “Strange Days” and “The Fifth Element”).

The projected 2011 summer blockbuster is helmed by Martin Campbell whose work on a Bond film (“Casino Royale”, my favorite!) and a couple of Zorro flicks suggests that he may have a handle on the human inside the hero.  Hal Jordan, the first Green Lantern from Earth, will be played by Ryan Reynolds (“Smokin’ Aces”, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, and “Van Wilder”), which might be an interesting choice… and by “interesting”, I mean, “I’m a little scared but trying to have faith in their casting decisions.”

At any rate, they have a very aggressive June 17th, 2011, release date set.  More as it develops.