Source: The Hollywood Reporter Speaking at NYCC today, Geoff Johns said "there is the hope that we will eventually see one" even though Green Lantern seriously underperformed at the box office this summer. He also announced that Adult Swim’s “Robot Chicken” will do a DC Comics satire special next summer similar to what they've done on Star Wars.
Johns went on to say, "Obviously, you want it to be as big as Titanic." But he added: "I hope that the character gets another film, and it will be live-action again - I guarantee. "There was a lot of really good stuff in the movie," Johns said, adding that the director's cut of the film adds scenes which enhance protagonist's story and character.
Well, we at CBM know that the additional scenes don't really feature any of the stuff we were hoping for so I have to say Johns, I don't think they'll be saving the movie.
Johns went on to point out that upcoming CGI Green Lantern series from Bruce Timm on Time Warner's Cartoon Network will bring new fans to Hal Jordan. "With the new animated series, Green Lantern is only going to get bigger," he said.
He focused on the fact that it's DC's first CGI animated series and went on to say that "there will be more" such series." He didn't provide further details but we know one such show will be Beware the Batman.
At this point, I think they've committed so much into making Green Lantern a household name that they have no choice but to make another movie. There's no way Warner Bros. will be left out of the CBM craze that their competitors are finding ample financial success with and expanding their focus upon. Studious nowadays are all committing to at least 1 CBM a year. With The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and then Man of Steel (2013) coming from WB there's a glaring void as to what will be released in 2014. I honestly don''t see WB taking a year off from the superhero business, so that begs the question, what hero will they roll out? If I was a betting man, I'd say that it's probably going to be another Green Lantern movie but the question is, how much will it depart from the disaster WB gave us this summer? Will it be a reboot, a sequel, pre-quel or something else altogether? Personally, I think Warner Bros. needs to go a different direction than Hal Jordan and look to some of the other Lanterns. With Alan Scott, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, and Guy Gardner WB has a rich history of Green Lanterns to choose from when it comes to the next film outing. By choosing another character, WB can get the origin story that Green Lantern needs, only retold in a more appealing fashion. Without nailing this aspect of the character and truly telling what the Lantern Corps. are, how powers work , and what their mission is all about then they will never be able to achieve the success that character such as Batman and Superman all but guarantee.
Which Green Lantern do you think WB should chose for the next Green Lantern outing? Vote and sound off below in the comments section!
The Green Lantern is the shared primary alias of several fictional characters, superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The first Green Lantern (Alan Scott) was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940).
Each Green Lantern possesses a power ring and power lantern that gives the user great control over the physical world as long as the wielder has sufficient willpower and strength to wield it. The ring is one of the most powerful weapons in the universe and can be very dangerous. While the ring of the Golden Age Green Lantern (Alan Scott) is magically powered, the rings worn by all subsequent Lanterns are technological creations of the Guardians of the Universe, who granted such rings to worthy candidates. This shift to a technological explanation reflects the comic book industry's tendency to explain extraordinary powers through science and reasoning rather than magic.
Several cosmically-themed series followed, as did occasional different individuals in the role of Earth's Green Lantern. Most prominent of these are Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, and Kyle Rayner.
The Green Lanterns are often depicted as being close friends of the various men who have been the Flash, the most notable friendships having been between Alan Scott and Jay Garrick (the Golden Age Green Lantern and Flash), Hal Jordan and Barry Allen (the Silver Age Green Lantern and Flash), and Kyle Rayner and Wally West (the modern-age Green Lantern and Flash), as well as Jordan being friends with West.
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