Entertainment Weekly (in an article about how its parent company Time-Warner is trying to make better superhero films out of its properties) says the talk about Jack Black playing the Green Lantern on the big screen is a bit premature. Black told EW that he was approached about many film deals from Warner Bros., among them Green Lantern but that nothing has been signed. "I took a meeting with someone who has the rights, but there's no script," Black said. "I'd be interested if there was a really good writer attached, but it's far from a [done deal]."
After Catwoman's disappointing box office and critical failure, Warner Bros. is being cautious. The article described how DC Comics is married to a Warner Bros. first right of refusal for films based on its characters and the studio, up until recently, lacked a go-between like Marvel CEO Avi Arad who stood up for the integrity of the super-heroes.
The Black/Green Lantern rumor first surfaced on Ain't It Cool News and was sourced to a studio insider. Now, AICN is saying it was a Warner Bros. trial balloon and "the overwhelming response here and across the entire Internet was a fairly strong indication that they misjudged you guys, and the message has gotten through loud and clear."