Green Lantern Animated Series Does Not Follow Film; Will Feature Red Lantern Corps

Green Lantern Animated Series Does Not Follow Film; Will Feature Red Lantern Corps

The animated series set to premiere on Cartoon Network next year will not follow the storyline set in the live-action film, but will be closer to the story in the modern comics.

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By multipurposeponi - Aug 09, 2010 08:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Animated Features
Source: ComicsContinuum



ComicsContinuum.com has learned that Jim Krieg, whose previous work include Batman: The Brave and the Bold, The Super Hero Squad Show and Fox's Spider-Man and X-Men series, is the newly appointed story editor for Warner Bros. Animation's upcoming Green Lantern animated series.


The Green Lantern series will be the first computer-generated, animated series featuring DC Universe comics characters. The story will focus on Hal Jordan, Kilowog (his Corps drill instructor) and an yet to be named Red Lantern. The Red Lanterns are a savage parallel to the Green Lantern. The Red Lantern Corps is fueled by the light of rage, and its ring-wielders roam the galaxy seeking violent retribution and death.

The series will not be considered canon for the live-action movie franchise.



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spanky
spanky - 8/9/2010, 8:50 AM
daddy likes it alot
Necrophobos
Necrophobos - 8/9/2010, 8:53 AM
Hope it's good. I don't know anything about the Reds so I'm dying to see this.
GLFanboy
GLFanboy - 8/9/2010, 8:53 AM
Ah yes! I love being able to say "I told ya so". lol
InstigatorGIRL
InstigatorGIRL - 8/9/2010, 8:56 AM
Friking sweet! Here's hoping they are going to bring in the other Lantern Corps because then maybe eventually DC can do a Blackest Night animated movie. =D
RedDevil
RedDevil - 8/9/2010, 8:57 AM
YES!!!!!!!!!!
I smell a Blackest Night special!
GreenHalJordan
GreenHalJordan - 8/9/2010, 8:58 AM
YEA!!!!!!!!!!! THUMBS UP FOR A BLACKEST NIGHT AND BRIGHTEST DAY ANIMATED MOVIE! Poni, I know u'd be all over that!
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 8/9/2010, 8:59 AM
Is part of this missing? I see the part "The story will focus on Hal Jordan, Kilowog (his drill instructor) and an yet to be named Red Lantern. The Red Lanterns" Shouldn't there be something more after "The Red Lanterns"?

As for the idea of this series not following the movie, it makes far more sense for the series to follow the canon from the comics. The ultimate goal of a good animated superhero series is to develop interest among new readers for the comic. Following the comics will hook new readers, who will want to pick up the books and some TPB's and learn more about the characters.

Jim Krieg has a good track record imo, so the stories for this should be good. Add this to the things I'm looking forward to next year!
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 8/9/2010, 9:02 AM
This looks like a must watch.
Angelus
Angelus - 8/9/2010, 9:04 AM
A must watch, most defintely!

BMP!
kalel38
kalel38 - 8/9/2010, 9:06 AM
guys just strted gettin into green lantern lately.looking for books during time when hal was possessed by parallax cud any1 help me out with title names.red rebirth lately and was savage
RedDevil
RedDevil - 8/9/2010, 9:07 AM
@Anil
Well it is a Lantern story so I guess they may tone it down a bit and maybe include most of the known DC characters. As long as they bring the gritty element BN had then I'll be satisfied.
RedDevil
RedDevil - 8/9/2010, 9:11 AM
@kalel
Awesome! GL books are one of the greatest ever.
List of some books to read:
GL Secret Origin
GL No Fear
GL Emerald Dawn
GL Rebirth
GLFanboy
GLFanboy - 8/9/2010, 9:12 AM
@Kalel:
The key stuff would be Emerald Twilight (since that's where it all goes down), Zero Hour (which is when he tries to reset time. FYI, it's kind of a tough read), and Final Night (which is where he sort of redeems himself). Those should give you the basics of what went down while Hal was Parallax.
AshleyWilliams
AshleyWilliams - 8/9/2010, 9:13 AM
Sounds EPIC!
HelaGood
HelaGood - 8/9/2010, 9:14 AM
SUH-WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
kalel38
kalel38 - 8/9/2010, 9:19 AM
@GlFanboy and dgr8... cheers lads for that i collected secret origin wen it came out here great stuff altogether.after reading rebirth im feeling green lantern could be my new favourite dc hero
Ronnie11
Ronnie11 - 8/9/2010, 9:19 AM
BRING IT ON!!!!
GLFanboy
GLFanboy - 8/9/2010, 9:26 AM
@Kalel Glad you saw the light!! Pun intended. ;P
BTW if you want to go one step further and follow Hal's path between Final Night and Rebirth you can read "Day of Judgement" which has never been collected in TPB form but Day of Judgment is the DC event where Hal becomes the Spectre. Just hit a comic shop and pick up the individual issues. I think it was a 5 or 6 issue mini-series. It's also one of Geoff Johns first big writing gigs with DC.
thebamf
thebamf - 8/9/2010, 9:28 AM
This is nice!
Mileena16
Mileena16 - 8/9/2010, 9:28 AM
god i hope the animation looks good. other then that looks AWESOME
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 8/9/2010, 9:29 AM
WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!! Blackest Night event!!

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marvel72
marvel72 - 8/9/2010, 9:33 AM
@ pietro filiponi this sounds f*cking awesome,hopfully we see the likes of sinestro corps & agent orange.
oh man this is gonna be wicked.
kalel38
kalel38 - 8/9/2010, 9:33 AM
nice one glfanboy.the spectre ting was bit confusing durin rebirth.i have to go whole way to dublin to get decent comics.
RedDevil
RedDevil - 8/9/2010, 9:35 AM
@kalel
Kalel38 of Krypton RISE!!!
GLFanboy
GLFanboy - 8/9/2010, 9:38 AM
Kalel! That sucks! You might have better luck with ebay. Just a thought. Might even be able to get all of them in one lot.
jjmeylar
jjmeylar - 8/9/2010, 9:38 AM
KILOWOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HE'S BOSS!
kalel38
kalel38 - 8/9/2010, 9:43 AM
sure does glfanboy,ebay prob best way to go.any1 see the green lantern footage or was there any at comic con
GLFanboy
GLFanboy - 8/9/2010, 9:47 AM
@Kalel Yeah, I was there and saw it. Wasn't much to see as there wasn't much finished footage to show yet. Lots of quick cuts but the shot of the construct was badass as well as the VERY brief glimpse of Oa! What was there was great but it definitely left you wanting much more!
paulyd3
paulyd3 - 8/9/2010, 9:49 AM
the brightest day seriers is rocking too brothers.
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kalel38
kalel38 - 8/9/2010, 9:51 AM
cant wait to see it.should be deadly.after reading the few books i cant see why so many people disliked the casting of hal.ryan reynolds is perfect for the role
RedDevil
RedDevil - 8/9/2010, 10:00 AM
@paulyd3
AMEN! BRO! Brightest Day is awesome.
GLFanboy
GLFanboy - 8/9/2010, 10:03 AM
Kalel, I think most people who didn't like the casting are coming around to the idea. There's only a small minority who still don't like him. And I think most of the people who didn't like him as Hal because 1. They wanted him for other roles, 2. They only knew him from movies like Van Wilder or 3. They're moronic Joss Whedon fans who think Nathan Fillion should play every super hero known to man.
Ryan is gonna knock it out of the park!
paulyd3
paulyd3 - 8/9/2010, 10:05 AM
@dgr8NOVAPrime

Righteous Bro issue 7 is out now. Thanks dude. Hal Jordon finally getting some street cred in the new movie and Cartoon. Bring on the JLA movie.


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Destroyer14
Destroyer14 - 8/9/2010, 10:17 AM
The Red Lanterns? Cool. I would love to see the Black Lanterns also.
Shaman
Shaman - 8/9/2010, 10:33 AM
I have no idea who they are but i can't wait to buy the box sets!!! :))

Poni- Again, awesome poster!!! Good job, IJ :))
kalel38
kalel38 - 8/9/2010, 10:40 AM
@GLFANBOY yeah i think alot of people were hoping for him to be the flash,hell even i was but im confident he'll be a great hal.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 8/9/2010, 10:40 AM
I've not got as far as any of the Red Lantern/Blackest Night stuff yet (only about 10 issues in to the series even though I've got all the grahic novels leading up to the current issues) so I have no idea who they are! Regardless, I'm looking forward to this series. :)
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