The fine people over at ComingSoon.net have managed to get a great interview with director Martin Campbell. A lot of the interview is to do with the upcoming movie Edge of Darkness, a movie adapted from a six-hour BBC mini-series that Campbell directed back in 1985. The movie will star Mel Gibson, who will star as Thomas Craven, a Boston police detective.
However we’re interested in Campbell’s next project, the Green Lantern movie. Make sure to check out the whole interview via the link below, but here’s a little snippet to whet your appetite.
“...he's quite fascinating as a character, given that his powers are psychological, it's to do with will power as you probably know, and his enemy is fear. All that's interesting and he's the only superhero to go to another planet, which is very unusual.”
Campbell is talking the basics, letting us know it’s an origin story about Hal Jordan, one of five human Green Lanterns that have appeared over the past 60 years. Sure, some people may not know, but we do, right?
As for whether the movie will include any leads towards a future Justice League movie?
“No, I think it will stick closely to the origin story, but of course, we all know that Sinestro for example is a character who goes over to the Dark Side, and of course, we have Carol. She'll be played by Blake Lively. I think people will be able to see forward in the characters, that in the comic went on to become... in Sinestro's case, he goes over to the Dark Side and indeed Carol in later versions becomes a bad guy as well.”
So check out the whole interview for more information, including mention of Blackest Night.