Exclusive Interview: "Green Lantern: First Flight" Writer Alan Burnett

Exclusive Interview: "Green Lantern: First Flight" Writer Alan Burnett

This summer will see the release of "Green Lantern: First Flight" on DVD. The film, directed by Lauren Montgomery and written by Alan Burnett, chronicles Hal Jordan's initial transformation into GL and his interactions with the Green Lantern Corps and Sinestro. What follows is an exclusive interview with Burnett conducted by JLOF editor Edward Gross.

By EdGross - Mar 08, 2009 02:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Green Lantern



"I've read Green Lantern since the Silver Age," explains Burnett "and he's a very fun, colorful character. I actually ended up writing a Green Lantern comic book, part of the Sinestro Corps series that went on a year ago -- so I had an opportunity to get into the Corps a little bit.

"The trick for me," he continues, "is that I like super powers that are sort of impactful. I like punches and fights and stuff like that. Giving the Green Lantern ring that sort of impactful feeling as it's being used, is a bit of a trick, but it can be done and I hope that I've done it in this. I didn't want green beams fighting green beams. I wanted as many objects formed in those beams as I could. And the idea behind the screenplay, the subtext going on in the screenplay, is that Hal Jordan is sort of a natural, with his imagation creating things that go beyond beams. Hal is focused, but he's very imaginative. At least in the script there's a scene where, when he's not doing anything, he's making little objects with his ring like someone doing doodles. We'll see if that remians. The script was a little long, so they had to do some judicious editing."

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Bijous
Bijous - 3/9/2009, 5:09 PM
Sounds cool! So glad it's Hal and not Kyle!
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/9/2009, 7:27 PM
Dc animations rule all of the universe!
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