Green Lantern's Abin Sur and Tom Kalmaku Cast

Green Lantern's Abin Sur and Tom Kalmaku Cast

Both Hal Jordan's predecessor and best friend have actors attached, follow the jump to see who they are.

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By multipurposeponi - Mar 15, 2010 07:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Green Lantern
Source: TheHollywoodReporter

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that New Zealand actors Temuera Morrison and Taika Waititi have been respectively cast as Abin Sur and Ferris Air engineer Thomas Kalmaku in Martin Campbell's space epic Green Lantern.

Morrison, a Māori originally from North Island NZ, is most well known for his portrayal of Jango Fett (and his clones) in the Star Wars prequels and video games.




Waittit, who hails from the East Coast region of NZ, is a film director, writer, painter, comedian and actor. His short film "Two Cars, One Night" was nominated for an Academy Award.




As most fans know, Abin Sur was the Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814. After being attacked by the villain Legion, Abin is mortally wounded and crash lands on Earth. He then dispatches his Green Lantern ring to find a worthy successor; which turns out to be Hal Jordan.

Thomas Kalmaku is an engineer at Ferris Aircraft, where he mentors and befriends Hal Jordan. Due to his Inuit decent, he is derogatorily referred to as 'Pieface' by several employees of Ferris Air.

Green Lantern begins shooting in Louisiana today.
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Dmon
Dmon - 3/15/2010, 8:09 AM
They should have gotten a Native American to play Tom Kalmaku. It kind of pisses me off.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 3/15/2010, 8:17 AM
Regardless, as I said there these seem like some pretty unimpressive actors in comparison to who was cast in Thor when that started filming! :P

Guys, check out my GHOST RIDER Fan Cast!!! Just click the link!!!
FORTAPACHE
FORTAPACHE - 3/15/2010, 8:30 AM
morrison was excellent in once were warriors, great actor!
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 3/15/2010, 8:32 AM
Very cool. Moving along nicely.
superdog
superdog - 3/15/2010, 8:42 AM
josh@ i cant imagine abin sur will do much more than die so doesnt much matter who plays him........the other guy will probably be some comic relief, but since most of the movie is allegedly in space his role will be small as well, so im not worried that thier not high caliber actors.
ngu13
ngu13 - 3/15/2010, 8:47 AM
i wana know who kilawog is whos gana play him
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/15/2010, 8:56 AM
MULT @ Cool find man!!! ; )

Not bad casting up there too, now we gotta get BRADLEY COOPER for GG lol! ; p
superdog
superdog - 3/15/2010, 9:24 AM
bradley cooper for green goblin? lee77 that makes no sense.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 3/15/2010, 9:27 AM
CLARK DUNCAN SHOULD VOICE KILOWOG...THATS JUST A NO BRAINER
airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 3/15/2010, 9:51 AM
This just keeps getting better and better.
FistsOfJustice
FistsOfJustice - 3/15/2010, 10:04 AM
RIGHT ON SCHEDULE!... JUST HOW I LIKE IT!

GUNS @ I agree with Clark Duncan. My number 2 choice is Dennis Haysbert (Pres. Palmer on 24), who voiced Kilowog on JL/JLU. As long as they dont ink the role with that corny dim witted persona. Kilowog is a fierce warrior. And should be depicted as such.
selinakyle
selinakyle - 3/15/2010, 10:11 AM
Crossing my fingers for this movie.
norrinradd85
norrinradd85 - 3/15/2010, 10:44 AM
I'm down with Jango Fett as Abin Sur.

Would have preferred Bill Nighy though.

Vin Diesel is the voice of Kilowog!
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 3/15/2010, 10:49 AM
I think MTL posted this yesterday
m2prod
m2prod - 3/15/2010, 11:02 AM
Okay, I know I'm going to be ridiculed for asking this, and I admit that I'm not exactly up to speed on my GL mythos, but I have a question that's bothered me for years. If the power ring allows the wearer to fly through space, why was Abin Sur ever in a spaceship?
McLovin
McLovin - 3/15/2010, 11:05 AM
m2prod - That is a great question! I've never seen Green Lanterns use a ship as a method of space travel. What gives?
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 3/15/2010, 11:36 AM
I wanted Ron Perlman for Kilowog, but Conan will most likely get in the way of it. Are most people assuming that Kilowog is going to be a CG character and not a live character? With make up and prothesis I don't know why it can't be a live actor. That is why I liked Perlman for the role. He looked good as Hellboy and could pull of the same for Kilowog.
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 3/15/2010, 11:49 AM
I think they are good choices.
MisterJoshua
MisterJoshua - 3/15/2010, 12:01 PM
@superdog


Yeah, Sur may die early, but there may be flashbacks. I seem to recall (though I am, by no means, an expert on the Green Lantern mythos) that there were several other Corps members that were resentful that Hal had gotten Sur's ring. Not that Hal was unfitting, but that Sur had been a paragon to the Corps, and that Hal's presence was another reminder that their hero was gone. I could easily see some form of databank-type messages being reviewed, perhaps even some of Sur's old case-files. Who knows? Morrison may have a longer part than you think...
ManOfIron
ManOfIron - 3/15/2010, 12:02 PM
for a second there i thought Morrison was the guy who plays Martain Manhunter on Smallville lol
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 3/15/2010, 12:14 PM
They could have done better for AS, and Kalmaku for that matter, but whatever. I haven't seen the Kalmaku guy act though.

Dennis Haysbert/Clancy Brown for Kilowog.
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 3/15/2010, 12:42 PM
@Multi

I wonder why
Phinehas
Phinehas - 3/15/2010, 12:56 PM
Not to be a jerk, and I typically agree with a consensus that a representative of the character's origins should be upheld, but how many Inuit actors are out there that can fit the profile? It can't just be any Native American, the features of Inuit tend toward more Asian features than that of more common Native Americans with whom we have become familiar. Though the choice is strange, I can see how they can make him work.
IronClad
IronClad - 3/15/2010, 2:35 PM
@Multi and Tyler: Thomas Haden Church or Patrick Warburton to voice Kilowog! hahaha... wait, that actually doesn't sound too bad.

@LEEE: your obsession w/ Bradley Cooper is starting to come across... a littllllle... GAY! not that there's anything wrong w/that!
RedDevil
RedDevil - 3/15/2010, 4:36 PM
I say thumbs up on the casting. May not be even close to Thor's perfect cast but GL is beginning to look great. Thor and GL to be the CBMs of the decade!!!!
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 3/15/2010, 4:45 PM
@Multi

Dude, I was never implying that, just asking.
kahel
kahel - 3/15/2010, 7:15 PM
Temuera Morrison is a GREAT casto for ABin-sur, And I hope we can see him in a kind of flashbacks, cool!
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