PART 2: "Green Lantern: First Flight" Interview with Director Lauren Montgomery

PART 2: "Green Lantern: First Flight" Interview with Director Lauren Montgomery

Although she co-directed "Superman: Doomsday" and went solo on the just-released "Wonder Woman" animated DVD film, Lauren Montgomery faced a different kind of challenge with the forthcoming "Green Lantern: First Flight" in that it was much more a sci-fi film than standard superhero adventure.

By EdGross - Mar 03, 2009 12:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Green Lantern



"That's what [producer] Bruce Timm wanted the whole time," says Montgomery, "sci-fi Green Lantern, not necessarily superhero Green Lantern. It's not like he's got this moral mission. He's this guy who happened to come across this ring and he's basically a space cop. That's how Bruce summed it up, 'Green Lantern: Space Cop.' I think when he's in space and he's working directly for the Green Lantern Corps, he has to go by their rules. He's not necessarily allowed to make up his own rules -- even though he's Hal Jordan and he kind of does that anyway. If he feels it's right and the Guardians are telling him it's wrong, he's probably going to do what he thinks is right. I think maybe when he's on earth, more of the superhero aspect comes out, because he's elevated above men.

"The scope of the movie was challenging," she adds. "We're trying to make it feel like it's a vast universe and we wanted to make the Green Lantern Corps feel like it's got a huge number of Green Lanterns to cover that vast universe, but when it's animation, you have to draw each and every one of them. We tried to make it feel big, but we only have so many people available to draw all these characters. Getting that feel is difficult, but I think we were able to pull it off pretty well."

Look for the final part of this interview on Wednesday.

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RaxusPrime
RaxusPrime - 3/3/2009, 2:29 PM
Jensen Ackles for Green Lantern

as far as the voice goes they should use the guy who voiced GL from The Batman series, he did an excellent job and i loved that episode b/c Batman got to use the ring. this movie sounds like its gonna be awsome. the wonder woman movie was excellent. as was the superman batman and justice league movies.

i hope they make another justice league movie but make it a more current time period and make them look as good as they do for the individual animated movies.
Betty
Betty - 3/3/2009, 8:27 PM
man, you are really campaigning for this jensen ackles. I didnt know who he was so i took a look at him and i have to say i agree. I picture GL as a little older but we know thats not going to happen. So hey, why not this guy?
RaxusPrime
RaxusPrime - 3/5/2009, 10:08 AM
thanks man, I pretty much call them as I see them and I think he would do a fantastic job
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