Production Designer Grant Major On Creating The Aliens Of Green Lantern!

Production Designer Grant Major On Creating The Aliens Of Green Lantern!

Hit the jump for details on the inspiration behind the CGI aliens and planets that feature in the movie, as well as the challenges of bringing characters like Kilowog to life on the big screen...

By JoshWilding - Jan 20, 2011 11:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Green Lantern
Source: Toy Fair Magazine

On How They Managed To Bring Characters Like Kilowog To Life:

"Turning a line drawing into a three-dimensional creature that breathes and has all these more subtle facial expressions was difficult. Kilowog is very famous in the book, and obviously we wanted him to be the same Kilowog that's in the book. We had these great creature designers, and costume designer Ngila Dixon and I are sort of right there, massaging the design as it comes through. Digital creatures have all sorts of subtleties to them as well, and to bring them to life was a great opportunity to create something brand new. When you think of digital creatures like Gollum of Lord of the Rings fame, they have so much personality to them."


On Their Inspiration For Both The Designs Of The Aliens And Oa:

"It's a challenge to come up with stuff that's new, and I tried not to look at too much science fiction artwork, because you can end up channeling that without even realizing it. So the source of most of our ideas came from nature, in terms of the creatures we produced -- looking at the more bizarre kind of environments and aspects on the Earth. Like deep-sea things, and places that have these extraordinary primal things going on.

"We'd just cruise around looking for inspiration and pictures, and you'd think, 'Well, what if this place is just kind of all fibrous and broken like a broken tree?' Of course you have to keep it in the bounds of believability, so the audience has to recognize the places as being real, and they have to have something to hook onto."


Thanks to Carl for sending in this transcript from the magazine!

Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Mark Strong, Green Lantern is set to be released in 3D on June 17, 2011!




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JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 1/20/2011, 11:38 AM
GrimeKid
GrimeKid - 1/20/2011, 11:49 AM
great stuff
I remember being pissed off when I heard the suits would be made of energy from the ring,
but come to think of it, it would be pretty stupid to think of a taylor taking Kilowog's measurements to fit him with an outfit. lol
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 1/20/2011, 12:24 PM
LETS LOOK AT SOME OF THE ART WORK...







TheAceVinnyLee
TheAceVinnyLee - 1/20/2011, 12:27 PM
01carterg I gotta agree with you. At first, I wasn't sure about the suit being made of the ring's energy, but it actually makes more sense than anything.

I'm still not sure if I like the look of the CGI suit, but I'm going to see the movie, and see how it works with the whole movie.
sansClaymore
sansClaymore - 1/20/2011, 12:28 PM
yo cbm... lose the big blue stupid add at the top that doesnt have a close button that keeps blocking the articles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks
Angelus
Angelus - 1/20/2011, 12:33 PM
@TheAce - I highly doubt they would use spandex in space. I always thought the constructed costume was a great idea. It makes sense.

BMP!
superotherside
superotherside - 1/20/2011, 12:39 PM
Great find josh!
ManThing
ManThing - 1/20/2011, 12:42 PM
Cool!
StrangerX
StrangerX - 1/20/2011, 12:55 PM
This movie looks awesome. I do wish they chose someone other than Reynolds because I wanted a Deadpool movie a lot sooner, but I'm happy with the results.
DaDeaDmAn
DaDeaDmAn - 1/20/2011, 12:55 PM
1. I still dont like the battery. 2. I think Ryan is too much
Ryan I wanted a little more bad ass and less smart ass... the rest looks awesome... Thor, CPT A and X-men watch out...
sansClaymore
sansClaymore - 1/20/2011, 1:00 PM
oh yeah nice find all right, if i could read the article in its entirety and see the actual picture that the yellow bar is cutting through!!!!

YO CBM REFORMAT YOUR FRIGGEN PAGE ALREADY!!!!!!!
move or remove the add powered by alexa so the article isnt hidden behind it and it wont force over the yellow bar into the picture!!!! simple stuff

been killing me with that thing for days now!!! lol
Lert
Lert - 1/20/2011, 1:14 PM
Im with you @sansClaymore... I've been complaining for decads to CBM...
Angelus
Angelus - 1/20/2011, 1:36 PM
@Sans - I agree with that! That commercial really takes up parts of the essentials!



BMP!
Mysterion
Mysterion - 1/20/2011, 1:39 PM
Thank you Sans...I thought I was the only one with that problem. That blue ad is covering up the articles and sometimes the pictures.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 1/20/2011, 1:57 PM
KILOWOG's gonna F'ing rule!

[frick] FOX lol! : D
comicbookjerk
comicbookjerk - 1/20/2011, 2:35 PM
Even if this movie Sucks I think Im gonna enjoy myself, It just looks so different than any other movie i have seen.. Sure it will have flaws but wow this could be the beginning of some great WB/DC movies!
birchy6
birchy6 - 1/20/2011, 2:50 PM
It's easy to forget all the cool stuff we've seen with some of the negativity recently.

Tomar Re and Kilowog look absolutely flipping awesome.

And I can't wait to see a bit more of Oa. We haven't sight nor sound of the Guardians yet either!

I think Green Lantern has a heck of a lot more to show before it can be written off.
rodsvilaca
rodsvilaca - 1/20/2011, 3:00 PM
Early Bird Hal Jordan "ToyRus Exclusive" limited edition figure:

Angelus
Angelus - 1/20/2011, 3:16 PM
I know I probably shouldn't but here are some high(er) definition pictures from the trailer:













BMP!
xBlaze96x
xBlaze96x - 1/20/2011, 3:38 PM
This Movie Will Be Epic!!!
I Don't Care What Anyone Says..
CeltiC527
CeltiC527 - 1/20/2011, 4:25 PM
I cant wait to see all the Green Lanterns in action.

This movie is gunna look amazing!!
greenlanter13
greenlanter13 - 1/20/2011, 4:26 PM
cool cant wait for GL
PL
PL - 1/20/2011, 5:29 PM
its going to be amazing. I hope this film means DCs time has finally dawned.
PL
PL - 1/20/2011, 5:36 PM
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/324/34930916.png

the reason he wobbles when he flies at this point in the trailer is because he is hurt. look at the rip in the suit on his shoulder.
juggy4711
juggy4711 - 1/20/2011, 8:05 PM
I love GL. I just hope that the movie overall takes its self more seriously than the trailer indicated.
Angelus
Angelus - 1/21/2011, 3:28 AM
@ PL - I dont see it.

BMP!
PL
PL - 1/21/2011, 7:41 AM


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PL
PL - 1/21/2011, 7:43 AM
his uniform has a rip on his right shoulder (our left) you can see his skin man
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