News about the Green Lantern film is being released at a faster pace now that pre-production is moving on.
Production Weekly reported yesterday that Green Lantern is supposed to begin filming in mid-September at an Australia. The film is hoping for a December 10th, 2010 release. The script for the film, which focuses on Hal Jordan, was written by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Michael Green.
"We're moving forward at a pretty good clip," Guggenheim told Newsarama Thursday, confirming the September date. "We have a director -- Martin Campbell -- and we're moving ahead with pre-production, which Martin is overseeing."
Although Guggenheim couldn't comment on the many casting rumors, supposedly Chris Pine and Ryan Gosling have been confirmed by different sources, he said the script is currently undergoing revisions as they prepare for production this fall.
"Greg, Michael, and myself are hard at work on further refinements to the script. It's very exciting and we're having a blast," he said.
Guggenheim is the current writer on Amazing Spider-Man for Marvel, while Green co-writes Superman/Batman for DC.
Guggenheim told Newsarama last year that since actual comic writers are involved with the script, it is "not only a respectful approach to the character, but it's a loving approach to the entire mythos."
"It's a fan's take. We are all huge fans of the character," Green told Newsarama. "Hal Jordan is interesting because there have been a lot of incarnations, but he does have this indomitable will. One of the other fun things about Green Lantern is this idea that you are joining something bigger and larger than itself."
Since they are talking about the "entire mythos" and "joining something bigger and larger than itself" it looks likely that some of our favorite Green Lantern Corps members besides Jordan may show up, I for one am hoping for Kilowag. This idea is especially likely since Guggenheim confirmed the GL Corps' home planet of Oa is being designed for the movie.
It is also suggested that Green Lantern may be the beginning of a shared series of films that involve multiple DC Comics characters. This idea has been supported by the fact that Guggenheim, who has recently speculated on a possible Superman cameo in the new Green Lantern film.