Ryan Reynolds Lands Green Lantern!

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Ryan Reynolds Lands Green Lantern!

July 10, 2009

Warner Bros. Pictures has hired X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Proposal star Ryan Reynolds to play the title role in the anticipated Green Lantern, scheduled for a June 17, 2011 release.

Based on the DC Comics hero, the action-adventure will be directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, GoldenEye) and produced by Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti. Berlanti wrote the script with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green.

The Hollywood trades say that Reynolds and his camp entered negotiations for the part Friday, after the studio held two rounds of screen tests, along with actors Bradley Cooper and Jared Leto. Justin Timberlake also did a screen test. The studio had holding options on the actors, but, except for Reynolds, those expired Monday. Reynolds' option would have expired end of day Friday.

Production is expected to begin in January.

The "Green Lantern" was created in 1940 by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell. Introduced in 1959, Hal Jordan is a second-generation test pilot, an ordinary man who was given the power ring and battery (lantern) by a dying alien named Abin Sur. When Abin Sur's spaceship crashed on Earth, the alien used his ring to seek out an individual to take his place as Green Lantern: someone who was "utterly honest and born without fear."

Reynolds recently starred in Fox's "Wolverine," in which he played Wade Wilson/Deadpool. The character is now being developed for a spin-off to which Reynolds is attached. He also played Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity.

The actor will next star in Buried, a dark indie drama that will begin filming shortly in Barcelona with Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes. Reynolds will play a civilian contractor who is kidnapped in Iraq and awakes in a coffin, struggling against time to coordinate a rescue even though he doesn't know where he's buried in the desert.

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Posted by: me on July 10, 2009 at 23:02:30

Weird.

Posted by: spideymouse on July 10, 2009 at 23:02:43

HOLY CRAP it's Dead Lantern!

Posted by: Zappy on July 10, 2009 at 23:03:01

not bad i can see him being green lantern

Posted by: Hero2311 on July 10, 2009 at 23:03:08

AWESOME

Posted by: manwithnoname on July 10, 2009 at 23:04:22

Alright! Happy with this.

Posted by: Spawnacus on July 10, 2009 at 23:05:20

What? Ryan Reynolds defeats Justin Timberlake? I can't believe it.

Posted by: scorched04 on July 10, 2009 at 23:06:15

isn't this the first time one actor has been two seperate PROMINENT superheroes ?

Posted by: spideymouse on July 10, 2009 at 23:06:28

I wonder how Deadpool will deal with this in ItsJustSomeRandomGuy's YouTube videos...

Posted by: nathan on July 10, 2009 at 23:06:33

man he has to be the luckiest guy in the world right now. deadpool, green lantern, and married to scarlet johansson. lucky bastard!

Posted by: Tha Man on July 10, 2009 at 23:06:45

It sucks that he wont do Deadpool now

Posted by: Jeff on July 10, 2009 at 23:06:49

Good news, Deadpool will suck anyway, especially from FOX. That film will not happen now, good stuff. To go a step further, Marvel has a poor rate of success anyway, so good for him, jump to the better, more well known property that hasn't been screwed up yet.....

Posted by: Punching History on July 10, 2009 at 23:06:52

Not at all what I expected... But he may be able to pull it off! Better than Timberlake at least...

Posted by: Ultimo Lantern on July 10, 2009 at 23:06:53

Green Pool!!

Posted by: Wolfgang on July 10, 2009 at 23:07:04

Reynolds is on a roll!
I wish success to everyone involved with the Green Lantern movie!

Posted by: andres on July 10, 2009 at 23:07:11

i think the problem will be this, he is green lantern and will back with a spin-off of deadpool, its weird fox and warner, both producers of comic movies, i hope dont make a mistake and make it good

Posted by: vic on July 10, 2009 at 23:07:39

not bad..i can see him as GL..
look at the brightside everyone atleast it's not justin timberlake..

Posted by: kevin on July 10, 2009 at 23:07:54

man... does that mean no more deadpool movie? or you guys think he'll do both? i thought he was really into the deadpool movie, i read he had some pull in the creative process of the script and everything... is that not happening anymore?

Posted by: Green Mantern on July 10, 2009 at 23:08:04

Justin Didn't Get His SexyBack!!! ;D

Posted by: H on July 10, 2009 at 23:08:23

i dont get how timberlake didnt get it. im so crushed. i think i will drown my pain with drinking booze and listen to Nsync

Posted by: BP on July 10, 2009 at 23:08:35

Better then JT... worse than Bradley Cooper... but still happy with it.

And Martin Campbell is the man

Posted by: Jeff on July 10, 2009 at 23:12:18

No Deadpool for him now, and who cares, they screwed that up anyway, which is what Marvel and FOX loves to do.

Good for him, jump to DC, you'll have a franchise at least, Deadpool was a lost cause anyway.

Posted by: Black Lantern Batman on July 10, 2009 at 23:13:38

Ryan Reynolds???? I'm not sure if he can play my favorite DC superhero.

But I believe in Martin Campbell, the man responsible for bringing back the best James Bond ever

Posted by: Seriously? on July 10, 2009 at 23:15:38

He will still do deadpool, he even said they are staying true with the messed up face and mask and stuff, meaning you probably won't see him as a recognizable Ryan Reynolds, just hearing his voice...a lot like V for Vendetta, so there shouldn't be much of an issue there.

Can't wait for GL!!

Posted by: Juggernut on July 10, 2009 at 23:17:59

So does that effectivly end Deadpool?

Posted by: Robert on July 10, 2009 at 23:18:02

Not exactly what I had expected, but what the heck, I like Ryan Reynolds. Besides, at least Timberdouche wasn't cast!

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