Donald De Line on the Green Lantern Movie

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Donald De Line on the Green Lantern Movie

Source:Edward Douglas

March 8, 2009

Producer Donald De Line has been a player in Hollywood for more than two decades, and he's going to be very busy the next couple weeks, as he releases two high-profile R-rated comedies, I Love You, Man (out March 20) with Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, and Observe and Report (out April 10) with Seth Rogen. Both movies are playing at this year's South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 13 and March 16, respectively.

Having had a chance to talk to the producer earlier today, ComingSoon.net just had to ask him about his long-in-development movie based on the DC Comics character Green Lantern, which just had its release date set for December 17, 2010.

We were especially curious about how they were planning on incorporating all the mythology surrounding the character in a way that would satisfy the hundreds of thousands of comic book fans who've been waiting a long time for this movie. "Our story is the Hal Jordan origin story, but creating the character of Hal Jordan that is a real character that will resonate with the fanbase is what we need to do. You have to make him credible and somebody to care about and tell a good story, and I think if we do that, we'll be okay."

"It's going to be a series of big stakes and big action, but it absolutely has a sense of humor," he replied when asked about the humor quotient of the movie. "I think people accept real life, even with really serious situations, with humor as part of that situation, as we experience in life, you have to have that. That's how people cope, so they've done it so well in these other movies. I think that people are absolutely ready. It doesn't have to fall on one side of the fence vs. the other."

Lastly, we asked him to address the rumors about them deliberately going younger with Hal Jordan, something that came out of the bogus stories about Anton Yelchin auditioning, but De Line denied the intention to cast younger. "Not really, late '20s, early '30s."

On another note, we were curious whether there was any word on a sequel to De Line's 2003 hit caper remake The Italian Job, which brought together Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Ed Norton, Donald Sutherland, Jason Statham, Seth Green and Mos Def. Over the years, all of them have been asked about whether the proposed sequel The Brazilian Job might happen, and De Line gave hope for it finally rolling forward. "We're trying right now. They all want to do the sequel. We have a version at Paramount that we're talking very serious about, so hopefully, if we're lucky in the next year we can pull it together. They're all very successful and very busy, which is great, but they all have a real affection and passion for that movie, so they want to come back and do another, which is nice. We'll get them together hopefully."

You can read more about De Line's upcoming comedies I Love You, Man and Observe and Report right here on ComingSoon.net over the next month.

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Posted by: Kit_Walker on March 8, 2009 at 19:04:49

David Boreanaz for Hal Jordan

Posted by: jakethedrummer2814 on March 8, 2009 at 19:05:28

OH SNAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Green Lantern is the SHIZ.

Posted by: disturbed on March 8, 2009 at 19:05:56

Sounds good, not a lot of info but glad to hear they're not going with a really young cast.

Posted by: Stanley Toureau on March 8, 2009 at 19:06:16

Can't Wait. Top Ten

Posted by: SupaScoot on March 8, 2009 at 19:07:50

This is the perfect time for a GL movie. Thay better not mess it up.

I hate firsters

Posted by: ghost writer on March 8, 2009 at 19:08:24

your on a roll DC dont screw it up!!!!

Posted by: MadEyeMarky on March 8, 2009 at 19:08:46

David Boreanez would be cool since he did the voice in the new frontier movie, but my pick is Nathan Fillion....he just seems to fit the role a little better!!

Posted by: superbang on March 8, 2009 at 19:09:19

david Boreanaz for Hal Jordan x2.

Posted by: superbang on March 8, 2009 at 19:10:00

actually nathan fillion wouldn't be too bad either....

Posted by: Dwight Steel on March 8, 2009 at 19:15:04

Agree on the David Boreanaz. Let's start a movement folks! The guy is built for the part, and has the attitude.

Posted by: Armpit nirvana on March 8, 2009 at 19:17:09

Kevin James as Kilowag! Danny Devito as a Guardian! Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, David Boreanez as Hal, Daniel Craig as Sinestro

Posted by: Jor-L5150 on March 8, 2009 at 19:17:14

" humor " .... it is so hard to do it right!!

- iron man teetered on the brink of being TOO yuk-it-up. it was almost perfect though.
- fantastic 4/ fant 4 II was TOO silly and weak-ass with the jokes

the humor should feel natural , conversational. NOT a series of campy-gag montages.

Posted by: regwec on March 8, 2009 at 19:19:47

Hmmm. I'm not sure about this green lantern fellow.

Posted by: ColHJordan2814 on March 8, 2009 at 19:22:14

I second Nathan Fillion... David Boreanaz is ok, but he seems to bulky for Hal.

Posted by: Rodrigo on March 8, 2009 at 19:25:33

Alessandro Nivola would be good as either Hal or Riddler in my opinion.

Posted by: WackaWacka on March 8, 2009 at 19:28:15

Carla Gugino as Carol Ferris

Posted by: Kilowog on March 8, 2009 at 19:29:02

Boreanaz is a horrible actor. Fillon would be good if they were doing a made for Sci Fi Channel movie. They need someone like Bale, not some cult, genre actor

Posted by: Ducey13 on March 8, 2009 at 19:30:44

I hope they use Geoff Johns "Secret Origins" Storyline for the movie. It would be PERFECT! Its like he wrote it for a movie. If you haven't read it yet pick it up.

Posted by: drknite30 on March 8, 2009 at 19:30:52

I think Michael C. Hall would fit the part great. Anyone who seen Dexter, I'm sure would agree.

Posted by: Ducey13 on March 8, 2009 at 19:32:08

Boreanaz isn't a horrible actor. he's been good on Buffy Angel and Bones

Posted by: Abe on March 8, 2009 at 19:32:22

I think Warner Brothers would be wanting to go with a bigger named star than Nathan Fillion or David Boreanaz.
I can understand your desire to see either of these two in the role, but are they bankable in Warner Brothers' eyes? No ones rushing out to see any of their movies at the moment (are they even shooting any movies at the moment?), so you have to think, who is the general population want to go see in the cinema?
Honestly, if either of these two landed the role I would seriously feel like the Green Lantern movie was going straight to DVD.

Posted by: Ducey13 on March 8, 2009 at 19:33:10

I think George Eads from CSI could be good

Posted by: When Harry met Marv on March 8, 2009 at 19:34:57

Alessandro Nivola,hmmm...he would make a good Riddler I think.

Posted by: Ducey13 on March 8, 2009 at 19:36:18

Make it a trilogy
Part 1 Featuring Artocitus as the main villain featuring Hector Hammond and Black Hand and Kilowag and Sinestro

Posted by: Ducey13 on March 8, 2009 at 19:38:33

part 2 with the Manhunters

part three Sinestro as the main villain

then if they want they can do a part 4 where kyle rayner becomes grren lantern and stops parallax

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