Green Lantern: The Motion Picture

[CelticPredator]

I wonder how brutal it will be? Martin Campbell's flicks have been really gritty, and intense. I hope it's not too much though.

 

[jye4ever]

Oa


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Oa memorial for the fallen Green Lanterns


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Mordor, home to Sauron's corps.

 

[The Mike]

Ok, so GL has the absolute potential to smash Nolan´s Batman from the throne of best adaption.
The story sounds awesome...

It also has the huge possibility to fail like Ang Lee's Hulk which had fantastic conceptuals as well. I'm both excited and nervous for this adaptation especially knowing that WB is putting so much stock into it that if by some chance it does fail we won't see a GL film again for a looooooong time.

I wonder how brutal it will be? Martin Campbell's flicks have been really gritty, and intense. I hope it's not too much though.

Something tells me that the fight scenes especially against Parallax itself will be brutal but considering how "hands off" the GL fights traditionally are I don't expect something really nitty gritty.

 

[EndoSickness]

It also has the huge possibility to fail like Ang Lee's Hulk which had fantastic conceptuals as well. I'm both excited and nervous for this adaptation especially knowing that WB is putting so much stock into it that if by some chance it does fail we won't see a GL film again for a looooooong time.

You got that right, dunno what to say more.
It´s just exactly that way...

 

[Kabukiman]

Something tells me that the fight scenes especially against Parallax itself will be brutal but considering how "hands off" the GL fights traditionally are I don't expect something really nitty gritty.

Is there any word on what form Parallax will take in the movie?

edit: I think I found part of my answer here: https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2770689&postcount=751

 

[shiveringmelody]

It also has the huge possibility to fail like Ang Lee's Hulk which had fantastic conceptuals as well. I'm both excited and nervous for this adaptation especially knowing that WB is putting so much stock into it that if by some chance it does fail we won't see a GL film again for a looooooong time.

Don't jinx it!





Seriously, I am counting down until the trailer! 27 days!

 

[The Mike]

Is there any word on what form Parallax will take in the movie?

edit: I think I found part of my answer here: https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2770689&postcount=751

Yeah....I think when we see Parallax it'll be the golden bug but the possession thing is still part of the film and no word what that'll look like.

MOAR NEWS:

'GREEN LANTERN' Production Designer, Grant Major talks Concept Art

Academy Award winning (for Lord of the Rings) production designer Grant Major, who has created some real-life monumental structures in the form of New Zealand Pavilions at the World Expos in Australia and Spain, told Blastr about the process by which Oa was designed for the movie, including the images seen here of a panoramic view of the main city of Oa, which is occupied by the Guardians and the graveyard where fallen Green Lanterns are laid to rest with honor.


Quote:
"Oa, of course, is at the center of the Universe, and is also an extremely old place. It's been around since not too long after the Big Bang, I assume. And with its function as a sort of U.N.-cum-military-compound in the middle of space, you'd imagine that with 3,600 different sectors, it must have a lot of influence on a lot of different cultures and time. So what I've tried to do is to introduce a plethora of different types of architectural styles and a feeling that, over the millennia, that it's just been building on and building on [itself], and there's just this huge history of culture that's been there."

"I looked to the comics, of course [for design concepts for Oa]. I also wanted to give it a sort of broader aspect. I really wanted to make it the sort of place where, just from the glimpse that we have of it, that you'd really want to go back there and have a really big look around, and in the interest of the film, maybe give birth to subsequent films."

'Green Lantern': Unlike Any Superhero Movie You've Seen


"It’s just tough," Reynolds told Hollywood.com during their recent set visit to Green Lantern. The actor then went on to talk about the complexities of being in such a CGI heavy movie: "A lot of times we build stuff and I can really just build muscle memory of everything I’m doing. Sometimes we’re going to create a construct and it’s going to be modified in post from what we thought it was on the day we shot it. It’s about trying to find different options!"

He went on to discuss Hal Jordan's arc as a "real family story" that is "steeped in tragedy. He’s at odds with his entire family and is a bit of a pariah, but he himself doesn’t see that. It’s the same reason people who play villains in a great way defend their characters. They believe they are not the villains, they just have different convictions than everyone else."

Mark Strong, who plays the Green Lantern who teaches Jordan how to use his ring initially, had this to say of his character: "He’s going to be something to contend with. He really brings this weight and dignity to his character. He’s so elegant in the way he moves and the way he behaves and speaks; it’s minimal effort for maximum gain with him."

And in an interview with HitFix, he also described having the patented pink skin and black hair as well as wearing boots that make him a towering 6'7. When asked about the villainous future of Sinestro, he added: "Any backstory you can get is useful, but I'm trying not to foreshadow. But, having said all that he has a kind of presence that is undeniably strong. He goes to the dark side eventually not because he's inherently evil, but because he's a control freak. A dictatorial, militaristic guy who wants to keep order."

"So, for him all that happens is that just, it's like a revolving circus. It just tips over into him keeping the people in his sector under his thumb and that even the lantern corps are no longer worthy. But, he loves the Corps and he's the greatest Green Lantern and I'm just trying to give him a presence and a weight that is worthy of that."

The Full Banner:

 

[hairlesswookiee]

Has any word been mentioned about the movie soundtrack??

 

[POWER1010]

I like the Banner...so far so good

 

[The Mike]

A convert. I'm excited!

Report From The Set: GREEN LANTERN Could Be The Most Cosmic Superhero Movie Ever

Not familiar with comic books? Here’s what you need to know about the DC Comics character Green Lantern: Hal Jordan is a test pilot who suddenly comes into possession of an alien power ring that allows him to make his will manifest in solid constructs. The ring makes him a member of the Green Lantern Corps, a galaxy-wide police force. And it also puts him into conflict with what could be the greatest evil the universe has ever known.

Walking out of San Diego Comic Con I knew one thing: Green Lantern looked like a big, giant stinker. Playing to Hall H on the same day that Marvel unveiled footage from Captain America, a movie that had been shooting for eight days (!), Lantern revealed almost nothing. There were quick cuts, lots of shots of Ryan Reynolds in civvies and one scene where he uses his power ring to fight… muggers in an alley.

I was pretty vocal about my disappointment, naming Green Lantern the ‘loser’ of Comic Con 2010. At the time I felt pretty secure in my snarkiness, but little did I know I was completely and totally wrong.

See, here’s the the thing – I can’t tell you how Green Lantern will be as a movie, but after visiting the New Orleans set of the film I can tell you that director Martin Campbell and company are working to make the biggest, most epic, most sweeping, most cosmic superhero film yet. Forget Hal Jordan versus muggers in an alley, Green Lantern is really about Hal Jordan battling to save not himself, not his girlfriend, not even just his city but the entire planet Earth. Green Lantern is a huge movie, with set pieces that will be unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. I can’t spoil where the final battle takes place, but it’s an INSANE location – it certainly isn’t your standard issue end-of-the-movie warehouse, bridge or warehouse-like supervillain lair.

And it’s not just Hal Jordan. Green Lantern will feature the entire Green Lantern Corps; while visiting I saw life-sized cardboard cut outs of Tomar-Re and Kilowogg, the alien GLs who help train Hal Jordan. I saw mock ups of Oa, the planet at the center of the galaxy where the Guardians of the Universe oversee the galactic police force that is the Corps. And I saw much, much more – stuff that will make not just GL fans but hardcore space fantasy nerds salivate with excitment. I’m talking massive planetary and space vistas, incredible alien life forms and crazy space ship designs.

I was lucky to be on set at the same time that Geoff Johns, one of the architects of DC Comics’ cinematic future, was visiting. I get the impression that Johns – the guy who has been writing Green Lantern’s comic book adventures for the past couple of years – was incredibly influential on the tone and direction of the movie. Everything I saw pointed back to Johns’ Secret Origin storyline, where he retold Green Lantern’s origin to include important details and mythological elements that he would pay off years later.

Also around was director Campbell, exhausted on the final days of his shoot. Ryan Reynolds, still wearing the motion capture dots that will be used to create Green Lantern’s outfit on him, sat down and chatted, as did Mark Strong, who plays Hal’s mentor (and future villain) Sinestro. Strong came in on not only his day off, but his birthday, which was pretty cool of him. There was a Sinestro-themed cake for him at lunch.

Set visits are tricky beasts, and since this isn’t the full report (which will run closer to the release of the film and will be on CHUD.com), I can’t tell you too much. Even if I could I don’t know what it would mean – I saw lots of story boards and lots of pre-viz, all of which looked great, but Green Lantern is a movie that’s going to have the best stuff created in a computer, and honestly that’s the only way to go with a story as out of this world (literally) as this one. What I can tell you is that the enthusiasm on set was infectious, and more than that I was impressed by the willingness to go big. The modern superhero movie cycle has been somewhat hampered by down-to-earth storylines that keep our heroes in bland cities and fighting enemies who are powerful but not crazy. The stakes are rarely that high. As Geoff Johns said to me, ‘When’s the last time a superhero saved the world in a movie?’

In the meantime, check out this incredible concept art that gives you an idea of just what sort of scifi paperback book look they’re going for. Put this stuff on the side of a van, stat. I love it.

 

[Buttmunch]

I'm thinking with Johns liking what he is seeing, it will be good. But I do agree it was the stinker at SDCC. And like that says, Captain America trumped it big time. So I'm hopeful for the Harry Potter trailer. I'm really hoping to see the suit and Sinestro in it at the least. Hoepfully a LOT more though.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

Has it been confirmed as a full trailer, or could we get a lame teaser trailer??

 

[Grange Wallis]

Apparently the trailer will come out ahead of the next Harry Potter film

 

[The Mike]

According to everything I've found it'll be a teaser with the full trailer to hit early next year, but the date on that article is almost a month old.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

According to everything I've found it'll be a teaser with the full trailer to hit early next year, but the date on that article is almost a month old.

I'm probably going to skip the Potter movie so I guess I'll be sneaking into the previews just to see the teaser.

 

[The Mike]

4Chan isn't exactly a very credible source, but the description posted by a certain anonymous submitter seems likely. I also included the rationale and explanation from a poster over at The GLC boards.

Click to be Spoiled.

Spoiler

>Prologue in which Krona creates the yellow power battery and becomes Parallax's host.

>Flashback detailing Martin Jordan's death.

>Abin Sur is attacked by Parallax/Krona, that wishes to make him its new host, but fails, mortally wounding him.

>Hal Jordan, Carol Ferris, Hector Hammond and other human characters are introduced.

>Abin Sur crash lands on Earth and asks his ring to find a suitable succesor. The ring chooses Hal.

>Abin passes on the ring and the power battery. Hal recharges for the first time.

>Hal gets into a bar fight. Uses his ring for the first time. Is taken to Oa.

>Abin's body is found by Amanda Waller. Hector is brough in to study it.

>Residual yellow energy left by Parallax in Abin's body infects Hector, giving him telephatic and telekinetic powers and driving him insane.

>Hal meets Sinestro, Kilowog and Tomar-Re in Oa. Goes trough training sessions. Becomes a Green Lantern and returns to Earth.

>Hector is locked up by Waller and his father doesn't care about his condition. Hector gets mad, escapes, attacks his father at Ferris Aircraft and fights the Green Lantern, who becomes the world's first superhero.

>Carol and Tom find out Hal's secret identity. Hector does to.

>Hector attacks Ferris Aircraft to steal Hal's ring and they fight again.

>Parallax arrives, ditches Krona and makes Hector his new host. Sinestro, Kilowog and Tomar-Re arrive to help Hal. They fight Parallax/Hector on Earth.

>Parallax/Hector heads to Oa, where he fights the entire Green Lantern Corps and attempts to make Hal his next host.

So, basically we have a long flash back scene that explains the background of the ring and gives us the set-up for the future conflict with Parallax. The death of Abin Sur and Hal's subsequent inheritance of the the ring. Then a bar fight, which sounds like it will be similar to Peter Parker's fist-a-cuffs with Flash Thompson in 2002'as Spider-man. Then a long Kill Bill-esque training montage. A fight back on earth, then a final fight on Oa.

Sinestro, it seems, is being held back as a villain, probably for the sequel.

If this is actually the plot line, then it sounds like GL is going to be a special effects masterpiece with a relatively simple, paint-by-numbers plot. Don't look for any Nolan-style mind games like we had in The Dark Knight, or any sticky sweet romance B.S. like we had in Raimi's Spider-Man franchise.

It looks like superhero films are finally maturing. We went from the innocent extremes of the childish X-Men to the gritty badlands of Watchmen and TDK. Now it appears film makers have found a Goldilox-ian middle with the upcoming Green Lantern. We have a standard heroes' journey complete with training portion and final showdown with evil, but with actual adults with actual adult problems. I don't know about you, but I can relate to this plot. I don't feel like it's dumbed down or too simplistic. It's just right for a good, summer popcorn move about a guy who can conjure giant, cartoonish fists with his imagination via a mystical ring, and has to save earth/Oa/his love interest/who or whatever, from the evil machinations of Parallax. Sounds like it's got all the makings of a hit.

However, given that many people are not familiar with Green Lantern's back story as they are with, say, Batman's or Spider-Man's, GL risks alienating a new audience with what looks like a complex back story with multiple characters. I can already see some people getting completely lost, wondering who the hell is Parallax mid-way through the film, and at worse tuning out. Then again, neither Avatar or Inception had built-in audiences, and they both did pretty damn well at the box office. I'd guess Green Lantern is on its way to a successful summer of 2011. Now here's hoping that a worthy soundtrack accompanies what will assuredly be hallucinogenic special effects.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

That's fine with me. As long as they spend time and give thorough explanations of OA, the main Lanterns, and Parallax. I don't think it needs to be simplistic or overly complex.

 

[Buttmunch]

Sounds fine except for the two fights. That kinda seems dumb to fight at one place only to go fight somewhere else immidately afterwards. Hopefully it works better in the film than it sounds there.

 

[shiveringmelody]

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[Darkseed]

^^^^ Great find. Being optimistic, good and bad elements in the preview but still cannot wait