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Ryan Reynolds cast as Green Lantern

#1

Calleja

Calleja

What the fuck, forum?? This is the type of thing I should be learning from you guys, not twitter!!

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertai ... CE20090711



My huge man-crush on Reynolds makes this good news to me. It's supposedly not completely final, though, going by the "If the deal is completed.." part in the article.

If a movie doesn't deserve to be in development hell it's Green Lantern, dammit!!


#2

Frank

Frankie Williamson

Whaaaaaaat?

He was the worst of the choices by a mile. I like Ryan Reynolds. I really do, but man, Hal Jordan is not Ryan Reynolds. At all.

He'd make a better Kyle Raynor or fucking even Guy Gardner and he would be perfect for Wally West as Flash. I just cannot see him as Hal Jordan.


#3

ThatGrinningIdiot!

ThatGrinningIdiot!

Calleja said:
What the smurf, forum?? This is the type of thing I should be learning from you guys, not twitter!!

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertai ... CE20090711



My huge man-crush on Reynolds makes this good news to me. It's supposedly not completely final, though, going by the \"If the deal is completed..\" part in the article.

If a movie doesn't deserve to be in development * it's Green Lantern, dammit!!
Calleja + Ryan Reynolds + Scarlett Johanson = Profit?


#4

LittleSin

LittleSin

I thought Kyle Rsynor was the more popular GL? Well, besides John Stwart...why the fuck are they using Hal? I hate that guy.

Do agree that Rey nolds would make a great Wally West. Plus, I have always had a huge fictional character crush on West...add Reynolds in there and the hotness would be too much to take.


#5

Gusto

Gusto

Heath Ledger will be a terrible Joker.



...wait, what year is it? What are we talking about?


#6

@Li3n

@Li3n

From Barakapool to GL... now there's something. Also, should have been the name of the thread...


#7





Um...

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6004

But yeah, I don't see why they couldn't have cast, say, Nathan Fillion.


#8

Espy

Espy

Calleja said:
What the smurf, forum?? This is the type of thing I should be learning from you guys, not twitter!!
*IF* you had read MY post in the other Green Lantern thread just a wee bit of the way down the page you would have found out much earlier. :humph:


#9

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

ThatNickGuy said:
Um...

http://www.forum.halforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6004

But yeah, I don't see why they couldn't have cast, say, Nathan Fillion.
Because no one would go see that movie.


#10





Really? I would and several friends of mine on Facebook also said they'd be totally down for Fillion. So would a lot of Firefly, Serenity and Dr. Horrible fans.

Then, of course, there's all the Green Lantern fans.

And the comic book geeks who see any and all comic book movies to support them.

And the casual fan who may have watched Justice League Unlimited.

Yeah, no one would go see it.


#11



Batdan

Charlie Dont Surf said:
ThatNickGuy said:
Um...

http://www.forum.halforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6004

But yeah, I don't see why they couldn't have cast, say, Nathan Fillion.
Because no one would go see that movie.
Only if the TV Series was shown on Fox first.


#12

Cog

Cog

Gusto said:
Heath Ledger will be a terrible Joker.



...wait, what year is it? What are we talking about?


#13

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

ThatNickGuy said:
Really? I would and several friends of mine on Facebook also said they'd be totally down for Fillion. So would a lot of Firefly, Serenity and Dr. Horrible fans.
All those fans guaranteed the firefly universe would go on with the success of Serenity......


And I meant that in comparison to Ryan Reynolds.


#14



Steven Soderburgin

ThatNickGuy said:
Really? I would and several friends of mine on Facebook also said they'd be totally down for Fillion. So would a lot of Firefly, Serenity and Dr. Horrible fans.
I'm sure the $10,000,000 opening weekend of Serenity is really convincing to studios that Fillion is a leading man with drawing power.


While I agree that Reynolds fits Kyle Raynor or Wally West better than Hal Jordan, I think he's a good choice for the part.


#15





Because Reynolds brings in the gold when it comes to...what movies he's starred in? I didn't know the Amityville was such a huge success. Or School of Life. And I doubt Reynolds was why Wolverine was a big hit. Hey, how did Blade III do, thanks to Reynods?

Oh, and thanks for ignoring the other examples I listed, too. I've got an idea. How about, for one, admit that you would be wrong in this case? Star power means near nothing when it comes to a franchise movie. Just ask Christopher Reeve and Michael Keaton. People didn't go see Toby McGuire to see him play Spider-Man. They went to go see Spider-Man.

-- Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:10 am --

And again, Kissinger, please refer to the REST of my list, as well, not just the first line.


#16

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

The other examples would see the movie if an unknown was Green Lantern. I'm saying Reynolds would put more asses in the seats than Fillion.

-- Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:19 am --

Also - amityville was a huge success, it made back its budget opening weekend. And just in the last couple weeks The Proposal has been a huge hit.

ALSO - no one knows who the fuck the Green Lantern is, far fewer people will see it just to see the Green Lantern


#17



Steven Soderburgin

ThatNickGuy said:
Because Reynolds brings in the gold when it comes to...what movies he's starred in?
The Proposal has been out for less than a month and has made over $100 million.

People actually know who Ryan Reynolds is.

When Spider-man came out, Toby Maguire had been in several movies, including the Oscar-nominated Cider House Rules.

I'm not saying that Nathan Fillion COULDN'T do it. I think he's a fine actor and could be a pretty decent leading man. But he's not quite there yet. People are just starting to learn his name from being in a TV show that people actually watch.


#18





If the movie is good, then it wouldn't matter who is in the suit. I'm not saying that Reynolds can't do a good job, I'm just saying that I believe Fillion would do better. At that point, it would just a matter of word of mouth that puts asses in seats. Reynolds has been in successful movies that he hasn't starred in, but he's not exactly a box office hit, either.

Besides, he's already got Deadpool. Why not just stick with one comic book property and let someone else slip on the ring?

That said, I'm much happier Reynolds got it than, say, Timberlake.


#19

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

ThatNickGuy said:
If the movie is good, then it wouldn't matter who is in the suit.
That's so adorable that you think that movie quality translates to box office success.

I'm not saying that Reynolds can't do a good job, I'm just saying that I believe Fillion would do better. At that point, it would just a matter of word of mouth that puts asses in seats.
I never said anything about who would do a better job. I don't know shit about Green Lantern! It's just ludicrously obvious that Reynolds would make the movie a bigger success.

Reynolds has been in successful movies that he hasn't starred in, but he's not exactly a box office hit, either..
RR is no Will Smith, but I'm just saying he's infinitely more popular and successful than Nathan Fillion, whose ONLY movie was undeniably a gigantic flop.


#20





Eh, you're right about the quality of the movie doesn't make much difference. Transformers 2 and Wolverine certainly attest to that. But then there's examples like The Dark Knight, where reviews and word of mouth just made it more and more money.

I think casting Reynolds might make a blip, but in the long run, I don't think it would matter much.

Fuck it, this isn't an arguement I'm going to win. Gonna go back to watching the last episode of Torchwood.


#21

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

Heath Ledger's death also gave TDK a huge HUGE amount of free buzz.


#22



Wyrminarrd

At least Ryan Renolds is a better choice then Justin Timberlake!

I´m not a fan of Green Lantern so I don't really have any fixed idea of how Hal Jordan should be so I´m just hoping they don't have Ryan play it as a comedy part.


#23

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Hi I'm Calleja I don't read threads before blaming the forum for my lack of entertainment news upkeep :toocool:


#24



SeraRelm

So cast Fillion as the Green Lantern, then kill him when they're done with his scenes.

WE MUST PROVE CHARLIE WRONG!


#25

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

SeraRelm said:
So cast Fillion as the Green Lantern, then kill him when they're done with his scenes.

WE MUST PROVE CHARLIE WRONG!
But I wanna see Castle Season 2


#26

Tress

Tress

While Ryan Reynolds may garner a bit more attention than Nathan Fillion would, the success of this movie will depend entirely on the hype and advertising the studio puts into the time leading up to release. In other words, any competent actor could be cast in this role and it wouldn't matter, so long as people get excited about it. As TNG pointed out, Tobey Maguire and Christopher Reeve are excellent examples of the whole movie being more important than the star's previous body of work (or lack thereof).

I think Reynolds is a good, solid actor. He'll do fine. I'm looking forward to the movie, and I've never read a single Green Lantern comic in my life.


#27

Zappit

Zappit

Gusto said:
Heath Ledger will be a terrible Joker.



...wait, what year is it? What are we talking about?
Yeah, but Heath really could act. Ryan Reynolds kinda just does the same thing in every movie - his roles are practically interchangeable. What he does isn't Hal Jordan. Jordan was a prick when he was young, but changed pretty quickly. Reynolds - he...just can't act mature and serious.


#28

Tress

Tress

Zappit said:
Gusto said:
Heath Ledger will be a terrible Joker.



...wait, what year is it? What are we talking about?
Yeah, but Heath really could act. Ryan Reynolds kinda just does the same thing in every movie - his roles are practically interchangeable. What he does isn't Hal Jordan. Jordan was a * when he was young, but changed pretty quickly. Reynolds - he...just can't act mature and serious.
Looking at Reynolds' history, I don't think you can say he's played the same role everytime. His character in Defitely, Maybe was nothing like Van Wilder, which was nothing like Deadpool in Wolverine, which was nothing like... you get the point. I suspect he has the talent, but hasn't been given the opportunity. Your argument supports the idea that he is typecast, but not necessarily one-dimensional as an actor.


#29

Calleja

Calleja

Espy said:
*IF* you had read MY post in the other Green Lantern thread just a wee bit of the way down the page you would have found out much earlier. :humph:
CynicismKills said:
Hi I'm Calleja I don't read threads before blaming the forum for my lack of entertainment news upkeep :toocool:

Pffft... the thread title for that one was "3 Potential Lanterns of Sector 2814"... you know what that SCREAMS to me? Green Lantern COMIC spoilers. Where does it say it's about the movie?? I'm waiting for the whole Black Lantern Corps thing to be out and finished with before I read the whole thing in a TPB, I'm not gonna touch any GL comic threads with a 10 foot mouse cursor until I'm sure I won't get spoiled.

You guys fail for burying the news inside a stupidly named thread. :humph:


#30

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Calleja said:
Espy said:
*IF* you had read MY post in the other Green Lantern thread just a wee bit of the way down the page you would have found out much earlier. :humph:
CynicismKills said:
Hi I'm Calleja I don't read threads before blaming the forum for my lack of entertainment news upkeep :toocool:

Pffft... the thread title for that one was "3 Potential Lanterns of Sector 2814"... you know what that SCREAMS to me? Green Lantern COMIC spoilers. Where does it say it's about the movie?? I'm waiting for the whole Black Lantern Corps thing to be out and finished with before I read the whole thing in a TPB, I'm not gonna touch any GL comic threads with a 10 foot mouse cursor until I'm sure I won't get spoiled.

You guys fail for burying the news inside a stupidly named thread. :humph:



#31

Gusto

Gusto

:rofl:


#32

Calleja

Calleja

Yes, yes, recoil in tears at my LOGIC.

Ya big crybaby.


#33

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Calleja said:


#34

Calleja

Calleja

I was actually cuter than that as a baby!



#35

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Calleja said:
I was actually cuter than that as a baby!



#36

SpecialKO

SpecialKO

I have a hard time seeing either one as Hal, to be honest.

I could buy RR as Kyle (and a "hell yes" re: Wally West), but Hal just seems wrong.

Pre-Parallax Hal isn't just wise-cracking and funny, he truly believes that he's the best there is, and he needs everyone to know it. Anything less means he's not doing his best.

Kyle, on the other hand, began with massive self-confidence issues because, well, he wasn't Hal, and he was completely alone (no corps, no acceptance, fridged girlfriend, etc). He was funny too, but his humor was self-deprecating a lot, and he did it to cover up his insecurities. For better or for worse, RR's roles seem to use variations of this theme, and that's why Kyle makes more sense (to me) for him.

As for Fillion, I've really only seen him in Firefly and Dr. Horrible, so my image of him is a sarcastic veneer covering a really dark, depressing view of life, which really isn't a good match for pre-Parallax Hal (post-Parallax, on the hand, maybe).

The superhero I think Fillion would rock as would be Booster Gold. Never happen, but I can wish.


#37

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

Ryan Reynolds showed a lot of depth and range in Adventureland, but absolutely no one saw that movie except for me(3 times)


#38

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Ryan Reynolds showed a lot of depth and range in Adventureland, but absolutely no one saw that movie except for me(3 times)
I wanted to see this movie, but it was only in theaters for like a week back home.


#39



Steven Soderburgin

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Ryan Reynolds showed a lot of depth and range in Adventureland, but absolutely no one saw that movie except for me(3 times)
HEY

I saw it twice and told everyone I know to go see it.


#40

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

Kissinger said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:
Ryan Reynolds showed a lot of depth and range in Adventureland, but absolutely no one saw that movie except for me(3 times)
HEY

I saw it twice and told everyone I know to go see it.
I saw it first while you decided you'd rather see anime :smug:


#41



Steven Soderburgin

True, true, but I did get to ask Martin Starr questions after my showing which, if I recall correctly, you didn't get to do at all.

Hmm.

Interesting.


#42

phil

phil

I'm counting on Adventureland to pop into my local dollar theater.

Do we even know if Ryan will be Hal or just GL and for all we know he's going to play a white John Stewart?

On a semi-related note, can Justin Timberlake act? I've only seen him on SNL, but they were considering him for this too. I'm guessing it was more because of how big he is though as a name.


#43

filmfanatic

filmfanatic

phil said:
I'm counting on Adventureland to pop into my local dollar theater.

Do we even know if Ryan will be Hal or just GL and for all we know he's going to play a white John Stewart?

On a semi-related note, can Justin Timberlake act? I've only seen him on SNL, but they were considering him for this too. I'm guessing it was more because of how big he is though as a name.
I've read a copy of the early script and it is centered around Hal Jordan. Of course, it might have changed since this draft, but I'm thinking they'll stick with Hal.


#44

Norris

Norris

Out of those choices, Ryan Reynolds is the best. Heath Ledger as the Joker and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine (while he was largely unknown at the time, just look at what he's done since...there'd be outrage throughout the Geek-O-Sphere if things were reversed) have taught me to just see where it goes.

And if we're just casting the title character, I'd say they're still in the shallow end of pre-production. While he may be Hal Jordan now, for all we know they'll be calling him Alan Scott or Charlie Vicker by the time it's finished. I just hope it actually, y'know, comes out. Anyone else remember the minor excitement over Ray Park being cast as the lead in an "Iron Fist" movie?

EDIT: I gotta say, early screen-plays and definite character names don't always go hand in hand. Hell, they may even re-write the screenplay to play for Reynolds' strengths for all we know.


#45

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Timberlake is great on SNL, at least. Always funny. He was pretty much the only good thing about Love Guru too, though that's not saying much I guess.


#46



Chazwozel

Who the fuck is Nathan Fillion?


#47



SeraRelm

Some porno actor.



#48

Calleja

Calleja

He's that dude from Desperate Housewives.


#49

phil

phil

He did the voice of Vigilante on an episode of Justice Leage Unlimited or two.

I can't think of anything else too big that he was in, well the only thing kinda geeky.


#50



Aisaku

I'm more worried about the script, all the acting in the world can't save a terrible script. I'm worried how far they'll go to make the Green Lantern concept accesible to the movie going crowd. I know this isn't Bay, but stil...

To Ryan Reynolds favor all the interviews I've read of him he's really into comics so that might work towards him to get Hal just right. It does make me wonder why DC at large ignores Hal Jordan in its animated features, and when he does appear it's not quite him (JL The New Frontier)


#51

phil

phil

Aisaku said:
I'm more worried about the script, all the acting in the world can't save a terrible script. I'm worried how far they'll go to make the Green Lantern concept accesible to the movie going crowd. I know this isn't Bay, but stil...

To Ryan Reynolds favor all the interviews I've read of him he's really into comics so that might work towards him to get Hal just right. It does make me wonder why DC at large ignores Hal Jordan in its animated features, and when he does appear it's not quite him (JL The New Frontier)
Well, keep in mind that from 1996-2005 Hal Jordan was dead/the spirit of God's vengeance. It probably would have been weird to feature a character in the animated world, which is largely aimed at a younger audience, who is then dead/something completely different in the comic world.

It's kind of like how in the Batman cartoon Dick Grayson was robin, then they changed things like the animation style a bit and Tim Drake was the next Robin. They skipped over Jason Todd completely 'cause well, he was dead. I believe he got better though.


#52



Steven Soderburgin

phil said:
On a semi-related note, can Justin Timberlake act? I've only seen him on SNL, but they were considering him for this too. I'm guessing it was more because of how big he is though as a name.
He was good in Black Snake Moan. I heard he was also good in Alpha Dog, but I can't say for certain as I didn't see that.


#53



Aisaku

phil said:
Aisaku said:
I'm more worried about the script, all the acting in the world can't save a terrible script. I'm worried how far they'll go to make the Green Lantern concept accesible to the movie going crowd. I know this isn't Bay, but stil...

To Ryan Reynolds favor all the interviews I've read of him he's really into comics so that might work towards him to get Hal just right. It does make me wonder why DC at large ignores Hal Jordan in its animated features, and when he does appear it's not quite him (JL The New Frontier)
Well, keep in mind that from 1996-2005 Hal Jordan was dead/the spirit of God's vengeance. It probably would have been weird to feature a character in the animated world, which is largely aimed at a younger audience, who is then dead/something completely different in the comic world.

It's kind of like how in the Batman cartoon * Grayson was robin, then they changed things like the animation style a bit and Tim Drake was the next Robin. They skipped over Jason Todd completely 'cause well, he was dead. I believe he got better though.

Oh, right, that's true... Damn that flimsy comic canon spoiling everything.


#54

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

Chazwozel said:
Who the fuck is Nathan Fillion?
He plays Rick Castle, the lead on a detective show on ABC that actually had decent ratings and was renewed for a second season.


#55

Espy

Espy

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Ryan Reynolds showed a lot of depth and range in Adventureland, but absolutely no one saw that movie except for me(3 times)
Saw it.
Loved it.


#56

Frank

Frankie Williamson

I didn't pay to see it, but I saw it at this little arthouse theatre at some advance showing. I loved the shit out of it. Reminded me heavily of the 80's style super bittersweet comedies...which I'm sure the guy was going for.


#57

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

Well, I'm glad to be wrong!

I saw Bruno last night, and I think I'm going to take the unpopular opinion that it was better than Borat.


#58





Damn, I was going to try using Slither to back up my argument for Nathan Fillion, but:
1) It's not exactly a widely known movie.
2) It flopped, never even making back its own budget, despite getting 85% on Rotten Tomatoes. :(


#59



Steven Soderburgin

I've been wanting to see Slither. :/


#60

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Well, I'm glad to be wrong!

I saw Bruno last night, and I think I'm going to take the unpopular opinion that it was better than Borat.
Unpopular? That's all I've been hearing about Bruno.


#61

ElJuski

ElJuski

Kissinger said:
phil said:
On a semi-related note, can Justin Timberlake act? I've only seen him on SNL, but they were considering him for this too. I'm guessing it was more because of how big he is though as a name.
He was good in Black Snake Moan. I heard he was also good in Alpha Dog, but I can't say for certain as I didn't see that.
I loved Timberlake in Black Snake Moan (awesome movie in general).
Espy said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:
Ryan Reynolds showed a lot of depth and range in Adventureland, but absolutely no one saw that movie except for me(3 times)
Saw it.
Loved it.
Me too! Except for the ending, which I felt extended too far to reach the ending it wanted to have. [spoiler:35w1fc5q]I personally think it should have ended when they were all sitting on the field; I don't think they should have got together and I thought him saying fuckit and flying out to New York was tacky.[/spoiler:35w1fc5q]

As for the Green Lantern thing, as always, I'll hold out until I see it.


#62





Kissinger said:
I've been wanting to see Slither. :/
I loved it, honestly. Happily saw it in theatres, bought it (previously viewed) on DVD and never get tired of watching it. It's like a modern version of an old drive in horror flick, but very tongue-in-cheek. Check it out sometime, bud.


#63

Shegokigo

Shegokigo

ThatNickGuy said:
Kissinger said:
I've been wanting to see Slither. :/
I loved it, honestly. Happily saw it in theatres, bought it (previously viewed) on DVD and never get tired of watching it. It's like a modern version of an old drive in horror flick, but very tongue-in-cheek. Check it out sometime, bud.
"I think there's something wrong with me......"


#64

Frank

Frankie Williamson

ElJuski said:
Kissinger said:
phil said:
On a semi-related note, can Justin Timberlake act? I've only seen him on SNL, but they were considering him for this too. I'm guessing it was more because of how big he is though as a name.
He was good in Black Snake Moan. I heard he was also good in Alpha Dog, but I can't say for certain as I didn't see that.
I loved Timberlake in Black Snake Moan (awesome movie in general).
Espy said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:
Ryan Reynolds showed a lot of depth and range in Adventureland, but absolutely no one saw that movie except for me(3 times)
Saw it.
Loved it.
Me too! Except for the ending, which I felt extended too far to reach the ending it wanted to have. [spoiler:25zc572f]I personally think it should have ended when they were all sitting on the field; I don't think they should have got together and I thought him saying fuckit and flying out to New York was tacky.[/spoiler:25zc572f]

As for the Green Lantern thing, as always, I'll hold out until I see it.
[spoiler:25zc572f]I completely agree with the ending. It really seems to undo everything the movie had become up to that point.[/spoiler:25zc572f]


#65

Espy

Espy

Bruno is miles better than Borat.

Slither is fantastic.


That is all.


#66

Shannow

Shannow

Espy said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:
Ryan Reynolds showed a lot of depth and range in Adventureland, but absolutely no one saw that movie except for me(3 times)
Saw it.
Loved it.

Same.


#67

CynicismKills

CynicismKills

I agree on Slither, I'm not normally big on horror (I get more bored than scared) but the camp twist on this one sold it for me. It's hilarious.


#68

Espy

Espy

Shannow said:
Espy said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:
Ryan Reynolds showed a lot of depth and range in Adventureland, but absolutely no one saw that movie except for me(3 times)
Saw it.
Loved it.

Same.
We should form some kind of club.


#69

Shannow

Shannow

ThatNickGuy said:
Kissinger said:
I've been wanting to see Slither. :/
I loved it, honestly. Happily saw it in theatres, bought it (previously viewed) on DVD and never get tired of watching it. It's like a modern version of an old drive in horror flick, but very tongue-in-cheek. Check it out sometime, bud.

Also, this. I loved the mayor in this movie, especially.


#70

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

Espy said:
Shannow said:
Espy said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:
Ryan Reynolds showed a lot of depth and range in Adventureland, but absolutely no one saw that movie except for me(3 times)
Saw it.
Loved it.

Same.
We should form some kind of club.
I'm gonna buy the blu-ray on something resembling day one.


#71

Calleja

Calleja

Year One?


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