Just as we get the 2 year tentpole lineup from the Brothers Warner, the obvious oversight was a Green Lantern movie. Well word has it that they are still working on making that happen, but its just not yet. Now wild speculation and rumour hit the net with a large dose of doubt on it. Apparently Anton Yelchin is being rumoured as the Green Lantern.
Just when the Green Lantern movie was starting to sound cool – epic script and Martin Campbell as director, comes a rumor that is NOT good news. It seems that for some bizarre reason, Warner Bros. wants to go “young” on the Green Lantern movie. The word from Latino Review is that one actor being considered to wear the emerald and black tights is:
Anton Yelchin.
Among the reasons I think this guy would be completely wrong for the role are pretty much the same reasons that had that Teen Titans of a Justice League movie shoved back in the can, never to be opened again.
They already struggled with the idea of a cast of 20 somethings as the Justice League, and in due time (and violent slaps to the melon) WB pulled the plug on the idea. So why would they revisit this angle with Green Lantern? Why not just piss in their own cornflakes and let Jack Black back as Hal Jordan and make the thing a goofball underdog comedy?
Now I have nothing against the actor. I actually enjoyed Charlie Bartlett, and he is no stranger to iconic roles playing the young Chekov in the upcoming Star Trek as well as Kyle Reese, the man who would sire John Connor in Terminator Salvation. My issue here is this guy who turns 20 next week playing a seasoned Air Force Test Pilot?
My only reaction is that if they are going with this guy (or someone similarly aged) are they altering the Hal Jordan resume? Will they be changing something about the character’s past that will allow for a younger actor to play Hal? Maybe he will play a younger Hal in flashbacks – oh please let that be it!
Hal Jordan’s occupation as a Test Pilot was largely that he was fearless. Abin Sur (the previous Lantern) crashes on Earth and predicting his demise tells the ring to find someone who is pure of heart and born without fear. Thus the ring CHOSE the noble honest and fearless test pilot as his new master. Removing the idea that the ring chooses its wearer alters a core element of the character and much of the moral conflicts he will face.
I do hope this rumour turns out wrong, or at very least somewhat inaccurate. I really look forward to a Green Lantern film but I want a believable guy to be the Guardian of sector 2814.
I like him but he looks like he’s 12.
chuck
I think he’s way too young
he denied these rumors at wondercon unless i read wrong
To Dorky.
David Boreanez.
Ok, not that I agree that Anton Yelchin would be my first choice as GL, Who knows he very well could be the shit at it. Ive eatin crow to many times to assume that an actor would be horrible for a certain role. How soon we forget how most of us all reacted when we heard Heath Ledger Mr Broke Back himself was playing the infamous Joker. But I agree Anton Yelchin not my first choice
How old is he? 13?
Why the hell not cast a superhero who looks like an adult man.
I’m looking forward to the Watchmen, but it seemed like most of the actors were too young for the parts.
It seems like Green Lantern especially should be played by someone who looks like the kind of man you’d see in an Air Force officers club, not some shave-chested pretty boy.
I agree, definitely not the age area they should be looking for! Vote NO!
do you guys do movie reviews these days?
About 2 years ago, that was the reason i got into this site!
I don’t know whythey couldn’t just let Jack Black do it and do a serious movie. A little pre-fiming (Physicall)training and he could pull it off. Just keep Tenacious D away from anywhere near the soundtrack and I’d give it a fair chance to work. DC Comics have an element of kookiness(SP?) to them anyway. Look at some of the other Green Lantrens!
Because if they let Jack Black play it, Lantern would be making giant penises and flipping the bird with his ring.
It would be a goofball underdog comedy, which is fine for other mediums, but NOT for someone as serious as GL. There has been no “kookiness” with GL while Hal was around.
I think we all saw what Jack Black could do in a serious role ala (King Kong)I love the guy as a comedian but keep him away from the serious roles please.
anti, i completel agree
Oh hell no…
I just sold my TimeWarner stock (TWX) True story…
Ok I still have my 250 shares, but this had better be debunked quickly.
MY picks and MANY of you won’t agree with my top pick.
1. James Van Der Beek (Right age, plus showed his chops in Rules of Attraction)
2. Kerr Smith (Justice, Christian McMahon doppleganger)
3. Ian Somerhalder (Lost)
4. Kip Pardue (Driven)
5. Guy Pearce (Memento)
You’d better get Yelchin a 24 hr IV drip of HGH for him to be my choice for GL.
Test pilots are generally guys who have been in service for a few years at least, proving their skills over time. I would place Jordan at 26 years old AT LEAST when he became GL. This kid isn’t what the film needs.
There might have been 26 year old test pilots during WWII, but not today.
You need a college degree to become a pilot, that means you really can’t start until about 22. A pilot’s innitial committment will be for 8 years. I don’t believe you can apply for test pilot school untill you’re re-upped at least once.
22 + 8 = 30
I read a book on the navel test pilot school a few years back, and it seemed like most of the candidates were mid-to-late-thirties.
Anyone who wants to cast an actor in his 20s to play a test pilot got everything they know about the military from Iron Eagles.
Nope won’t work well at all…..
No one in a million years imagined Tobey Maguire as Spiderman but he was able to pull that off, and I still don’t think Tobey is all that great as Spidey, he just doesnt have Spideys crass smart-ass side that has always been missing from the Spiderman movies.
That being said, Anton does look a bit young, I was hoping for someone just a bit older say 25-28! If they were to go with an older actor I would be in favor of Jim Caviezal as he has this intensity about him that matches Hal Jordon’s demeanor.
Uh, i dont think the GL movie was “missing” from the announcement… they even gave it a date…
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The breakdown goes something like this
December 25, 2009 Sherlock Holmes
March 26, 2010 – Clash of the Titans
July 16, 2010 – Inception (Nolan’s next film after Batman)
(Same weekend as Marvel Films’ Thor)
August 6, 2010 – Jonah Hex
December 2010 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
December 17, 2010. – Green Lantern
July 15 2011 –
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
(Same weekend as Marvel Films’ The Avengers)
I’ve crapped bigger possiblities for Hal Jordan that this kid.
This dude looks nothing at all like the type of guy that should play the GL and don the tights. I’m not familiar at all with this kid and I don’t care what body of work he already has under his belt. Screw this kid.
It seems Waner Bros. is living in denial and smoking some of that good stuff. They should do the smart thing and cast David Boreanez, from the show Angel. It isn’t so much that he did great voice-over work as GL in the animated dvd film “The New Frontier”, he really seems and looks like he could pull it off. He’s a great actor that alot of people don’t pay attention to.
King out.
ive always considered GL to be the 2nd strongest membere of the JLA next to supes…but if HE plays green lantern…then hed look like a fucking child
Oh please don’t be true, please don’t be true.
Arkanj0 sort of nailed it, though Boreanaz is just a little too old now, even with all his connections with the character. The same’s true of NPH for The Flash – although they are techinally perfect for it, they’re just over the age boundry.
Anyway, to the point – someone like Boreanaz please.
thanks Rodney, now i can’t shake off the image of Jack Black as Hal Jordan lol
Thats hilarious.
WTF??
Bring David Boreanaz to play Hal Jordan :)
I don’t see it either, but when sigur ros is playing, I will agree to anything…
Uh… what does an Icelandic progressive rock band have to do with this?
Sorry, let me finish, he SURE AS SHIT looks nothing like Hal Goddamn Jordan. Please let this be a fake rumor. Please, please, please……
To be fair, he does have the jawline…
But I still dont want him to play Hal.
This is a joke right???? Right??????? I mean it has to be because regardless of how great a Chekov he may be he SURE AS SHIT