Before becoming DC Entertainment’s Chief Creative Officer, Geoff Johns was key to defining Green Lantern in a way that no one else had, so his eyes are fixed keenly on Ryan Reynolds and the Green Lantern feature film.
In an interview he shared his feelings on what he has seen so far.
ScreenRant quotes Johns:
“The movie looks fantastic. I’m heading back down to New Orleans in a few weeks, but I just watched the Abin Sur/Hal Jordan dailies, and it’s amazing seeing that ring passed to Hal in live action. Abin Sur looks kick-ass.
They did such a great job. They’ve got Grant [Major] as a production designer. He’s from “Lord of the Rings,” and the visuals on this film are nothing like you could imagine. It’s definitely a Green Lantern fan’s dream. For me, it’s kind of insane to see this stuff come to life.
And Ryan Reynolds is a perfect Hal Jordan. He brings a lot of humor to it, but he also has the humanity that Hal has. And a little bit of the arrogance, so it’s a great match.”
I worry a little when he says that he brings the humor to Hal as I was hoping to see less of Reynolds’ trademark snark to draw a line from this character to Deadpool.
Hopefully its a different kind of humour and he plays him mostly straight.
But still good to see the discerning eye of Geoff Johns giving his thumbs up on this.
