Variety reports that Greg Berlanti will direct the big-screen adaptation of Green Lantern, and will also write the script with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green. Per Variety:
Berlanti hopes to make the jump to big-budget fantasy fare after serving as writer and exec producer on character-driven TV series “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Everwood,” “Jack & Bobby” and “Dawson’s Creek.” He previously directed 2000 feature “The Broken Hearts Club.”
Warner Bros. and DC Comics assigned the project to De Line, who is currently in Morocco shooting “Body of Lies,” the Ridley Scott-directed WB drama that stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.
Guggenheim, who works with Berlanti as a writer-producer on “Brothers & Sisters,” wrote the Marvel comic books “Amazing Spider-Man,” “Wolverine” and “Blade.” Green, the “Heroes” co-exec producer who worked with Berlanti on “Everwood” and “Jack & Bobby,” wrote the Marvel Comics title “Superman/Batman” and was a writer-producer on “Smallville.”
The Hollywood Reporter has more:
“To me, this was on the last great comic book movie that hasn’t been made,” said Berlanti, who grew up reading comics in the 1980s. “It was a comic book with a real mythology that you would see in a lot of the space operas and the sci-fi books. The best part about it, anybody can be become one of the Green Lanterns because anyone can end up with that ring.”
Well, not quite anyone … per the Reporter, Hal Jordan will be the focus of the film. They also say that Berlanti pitched Warner Brothers on a series of Green Lantern movies, with the first being the origin of how Jordan becomes a member of the intergalactic police force.
On Sunday we found out that another JLA member, the Flash, also has a director in place for his solo film, which will be a spin-off of the Justice League movie.
October 29th, 2007 at 7:33 am
I’m glad that WB is realizing the potential the Green Lantern concept has for a movie franchise. Based on the comment about the “real mythology that you would see in a lot of the space operas and the sci-fi books”, it sounds like they understand the potential. I wonder if Sinestro will be the villain of the first movie or if they’re going to play up the betrayal.
The Manhunters would be great adversaries for the entire Corps to fight.
October 29th, 2007 at 8:12 am
wrote the Marvel Comics title “Superman/Batman”
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October 29th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
John Byrne says this movie is going to suck and I agree with him.
October 30th, 2007 at 3:17 am
Well, heaven forfend any disagree with the High Father Byrne. Based on Berlanti’s well-reviewed TV work, this might be OK. Why don’t you ask Mr. Byrne how he likes The Death of the New Gods mini so far?
January 12th, 2008 at 4:50 am
Its about time for Green Lantern to shine…