‘Green Lantern’ Sets Up $150 Million Dollar Production in Sydney

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on April 16, 2009 Share

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News is coming down the wire that the long-gestating production of Green Lantern, the DC Comics property that is next up for Warner Bros., is finally setting up shop down under. The Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) directed film will be made at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney and will begin pre-production in July and begin filming in November.

According to a report from THR, the production has been given a budget of $150 million dollars and will likely be eligible for the Australian government’s 15% location rebate on top of the incentives supplied by the New South Wales government incentives. The production is also said to have been lured by the recent decline in the value of the Australian dollar.

Well, good for them. Now that they have a location, fans can anxiously anticipate the pre-production process which will include the casting of the big screen Green Lantern. Last we heard, Star Trek’s Chris Pine was in the running.

Who would you like to see play The Green Lantern?

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  • James A. Merritt
    I like Boreanaz as an actor -- I've always been a huge fan of Angel and Bones, for example -- but I don't see him as Hal Jordan. Nathan Fillion seems a much better choice to me. Chris Pine? Maybe he could play Kyle Raynor, but he needs a few more years to pass as Hal Jordan. Seann William Scott as Guy Gardner is a very interesting suggestion. One thing I want to see is Jeffrey Combs as one of the Guardians. He's already comfortable with blue makeup from Star Trek Enterprise. :-)
  • I liked David Boreanaz as Hal in the New Frontier. And hell, he looks like Hal in real life. So why not cast him? What if they cast Pine and Star Trek isn't as awesome as everyone hopes and his stock declines majorly? Granted, GL could pick it right back up, but still. I'd rather see someone who is more familiar and recognizable in the role. A.k.a, someone who's already played Hal.
  • I would agree with you on that one Steven, he also has the acting ability to pull it off.
  • Steven
    David Borenaz would be sweet as Green Lantern. And he's a huge fan of the character, too.
  • Chris
    All I'm saying, is that Guy Gardner better show up. Even if it's a cameo that sets up something in a sequel, that would be fine. But dammit, I wanna see Guy in all his asshole-ish glory!
  • Ditto that! So there's a question: who do you see as Guy? If he wasn't already playing the merc-with-a-mouth, I'd pick Ryan Reynolds.
  • Chris
    Good question, Dragonmum. If I had my druthers, I would say Rowdy Roddy Piper (back in his They Live days). Nowadays though, maybe Seann William Scott (slap a bowl haircut on 'em. He's got the prickish attitude down when he played Stifler)? Or barring that (acting ability aside), maybe that guy who played Johnny Storm in the Fantastic 4 movies?

    Just DO NOT make Guy into The Warrior. Good Lord, we don't need that!
  • Now why didn't I think of Sean Wiliam Scott? You're right, he'd be better than Reynolds.

    Oh HELL no not the Warrior - that's when I stopped reading it. Why is it when a character finally gets his/her own book, the writing turns stupid??

    /soapbox
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  • phrenetik
    As long as Martin Campbell's directing this, I'm sure it's going to go the right away. Casino Royale was a darn good 'origins' movie of sorts.
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