There are at least a hundred million little green reasons not to make Green Lantern 2, but Warners is ignoring all of them. That’s as true now as it was after the film’s release. “We had a decent opening so we learned there is an audience,” Warners President Jeff Robinov told the LA Times. “To go forward we need to make it a little edgier and darker with more emphasis on action…. And we have to find a way to balance the time the movie spends in space versus on Earth.” Forget edgy and dark. Just make a good movie. Let Reynolds have fun, stop being so mopey, and make us care about what happens to him. What they really need is a script that doesn’t have the same lack of energy or second act problems. On the one hand, it’s a dangerous financial move that doesn’t earn much fan credit because the movie was so bland. On the other, as I’ve argued before, this is another chance to get it right. Warners already has a script from Green Lantern writers Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim, although they may make significant changes to it or scrap it altogether. Regardless of what they choose, the lesson they have to learn is the same one that freshman college students taking their first class in screenwriting are about to learn this fall: how to tell a story. With any luck, the box office beating that the first film took will be

This week, Fat Guy Kevin Carr horses around this week with the legendary racehorse from the 1970s, hoping he too can go home with Diane Lane. After racing out to see Secretariat, he wonders if Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel would be anything more than a pretty couple. Then he gets down on his knees and prays: “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I beg you skip My Soul to Take.”.

It’s become clear that Warner Bros. has a lot of confidence in the Martin Campbell directed Green Lantern movie. They must be seeing something incredible from the Louisiana set. Because putting money into the first film in a B-level superhero franchise is one thing, but starting work on sequel before principal photography is wrapped on the first is something different entirely.

Over the years, it’s likely that you’ve become accustomed to disregarding any romantic comedy starring Katherine Heigl. However, this Greg Berlanti directed comedy Life As We Know It might be her saving grace.

This has been a pretty crazy week for comic-book movie news hasn’t it? David Goyer is writing the upcoming Superman reboot! One of these five interchangeable young actors (or the guy from The Office) may play Captain America! But now news has hit that trumps both those stories. The Flash may have a director!

Mad Men star and actress who I think should play anything (including Barbarella), Christina Hendricks is getting some work — which is good, because as I mentioned, she’s a damn good actress.

Over the past 12-15 hours, there has been a battle raging online over a casting rumor started by the folks over at IESB. Half the web says Chris Pine is the Green Lantern, the other half says “not so fast.” We only care about what we say, and also what you say.

Our good friend Frosty at Collider caught up with Warner Bros. Chief Alan Horn this week at the premiere of Yes Man. And instead of asking him about Yes Man 2 (which we’re all hoping for), he asked about a bunch of silly superhero movies…

While today doesn’t bring an official announcement, it does bring some interesting rumors from the hallways of Warner Bros.

Much like Iron Man, the Green Lantern has been under the radar of mainstream audiences, but has an amazing fan following. And now, thanks to this concept art, it looks like the production is headed in the right direction.

Greg Berlanti has signed on to direct the upcoming Green Lantern movie. He’s going to be taking on scripting duties as well, along with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green.