For our readers who sometimes complain that Cinema Sins are just nitpicking–this one’s a freebie. The popular YouTube parody video series took six minutes to gripe about their concerns over Green Lantern–and while some of them, such as the simple act of being a DC adaptation, are a little off-the-mark,...
Mark Strong, who played Sinestro in Warner Bros.’s poorly-received Green Lantern feature film, told MTV that while he enjoyed playing Sinestro, there’s likely not much chance that the planned sequels will ever actually happen. “I really like Green Lantern,” Strong said in a recent interview with MTV Splash Page. “I don’t have...
Well, that didn’t take very long. News of an ambitious first draft for Green Lantern 2, which would feature Warworld, the Sinestro Corps and reunite much of the cast from the first film have hardly begun to circulate from a Cosmic Booknews report we just covered, and already we’ve been...
UPDATE: Writer Marc Guggenheim, named as the author of the draft in the report below, has denied its veracity. Read here for more. According to an explosive report at Cosmic Booknews, a Green Lantern 2 script has already been written–and they’ve got details. In addition to the revelation that Kevin Michael Richardson,...
Tonight was the premiere of the 38th season of Saturday Night Live. Seth MacFarlane was the host, and his opening monologue consisted of him doing some of his famous character voices. Later in the episode, SNL poked a little fun at a much-maligned comic book movie from last summer. On...
Remember when, in 2009, the talk of the Oscars was how The Dark Knight–the second-highest grossing film of all time at that point and widely critically beloved–had been “snubbed,” failing to hand it a Best Picture nomination? It did receive eight nominations that year–largely in technical categories–and won two, including...
Could Green Lantern be making a comeback? Fresh off winning the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Movie Superhero, Green Lantern is now receiving accolades from a well-respected director. According to The Quentin Tarantino Archives, Quentin Tarantino has listed the Green Lantern movie as one of the movies he liked in...
In what has to be a shocker, Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Movie Superhero. Other nominees in the category included Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, James McAvoy as Professor X, and Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique.
The holidays are coming to a close, and with the new year just hours away, it’s time to take our annual look back at the year that was in comics, with some of the hits, misses, high points and low points. Yes, we’re taking a look today at my own...
There are fewer and fewer mythical beasts still left in our world that science or some other medium hasn’t already exposed or explained away to us. The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, chupacabras come to mind, but how about that elusive creature that we’ve heard about so much the past few...
A question that sometimes comes up for debate is the idea of what exactly makes a movie a “comic book movie”. There are the obvious features such as superheroes, villains, costumes, powers and such, but while there are obvious comic book choices such as The Dark Knight that seem to...
After a disappointing box office and harsh critical reviews, many probably thought that the Green Lantern franchise would end with a single movie. However, the Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Warner Bros. is still planning to move forward with a sequel. While lots of critics are probably groaning at this...
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights stars Nathan Fillion(Firefly), Jason Issacs(Harry Potter), Elisabeth Moss(Mad Men), and Henry Rollins (Sons of Anarchy). It is the latest direct to DVD animated movie in the DC Universe line. Like Batman: Gotham Knight, it is an anthology, telling tales of various Green Lantern Corps members. This...
So if you haven’t seen the Green Lantern movie yet, and like to be surprised by what happens after the credits in a superhero movie, then be warned that you are about to read a spoiler. However, if you have seen the Green Lantern movie, and are looking for a...
With the drubbing many critics have given the Green Lantern movie, most box office predictors were calling for one of the biggest comic book movie flops of all time. However, early indications are that moviegoers are proving fearless to bad reviews as far as Green Lantern is concerned. After the...
