Tag: Green Lantern

Marc Guggenheim Disappointed With James Gunn’s Decisions

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The new direction that James Gunn is going with the DC Universe has some repercussions for the people involved in the current Arrowverse which is playing on The CW. Marc Guggenheim looked back at some of DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn’s decisions regarding the development of the new DC Universe (DCU). Gunn and his partner, Peter Safran, are working on and developing a new approach to the movies and TV shows for the DC Universe, having just announced the Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters slate at the end of January.…

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Liam Sharp And Grant Morrison Will Produce Green Lantern

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Since returning to the world of mainstream comics, Liam Sharp has been pretty hard to miss. From his highly acclaimed relaunch of Wonder Woman alongside writer Greg Rucka and fellow artist, Nicola Scott to his revival of DC’s iconic THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD franchise, Sharp’s successfully reminded all of us why the realm of superhero comics had embraced his detailed, lush artistic style in the first place. It’s hard to imagine a comic project that’s more high profile than relaunching Wonder Woman during her 75th anniversary year, right before…

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Tom Cruise May Play Green Lantern On One Condition

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I was holding off reporting just rumors about the next actor for Green Lantern’s Hal Jordan but it has got to the point I felt that it is time to address that rumor. Tom Cruise is reportedly open to taking on the role of Hal Jordan in DC Films’ Green Lantern Corps movie but there is one major condition before he closes a deal to suit up. According to Crazy Days and Nights, Warner Bros. is in talks with Cruise for the role of Green Lantern but the current script…

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Is ‘Green Lantern Corps’ A Reboot From Geoff Johns?

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Geoff Johns talked about his approach in the Green Lantern Corps movie. “You look at everything that worked and didn’t work, on anything,” the comic book writer and screenwriter told Collider at San Diego Comic-Con. “Like revamping a character, reintroducing a character, I’ve done it a lot. The creative kind of viewpoint and way into the character and rebooting and changing it and reintroducing it is informed by everything. It’s informed by comics and both what works and what doesn’t work. I don’t wanna spoil any of the story there,…

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Going Beyond the Source Wall With Scott Snyder’s Justice League

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Major DC Spoilers: At Chicago and C2E2, Scott Snyder was asked what happens to the DC Comic Universe after the events of his series Dark Nights: Metal. About the Source Wall at the end of Metal, Snyder said: “It’s the whole impetus of No Justice … but I’m just gonna spoil it: the Green Lantern Corps goes out to the wall to be like, ‘What’s on the other side?’ The energies are unquantifiable and toxic so they decide to seal it, but they realize is that they have woken up…

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Green Lanterns Talk in the Justice League Movie

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The newest Justice League trailer introduced fans to the DC Extended Universe’s Steppenwolf, the bad guy from Apokolips who attacks Earth with his Parademon army. Steppenwolf is a fierce warrior, who shows great confidence of victory when he mentioned that Earth doesn’t have any Lanterns to protect it. Anyone who is familiar with DC Comics will recognize that this is a reference to the Green Lanterns, the intergalactic police force introduced in the Silver Age of comics of the 50s and 60s. The Green Lantern Corps reboot will eventually happen…

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GREEN LANTERN: EARTH ONE VOLUME 1

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Media Release — The Hugo Award-nominated team of Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman delivers the next installment of DC’s best-selling Earth One line, following in the tradition of New York Times bestsellers WONDER WOMAN: EARTH ONE VOL. 1 by Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette and BATMAN: EARTH ONE VOL. 1 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank. GREEN LANTERN: EARTH ONE VOL. 1 will be available everywhere books are sold on March 20, 2018. The all-new origin story is co-authored by New York Times best-selling author Corinna Bechko (Heathentown) and writer/illustrator…

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Member of the Green Lantern Corps in Justice League Movie?

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Well the rumor about a Justice League movie appearance of a member of the Green Lantern Corps is back again. With all the change in direction of DC Entertainment it just may be true. With a new trailer coming soon the interest in Justice league will grow even though it is close to a year before the movie premiers. A lot of people would like this film to do well and see the quality of DC films improve. While Warner Bros.’ Green Lantern Corps movie won’t hit theaters until 2020,…

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DC COMICS REBIRTH Official Announcement

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WATCH: Johns Declares “Rebirth” “Not Just An Event,” but “An Ongoing Mission” | Geoff Johns Details “Rebirth” Plan, Seeks to Restore Legacy to DC Universe | “Action,” “Detective Comics” Return To Original Numbering For “Rebirth” | Johns Announces “Justice League” Departure Ahead Of “Rebirth” After weeks of speculation, DC Comics has released the first details on “Rebirth,” an initiative first teased last month. And as made clear early this week, it’s not a reboot — but it is a movement to restore some of what fans have been missing from…

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‘Man of Steel’ will open door for more DC Comics superhero movies

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Man of Steel comes to theaters June 14th, 2013 and stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Jadin Gould, Christopher Meloni. The film is directed by Zack Snyder. When Man of Steel hits theaters on June 14, it won’t just mark the arrival of a new Superman — it will also lay the groundwork for the future slate of films based on DC Comics. BEGIN INTERVIEW: Jeff Robinov, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, spoke to EW for this week’s cover story on the…

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Wrath of The First Lantern in Green Lantern

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Wrath of The First Lantern Story in the New 52 During an interview, Geoff Johns commented that The First Lantern will feature in a cross-over event called “Wrath of The First Lantern” and commented on the characters role in the story: “I don’t want to say he’s a villain or a hero,” Johns says of the First Lantern, who was introduced in DC Comics’ recent Green Lantern Annual. “He’s just a being who’s targeting our main lanterns, our guys, to see if there’s a way that maybe the universe could…

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Young Justice and Green Lantern on Cartoon Network to End

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A recent Press release omitted Young Justice and Green Lantern: The Animated Series from its returning show roster, leading to speculation the shows had been cancelled. Now, we have official confirmation that both shows will not return after their current seasons. On January 28th, a press release was issued to boast Cartoon Network’s upcoming block of cartoons. New shows such as Beware The Batman and Teen Titans Go! were on the release, but two glared out as missing, Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice. Speculation was that the…

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DC NATION IS BACK FINALLY

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All new episodes of Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Young Justice Invasion, and all new animated shorts return to DC Nation on Cartoon Network Saturday, January 5th, 10/9am c. After the delay of programing from the Cartoon Network for what ever reason the new episodes for Green lantern and Young Justice will resume. DC Comics Entertainment needs to realize that many fans were unhappy with the sudden pull of these popular programs and may not come back. But such is the world of TV entertainment. Stay tuned comic faithful for…

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Green Lantern Annual #1 Preview Rise of the Third Army

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Media Release; Next week marks the launch of the next big storyline in the Green Lantern comics, Rise of the Third Army. For a long time now, the Guardians of the Universe have been planning to extinguish the Green Lantern Corps — and they’re finally putting their plan into motion. Plus, Black Hand is back and apparently, Hal Jordan is set to become the greatest Black Lantern of them all. Could that explain his absence from the previously released covers for October’s GL books? Green Lantern Annual #1 offers up…

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The New Green Lantern’s Name

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MEDIA RELEASE: Not much is known about the new Green Lantern being introduced to readers with September’s Green Lantern #0, after the apparent ominous events of August’s Green Lantern Annual #1, but at least now we can put a name to the face … or at least a name to the face mostly hidden by a mask. According to a solicitation of October’s Green Lantern #13, found on Diamond’s retailer website, his name is apparently Baz. This is how the description is listed on the DC website: • “Rise of…

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