Ryan Reynolds is the "Green Lantern"

[NFS4]

http://weblogs.variety.com/bfd...the-green-lantern.html

Ryan Reynolds has landed the coveted role of ?Green Lantern,? getting the starring role in Warner Bros.' live-action film based on the DC Comics hero.

Martin Campbell will direct. The studio is still working on the picture?s budget, but production is expected to begin in January.

The news caps off a memorable summer for Reynolds, who played Deadpool in ?X-Men Origins: Wolverine,? a performance that prompted Fox to begin development on a spinoff film. Reynolds followed that by starring opposite Sandra Bullock in the romantic comedy ?The Proposal,? which crossed the $100 million mark this week.

Warners and Campbell chose Reynolds, who vied for the superhero role along with ?The Hangover? star Bradley Cooper and Jared Leto. The momentum built for Reynolds in the last week, as he was the only actor whose option was extended.

Greg Berlanti wrote the script with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green. Donald DeLine will produce with Berlanti. Reynolds? reps at UTA are working out his deal.

The actor will next star in ?Buried,? a dark indie drama that will begin filming shortly in Barcelona with Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes. Reynolds will play a civilian contractor who is kidnapped in Iraq and awakes in a coffin, struggling against time to coordinate a rescue even though he doesn?t know where he?s buried in the desert.

 

[Kaido]

Isn't he doing Deadpool?

 

[Mo0o]

That's weird.

 

[jjzelinski]

And here I thought the Green Lantern was just about the cheesiest comic book character of all time...

 

[marincounty]

I can't really understand the sudden celebrity of Ryan Reynolds. It can't be his acting talent...he's not really great looking....it must be the abs.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Can't say that I have read a single Green Lantern comic.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: marincounty
I can't really understand the sudden celebrity of Ryan Reynolds. It can't be his acting talent...he's not really great looking....it must be the abs.

Abs + funny = works for both guys and girls. Think Blade 3/Wolverine, then think The Proposal. He's starting to remind me of Will Smith, a bit.

 

[knawlejj]

Originally posted by: marincounty
I can't really understand the sudden celebrity of Ryan Reynolds. It can't be his acting talent...he's not really great looking....it must be the abs.

I'm not gay or anything, but I think he's a handsome duder. Yes, the abs do add quite a bit of appeal...my girlfriend is in love with him.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: marincounty
I can't really understand the sudden celebrity of Ryan Reynolds. It can't be his acting talent...he's not really great looking....it must be the abs.

I thought he was great in Smoking Aces, definitely surprised me as an actor.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: knawlejj

Originally posted by: marincounty
I can't really understand the sudden celebrity of Ryan Reynolds. It can't be his acting talent...he's not really great looking....it must be the abs.

I'm not gay or anything, but I think he's a handsome duder. Yes, the abs do add quite a bit of appeal...my girlfriend is in love with him.

It's just that he's symbolic of what most of our nerd crew here isn't - ripped and funny

edit: *hustles over to the Health & Fitness forum*

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: marincounty
I can't really understand the sudden celebrity of Ryan Reynolds. It can't be his acting talent...he's not really great looking....it must be the abs.

Sudden? I thought he was funny as shit as van wilder, hes done ok with the other stuff.

 

[ric1287]

thought Seth Rogan had this part?

edit* ah, hes the "Green Hornet"

 

[Mo0o]

Reynolds has really good comedic timing. The jokes dont have to be top notch but his delivery is really smooth

 

[cliftonite]

I dunno about his acting...

 

[IAteYourMother]

i wish will smith could've done it..

 

[classy]

Originally posted by: jjzelinski
And here I thought the Green Lantern was just about the cheesiest comic book character of all time...

I loved the Green Lantern. Back when I was little in the 70s, the Green Lantern was cool as hell. In the 90s they kinda messed up a lot of the DC comic characters. I like Ryan Reynolds too, cool guy.

 

[lifeobry]

He said: "I don?t really play video games. Is there a way to waste more f?ing time?"

By the gods, why is this man playing a comic book hero!? Comic books and video games are like this son.

 

[Lean L]

Originally posted by: lifeobry
He said: "I don?t really play video games. Is there a way to waste more f?ing time?"

By the gods, why is this man playing a comic book hero!? Comic books and video games are like this son.

because ppl don't want to see the typical video gamer/ comic book guy on TV. think tron man. Now try to cast him as a comic book hero. Did I hear $0 box office?

 

[ChaoZ]

This movie is going to suck, and not in a good way.

 

[ohtwell]

He's a better choice that Justin Timberlake, who I think was also up for the role!


: ) Amanda

 

[Locut0s]

Sadly I never got into the comics but I did get hooked on the Justice League cartoons where Green Lantern is black so I keep picturing the character being played by a black man.

 

[dudeman007]

Are we all still really talking about this crap?

 

[venkman]

Supermans weakness is Kryptonite
Batman's weakness is his mortality/his refusal to kill
Green Lanterns weakness is...wait for it....the color yellow?!?!?! WTF!?!?! Besides, wouldn't the same YELLOW sun that gives Superman his powers completely F-up GL?

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: venkman
Supermans weakness is Kryptonite
Batman's weakness is his mortality/his refusal to kill
Green Lanterns weakness is...wait for it....the color yellow?!?!?! WTF!?!?! Besides, wouldn't the same YELLOW sun that gives Superman his powers completely F-up GL?

Wonder Woman's weakness is having her hands tied together by a man :Q

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: marincounty
I can't really understand the sudden celebrity of Ryan Reynolds. It can't be his acting talent...he's not really great looking....it must be the abs.

Most the females I know think he's quite attractive