‘Green Lantern 2′ discussion

[Horhay]

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Expect ‘Green Lantern 2′ to Be Darker and Edgier Than the First

Green Lantern had a reasonable (not great) opening weekend but was otherwise a creative and financial dud. It is an example of that strange studio phenomenon: a film that manages to feel both over-written, with villains and setpieces seemingly cobbled together from different script drafts, and under-scripted, thanks to the total lack of sense behind most of the character actions. And audiences didn’t respond, once the marketing gave way to word of mouth? Shocker.

Because that opening weekend was north of $50m, Warner Bros. is still planning a sequel. What will the studio’s approach be this time? A solid script that establishes a story with logical and emotional drive and then embellishes it with action? Pfft. Why bother, when it can just be darker and edgier? (Or Dark Knight-ier, as the case may be.)

Warner Bros. film group president Jeff Robinov told the LA Times,

We had a decent opening so we learned there is an audience. 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.

There is already a script outline put together by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim, all of whom worked on the first film. But the LAT reports anonymous sources saying that the outline could be changed or scrapped altogether.

And as for Martin Campbell, who directed the first? He has an option to direct the sequel, but WB reportedly doesn’t want him to be in the big chair. So there might be some backstage dealmaking to be done, but expect to see another name on the film in 2013 or so. (As we expected, really.)

Source: /Film

I didn't see the first, so for any that did watch it, how can they improve and make it darker?

 

[dboy99]

Shocker! another movie that is being marketed as Dark and Gritty.Give me a break.Just make the movie longer,the suit less crap and better opponents.

keep Ryan Reynolds but let him off the leash he was so constrained in the first movie,not one good sarcastic joke.

 

[Badtz]

"Darker and Edgier" or… "we're copying Nolan's style, but will have a poor result"

 

[dboy99]

"Darker and Edgier" or… "we're copying Nolan's style, but will have a poor result"

 

[toddly6666]

oh god, just get a better writer. Darker and edgier doesn't mean better. They can make it a G-rated family film for all I care as long as they get a good writer!

I liked the first one - didn't see why it deserved all its hate.

If they want to do something different, they should use the Jon Stewart Green Lantern, especially since there aren't too many famous black superheroes. It's not even like they have to start over since there are tons of Green Lanterns - no need to have some long trilogy focusing on one Green Lantern character.

Darker (black) and edgier (bad-ass) anyway = Jon Stewart Green Lantern

 

[dboy99]

oh god, just get a better writer. Darker and edgier doesn't mean better. They can make it a G-rated family film for all I care as long as they get a good writer!

I liked the first one - didn't see why it deserved all its hate.

If they want to do something different, they should use the Jon Stewart Green Lantern, especially since there aren't too many famous black superheroes. It's not even like they have to start over since there are tons of Green Lanterns - no need to have some long trilogy focusing on one Green Lantern character.

Darker (black) and edgier (bad-ass) anyway = Jon Stewart Green Lantern

Now that's what i'm talking about.I have no idea why they didn't go with John in the first place.But then again ,if they did he would have had a bad movie.

 

[Drum18]

From CBM:

Late last week Cosmicbooknews posted a report which claimed they had "exclusive" news on the planned sequel to the disappointing Green Lantern movie. The site used information from a brief plot outline from the movie - which WAS planned before the first one's critical and commercial failure - to outline a supposed script draft for a sequel they maintained was still to go into production. Obviously this wasn't true, but some other sites did pick up on the story. One such site was Comicbook.com, and after reaching out for clarification to one of the screenwriters from the first film, Marc Guggenheim, they received the following response..

'absolute bullshit'.

Seems like nothing is certain then...


EDIT:
MOVIE CANCELLED.