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Green Lantern to get the Bond treatment? – Martin Campbell to Direct?

By • February 5, 2009 • 1 Comment

According to our friends over at Variety, Warner Bros. is negotiating with Martin Campbell to direct The Green Lantern, the live-action film based on the DC Comics hero. The article had this to say:

“Campbell last directed Casino Royale and recently wrapped the Mel Gibson picture, Edge of Darkness based on the 1985 BBC miniseries that Campbell helmed.

The emergence of Campbell, who also helmed two Zorro“films and the 007 film GoldenEye puts Green Lantern at the top of DC properties being set for movie treatment by WB. While the studio is hoping director Chris Nolan will follow its 2008 smash The Dark Knight with another Batfilm, DC projects such as Superman and ”Justice League” were expected to happen quickly, but have stalled.

Instead, the hot DC titles are Green Lantern and Jonah Hex the latter of which has Josh Brolin set to play a disfigured gunslinger in a film that begins production in April, directed by Jimmy Heyward (Horton Hears a Who).

Greg Berlanti wrote the script with notable comics writer Marc Guggenheim (currently on Amazing Spider-man) and Michael Green. Donald DeLine will produce with Berlanti.

Berlanti had once been considered to direct. Instead, WB has attached him to direct This Is Where I Leave You the upcoming Jonathan Tropper novel which will be adapted by the author”

The only work I’m familiar with of Campbell is GoldenEye and Casino Royale but I enjoyed both of those films and think that Green Lantern is in good hands. My excitement for this project is growing like Kevin Coll around Zac Effron.

What do YOU think?

Source: Variety

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  • Kevin Coll

    I am super excited about this! I think Martin Campbell is the best choice. He is a great action director the reminds me a lot of John Frankenheimer.

    If you compare is action direction on GoldenEye and Casino Royale – they are very similiar and equally great! Also his direction in the Zorro films was really good too. Campy and stupid as the films were the action was always the best part.

    I am really glad this is a choice by DC. Campbell + Berlanti/Guggenheim/Green = Great Movie!

    I just hope they do not screw-up with the casting of Hal Jordan.

    and I am not excited about Efron! I merely was pointing out that is the type of rediculous casting they would do in The Flash!