The film first entereddevelopment in 1997; progress remained stalled until Berlanti was hired to write and direct in October 2007.Martin Campbell was brought on board in February 2009 after Berlanti was forced to vacate the director's position. Most of the live-action actors were cast between July 2009 and February 2010, and filming took place from March to August 2010 inLouisiana. The film was converted to3D during its post-production stage. This was the first DC film sinceCatwoman (2004) not to be involved withLegendary Pictures.
Green Lantern was released in the United States on June 17, 2011, byWarner Bros. Pictures. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics for its script, tone, visual effects, and unfaithfulness to the source material, although the performance of Reynolds was praised. At the box office, it grossed only $220 million against a $200 million budget. It was intended to start a film franchise based on DC characters, but due to the film's critical and commercial disappointment, Warner Bros. scrapped plans for a sequel. They would instead useMan of Steel (2013) as the official start of theDC Extended Universe, two years afterGreen Lantern's release.[3][4]
Abin Sur of Sector 2814 defeats the malevolent beingParallax and imprisons him in the Lost Sector on the desolate planet Ryut. Years later, Parallax escapes from prison after becoming strengthened by an encounter with crash survivors who had accidentally fallen into the dugout where he was imprisoned. Parallax feeds on their fear to gain strength before pursuing and mortally wounding Abin Sur, who escapes and crash-lands onEarth commanding hispower ring to find a worthy successor.
Hal Jordan, a cocky test pilot working at Ferris Aircraft, is chosen by the ring and transported to the crash site. Abin Sur appoints him a Green Lantern, telling him to take the lantern and speakthe oath, but dies before Hal can begin recitation of the oath. The ring teleports Hal to the planetOa, where he meets veteran Corps membersTomar-Re,Kilowog, and Corps leaderSinestro, who believes he is unfit and fearful. Disheartened by his extreme training sessions and Sinestro's doubts, Hal quits and returns to Earth keeping the power ring and lantern.
Meanwhile, scientistHector Hammond is summoned by his father, Senator Robert Hammond, to asecret government facility to perform an autopsy on Abin Sur's body under the watchful eye ofAmanda Waller. A piece of Parallax inside the corpse enters Hammond, giving himpsychic powers at the cost of his health and sanity. After discovering that he was chosen for the secret work only due to his father's influence and not for his own abilities, Hammond attempts to kill his father bytelekinetically sabotaging his helicopter at a massive party with the use of Parallax's power. Hal saves the senator and the party guests, including his childhood sweetheartCarol Ferris.
The following night, Hal visits Carol's home under his superhero identity, but she immediately recognizes him after getting a closer look. However, Carol becomes saddened after learning that Hal quit the Corps. Later at the government facility, Hector elevates Waller high above the floor. As she is falling, Hal arrives and saves the injured Waller by creating a pool of water which whisks her away out of further danger. Hector then uses his telekinesis to incinerate his father. During the encounter, Haltelepathically connects with Hector and learns of Parallax approaching Earth before Hammond escapes.
Back in Oa, the Guardians tell Sinestro that Parallax was one of their fellow guardians who attempted to control the yellow essence of fear, only to become corrupted himself. Arguing that the way to fight fear is with fear itself, Sinestro requests that the Guardians forge a ring of the same yellow power, preparing to concede Earth's destruction to Parallax in order to protect Oa. Hal appears and tries to convince the Guardians that fear will turn the users evil if its power is used, but they reject his pleas. He returns to Earth to try to defeat Parallax on his own.
Hal saves Carol from Hammond after a brief showdown. Parallax arrives, consumes Hammond's entire life force, and then wreaks havoc onCoast City. After a fierce battle, Hal lures Parallax away from Earth to chase him across theSolar System. Parallax is caught in the sun'sgravitational pull and is destroyed. Hal loses consciousness after the battle and falls toward the star, but is saved by Sinestro, Kilowog, and Tomar-Re. After returning to Oa, the entire Green Lantern Corps congratulates Hal for his courage and bravery. Sinestro tells him he now bears the responsibility of protecting his sector as a Green Lantern. Hal and Carol spend one last time together, and he tells her that he'll be away for a while. The two share a kiss, before he flies away intoouter space.
In amid-credits scene, Sinestro takes the yellow ring and places it on his finger, causing his green suit and eyes to turn yellow.
Ryan Reynolds asHal Jordan / Green Lantern: A test pilot for the Ferris Aircraft Company whose will to act qualifies him to become the first human ever inducted intoan intergalactic peacekeeping force fueled by the green energy of will.[7] Reynolds said, "I've known about 'Green Lantern' my whole life, but I've never really followed it before. I fell in love with the character when I met with Martin Campbell".[8] Reynolds called the film "an origin story to a certain degree, but it's not a labored origin story, where the movie begins in the third act. The movie starts when it starts. We find out Hal is the guy fairly early on, and the adventure begins".[9] AlternativelyMichael Fassbender,Henry Cavill,Chris Pine,Sam Worthington,Jon Hamm,Sebastian Stan,Nathan Fillion,Bradley Cooper,Justin Timberlake andJared Leto were considered for the role,[10][11][12][13][14][15] whileBrian Austin Green, aGreen Lantern fan, campaigned for the part, but ultimately did not audition.[16] Cooper unsuccessfully auditioned for the role as he kept imitatingChristian Bale's Batman voice despite Campbell telling him to tone it down.[17] Fillion would later voice Hal Jordan in several DC animated projects and playGuy Gardner inSuperman, directed byJames Gunn.
Blake Lively asCarol Ferris: The vice president of Ferris Aircraft and a long-time love interest of Hal Jordan.[19] One pseudonymous writer citing unnamed sources said Lively was among five leading contenders that includedEva Green,Keri Russell,Diane Kruger, andJennifer Garner.[20] About her stunt work in which she rehearsed with stunt coordinator Gary Powell (Casino Royale,The Bourne Ultimatum,Quantum of Solace), gymnastic acrobats fromCirque du Soleil and used aerial stunt rigs created forThe Matrix, Lively explained: "Our director likes it real—the fights close and dirty... I'm 40 feet in the air, spiraling around. That's the best workout you can ever do because it's all core... You do that for ten minutes and you should see your body the next day! It's so exhilarating, so thrilling—and nauseating".[21]
Peter Sarsgaard asHector Hammond: A scientist who is exposed to the yellow energy of fear from Parallax, which causes his brain to grow to an enormous size and grants himpsionic powers.[23] Regarding his preparation for the role, Sarsgaard stated: "I actually did hang with this biologist fromTulane that was I think just the most eccentric guy they could find. He was entertaining, and he and I actually worked on my lecture that I give inGreen Lantern". About his character Sarsgaard remarked that "he's got shades of gray. It's eccentricity on top of eccentricity".[24]
Kennon Kepper portrays a young Hammond.
Mark Strong asThaal Sinestro: A Green Lantern and Hal Jordan's mentor.[25] Strong affirmed that the film follows the origin story and that "the film closely follows the early comics. Sinestro starts out as Hal Jordan's mentor, slightly suspicious and not sure of him because obviously Hal is the first human being who's made into a Green Lantern. He's certainly very strict and unsure of the wisdom of Hal becoming a Green Lantern". Strong said that the character "is a military guy but isn't immediately bad. It's the kind of person that lends himself to becoming bad over the course of the comics being written, but initially, he's quite a heroic figure". He also revealed that the outfit and other aspects of the character very closely follow the character's early days: "Thatwidow's peak and thin mustache was for some reason originally based onDavid Niven... So I would like to do justice to the Sinestro that was conceived for the comic books".[26]
Angela Bassett asAmanda Waller: A former congressional aide and government agent.[27] About the differences between the comic book and film character Bassett said, "Well, I'm not 300 pounds", but added that her character does have "that intellectual, that bright, that no-nonsense, that means business personality. She is getting it done and in the trenches nothing fazes her".[28]
Tim Robbins as Robert Hammond: A United States senator and the father of Hector Hammond.[29]
Temuera Morrison asAbin Sur: A Green Lantern who crash lands on Earth and recruits Hal Jordan as his replacement.[30] Morrison said it took four to five hours to put on theprosthetic makeup for the character. About filming with Ryan Reynolds, Morrison commented, "We did the whole scene together where I give him the ring, our suits are CGI so we had these grey suits with things on them so it was cool, and working with Martin Campbell again was great too".[31]
Geoffrey Rush asTomar-Re: A bird-like member of the Green Lantern Corps who teaches Hal Jordan how to use his cosmic powers.[32] Rush said that he was not initially familiar with Green Lantern but was drawn to the part after seeing the concept art: "When I got the offer for it I said, 'Haven't they made that film?' They said, 'No, it's a completely computer-generated character'. I saw the artwork and I said, I would love to be that guy. Because I had voiced an owl inLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole and I'd voiced a pelican inFinding Nemo and I thought I could really improve on that now by being half-bird, half-fish, part lizard. You don't get to do that in a live-action film". Rush compared the role to previous roles where he played a mentoring figure: "You could say that I've mentoredQueen Elizabeth I as[Sir Francis] Walsingham, and[Leon] Trotsky has mentoredFrida Kahlo and now Tomar Re is going to mentor Hal Jordan, and I was sort of mentoringKing George VI inThe King's Speech. But I can't imagine Tomar Re setting up an office onHarley Street in London. They're all very different people to me, but there is a kind of theme I suppose".[33]
Michael Clarke Duncan asKilowog: Adrill sergeant trainer of new recruits for the Green Lantern Corps.[34] About the character, Duncan, a fan of the comic book, said that "he is a real type of tough guy who knows everything, and actually in one of the comic books he andSuperman fought to a tie".[35]
Taika Waititi asThomas Kalmaku: AnInuk engineer at Ferris Aircraft. Waititi said he was cast after a Warner Bros. casting agent saw his performance inBoy, which he also wrote and directed. Waititi—who has a Jewish mother andMāori father[36]—said the production "had an opening for a role in the film for someone who wasn't, I don't know, not white or not black".[37]
Clancy Brown asParallax: An entity made up of the yellow energy of fear, Parallax was imprisoned by Abin Sur after breaking into the physical plane by possessing the body of a formerGuardian of the Universe.
Additionally,Jon Tenney plays Martin Jordan, Hal Jordan's father;Jay O. Sanders portraysCarl Ferris, an aircraft designer and father of Carol Ferris;Mike Doyle was cast as Jack Jordan, Hal Jordan's older brother; Caleb Cheney portrays young Hal; and Nick Jandl was cast as Jim Jordan, Hal Jordan's younger brother.[38][39]
In early 1997,Warner Bros. approachedcult filmmaker and comic book writerKevin Smith, who had then just finished writingSuperman Lives, to script aGreen Lantern film. Smith turned down the offer, believing there were more suitable candidates to make aGreen Lantern film.[40] At one point,Quentin Tarantino was offered the chance to write and direct.[41] Warner Bros. also considered the property as an action comedy; by 2004,Robert Smigel had completed a script which was set to starJack Black in the lead role, but the studio dropped the comedy idea following poor fan reaction from the Internet and chose to focus on a serious Green Lantern film instead.[42][43][44][45]David S. Goyer was offered the chance to write and direct either a Green Lantern orThe Flash film after Warner Bros. was impressed with his screenplay forBatman Begins, but he opted to direct the latter.[46]
Actor-writerCorey Reynolds, a comic book fan of theJohn Stewart character,pitched to Warner Bros. an idea for a trilogy, with him starring and performing screenwriting duties.[47][48] He finished the script forGreen Lantern: Birth of a Hero in June 2007, receiving positive feedback from Warner Bros. Reynolds hoped for a potential 2010 release date.[47] However, for unknown reasons, the studio abandoned Reynolds' concept. In October the same year,Greg Berlanti signed to direct the film and cowrite it with comic book writersMichael Green andMarc Guggenheim.[49] A draft of the trio's 2008 script, leaked on theInternet, revealed a story that included the hero's origin and included the charactersCarol Ferris,Kilowog,Sinestro, andGuy Gardner in acameo appearance, and appeared "to set up Hector Hammond as Hal Jordan's ... first major nemesis...."[50] Earlier drafts of the script also included aSuperman cameo appearance, which was later scrapped.[51]
Shortly afterward, Guggenheim said that the script would contain characterizations inspired byDennis O'Neil andNeal Adams' run onGreen Lantern in the 1970s, andDave Gibbons' work in the early 1980s. He added that he and his co-writers also looked to the 2000sGeoff Johns stories: "It's been interesting because we finished a draft just before Johns' "Secret Origin" story arc started up. So I've been reading "Secret Origin" with a real interest in seeing 'OK, how did Geoff solve this problem?' There are certain elements just for anyone trying to retell Hal's origin for a modern-day audience to address and grapple with. For example, why the hell wasAbin Sur flying in a spaceship when he's a Green Lantern? You don't ask that question back in theSilver Age, but when you're writing in theModern Age, you have to answer these things".[52]
By December 2008, the writers had written three drafts of the screenplay and Warner Bros. was preparing forpre-production.[53] By February 2009 Berlanti was no longer attached to the project andMartin Campbell entered negotiations to direct.[54] The release date was set as December 2010, before being moved to June 17, 2011.[55] Speaking about the experience in 2016, Berlanti confirmed that he was fired as both director and writer, stating that he had nothing to do with the finished product.[56]
With a production budget of $200 million,[60][61]Green Lantern was initially scheduled to begin filming in November 2009 atFox Studios Australia.[62] The start date was pushed back to January 2010,[7] but the production moved toLouisiana, where, on March 3, test footage was filmed inMadisonville involving stunt cars.[63]Principal photography began on March 15 inNew Orleans, which doubled forCoast City,California, a fictional city in DC Comics.[64] Nine days after filming began,Angela Bassett joined the cast asAmanda Waller, a government agent who is a staple of the DC Comics universe.[27]
The same year in April,Jon Tenney was cast as Hal Jordan's father, test pilot Martin H. Jordan.[38] Against Campbell's wishes, the film's production head decided to have the sequence of Martin's death in an air crash intercut with Hal plunging in the plane and witnessing the flashbacks coming to him.[65] By June, filming began atNew Orleans Lakefront Airport.[66] In the same month,Mike Doyle was cast as Jack Jordan, the older brother of Hal Jordan. In July, Ryan Reynolds was injured while shooting scenes for the film, separating his shoulder and in "lots of pain".[67]
While promotingDeadpool (in which Reynolds portrays another famouscomic book superhero) in 2016, Reynolds said that filmingGreen Lantern itself had been frustrating: "You really need a visionary behind a movie like that, but it was the classic studio story: 'We have a poster, but we don't have a script or know what we want; let's start shooting!'"[68] In an exclusive interview withScreen Rant in 2021, Campbell reflected that he should not have directed the film after all and admitted responsibility for the film "not working out". Comparing to how he saw allJames Bond films before directingCasino Royale, Campbell acknowledged that superhero movies were never his "cup of tea".[65] In 2025, Campbell also stated that the film would have been better had Reynolds also written the script.[69]
Principal photography ended on August 6, 2010.[70] In an interview withMTV News, director Martin Campbell was asked about the film's effects-heavy epic scale and commented that it was a daunting process and that the film has 1,300 visual shots.[71] When asked about the constructs created from thepower rings, Campbell answered: "One of the nice things is, we'll all sit down and say, 'Well, what are we going to do here?' Really, it's as much as your imagination can go to make the constructs".[72] The studio also confirmed that the film would have a3D release.[73]
In January 2011,Green Lantern began re-shoots for key scenes at Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles, California.[74] In March,Geoffrey Rush joined the cast as the voice of theCGI-created character,Tomar-Re.[32] In April,Michael Clarke Duncan was cast as the voice ofKilowog.[34] Also that month, Warner Bros. raised the visual effects budget by $9 million and hired additional visual effects studios to bolster the ranks of the team that had been working overtime to meet the film's release date.[75] The film's theatrical running time ended up being 114 minutes.[76]
Marketing and promotional materials for the film totaled $100 million.[81] The first footage of the film was shown at the 2010San Diego Comic-Con and was widely released online in November with thirty seconds of footage airing the following day onEntertainment Tonight.[82] The first full theatrical trailer for the film was shown before screenings ofHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1[83] and became available online in November.[84] This initial trailer was met with a poor reception from fans and, as a result, the film's marketing campaign was delayed. Sue Kroll, the studio's worldwide marketing president responded: "Part of the reason the response to the first trailer was lukewarm was that the big-scale sequences weren't ready to show, and we suffered for it. We can't afford to do that again".[85] In April, Warner Bros. debuted nine minutes of footage at the 2011WonderCon inSan Francisco.The Hollywood Reporter reported that the footage wowed the audience. A four-minute cut of the WonderCon footage was later released online.[86]
In March 2010,Comics Continuum reported that an animatedGreen Lantern film was in the works atWarner Bros. Animation, as a direct-to-video project that was timed for the release of the live-actionGreen Lantern movie in the summer of 2011. The Green Lantern animated project was described as taking a look at the origins of the Green Lantern Corps, including the first ring wielders.[87] In an interview withBruce Timm, the producer revealed that a sequel to theGreen Lantern animated movie was discussed but canceled because of the picture not achieving the immediate success that they had hoped for, although Timm hoped that the live-action film would renew interest in a sequel.[88] The animated film entitledGreen Lantern: Emerald Knights was officially announced in June instead.[89]
DC Entertainment began releasing a series ofGreen Lantern Movie Prequel comics the week before the film was released, covering the lives of the characters before the events of the film, written by members of the film's production team. Five comics were made, covering Tomar-Re by Marc Guggenheim, Kilowog byPeter Tomasi, Abin Sur by Michael Green, Hal Jordan by Greg Berlanti, and Sinestro by Michael Goldenberg and Geoff Johns. A free excerpt of the Sinestro prequel comic was released online as "Secret Origin of the Green Lantern Corps #1" two days before the release of the film.[90]
Green Lantern had itsworld premiere atGrauman's Chinese Theatre inHollywood, California on June 15, 2011.[93]Green Lantern opened on Friday, June 17, 2011, in North America,[94] earning $3.4 million in 1,180 midnight runs.[95] The film grossed $21.4 million on its opening day. It earned $53.2 million during its opening weekend, taking the number-one spot.[96]
In its second weekend,Green Lantern dropped into third place behindCars 2 andBad Teacher, experiencing a 66 percent decline, which was the largest second-weekend decline for a superhero film at the time.[97]Green Lantern grossed $116.6 million in the United States and Canada, as well as $120.6 million internationally, bringing its worldwide total to $237.2 million.[60] Many industry analysts felt thatGreen Lantern "failed to perform to expectations".[98][99]The Hollywood Reporter speculated thatGreen Lantern needed to make approximately $500 million to be considered financially solid.[100] Some publications listed the losses for the studio as high as $75 million.[101]
Green Lantern was released onDVD andBlu-ray on October 14, 2011. The Blu-ray release includes an extended cut, which adds an extra nine minutes of footage to the running time, totaling 123 minutes.[102][103]
On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 25% based on 248 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: "Noisy, overproduced, and thinly written,Green Lantern squanders an impressive budget and decades of comics mythology".[104]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 39 out of 100 from 39 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[105] Audiences polled byCinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.[106][107]
Justin Chang ofVariety gaveGreen Lantern a mixed review, stating that "Martin Campbell's visually lavish sci-fi adventure is a highly unstable alloy of the serious, the goofy and the downright derivative".[108]Manohla Dargis of theNew York Times was generally negative to the film, despite having some praise for Ryan Reynolds, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, and Angela Bassett.[109]Christy Lemire of theAssociated Press called it a "joyless amalgamation of expository dialogue and special effects that aren't especially special".[110]Roger Ebert of theChicago Sun-Times had mixed feelings: "Green Lantern does not intend to be plausible. It intends to be a sound-and-light show, assaulting the audience with sensational special effects. If that's what you want, that's what you get".[111] British newspaperThe Daily Telegraph namedGreen Lantern one of the ten worst films of 2011.[112]
Todd McCarthy ofThe Hollywood Reporter gave it a positive review, saying the film "serves up all the requisite elements with enough self-deprecating humor to suggest it doesn't take itself too seriously".[113] ReviewerLeonard Maltin felt that "the film offers a dazzling array of visual effects, a likable hero, a beautiful leading lady, a colorful villain, and a good backstory. It also doesn't take itself too seriously".[114]Kenneth Turan of theLos Angeles Times wrote: "More science-fiction space opera than superhero epic, it works in fits and starts as its disparate parts go in and out of effectiveness, but the professionalism of the production make it watchable in a comic book kind of way".[115]
After he watchedGreen Lantern for the first time in March 2021, Reynolds tweeted, "Maybe it's theAviation Gin talking, but #GreenLantern was nothing to fear! Hundreds of incredible crew and cast members did amazing work—and while it's not perfect, it ain't a tragedy. Next time I won't wait a decade to watch."[116]
In August 2021, director Martin Campbell said, "The film did not work, really. That's the point, and I'm partly responsible for that. I shouldn't have done it. Because with something likeBond - I love Bond, and I watched every Bond film before I ever directed it. Superhero movies are not my cup of tea, and for that reason, I shouldn't have done it."[117]
in December 2024 while promotingSeptember 5, Sarsgaard later said while the film wasn't good, he enjoyed the experience on set including when he killed offTim Robbins's character.[118]
In 2010, director Martin Campbell confirmed the possibility of aGreen Lantern trilogy.Warner Bros. originally planned onGreen Lantern being the first entry of a new DC film series, and commissioned a script for asequel from Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, and Marc Guggenheim while filming for the first film was underway.[125]
In August 2010, Michael Goldenberg was still attached to write the screenplay, based on the sequel treatment.[126] The scene in the film's end credits showing a resurgence of theyellow power ring of fear, withSinestro becoming corrupted by its dark power, teased the planned sequel.[127]
In September 2011, Warner Bros., dismayed by the film's negative reviews and disappointing box office run, abandoned plans for sequels.[128]
In June 2013,David S. Goyer confirmed thatMan of Steel would be the first film in theDC Extended Universe, implying that should the Green Lantern property be featured in an upcoming DC film, it would be a rebooted version.[129] Later that year Goyer stated that he had interest in making a new feature film based on the titular character.[130] By July 2015, Warner Bros. announced plans to release a solo Green Lantern film titledGreen Lantern Corps, with an original release date scheduled for June 19, 2020. The film was to be an installment in the DC Extended Universe, with Hal Jordan andJohn Stewart as Green Lanterns in the film.[131][132] In January 2016, Goyer and Justin Rhodes were attached to write the film's script and to produce the film, withGeoff Johns and Jon Berg as executive producers.[133] As of November 2019, delivery of the script to Warner Bros. was anticipated for the end of that year.[134] In March 2021, after the release ofZack Snyder's Justice League, thedirector's cut ofJustice League,Zack Snyder revealed that a scrapped idea for the film had Batman meeting up with the Green Lantern Corps, with Ryan Reynolds appearing as an "additional lantern... to fill out the corps a bit". Snyder never spoke with Reynolds about this, however.[135]
A 10 one-hour episodic Green Lantern television series separate from the film was in development forHBO Max fromMarc Guggenheim andSeth Grahame-Smith with Berlanti Productions producing the series. The series was to focus on theGuy Gardner,Jessica Cruz,Simon Baz, andAlan Scott versions of Green Lantern alongside Sinestro and Kilowog.[136] The version with Berlanti was confirmed to have been cancelled, with this new series focusing on Hal Jordan and John Stewart as part ofDC Studios' new shared universe.[137]
In December 2022,DC Studios CEOJames Gunn confirmed that the Green Lantern characters would be an important part of the newDCU.[138] When he and co-CEOPeter Safran unveiled the first projects from their DCU slate later that month they includedLanterns, a new iteration of a long-in-development Green Lantern series. Safran said the series would be an Earth-baseddetective story and "a hugeHBO-quality event" in the style of the seriesTrue Detective featuring Hal Jordan and John Stewart.[139] Safran said the mystery that Jordan and Stewart investigate in the series leads into the main storyline for the DCU.[139] In October 2024,Kyle Chandler andAaron Pierre were cast as Jordan and Stewart respectively.[140][141]
The 2016 filmDeadpool, which stars Reynolds as the titular character, refers to the film in two scenes: the opening scene, which features a drawing of Green Lantern, and a later scene whereDeadpool (who breaks thefourth wall) insists that his suit must not be "green or animated".[143] InDeadpool 2, there is apost-credits scene in which Deadpool travels back in time to kill Reynolds before he can make the film.[144] Before that, in a 2018 advertising campaign forDeadpool 2 which also featuredDavid Beckham, Reynolds (dressed as Deadpool) is seen apologizing for his critical and commercial flops, includingGreen Lantern,R.I.P.D.,Self/less, andBlade: Trinity.[145]
In a promotional video forFree Guy in 2019, Reynolds and Waititi, who costarred in both movies, jokingly denied that they had ever heard ofGreen Lantern.[147]
^Rose, Lacey (May 12, 2016)."TV producer of the year Greg Berlanti: "I still fight about everything"".The Hollywood Reporter.Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. RetrievedFebruary 25, 2022.... I've had a lot of stuff not work on TV, too. I've had as much failure in this business as I've had success, across both spectrums. We can count pillows! (Laughs.) But Green Lantern is a great one to point to. I got fired from that movie as a writer and as a director, and yet my name was all over it. I still get blamed for it, even though I had nothing to do with the finished product. As Marc Guggenheim always says, there's a very Google-able script that we did write that was not executed that I still stand by. But at the time, I thought, "Oh God, that noose will hang around my neck my whole life. ..."
