Green Lantern Will Be More Iron Man Than Dark Knight

[GreenScar]

After the success of The Dark Knight, most superhero franchises are out to duplicate Batman’s box office by getting grittier and darker. But not everyone. We caught up with producer Donald De Line while out promoting his new movie I Love You, Man, and he says they’re planning to make Green Lantern something more in the mold of Iron Man.

"I'd say it's more akin to Iron Man, where there's definitely serious stakes in the movie, but there's definitely a sense of humor throughout," De Line explained. He also pulled out the old "it's all about the character" line in predicting all the different crap they may put Hal Jordan through in the movies. "I think it's all about the character and what the theme is. You can do dark, you can go more comedic, and I think [the audience will] stay with you.'

[Diesel]

i wouldnt mind a serious movie
but an iron man tone wouldnt be bad
or an Incredible Hulk tone i would like

its true that not all superhero movies can mimick the darkknight tone, because, well, all heros are not as dark and brooding and bad*** as batman is, so their movies shouldnt be (example, superman)

but i do NOT want another 80% "humor" Fantastic Four/Silver Surfer tone.....
even though i liked those movies, i dont want to see that in a green lantern movie....

[matthieuxdetoux]

Originally Posted by Blu-man88

i wouldnt mind a serious movie
but an iron man tone wouldnt be bad
or an Incredible Hulk tone i would like

its true that not all superhero movies can mimick the darkknight tone, because, well, all heros are not as dark and brooding and bad*** as batman is, so their movies shouldnt be (example, superman)

but i do NOT want another 80% "humor" Fantastic Four/Silver Surfer tone.....
even though i liked those movies, i dont want to see that in a green lantern movie....

Agree 100% this material will be hard to find the right tone with. Unlike Iron Man there are some supernatural elements that will be a tough sell, if you approached this in a Dark Knight manner those elements would come across as goofy in something as serious and reality grounded as TDK.

They will have the same problem with the Thor movie. I'm counting on that not being good.

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I hope it's really good.

[Diesel]

just read this on worstpreviews

ComingSoon chatted with producer Donald De Line about the upcoming "Green Lantern" movie, which is set to hit theaters on December 17th, 2010.

"Our story is the Hal Jordan origin story, but creating the character of Hal Jordan that is a real character that will resonate with the fanbase is what we need to do," said De Line. "You have to make him credible and somebody to care about and tell a good story, and I think if we do that, we'll be okay."

He continued: "It's going to be a series of big stakes and big action, but it absolutely has a sense of humor. I think people accept real life, even with really serious situations, with humor as part of that situation, as we experience in life, you have to have that. That's how people cope, so they've done it so well in these other movies. I think that people are absolutely ready. It doesn't have to fall on one side of the fence vs the other."

Since Anton Yelchin (Terminator Salvation) was recently falsely rumored to star as Hal Jordan, De Line confirmed that the character will not be cast younger. "Not really, late '20s, early '30s."

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by Blu-man88

just read this on worstpreviews

Yay Hal Jordan.

That confirmed that I might end up being interested in this movie.

Logan

[Blu-Benny]

an iron man-ish green lantern would be awesome!!