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Ryan Reynolds Nabs Green Lantern Role

BuzzSugar — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:45:52 -0700

Last week, it appeared to come down to three rather different guys as options for playing the Green Lantern in Warner Bros. upcoming big-budget, "full-blown space epic": Ryan Reynolds, Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake. Based on my poll, the majority of you thought Reynolds would be best for the role, and it turns out, the studio agrees. Ryan Reynolds will play Green Lantern.

Reynolds is still technically in negotiations, but "if the deal is completed, it would make Reynolds the only actor to have played heroes for both Marvel and DC." Earlier this Summer he starred as Marvel character Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a role he'll reprise when Deadpool gets his own full-length movie.

According to this latest news piece, another frontrunner for the role of Green Lantern was Jared Leto. Can you imagine? I can't. Yay for more blockbustin' Ryan Reynolds!

Cooper, Reynolds, or Timberlake - Who Should Play Green Lantern?

BuzzSugar — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:30:24 -0700

Apparently Warner Bros. has spent "the past five months searching for the actor to play Hal Jordan, the hot-shot Air Force pilot who is chosen by a dying alien to be his successor in an intergalactic police force known as the Green Lanterns." Now the list has shortened to three names: Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds, and Justin Timberlake.

The director, one of the producers and the studio each have a different favorite among the three, and they're having a difficult time coming to an agreement. Budget may be another consideration, as Green Lantern will reportedly be "a full-blown space epic that is expected to cost between $150 million and $200 million."

Ryan Reynolds has proven he can play a comic book character; do you think Bradley Cooper or Justin Timberlake could also do well with this kind of role? Who should be cast as the Green Lantern?

Buzz News Roundup, 10/29

BuzzSugar — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:32:09 -0700

The Philadelphia Inquirer has some early set photos from Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones.
ComingSoon reports that Daniel Craig has signed on for four more Bond movies. Four!
ABC will broadcast a Shrek Christmas special called Shrek the Halls in November, and The Futon Critic has the details.
Country singer Porter Wagoner has died at age 80, reports the AP.
The LA Times has already declared the top 10 albums of the year.
Variety has news that Greg Berlanti will write and direct a live-action Green Lantern movie.
Paris Hilton's movie The Hottie and the Nottie will be released February 8, writes E! Online.
Yahoo! Music reports that the new Duran Duran video has been banned from British television for being "too controversial."
Jerry Seinfeld will host Fox's Talkshow this Saturday, Broadcasting & Cable reports, while regular host Spike Feresten will be a guest.

Link Time! 10/25

BuzzSugar — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:33:27 -0700

TV Squad makes my day by finding a story about how 30 Rock's "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah" has become a sensation. I'm not the only one obsessed!
Popwatch understandably has some questions about the CMT reality show Trick My Trucker.
Cinematical's weekly list examines the horror of fairy tales.
Stereogum is streaming a Karen O cover of "Highway 61 Revisited" from the I'm Not There soundtrack.
Buddy TV wonders if Marie Osmond should have to leave Dancing with the Stars after her fainting spell.
MTV Movies Blog thinks Common should play the Green Lantern in the Justice League movie, and apparently RZA agrees.
In case you're confused about this whole World Series thing that keeps preempting your favorite Fox shows, TV with MeeVee has an explanation.
Aquarium Drunkard is psyched to see Phosphorescent play in LA, and rightfully so.
TV Filter wants to know what would be on your stakeout mix, a la Chuck.

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