Green Lantern 2?

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Myron over at blogofoa has been super busy for the last two months.  Here's the latest on Warner Bro's plans for the franchise.  (Maybe we can get added to his list of favorite blogs again...ha ha...=)

New Green Lantern Trailer

Now this is more like it - looks epic!

Cartoon Network Joins the DC Nation

It was only a matter of time before Warner Brothers and subsequently DC Entertainment firmly allied themselves with the Cartoon Network.  There's a long history of Warners partnering with the cable network to bring many animated projects to the small screen, and last years purchase of Marvel by Disney it was  pretty obvious that the Cartoon Network and Warner Brothers would be looking to cement their relationship in a deal that would create an exclusive alliance.

The Latest Green Lantern News

Our Friends at Blog of Oa have been hard at work updating their site with the latest info about all things Green Lantern.  Including the movie, action figures, books and more!
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This is NOT the Kind of Movie Tie-In We Want!

So I'm surfing the web today and see the funniest ad placement over on Superherohype.com and suddenly realized this accidental juxtaposition represents the kind of poor marketing that we Green Lantern fans don't want to see:

I can see some ad agency genius pitching an ad to Ryan Reynold now - "You fly in and zap the yellow CG stain monsters with your ring, Ryan!"

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Green Lantern Footage Aired on Entertainment Tonight

This evening the television show Entertainment Tonight aired footage from the Green Lantern film as a teaser for more that will be airing on Tuesday evening's episode.




Let's see how long before it's taken down.......

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Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #1

I remember hearing about this book a few months ago and thinking, another Green Lantern book? But after thinking about it, with Green Lantern being the biggest thing since sliced bread in the DCU why would I be surprised? When I opened this issue today I remembered the real reason I thought the book was a out of the blue, it was because the book focuses on Green Lantern Guy Gardner. Although a major player in the Green Lantern universe, it just seems out of place and un-needed that Gardner have his own book, but you cannot always judge a book by its cover, so I opened up and took a look for myself.

One of the first things I noticed when starting this book is that the art is great! Fernando Pasarin (JSA, The Outsiders) has a nice clean look to his art, lots of detail and style, which is definitely needed when it comes to a Green Lantern title. On top of that you have the great story telling of Peter Tomasi (Green Lantern Corps) that does not fail to deliver in this issue.

The story itself has its ups and downs though. Lets get the negatives out of the way first so that we can end on a positive note. Many Green Lantern fans may have noticed by now that they are not able to enjoy any of the Green Lantern books without taking part in the Brightest Day cross over that is occurring right now because of how intertwined the stories are, and with this book there is no exception. The entire story that is occurring in this issue stems off of an event that took place in Brightest Day #0, which I understand that major crossovers effect the other books involved, but not to a degree in which a new reader, or even an older reader in this case cannot enjoy the book. I myself was forced to drop all the Lantern books because I was not a fan of Brightest Day.

Lets switch from this negative attitude to a positive one. This book was not bad at all! Like I said before the art and story were great! The book has the perfect amount of action to information ratio and was a really great first issue. It delve deeper into the pact that was made between Gardner, Ganthet, and Atrocious, as well as shined more light upon why exactly the Blackest Night occurred. It demonstrated the over the top, powerful nature of Guy Gardner and his newly appointed authoritative role in the Green Lantern universe. To top it all of, there is a surprise ending that will leave any Green Lantern fan seriously wanting more!

8 out of 10

First Look at GL Movie's Kilowog

Behold the Wogster!

A while back some early concept art was leaked on the Internet, including some pretty good quality renders of Tomar-Re and Kilowog, the two main alien Green Lanterns getting a lot of screen time with Hal Jordan and Sinestro in the upcoming movie. With principal photography wrapped, the movie moves to the post production phase, which will be rather intensive considering the sheer volume of CG work that needs to be done. Today ComicBookMovie.com put out an image direct from one of their contacts in the art department showing a more or less finished version of everyone's favorite Green Lantern Drill Instructor.

While the image is not a good quality high resolution image, you can clearly see that there's been some changes made since the early concept art, which is to be expected as the crew begins to finalize the character designs for all the Green Lanterns we are going to see in the movie. It also would be absolutely no surprise if this is not the final look since we are still almost a year out, although one would expect some of this to be finalized sooner than later given that Geoff Johns said we'd see something more official looking than the teaser footage shown at this year's San Diego Comic-Con by the end of the year. I would not be at all surprised to see an official teaser trailer precede November's part one of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and you'd expect to see some of these characters appear in that footage. There's a side by side comparison after the jump.

Abin Sur...Revealed

MultiPurposePoni, the guy getting all the big scoops for Comicbookmovie.com is in San Diego for Comic-con and has already put some exclusive photos out while touring the show floor in advance of the show.

Here lies Abin Sur

Poni has scooped everyone again with the first photos of Abin Sur from a display in the Warner Brothers booth.  Abin's body lies in state on the showroom floor for everyone to be able to pay their respects.  In addition to the photos on their page, Poni also Twittered the photo at right of Abin's corpse.

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First Look at Green Lantern

The new issue of Entertainment Weekly

Tomorrow's issue of Entertainment Weekly features the exclusive first look at the Green Lantern movie, with the first glimpse of Ryan Reynolds in the GL uniform featured on the cover. The image hit the net today in the kickoff of what will be a push to get some initial exposure for the film.

I'll admit that I'm a little surprised by the uniform - I'm really torn between the interesting new look and the traditionalist in me who wants to see a more literal translation of GL's iconic uniform from the comics.  It's hard not to get so excited by seeing my favorite character brought to life.  I mean, it's not like they gave the costume bat-nipples or anything, right?

Hector Hammond Revealed and More GL Movie News

Today a British website leaked a behind the scenes shot snapped of Peter Sarsgaard in Hector Hammond makeup, and boy does he look creepy..er, great!  I don't think Sarsgaard is in costume yet, so I'm guessing he's making his way from the makeup trailer to costuming.

I've done some photoshop work to show a blowup of Hector's head and it looks like he does indeed have a mustache although it is a little hard to see.  There's also no telling if this is the final evolution of Hammond or merely a stage in the growth of his head.

Another Tongue, a voice over agency that Mark Strong uses, reported that Strong has taken a break from his John Carter project to fly to New Orleans for makeup testing.  According to ComicBookMovie Stong's Sinestro will sport special contact lenses and a mustache.  Sinestro will maintain a British accent since it "suits his character" and his costume, like Hal's, will be CGI.  

Green Lantern Uniform will be CGI

One of the milestones that most Green Lantern fans are waiting for is the release of an image of Ryan Reynolds wearing the GL uniform. All of us hoping for a leaked image will be in for a disappointment with the news that Reynolds isn't wearing one.

No, he's not running around nude, but Warner Brothers is going a different route with Hal's uniform, one that will be either incredible awesome or incredibly lame. The costume, according to Slashfilm, will be computer generated in post production. According to their report, Reynolds is wearing a mocap suit similar to the one worn by Billy Crudup when he played Dr. Manhattan in the Watchmen film.

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Abin Sur's Ship!?

There's been quite a bit of information coming out of New Orleans where the upcoming Green Lantern film has been shooting for the past few weeks. Some of the information is really amazing including a photo taken of a mysterious ship over the water that may very well belong to Abin Sur.

First off, we have confirmation on the role that Jay O. Saunders will be playing in the movie. Saunders was spotted on the set in the middle of March when filming began and the Old Point Bar, rechristened "Broome's Bar" for the movie. He will be portraying Carl Ferris in the movie, a role in the first draft of the script that didn't have much face time. Given that he was shooting at the bar there must have been more screen time added for the character in the subsequent rewrites of the movie.

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Blackest Night #8

The end is here....and so is a new beginning as Blackest Night comes to a close, ushering in the Brightest Day. Like any great saga there are closures in this final issue but not without creating some new dynamics that will change the DCU going forward. That's the nature of episodic fiction, creating tendrils that connect one story to the next.

We start this issue where we left of the last one, with White Lantern Sinestro about to confront Nekron. Geoff Johns clearly understands Hal Jordan, his strengths, his weaknesses, and what drives him. Having lost his father and seeing how his father's occupation affected the rest of his family it's no wonder why Hal appears shallow at times and a man-whore at others. It's his coping mechanism for wanting to keep everyone at an arm's length so that he doesn't have to deal with the pain when they die. It's been there all along, but now it's in black and white for anyone who didn't figure it out before.

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Green Lantern 52 Review

The last Blackest Night bannered issue of Green Lantern was released this week, and there's plenty of Internet buzz about some of Geoff Johns' cosmic revelations. To be sure, Johns has painted the origins of the universe is some pretty broad strokes that have fans either loving it or labelling it blasphemous. So what's the hub-bub about?

Like last week's Green Lantern Corps, this issue is somewhat of a placeholder, not advancing the plot so much as revealing the as-yet unrevealed information about the cosmic order of things and providing some action sequences to keep the issue chugging along. In fact things are pretty much the same at the end of the book as they are on the first page minus a few casualties. But it's the revelations here that highlight the issue and set the stage for stories yet to come and perhaps motivate us to contemplate on the nature of the universe and how all our various mythologies and religions could be viewed through a pseudo science lens.

Continued at the Blog of OA

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Green Lantern #52 PREVIEW!

Blogsout.net received a rare piece of preview art for the upcoming Green Lantern issue #52.
The world was introduced to the first white lantern in Green Lantern #51.  Now we learn of another:
The HONEY BUN.
A lethal and tasty force, trapped inside a plastic wrapper.  It's angry, and wants out.
Green Lantern #52 is available Wednesday, March 24th.

Green Lantern Corps #46 Review

The Anti-Monitor is and back and he ain't happy!

Blackest Night is drawing to a close with only three issues left to wrap up the loose ends and resolve as many of the plot threads as Geoff Johns is planning to.  The end begins with this week's Green Lantern Corps #46 with Peter Tomasi and Pat Gleason wrapping up their involvement with the event and their run heading towards the sunset.

The battle above earth continues between the members of the various corps struggling to contain the threat of the Black Lanterns while the New Guardians confront Nekron in Coast City.   All the members we've come to know so well over the past months get some face time as Guy Gardner tries to establish a leadership role amongst his throng of uneasy allies.  I like Tomasi's writing of Guy and I'm glad that Guy will follow Tomasi to the new Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors title.  Guy still walks that fine line between cool and annoying but Tomasi has turned Gardner into the Bruce Willis of the DC Universe and that's a good thing.

Read the rest of the review at The Blog Of OA

Hero-Bot Awards 2009!

The results are in and here are your winners!

Best New Ongoing Series: The Unwritten – The Unwritten is a title from Vertigo comics; a subsidiary of DC Comics written by Mike Carey and Peter Gross. Vertigo recently decided to change the cover price of many of their new series to 1.00 for the first issue in order to gain a larger reader base on many of their upcoming titles, and with Unwritten it paid off. The story follows Tommy Taylor who is both a real person, as well as a character in his Fathers acclaimed book series. As the story progresses it seems as though the two Tommy Taylors no longer seem to be separate people as events from the his Father’s stories begin to become reality.

Best Ongoing Series: Green Lantern – No surprise with this title winning the award! Green Lantern has been on the rise in the past year due to the return of Hal Jordan after the events of Green Lantern Rebirth as well as the DC’s Blackest Night event that has jump started Green Lantern to comic book super stardom. Don’t get me wrong though, its not just these events that have made Green Lantern the book it is today, that credit goes to Writer Geoff Johns and artist Doug Mahnke who make this book the best ongoing series of 2009 and at the rate its going, maybe even the best ongoing series of 2010.

Best Mini Series: Batman Cacophony – This mini series from writer and director Kevin Smith follows past events of one of DC Comic’s most popular heroes Batman. This three issue series features Batman’s arch nemesis the Joker as he wages a drug war with Maxie Zeus, but also features one of Smith’s own villains by the name of Onomatopoeia. As Batman struggles to figure out who Onomatopoeia is and what his motives are, while also having to regulate the actions of the sinister Joker. In my opinion, this series is a must read for any Batman fan and it does not fail to keep you on your toes throughout the entire story. Also, make sure to check out Batman: Widening Gyre a new mini series by Kevin Smith going on right now.

Best Maxi Series: Blackest Night – First and foremost, what separates a maxi series from a mini series is the issue amount, a maxi series has more than six and a mini has less than six. The winner of this category was of no surprise, Blackest night was the biggest event in the comic universes on 2009 and re-invigorated many of DC’s titles due to their association with the event. Blackest Night is the largest comic event to ever occur, with the most amount of tie-ins from other series. The story revolves around the fact that all of the people who have died over the years are coming back to life as powerful Black Lanterns and have sworn to get their revenge on the heroes of the DC universe who wronged them during the years they were alive. The many different lantern corps that exist in the universe will have to get over their differences and ban together against this new and powerful threat. As the series begins to wrap up after a year of existence, many fans are eager to see what is going to happen; and some are just happy that it is going to end!

Best Indy Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Season 8) – Buffy the Vampire slayer is no stranger to modern day pop culture, after its seven season run from writer and creator Joss Whedon. Following the conclusion of Buffy’s TV series Whedon decided that he was going to continue the series by putting out the Buffy comic series entitling it Season 8: Time of Your Life. The series has had great fan reception since it began in 2007. In 2009 it is still is extremely popular and continues to amazes its overwhelming fandom.

Best Writer: Geoff Johns – No surprise here! Geoff Johns is considered to be one of the greatest writers in DC comics and he has done nothing but lived up to that mantle. Johns is currently writing Blackest Night and the Green Lantern, as well as a number of other DC titles and never fails to deliver to his fans. Comic fans know that if John’s name is on the cover than the book will not be a let down. In addition to comics, Johns is also a television writer, recently writing the made for TV movie Smallville: Absolute Justice. For anyone looking to get into comics, starting with a book written by Johns would be no mistake.

Best Interior Artist: Ivan Reis – Ivan Reis has gained major acclaim in the last year due to his work first on Green Lantern with Geoff Johns, but most notably his interior work on Blackest Night. He is an up and comic artist who because of Blackest Night will have a great chance of making a major name for himself in the comic years.

Best Cover Artist: Mike Choi – Mike Choi is one of the artist that when you see one of his covers you say “Whoa, what a great cover, who did it? “ and then when you see it is Choi you understand why it is such a great cover. Choi is best known for his astounding covers on Marvel’s X-Force series, but has also done covers for many other Marvel titles. Choi’s art just has this feeling to it that seems so realistic but still feels like you’re reading a comic book, its very hard to explain. Aside from the great covers Choi produces, he also provides interior art for X-Force and has also done art for Uncanny X-men. Choi is never one to let his fans down, and continues to wow the comic community with his great work.

Best New Talent: Patrick Gleason – Gleason is a comic artist who does not have many titles under his belt, but the titles he has worked on are spectacular. He has provided art for the 2006 mini series Green Lantern: Recharge and is currently the artist for one of DC’s most popular titles: Green Lantern Corps. Like Ivan Reis, Gleason’s art is getting major recognition due to his books involvement with the Blackest Night crossover event. Gleason is a very young artist and many look forward to his futures works.

Best Single Issue: The Unwritten #1 – When Unwritten his the shelves in May of 2009 people just had to look at the cover of the book and they were already hooked and then when they look and see that the book has only a $1 cover price how could they not give it a shot. The first issue of this series does nothing but deliver to the reader, with 40 pages of spectacular art and writing, as well as an introduction to an all-star cast. When you finished this book you were left with this feeling of excitement and fulfillment and began to eagerly awaiting the next issue. Unwritten is one of those series that when someone asks you to explain it to them you’re left saying that it is impossible to do it accurately and that they should just read it for themselves.

Most Underrated in Comics: Jonathan Hickman – Most comic fans hear the name Jonathan Hickman and ask who is that? This is exactly why he is so deserving of the award most underrated in comics. Hickman currently writes one of Marvel’s flagship comics Fantastic Four with artist Dale Eaglesham as well as one of Marvel’s newer series Secret Warriors. And trust me, if you were to pick up either of these titles you would not be disappointed. Hickman’s writing is like something else, it engulfs the reader in the story and Hickman never fails to leave the end of the book with a cliffhanger that will leave you longing for the next issue. Hickman will also begin to write another ongoing series for Marvel entitled Shield which will be released in the upcoming months, so make sure to check out one of his three series and you will not be disappointed.

Most Hated in Comics: Disney Buy-Out of Marvel – The most controversial issue in comics has now become one of the most hated events in comic history. In August of 2009 the unthinkable happened, a 4 billion dollar deal which turned Marvel Comics in to a subsidiary of Disney. People didn’t know what to think, whether Disney would destroy the company by using its power to change Marvel for the worst? Or would they just sit by and reap the profits from Comic’s biggest company. As of now, nothing has really changed or occurred, but the event left many comic fans with a bitter taste in their mouths. 2010 will prove to be an interesting year based on what Disney decides to do with their newly acquired addition.

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