Turns out we may have spoken too soon.
Reports that Warner Brothers is prepping a Green Lantern sequel may be a big exaggerated. The studio clarified yesterday that they’re still waiting to see if Lantern will warrant a sequel.
Translation: The movie has to make back its $200 million production and marketing budget before the sequel will be (no pun intended) green lit.
As of now, the sequel hasn’t official got a nod from the studio.
Of course, at this point, all the hype and publicity about a sequel as well as the huge potential investment for a movies similar to what Marvel has done may push Warner into a sequel whether they want it or not.
Well… what with all the set up for a sequel and all… they might as well go cheaper and make it a personal story about Hal and Sinestro, you know, focus a little…
They spent more than $200 million on this thing.
Aren’t they making a sequel for Ghost Rider.
Ghost Rider was terrible, but it made money.
Very few movies this summer warrant a sequel but if I had to choose one it would be Green Lantern or maybe Thor.
I say Thor since that was actually a good movie.
I agree that Thor was a good movie, just not quite as good as Green Lantern.
Since Thor and Green Lantern are different companies, I’d want to see a sequel for both. Chances are better for Thor, because of The Avengers.
I would say DC should use a sequel for Green Lantern as a launching pad for a Marvel-like run at Justice League? Add a few cameos of the alter-egos of Martian Manhunter, Hawk-Girl, and a few others?
I would go for Thor as the sequel because of the creative control that Marvel still holds over their property. Even though DC is owned by Warner Bros., DC themselves have little, if any, creative control over their content which is why their movies don’t do as well as the Marvel films have been doing (since the first Iron Man film).
With that I would say forget Green Lantern as a franchise. There isn’t enough of a creative focus to make the product work within the DC Universe which is why it failed with fans and critics alike.