Green Lantern Comic Books Hit the Big Screen

Superheroes make great starring characters for action movies. Lately, movie theaters have been bombarded with movies based on comics. This is a good thing because the action scenes are indescribable, they keep us on the edge of our seats, and we fall in love with the characters that come alive off the pages and onto the movie screen. Another comic movie in the making, directed by Martin Campbell, is based on the Green Lantern series by DC Comics. It will be viewable in theatres during the summer of 2011. 

The world of comic books readers and movie enthusiasts are pleased to know that actor Ryan Reynolds will be the star of the new Green Lantern movie. The role was up for grabs and three actors were trying to land it. Ryan Reynolds beat out Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake for the starring role. He is no stranger to comic movies because he recently had a role in Wolverine: X-Men Origins. You may remember he played the Deadpool character. He also starred in comedies such as Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Van Wilder, and Waiting. He captured our hearts in the romantic comedy Definitely, Maybe as a single father who tells his daughter about his life before marriage. Besides starring in comedies he has been in action films Blade: Trinity and Smokin’ Aces. He has been nominated for two awards and has won two awards. One award was for The Amityville Horror, and the other was awarded to him as the next generation male actor of 2003.

In Ryan Reynold’s new role as comic book superhero, he’ll be playing pilot Hal Jordan who becomes a member of the Green Lanterns after an alien death makes him the successor of the lantern power. He is given the power ring which is considered one of the most powerful weapons in the world. The power ring can control physical elements in the world, and its power is based on the will power of the person wearing it. The stronger the will power, the stronger the control from the ring will be. Hal Jordan is one of several Green Lantern characters and appeared in volumes two, three, and four of the comic book series. The Green Lantern characters are a universal police force. Hal Jordan, like his father, is a test pilot. He was chosen to be a part of the Green Lantern police force because of his honesty and lack of fear for things. The movie will show how he became a part of the Green Lanterns and the action that followed his life after receiving the power ring.