After two weekends, Green Lantern has made a little less than $90 Million at the box office – which is low for a film that supposedly cost $200 Million (with a supposed additional $100 for advertising). And yet Warner Brothers suggested this weekend that they’re going forward with a sequel. At least that’s what The Hollywood Reporter is suggesting. Will Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively get a second chance?
After last weekends disappointing debut, Green Lantern looks to fend off new comers Bad Teacher and The Disney Sequel in Cars 2. From Toy Story to Up Pixar is known for having the golden touch when it comes to producing movies that produce box office gold. While Cars was a solid performer it was a tad bit below in box office tallies when compared previous Pixar films. The lack of a solid family films over the past few weeks and an onslaught of marketing should help propel Cars 2 to the finish in the # 1 spot.
Out of all of the superhero/comic-book movies that have come out this summer, Green Lantern‘s debut has been the weakest. All three films Thor (opened to $66 million), X-Men: First Class (opened to $56 million) and now, Green Lantern placed at No. 1 during their opening weekend, but not each one seems to be making less than the last. Even with the extra boost in 3D ticket sales, Green Lantern wasn’t able to top its predecessors. Last weekend’s big attraction Super 8 slipped to second place, grossing $21.2 million. And Mr. Popper’s Penguins, the new Jim Carrey family comedy, came in at No. 3 with $18.2 million. Find out more below…
Sometime ago, we at ScreenCrave started one of our largest giveaways yet. The competition has closed, and it is time to reveal our winner for the amazing Green Lantern giveaway. This time, one lucky winner is is getting over $600 of Green Lantern goodies, including clothing and toys. Check out if you won the jackpot of Green Lantern goods.
After all the hype and build up, it’s finally time for Green Lantern to take a swing at the box office this weekend and show us what it’s got! This has been a film long time coming, one we’ve seen bits of since last year’s Comic-Con. Now it’s finally time for Ryan Reynolds to appear in his skin tight CGI spandex, spewing witty lines. The film is not perfect, and at times it feels extremely over-worked, but there are a number of good performances and enough entertaining moments that make it worth a journey to the theater. Though I would recommend saving yourself a couple of bucks and seeing it in 2D instead of 3D, you won’t miss out on anything. Find out more below…
This weekend in theaters, Ryan Reynolds puts on the green spandex and becomes Hal Jordan in Green Lantern. Though he’s charming as always, it’s Peter Sarsgaard‘s performance as Hector Hammond, the anti-charmer who not only steals many of the scene, but also many of Reynolds laughs. As with any film, a film is only as strong as its villain, and what makes this film worth watching is Sarsgaard’s performance which is both dramatic and insanely fun.
I had a chance to site down with Sarsgaard and talk to him one on one about bringing this role to life, playing “interesting” characters, adding in those delectable character moments that make the role so much fun and overcoming his fear of acting…
Another superhero movie is coming our way this summer. In less than two weeks, Ryan Reynolds will make his debut as the Green Lantern. Here at ScreenCrave we wanted to celebrate with a “little” giveaway, but if you’ve participated in our giveaways you know that there’s nothing “little” about them. This time the prize pack is over $600. This has got to be one of our biggest giveaways yet, and only one lucky winner will get to call himself the Green Lantern Giveaway winner! See what the prize pack includes…
Well, well, well. It’s about time that we got the new trailer for The Green Lantern with a more intense look at the characters, more special effects, and more, more. After watching this trailer, it’s obvious that this film will be relying heavily of special effects, so much so that I’m not sure how much acting Ryan Reynolds will be able to do — though I’m sure if given the chance to charm or entertain he won’t fail to do so, but will he be given enough of the opportunity to make the film worthwhile?
Check out the trailer and tell us what you think….
When The Green Lantern was announced, it was also made public that star Ryan Reynolds would not be wearing a suit on set, but that the costume would be added later in CGI. So for every trailer and footage so far we’ve gotten a rough idea of how it’s supposed to look, but it’s hard to know if the trailers presented finished effects shots. Well, the film is due out June 17, so now we’re going to get the full body shots. Breaking News USA got the first images, and we present them here. Take a look…
