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Comic-Con 2010 Green Lantern Press Conference with Ryan Reynolds

Mali Elfman — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:11:41 +0000

One of the most anticipated press conferences that took place at this year’s Comic-Con was Warner Bros’ Green Lantern. Last week the studio unleashed the first photos, this week we got some character posters and now we have an interview with the man himself Ryan Reynolds, along with co-stars Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, and director Martin Campbell.

Here are some of the video highlights from the interview followed by all the details they had to add about the film…

The Story:

MC: It’s not a tough one to explain. I think it’s all very, very clear. I think the story that we are telling which is the Hal Jordon story. The fact that he is taken up to Oa, he’s inducted, he becomes green lantern, the way in which the ring works through will power, the stronger your will power, the stronger your construct, whatever your imagination cares to create. The actual story is very simple. There are many complex characters and all the chars from the origin story go on to the dark side in later comics and things, but I think it’s very straight forward.

RR: There’s a lot of them that are inspiring. Unlike many of the other comic books, it’s such a vast universe to this character and his contemporaries. I read a few different ones. For the most part this is an origin story and I was able to focus a little on secret origins but our script is a much more in depth interpretation of that basic storyline. Geoff Johns described this thing as a version of Star Wars in the DC universe. I think that was a pretty apt description. You have so much you can mine out of this, these comics and this character. Any time you’re dealing with a guy who has something unbelievable and unsurmountable to overcome, it makes for an interesting story. As an actor, it’s an interesting and excellent thing to get an opportunity to play. This guy has a distinct starting point, he’s a bit of a fractured human being, seen his father die. Later in life he’s cocky and aimless. It’s this extraordinary power bestowed on him that sets him on a humbling path.

How tight IS this costume?

RR: Yeah, this costume is a motion capture suit that I’m wearing, so because it’s not seen on camera they’ve managed to find a material that I think most would agree is the most aggravating substance on earth. We’re shooting in Louisiana which is pretty close to the sun. the suit’s been difficult running around in a unitard in the NO summer heat. If I were wearing anything, it’s going to be pretty uncomfortable doing an action movie in the deep south this time.

Stunt and Training:

RR: The training’s just different. You’re not training on an aesthetic level, you’re training on a functional ability. You want to stay out of the hospital as long as possible, but it is a MC movie so you’re bound to be there once or twice. He pushes you hard so I think that’s why – - Martin described it as a knife fight in a phone booth. That’s an apt description of how his action feels. … it’s been fun to train in that regard.

BL: I got to be in The Matrix rig. This rig invented for The Matrix. I think it goes about 20 feet high but I like to say 50 so please spread that rumor. I’m on this gyroscopic waist belt. It works towards your weight and makes you nauseous. That was the extent of my stunts but we did some test pilot training too.

Lets talk Villains and the actors behind them:

PS: [Hector Hammond] is a biologist. He teaches the university but in his private time is quite interested in extremophiles, animals that live in extreme environments on earth as a way to understand creatures on other planets. There’s a fine line between science and wishful thinking. I thought about a lot of people who have sort of stretched our ideas. Added a little bit of creativity to science like Carl Sagan or Isaac Asimov. I read more things like that than straight comics when I was young. A sense of wonder about the world where you start filling in gaps which is what most scientists try not to do. I really thought of him as kind of a dreamer in a lot of ways.

And of course Sinestro?

MS: I’m not sure you prepare for villains necessarily. You prepare for a character. The way I look at villains is nobody’s born evil. Usually something happens to their time on the planet or in space that causes them to become that. You have to look at who he is, what he stands for and what he believes in. He is an incredibly organized, fearless, exponent of the GL core who believes who knows best. In this movie as it stands, he becomes mentor to the newly minted human green lantern and guides him through his first steps. We deal with that process so I don’t think of him as a villain. He’s just an incredibly powerful presence who knows what he believes and what he wants to be right. if there’s anything that causes him later on to spill over to the dark side, it’s his unquestioning belief in his rightness.

Despite Ryan’s success, he was never guaranteed the part….

MC: We did test a few actors. We tested a few of the twice. We went to England and tested a few people. Really, and it’s a very serious consideration. This is not just one film but if it’s successful we’ll do a sequel so we hope this goes on for a long time. Everyone was good. Ryan was exceptional.

DD: We found out they always want to see the guy in the mask as part of the test. Ryan looks really good in a mask.

RR: I have one little anecdote I haven’t mentioned yet – - there was a Cinderella element to it because the FX house had this thing called life casts. You can build a prosthetic around that.The FX house that was asked to make the Green Lantern mask had no idea who was auditioning, but they arbitrarily chose my head from their vast catalogs of heads. So when I showed up, my mask fit a little better than maybe Regis P or Richard Chamberlain’s would have fit.

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The Flash To Be Directed By Greg Berlanti?

Krystal Clark — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:21:05 +0000

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the big screen adaptation of The Flash, the red and gold stepchild of DC Comics. The character has taken a backseat to The Green Lantern, Superman and definitely Batman, but we’re hearing through IESB that there might be some movement on the film. Warner Bros has their eye on a director who could finally bring The Flash to theaters, and it’s Greg Berlanti.

Berlanti is at the top of the WB’s list of directing contenders thanks to his work on The Green Lantern movie, which he helped write alongside Marc Guggenheim. That film will of course be directed by Martin Campbell so the studio is eyeing Berlanti for The Flash’s top position. If this news comes to fruition it would be great for fans and the film because how long have we been waiting for Flash to get his time to shine?

David S. Goyer was forever attached to the project but it continued to get pushed back on his priority list thanks to films like The Dark Knight, Jumper, and the upcoming Superman movie, The Man of Steel. It looks like Warner Bros needs someone on board who will give this property the attention it deserves and maybe Berlanti will be able to deliver just that.

Do you think Berlanti would make a good director for The Flash?

Katherine Heigl to Star in Life as We Know it

Krystal Clark — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:20:15 +0000

Katherine Heigl is obviously going to ride this romance-movie train until the wheels fall off. The actress who became the go-to-gal for romantic comedies after her 2007 role in Judd Apatow‘s Knocked Up is signing on for yet another love story. According to Variety, the actress will star in Life as We Know it, a Warner Bros production under the direction Greg Berlanti.

Life as We Know it will follow two single adults who’s lives are dramatically changed when their mutual best friends are killed in an accident and name them as the guardians of their daughter. Paul Brooks and Barry Josephson are on board as producers, along with Heigl and her mother Nancy. The actress can next be seen in the romantic comedy The Ugly Truth, alongside Gerard Butler.

I’m pretty sure I won’t see this movie. With the exception of Knocked Up I haven’t had a desire to see any movie she’s been in. I’ve never watched her on Greys Anatomy, but I was a fan of her on the TV series, Roswell. I heard 27 Dresses was terrible, and The Ugly Truth doesn’t look much better. Perhaps one day she’ll star in something that I’ll be interested in, but today isn’t that day.

Are you interested in seeing another romantic movie starring Katherine Heigl?

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