Earlier today I attended the press day for the extremely funny comedy "I Love You, Man.â Since Producer Donald De Line was in attendance, during the roundtable interview we were able to ask him whatâs going on with âGreen Lanternâ.
Thankfully, even with the terrible economic conditions, it seems that everything is still moving forward with Warner Bros. next big budget superhero movie. In fact, during the interview he said theyâve hired their production and costume designer and theyâre going to Australia next week to scout locations! He also compared the tone to âIron Manâ and confirmed itâs going to be Hal Jordan.
Finally, at the end of our âGreen Lanternâ conversation I tried to find out if this will finally be the movie that showcases other superheroes in the same movie the way âIron Manâ did with Nick Fury. While he wasnât sure, he did say,âDC Comic is a part of Warner Bros. and they both have a very large agenda with that. So I think theyâve got all kinds of things in the works. Yeah, definitely.â
As a huge fan of the way Marvel is doing things, one can only hope that âGreen Lanternâ has a surprise or two.
Look for full interviews soon from the âI Love You, Manâ press day. Until then, hereâs what Donald said about âGreen Lanternâ.
Question: Is Green Lantern going to be a straight up conventional action comic book movie or is it more of a comedy?
Donald De Line: It is absolutely a big action/adventure piece and fantasy obviously as we go out into space with the Green Lantern. And itâs Hal Jordan. It will absolutely have a sense of humor as well, character based humor. So itâs not dark it that regard.
Is it more like an Iron Man?
Donald De Line: I would say the tone absolutely wants to live in that kind of a world.
A lot of fandom seems to be excited by comic book movies and they seem to be a huge part of the box office. Is this project definitely green lit and going?
Donald De Line: It is definitely going as much as anything is in the movie business right now. Weâre in pre-production. We have Martin Campbell directing it. We have our production designer and costume designer. Weâre heading off to Australia to scout next week. Itâs on the release calendar. I feel like weâd have to do something really wrong to stop it from happening. But I think weâre absolutely going to keep it on the track.
Well it seems to me that the Marvel movies have done such a good job at introducing other characters into their movies like they did in Iron Man with Nick Fury. Are you guys already thinking about say introducing another DC character in Green Lantern?
Donald De Line: I havenât gone there because Iâm just doing Green Lantern, but DC Comic is a part of Warner Bros. and they both have a very large agenda with that. So I think theyâve got all kinds of things in the works. Yeah, definitely.