Draft Script For ‘The Green Lantern’ Complete, Focuses On Origins
Screenwriter Marc Guggenheim has told Sci Fi Wire that a new draft script of The Green Lantern film has been completed.
The story is reportedly drawn from a lot of different comic books and focuses heavily on Hal Jordan and how he becomes a member of the Green Lantern Corps.
Guggenheim adds: “The goal here is to do the best cinematic representation of the Green Lantern character. You know, there’s no desire on anyone’s part to completely change the character and just call this other character Green Lantern and try to … draft off the name recognition. This is all about ‘How do we bring the best version of this character to the silver screen?’”
Additionally Guggenheim addresses rumors about who is in line to score the iconic lead role.
“They’re all false,” he said. “I mean, they’re all false insofar as we haven’t chosen anyone yet. They’re still in the negotiations, you know? There’s a lot of names being talked about, and there’s a lot of people being met, and a lot of … actors reading the script. But if you read online [that] Pauly Shore’s been cast as Hal Jordan, I can guarantee you we have not cast anyone.”
From my perspective that’s a good thing – maybe there is hope for Brian Austin Green after all?
The Green Lantern is now scheduled for release June 17, 2011
