Green Lantern & Sinestro Were Created With The Perfect Movie Actors In Mind
Although Green Lantern hasn’t had much success on film, the famous DC Comics superhero and his nemesis, Sinestro, are based on two famous actors who sadly never portrayed these characters themselves. Although the first Green Lantern to hit newsstands was Alan Scott, who wields a ring fashioned from a magic green railroad lantern, the most famous iteration of the character is Hal Jordan, who DC introduced in 1959 during what’s now known as the Silver Age of comics. Superhero films didn’t become a major profitable film genre until the early 2000s, but a successful Green Lantern film with prestigious cast members during their heyday would significantly change the entire pop culture landscape.
Green Lantern’s only cinematic outing thus far is the 2011 film of the same name, featuring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan and Mark Strong as Sinestro. Despite having a talented cast, the film failed to please casual viewers and comic fans alike and was a box office failure. Since then, the only live-action Green Lantern to appear on film is Yalan Gur, who appeared briefly in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, though there were plans to introduce both John Stewart and Hal Jordan to the DCEU, with the latter being depicted by Ryan Reynolds once more.
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Gil Kane, the co-creator of Hal Jordan and Sinestro, based their respective appearances on famous Hollywood actors, with Jordan resembling Paul Newman and Sinestro's appearance being modeled on David Niven. Superhero films had major successes via Richard Donner’s Superman and Tim Burton’s Batman, but with Green Lantern’s characters being based on such famous actors, WB (who acquired DC Comics in 1969) could have adapted the
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