James Gunn debunks the notion there was ever a future for Ryan Reynold's version of GreenLantern in either the DCEU or DCU: 'That’s not a priority for me and even much less of one for [Reynolds].'
New DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has revealed that Ryan Reynolds was never planning on reprising the role of Green Lantern in the DC Universe, even for director Zack Snyder. Reynolds held the starring role in the 2011 pre-DCU film Green Lantern, a critical and commercial flop that still holds a deeply rotten 26% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY On his official Twitter account, Gunn shared a post celebrating the 44th anniversary of the 1978 Christopher Reeve film Superman. In response, a fan asked about the future of Superman in the DCU, causing another fan to chime in asking about the return of Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern. Gunn shared that Reynolds' return to the role is "not a priority" for him and "even less" for Reynolds.
The DCU's updated vision of the Green Lantern has continued to languish in production hell in its various iterations. First it was conceived as a film titled Green Lantern Corps that would unite Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart. While various writers were brought on and taken off the project over the years, it failed to come to fruition and seemed to have morphed into the latest iteration, a series on Warner Bros.' exclusive streaming platform HBO Max.
If this iteration of the show continues to develop, it is the most likely place that Green Lantern will crop up next in the DC Universe. However, even if it doesn't, this Thanksgiving Gunn was likewise responding to fan comments on Twitter when he hinted that he has big plans for the character in the future of the franchise, though he didn't drop any additional hints about what that might look like.
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