Well, this probably means the “Deadpool,” spin-off is dead, so maybe we should be thankful for small miracles.
Ryan Reynolds has scored the coveted the Green Lantern gig besting “The Hangover” actor Bradley Cooper and pop sensation Justin Timberlake, who was probably the outside shot given he’s never led a movie, let alone a $150 million-plus one.
If we woulda put money down on this one we would have lost. We honestly thought Cooper was going to take it. Especially because most indications of “Green Lantern,” said that the film was going to take on a “Iron Man”-like humorous tone and Cooper’s the better man for that job. Or at least in our minds he is (sure, Galifinakis stole, ‘Hangover,’ but it was Cooper that nearly stole, “Wedding Crashers.”).
Martin Campbell is still directing and maybe the decision came down to him preferring the actor? Production is supposed to start in January. The script was written by Greg Berlanti with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green, probably a draft far, far away from the one we read ages ago, but that version was written by the same three scribes. [DealMemo]