First official trailer for Green Lantern hits the web

November 17, 2010 By Jeffrey Van Camp

Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for its DC superhero movie Green Lantern. The film hits theaters on June 17, 2011.

One of Hollywood’s biggest superhero films of 2011 has a trailer. Today, Warner Bros. released the first trailer for Green Lantern, a comic book superhero film starring Ryan Reynolds and directed by Martin Cambell (GoldenEye, Casino Royale). Speculation about the story and criticism over the style of the movie have already exploded on the Internet.

The movie stars Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, a test pilot who another Green Lantern, Abin Sur, deems to be without fear and worthy of the honor of serving in the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic squadron who keep peace in the universe. He is given a ring created by ancient beings that can manifest his imagination and willpower into energy to keep the peace. The comic book first debuted in 1940.

If successful, Green Lantern will be one of the first DC Comics superheroes outside of Superman and Batman to have big screen success. In the last decade, Marvel Comics heroes–The Hulk, Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man, etc–have dominated the silver screen. DC’s biggest success lately has come from Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Nolan is currently working on a new Superman film with his brother Jonah and a third Batman film, called The Dark Knight Rises. Warner Bros is so confident in Green Lantern that it is rumored to have back-to-back sequels already in early development.

The film hits U.S. theaters on June 17, 2011.

What do you think of the trailer? It appears to stay faithful to the origins of the comic book, for the most part and has a tone similar to Iron Man, with Reynolds playing a sarcastic, cocky guy thrown into a position of power. The formula has worked well for Iron Man and Ryan Reynolds’s entire career, but is it right for Green Lantern? The decision to make his suit entirely CGI is also being questioned by many blogs. Good or bad? Do you mind a computer generated hero?

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Miguel Landaeta at 6:28pm 18th November 2010 I like this movie I like the special effects, the GL suit, and other things, Ryan Reynolds as green lantern is a good choice from the director, I don't care if he is a comedy actor he add spice to this movie. This movie won't win a Oscar but the family and the comics fan will enjoy it
Ohm at 1:09pm 17th November 2010 LOOKS AWESOME!!! Ryan Reynolds looks like he's in great shape and gives the Green Lantern a human, realistic and energetic character...
rayne at 11:28am 17th November 2010 Couldn't agree more. I read all these comics as a boy and for me it ruins the immersion when well know actors are given roles in these films. I want to go to the theater and get drawn into the characters based on their storyline and not have some preconceived image of a guy who was in Xmen, Adventureland, etc. Agreed too that I prefer the dark/brooding feel of the Batman movies but it also better suits the Batman genre and may not really apply to Green Lantern. Still over fluffing a movie with bright colors and explosions is getting really old.
ioman at 11:02am 17th November 2010 Plus he played Deadpool in Wolverine. This cross-breeding of actors and super hero roles is starting to get old...like the guy who played the Human Torch in Fantastic Four is supposed to play the new Captain America....
1. @JeffreyVC at 11:17am 17th November 2010 True, but should we really count Wolverine? It's hardly fair to anyone involved to claim that "Wolverine" is their one shot at superhero-dom. It would be difficult to make Green Lantern into a realistic movie. At its most realistic, it's about a guy shooting green energy out of a ring he got from a magic alien.
jm413d at 11:38am 17th November 2010 Ryan Reynolds is a comedy actor. This movie shouldn't be funny. I agree with ioman movies like this need to be more serious in nature as were the comics
ioman at 10:03am 17th November 2010 Mixed on this one. Not a huge Ryan Reynolds fan. The special effects look good, but I was hoping for more of a Batman, dark/realist movie, not a Fantastic Four special effects fluff piece.