Green Lantern (2011 film)

Green Lantern is a 2011 American superhero film directed by Alex Proyas and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. This was the first DC film since Catwoman (2004) involved with Village Roadshow Pictures. Based on the DC Comics character of the same name, it stars Will Smith, Blake Lively, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mark Strong, Michael Clarke Duncan, Peter Sarsgaard, Angela Bassett, Geoffrey Rush, Clancy Brown, Temuera Morrison, Jay O. Sanders, and Tim Robbins. The film follows the story of John Stewart (played by Smith), a pilot of the U.S. Air Force and Ferris Aircraft who lives in the city of Chicago, Illinois. One night, he becomes the member of the Green Lantern Corps on the faraway planet of Oa. He also learns that he could use his will to use the power of the ring against the evil forces of Sinestro (played by Strong) and Parallax (played by Brown).
The first film entered development in 1997; progress remained stalled until Berlanti was hired to write and direct in October 2007. Alex Proyas, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman were brought on board in February 2009 after Berlanti was forced to vacate the director's and writer's positions. Most of the live-action actors were cast between July 2009 and February 2010, and filming took place from March to August 2010 in Chicago. The film was converted to 3D during its post-production stage.
Green Lantern premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on June 16, 2011 and was released in the United States the following day by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received mixed to positive reviews from critics who praised its performances, special effects, Proyas' direction, screenplay, Harry Gregson-Williams's musical score and faithfulness to the source material. Although the tone received its criticism. Eventually, it became a commercial and financial success and it grossed $600 million against a $200 million budget. Planned sequels or television series have been officially cancelled due to the reboot of the DC Universe by James Gunn with Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner in the 2025 film Superman.
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