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** Even Creator/WarnerBrothers themselves would come to mock the movie. ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies ''features a group of famous superheroes happily sharing their movie successes. However, a John Stewart Green Lantern excitedly mentions that his franchise once had a movie, before pausing and awkwardly mentioning, "But we don't talk about that anymore". (Warner Brothers to their credit even put this line quite prominently in the trailer, demonstrating that even they agree with the public rejection of the GL movie).
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** Even Creator/WarnerBrothers Creator/WarnerBros themselves would come to mock the movie. ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies ''features a group of famous superheroes happily sharing their movie successes. However, a John Stewart Green Lantern excitedly mentions that his franchise once had a movie, before pausing and awkwardly mentioning, "But we don't talk about that anymore". (Warner Brothers to their credit even put this line quite prominently in the trailer, demonstrating that even they agree with the public rejection of the GL movie).
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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell:
** Development began in early 1997, when Creator/WarnerBros approached Creator/KevinSmith to write the script, following the unmade ''Superman Lives''. He turned it down, feeling that there were more suitable candidates. At one point, Creator/QuentinTarantino was offered the chance to write and direct.
** Warner also considered the property as an action comedy. In 2004, Robert Smigel completed a script which was set to star Creator/JackBlack in the lead role. However, the studio dropped the comedy idea following poor fan reaction from the Internet. Following the success of ''Film/BatmanBegins'', David S. Goyer was offered the chance to write and direct either a Green Lantern or Flash film, but he opted to direct the latter, which ultimately amounted to nothing.
** Creator/CoreyReynolds, an avid fan of John Stewart, pitched an idea of a film trilogy to Warner, with him writing the script and playing the lead role, with Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League being introduced in the sequels. He finished the script for the first chapter, ''Green Lantern: Birth of a Hero'' in June 2007, receiving positive feedback and with a potential 2010 release date. However, the studio abandoned the concept.
** In October 2007, Greg Berlanti was signed on to direct the film and co-write the script with comic-book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim. A leaked draft of the trio's 2008 script revealed a story that included Green Lantern's origin and included Carol Ferris, Kilowog, Sinestro, and Guy Gardner in a cameo appearance. It appeared "to set up Hector Hammond as Hal Jordan's...first major nemesis...."
** By December 2008, the trio had written three drafts of the screenplay and Warner was preparing for pre-production. However, by February 2009, Berlanti was no longer attached to the project and Creator/MartinCampbell entered negotiations to direct. The release date was set as December 2010, before being moved to June 17, 2011. Speaking about the experience in 2016, Berlanti confirmed that he was fired as both director and writer, stating "I had nothing to do with the finished product".
** Development began in early 1997, when Creator/WarnerBros approached Creator/KevinSmith to write the script, following the unmade ''Superman Lives''. He turned it down, feeling that there were more suitable candidates. At one point, Creator/QuentinTarantino was offered the chance to write and direct.
** Warner also considered the property as an action comedy. In 2004, Robert Smigel completed a script which was set to star Creator/JackBlack in the lead role. However, the studio dropped the comedy idea following poor fan reaction from the Internet. Following the success of ''Film/BatmanBegins'', David S. Goyer was offered the chance to write and direct either a Green Lantern or Flash film, but he opted to direct the latter, which ultimately amounted to nothing.
** Creator/CoreyReynolds, an avid fan of John Stewart, pitched an idea of a film trilogy to Warner, with him writing the script and playing the lead role, with Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League being introduced in the sequels. He finished the script for the first chapter, ''Green Lantern: Birth of a Hero'' in June 2007, receiving positive feedback and with a potential 2010 release date. However, the studio abandoned the concept.
** In October 2007, Greg Berlanti was signed on to direct the film and co-write the script with comic-book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim. A leaked draft of the trio's 2008 script revealed a story that included Green Lantern's origin and included Carol Ferris, Kilowog, Sinestro, and Guy Gardner in a cameo appearance. It appeared "to set up Hector Hammond as Hal Jordan's...first major nemesis...."
** By December 2008, the trio had written three drafts of the screenplay and Warner was preparing for pre-production. However, by February 2009, Berlanti was no longer attached to the project and Creator/MartinCampbell entered negotiations to direct. The release date was set as December 2010, before being moved to June 17, 2011. Speaking about the experience in 2016, Berlanti confirmed that he was fired as both director and writer, stating "I had nothing to do with the finished product".
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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell:
** Development began in early 1997, whenSavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/WarnerBros approached had been trying to bring this movie to life for a decade before production truly began. It got repeatedly retooled and passed on by everyone from Creator/KevinSmith to write (during the script, following production of the unmade ''Superman Lives''. He turned it down, feeling that there were more suitable candidates. At one point, Creator/QuentinTarantino was offered the chance Lives''), to write and direct.
** Warner also considered the property as an action comedy. In 2004, Robert Smigel completed a script which was set to star Creator/JackBlack in the lead role. However, the studio dropped the comedy idea following poor fan reaction from the Internet. Following the success of ''Film/BatmanBegins'', David S. Goyer was offered the chance to write and direct either a Green Lantern or Flash film, but he opted to direct the latter, which ultimately amounted to nothing.
** Creator/CoreyReynolds, an avid fan of John Stewart,Creator/CoreyReynolds (who pitched an idea of a film entire trilogy to Warner, with him writing the script and playing the lead role, with Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League being introduced in the sequels. He finished the script based on John Stewart). It took until 2008 for the first chapter, ''Green Lantern: Birth of a Hero'' in June 2007, receiving positive feedback and film to get off the ground with a potential 2010 release date. However, the studio abandoned the concept.
** In October 2007,Greg Berlanti was signed on to direct the film and co-write the script with comic-book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim. A leaked draft of the trio's 2008 script revealed a story that included Green Lantern's origin and included Carol Ferris, Kilowog, Sinestro, and Guy Gardner in a cameo appearance. It appeared "to set up Hector Hammond as Hal Jordan's...first major nemesis...."
** By December 2008, the trio had written three drafts of the screenplay and Warner was preparing for pre-production. However, by February 2009, Berlanti was no longer attached to the project and Creator/MartinCampbell entered negotiations to direct. The release date was set as December 2010, before being moved to June 17, 2011. Speaking about the experience in 2016, Berlanti confirmed thatdirecting. Even then, he was would later be fired as both director and writer, stating "I had nothing to do replaced with the finished product".Creator/MartinCampbell.
** Development began in early 1997, when
** Warner also considered the property as an action comedy. In 2004, Robert Smigel completed a script which was set to star Creator/JackBlack in the lead role. However, the studio dropped the comedy idea following poor fan reaction from the Internet. Following the success of ''Film/BatmanBegins'', David S. Goyer was offered the chance to write and direct either a Green Lantern or Flash film, but he opted to direct the latter, which ultimately amounted to nothing.
** Creator/CoreyReynolds, an avid fan of John Stewart,
** In October 2007,
** By December 2008, the trio had written three drafts of the screenplay and Warner was preparing for pre-production. However, by February 2009, Berlanti was no longer attached to the project and Creator/MartinCampbell entered negotiations to direct. The release date was set as December 2010, before being moved to June 17, 2011. Speaking about the experience in 2016, Berlanti confirmed that
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* CreatorBacklash: Perhaps bordering on OldShame.
** Creator/RyanReynolds indicates that he does not consider making the film a positive experience despite meeting his future wife on the set. In 2016, his [[Film/{{Deadpool2016}} Wade Wilson]] was strangely adamant that his costume not be green or animated, and ''Deadpool 2'' featured Deadpool killing the past version of Ryan Reynolds who approved of the script for ''Green Lantern''.
** Creator/RyanReynolds indicates that he does not consider making the film a positive experience despite meeting his future wife on the set. In 2016, his [[Film/{{Deadpool2016}} Wade Wilson]] was strangely adamant that his costume not be green or animated, and ''Deadpool 2'' featured Deadpool killing the past version of Ryan Reynolds who approved of the script for ''Green Lantern''.
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* CreatorBacklash: Perhaps bordering on OldShame.
Very common, and what some most know it for.
** Creator/RyanReynolds indicates that he does not consider making the film a positive experience despite meeting his future wife Creator/BlakeLively on the set. In 2016, his [[Film/{{Deadpool2016}} Wade Wilson]] was strangely adamant that his costume not be green or animated, and ''Deadpool 2'' featured Deadpool killing the past version of Ryan Reynolds who approved of the script for ''Green Lantern''. However, he gave it a reevaluation [[https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1372333782284578823 and found it was better than he had intially judged]].
** Creator/RyanReynolds indicates that he does not consider making the film a positive experience despite meeting his future wife Creator/BlakeLively on the set. In 2016, his [[Film/{{Deadpool2016}} Wade Wilson]] was strangely adamant that his costume not be green or animated, and ''Deadpool 2'' featured Deadpool killing the past version of Ryan Reynolds who approved of the script for ''Green Lantern''. However, he gave it a reevaluation [[https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1372333782284578823 and found it was better than he had intially judged]].
** Even Creator/WarnerBrothers themselves would come to mock the movie. ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies ''features a group of famous superheroes happily sharing their movie successes. However, a John Stewart Green Lantern excitedly mentions that his franchise once had a movie, before pausing and awkwardly mentioning, "But we don't talk about that anymore". (Warner Brothers to their credit even put this line quite prominently in the trailer, demonstrating that even they agree with the public rejection of the GL movie).
** Averted with Creator/MarkStrong. Despite the film's failure, he has said he enjoyed the experience and would be open to playing Sinestro again in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. Strong's loyalty would be eventually rewarded by a villain role in ''{{Film/Shazam|2019}}'' as Doctor Sivana.
** Averted with Creator/MarkStrong. Despite the film's failure, he has said he enjoyed the experience and would be open to playing Sinestro again in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. Strong's loyalty would be eventually rewarded by a villain role in ''{{Film/Shazam|2019}}'' as Doctor Sivana.
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** Apart from meeting Creator/BlakeLively, the pair of {{Take That}}s Reynolds sent in this movie's direction from ''Film/Deadpool2016'', which he co-produced, make it clear he does not look favorably on ''Green Lantern''. TheStinger of ''Film/Deadpool2'' takes it a step further by having [[spoiler:Deadpool go back in time to murder Ryan Reynolds before he can accept the role of Hal Jordan]]. However, he gave it a reevaluation [[https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1372333782284578823 and found it was better than he had intially judged]].
** Creator/TaikaWaititi (Thomas Kalmaku) [[https://twitter.com/TaikaWaititi/status/772225903266897921 doesn't seem particularly fond of the film either]]. When he and Reynolds reunited to star in ''Film/FreeGuy'', part of their promotion of the film is jokingly insisting that they have never met or co-starred in a film before and refuse to acknowledge ''Green Lantern''.
** Over time even Warner Brothers themselves would come to mock the movie. ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies ''features a group of famous superheroes happily sharing their movie successes. However, a John Stewart Green Lantern excitedly mentions that his franchise once had a movie, before pausing and awkwardly mentioning, "But we don't talk about that anymore". (Warner Brothers to their credit even put this line quite prominently in the trailer, demonstrating that even they agree with the public rejection of the GL movie).
** Averted with Creator/MarkStrong. Despite the film's failure, he has said he enjoyed the experience and would be open to playing Sinestro again in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. Strong's loyalty would be eventually rewarded by a villain role in ''{{Film/Shazam|2019}}'' as Doctor Sivana.
** Apart from meeting Creator/BlakeLively, the pair of {{Take That}}s Reynolds sent in this movie's direction from ''Film/Deadpool2016'', which he co-produced, make it clear he does not look favorably on ''Green Lantern''. TheStinger of ''Film/Deadpool2'' takes it a step further by having [[spoiler:Deadpool go back in time to murder Ryan Reynolds before he can accept the role of Hal Jordan]]. However, he gave it a reevaluation [[https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1372333782284578823 and found it was better than he had intially judged]].
** Creator/TaikaWaititi (Thomas Kalmaku) [[https://twitter.com/TaikaWaititi/status/772225903266897921 doesn't seem particularly fond of the film either]]. When he and Reynolds reunited to star in ''Film/FreeGuy'', part of their promotion of the film is jokingly insisting that they have never met or co-starred in a film before and refuse to acknowledge ''Green Lantern''.
** Over time even Warner Brothers themselves would come to mock the movie. ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies ''features a group of famous superheroes happily sharing their movie successes. However, a John Stewart Green Lantern excitedly mentions that his franchise once had a movie, before pausing and awkwardly mentioning, "But we don't talk about that anymore". (Warner Brothers to their credit even put this line quite prominently in the trailer, demonstrating that even they agree with the public rejection of the GL movie).
** Averted with Creator/MarkStrong. Despite the film's failure, he has said he enjoyed the experience and would be open to playing Sinestro again in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. Strong's loyalty would be eventually rewarded by a villain role in ''{{Film/Shazam|2019}}'' as Doctor Sivana.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/DCComicsFilmAndTV See here]]
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* CreatorKiller: Creator/MartinCampbell's career took a heavy blowback with this film and he did not helm another project until 2017's ''[[Film/TheForeigner2017 The Foreigner]]''.
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* CreatorKiller: Creator/MartinCampbell's career took a heavy blowback with blow from this film film, and he did not helm another project until 2017's ''[[Film/TheForeigner2017 The Foreigner]]''.''{{Film/The Foreigner|2017}}''.
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* NamesTheSame: Senator Robert Hammond has the same name as a murder victim in ''Franchise/AceAttorney''.
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** Over time even Warner Brothers themselves would come to mock the movie. ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies ''features a group of famous superheroes happily sharing their movie successes. However However, a John Stewart Green Lantern excitedly mentions that his franchise once had a movie, before pausing and awkwardly mentioning mentioning, "But we don't talk about that anymore". (Warner Brothers to their credit even put this line quite prominently in the trailer, demonstrating that even they agree with the public rejection of the GL movie).
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* PromotedFanboy: Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan as Kilowog.
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* StarDerailingRole: While it brought Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/BlakeLively together leading to RomanceOnTheSet (and eventually, marriage and kids), this film really did a number on both of them career-wise.
** Reynolds, who started his career with the TV series ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', transitioned into film by portraying the titular ''Film/VanWilder'', which became a popular box office hit despite negative reviews from critics. Though the bulk of his following films (''Film/BladeTrinity'', ''Film/TheAmityvilleHorror2005'', ''Film/JustFriends'', ''Film/SmokinAces'', ''Film/TheProposal'', etc.) also got a mixed critical reception, their stellar performance at the box office and popularity with audiences made Reynolds a superstar. It also made his more critically appreciated work like ''Film/{{Buried}}'' further stand out, while his turn as Wade Wilson in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' before that film's final act was praised as a possibly good rendition killed by bad writing. However, studios' faith in Reynolds faltered when ''Green Lantern'' failed big time. After ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'' bombed upon release on the same weekend in 2013, many folks spent some years convinced Reynolds shouldn't headline any major films. Luckily, performing a more comic-accurate Wade Wilson/ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} for a couple of CGI tests won fan acclaim and heavy attention. This eventually resulted in him starring in an actual ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' film, which broke many box office records upon release in February 2016. Among the records ''Deadpool'' blew away included the largest opening weekends in [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Fox]]'s history as well as for an R-rated film.
** Lively's debut role was in ''Film/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants'' (which she eventually reprised for its sequel), before she truly became a household name with ''Series/GossipGirl''. Though ''Film/TheTown'' seemed to mark her shift from another TeenIdol to a serious actress, the failure of ''Green Lantern'' temporarily short-circuited her potential and put her career at deep risk. When Lively's films [[Film/{{Hick}} follow]][[Film/{{Savages}} ing]] ''Green Lantern'' underperformed too, she took a hiatus in 2012 to focus on making a lifestyle brand called Preserve. She resumed acting after Preserve folded within a year and soon enjoyed a comeback: with ''Film/TheAgeOfAdaline'', ''Film/TheShallows'', and ''Film/ASimpleFavor''. Then in early 2020 she headlined ''The Rhythm Section'', which got a tepid reception and became a ''massive'' BoxOfficeBomb that only raked up $6 million on a budget of around $50 million. It ended up pulled out of nearly 3,000 theaters by its third weekend, although UsefulNotes/COVID19 definitely played a part as well.
** Reynolds, who started his career with the TV series ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', transitioned into film by portraying the titular ''Film/VanWilder'', which became a popular box office hit despite negative reviews from critics. Though the bulk of his following films (''Film/BladeTrinity'', ''Film/TheAmityvilleHorror2005'', ''Film/JustFriends'', ''Film/SmokinAces'', ''Film/TheProposal'', etc.) also got a mixed critical reception, their stellar performance at the box office and popularity with audiences made Reynolds a superstar. It also made his more critically appreciated work like ''Film/{{Buried}}'' further stand out, while his turn as Wade Wilson in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' before that film's final act was praised as a possibly good rendition killed by bad writing. However, studios' faith in Reynolds faltered when ''Green Lantern'' failed big time. After ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'' bombed upon release on the same weekend in 2013, many folks spent some years convinced Reynolds shouldn't headline any major films. Luckily, performing a more comic-accurate Wade Wilson/ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} for a couple of CGI tests won fan acclaim and heavy attention. This eventually resulted in him starring in an actual ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' film, which broke many box office records upon release in February 2016. Among the records ''Deadpool'' blew away included the largest opening weekends in [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Fox]]'s history as well as for an R-rated film.
** Lively's debut role was in ''Film/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants'' (which she eventually reprised for its sequel), before she truly became a household name with ''Series/GossipGirl''. Though ''Film/TheTown'' seemed to mark her shift from another TeenIdol to a serious actress, the failure of ''Green Lantern'' temporarily short-circuited her potential and put her career at deep risk. When Lively's films [[Film/{{Hick}} follow]][[Film/{{Savages}} ing]] ''Green Lantern'' underperformed too, she took a hiatus in 2012 to focus on making a lifestyle brand called Preserve. She resumed acting after Preserve folded within a year and soon enjoyed a comeback: with ''Film/TheAgeOfAdaline'', ''Film/TheShallows'', and ''Film/ASimpleFavor''. Then in early 2020 she headlined ''The Rhythm Section'', which got a tepid reception and became a ''massive'' BoxOfficeBomb that only raked up $6 million on a budget of around $50 million. It ended up pulled out of nearly 3,000 theaters by its third weekend, although UsefulNotes/COVID19 definitely played a part as well.
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* TheMultiverse: As shown in ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'', this universe is known as "Earth-12." Whilst this movie might be "disowned," future GL movies would also be part of Earth-12. With Creator/EzraMiller's cameo from a different universe, it shows that the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse is separate.
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** Creator/BradleyCooper was Creator/MartinCampbell's first choice for the role of [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] before Creator/RyanReynolds was cast.
*** Creator/SamWorthington, Creator/JonHamm, and Creator/ChrisPine were also considered for the part of Hal Jordan. Pine would eventually go on to portray Comicbook/SteveTrevor in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
*** Music/JustinTimberlake and Creator/JaredLeto screen-tested for the titular role as well before the casting of Reynolds. Leto would later go on to portray the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] in ''{{Film/Suicide Squad|2016}}''.
** Creator/KeriRussell, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/DianeKruger, and Creator/EvaGreen were considered for the part of [[Characters/GLStarSapphireCorps Carol Ferris]] before the casting of Creator/BlakeLively.
** Creator/JackieEarleHaley and Creator/HugoWeaving were considered for the role of [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro]] before Creator/MarkStrong was cast.
** Creator/ZackSnyder was offered to direct the film before Creator/MartinCampbell was hired, but turned it down due to commitments to ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''. Snyder would later go on to helm [[Film/ManOfSteel thr]][[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice ee]] [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 films]] in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
** An early draft of the script contained a cameo by Alan Scott, who was going to be the United States President, and near the end would reveal his own past as a Green Lantern to Jordan, and give him his blessing. He was later revised to become an agent of the Checkmate agency (the Checkmate membership stayed true to the comics), who would approach and offer Jordan membership. Later drafts finally wrote him out of the film, and replaced him with Amanda Waller. Scott would have been played by Creator/PierceBrosnan, who would go on to play Comicbook/DoctorFate in ''Comicbook/BlackAdam'' set within the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
** Blake Lively indicated that if the film were successful enough, she would've like to portray Carol Ferris becoming Star Sapphire, [[StillbornFranchise which of course will now never happen]].
** An early script planned a cameo from Guy Gardner, as a football player whom Abin Sur's ring briefly considers before moving on to Hal Jordan, before it was written out.
** At one point ComicBook/{{Superman}} was in the script (he had a cameo as one of the candidates considered to receive a power ring), but he was cut out because the filmmakers didn't want to depend on another superhero for a success.
** The first script draft originally had Legion from ''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn'' as the main villain, until later rewrites changed it to Parallax.
** Martin Campbell's cut of the movie, before ExecutiveMeddling [[http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/green-lantern-2011-studio-cuts-ruined-movie-directors-cut-way kicked in.]] See above.
** They originally intended to make a practical Green Lantern costume to be enhanced with CG but the more they experimented with the technology they knew they needed to make it fully CG, as they didn't want to show audiences another rubber/spandex/leather superhero costume. However, there is concept art for a more Batman-style armored GL look.
** There were a few attempts to bring the Green Lantern to the silver screen before this one, the most infamous one being the script written by Robert Smigel in 2004 that would've reinterpreted the premise as a raunchy adult comedy. Very loosely based on the ''Emerald Dawn'' storylines, it would've starred Creator/JackBlack as a loser furniture store employee named Jud Plato who was selected to become the next Green Lantern on the basis that he "fearlessly" [[{{squick}} ate severed animals heads]] for a TV reality show. Reportedly, negative fan reception to this treatment after details of it leaked onto the internet caused Warner Bros. to can the project very quickly.
** Creator/EddieMurphy was considered for the role of John Stewart.
** Creator/BradleyCooper was Creator/MartinCampbell's first choice for the role of [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] before Creator/RyanReynolds was cast.
*** Creator/SamWorthington, Creator/JonHamm, and Creator/ChrisPine were also considered for the part of Hal Jordan. Pine would eventually go on to portray Comicbook/SteveTrevor in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
*** Music/JustinTimberlake and Creator/JaredLeto screen-tested for the titular role as well before the casting of Reynolds. Leto would later go on to portray the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] in ''{{Film/Suicide Squad|2016}}''.
** Creator/KeriRussell, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/DianeKruger, and Creator/EvaGreen were considered for the part of [[Characters/GLStarSapphireCorps Carol Ferris]] before the casting of Creator/BlakeLively.
** Creator/JackieEarleHaley and Creator/HugoWeaving were considered for the role of [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro]] before Creator/MarkStrong was cast.
** Creator/ZackSnyder was offered to direct the film before Creator/MartinCampbell was hired, but turned it down due to commitments to ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''. Snyder would later go on to helm [[Film/ManOfSteel thr]][[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice ee]] [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 films]] in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
** An early draft of the script contained a cameo by Alan Scott, who was going to be the United States President, and near the end would reveal his own past as a Green Lantern to Jordan, and give him his blessing. He was later revised to become an agent of the Checkmate agency (the Checkmate membership stayed true to the comics), who would approach and offer Jordan membership. Later drafts finally wrote him out of the film, and replaced him with Amanda Waller. Scott would have been played by Creator/PierceBrosnan, who would go on to play Comicbook/DoctorFate in ''Comicbook/BlackAdam'' set within the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
** Blake Lively indicated that if the film were successful enough, she would've like to portray Carol Ferris becoming Star Sapphire, [[StillbornFranchise which of course will now never happen]].
** An early script planned a cameo from Guy Gardner, as a football player whom Abin Sur's ring briefly considers before moving on to Hal Jordan, before it was written out.
** At one point ComicBook/{{Superman}} was in the script (he had a cameo as one of the candidates considered to receive a power ring), but he was cut out because the filmmakers didn't want to depend on another superhero for a success.
** The first script draft originally had Legion from ''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn'' as the main villain, until later rewrites changed it to Parallax.
** Martin Campbell's cut of the movie, before ExecutiveMeddling [[http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/green-lantern-2011-studio-cuts-ruined-movie-directors-cut-way kicked in.]] See above.
** They originally intended to make a practical Green Lantern costume to be enhanced with CG but the more they experimented with the technology they knew they needed to make it fully CG, as they didn't want to show audiences another rubber/spandex/leather superhero costume. However, there is concept art for a more Batman-style armored GL look.
** There were a few attempts to bring the Green Lantern to the silver screen before this one, the most infamous one being the script written by Robert Smigel in 2004 that would've reinterpreted the premise as a raunchy adult comedy. Very loosely based on the ''Emerald Dawn'' storylines, it would've starred Creator/JackBlack as a loser furniture store employee named Jud Plato who was selected to become the next Green Lantern on the basis that he "fearlessly" [[{{squick}} ate severed animals heads]] for a TV reality show. Reportedly, negative fan reception to this treatment after details of it leaked onto the internet caused Warner Bros. to can the project very quickly.
** Creator/EddieMurphy was considered for the role of John Stewart.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/BradleyCooper was Creator/MartinCampbell's first choice for the role of [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] before Creator/RyanReynolds was cast.
*** Creator/SamWorthington, Creator/JonHamm, and Creator/ChrisPine were also considered for the part of Hal Jordan. Pine would eventually go on to portray Comicbook/SteveTrevor in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
*** Music/JustinTimberlake and Creator/JaredLeto screen-tested for the titular role as well before the casting of Reynolds. Leto would later go on to portray the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] in ''{{Film/Suicide Squad|2016}}''.
** Creator/KeriRussell, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/DianeKruger, and Creator/EvaGreen were considered for the part of [[Characters/GLStarSapphireCorps Carol Ferris]] before the casting of Creator/BlakeLively.
** Creator/JackieEarleHaley and Creator/HugoWeaving were considered for the role of [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro]] before Creator/MarkStrong was cast.
** Creator/ZackSnyder was offered to direct the film before Creator/MartinCampbell was hired, but turned it down due to commitments to ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''. Snyder would later go on to helm [[Film/ManOfSteel thr]][[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice ee]] [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 films]] in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
** An early draft of the script contained a cameo by Alan Scott, who was going to be the United States President, and near the end would reveal his own past as a Green Lantern to Jordan, and give him his blessing. He was later revised to become an agent of the Checkmate agency (the Checkmate membership stayed true to the comics), who would approach and offer Jordan membership. Later drafts finally wrote him out of the film, and replaced him with Amanda Waller. Scott would have been played by Creator/PierceBrosnan, who would go on to play Comicbook/DoctorFate in ''Comicbook/BlackAdam'' set within the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
** Blake Lively indicated that if the film were successful enough, she would've like to portray Carol Ferris becoming Star Sapphire, [[StillbornFranchise which of course will now never happen]].
** An early script planned a cameo from Guy Gardner, as a football player whom Abin Sur's ring briefly considers before moving on to Hal Jordan, before it was written out.
** At one point ComicBook/{{Superman}} was in the script (he had a cameo as one of the candidates considered to receive a power ring), but he was cut out because the filmmakers didn't want to depend on another superhero for a success.
** The first script draft originally had Legion from ''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn'' as the main villain, until later rewrites changed it to Parallax.
** Martin Campbell's cut of the movie, before ExecutiveMeddling [[http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/green-lantern-2011-studio-cuts-ruined-movie-directors-cut-way kicked in.]]WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/DCComicsFilmAndTV See above.
** They originally intended to make a practical Green Lantern costume to be enhanced with CG but the more they experimented with the technology they knew they needed to make it fully CG, as they didn't want to show audiences another rubber/spandex/leather superhero costume. However, there is concept art for a more Batman-style armored GL look.
** There were a few attempts to bring the Green Lantern to the silver screen before this one, the most infamous one being the script written by Robert Smigel in 2004 that would've reinterpreted the premise as a raunchy adult comedy. Very loosely based on the ''Emerald Dawn'' storylines, it would've starred Creator/JackBlack as a loser furniture store employee named Jud Plato who was selected to become the next Green Lantern on the basis that he "fearlessly" [[{{squick}} ate severed animals heads]] for a TV reality show. Reportedly, negative fan reception to this treatment after details of it leaked onto the internet caused Warner Bros. to can the project very quickly.
** Creator/EddieMurphy was considered for the role of John Stewart.here]]
** Creator/BradleyCooper was Creator/MartinCampbell's first choice for the role of [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] before Creator/RyanReynolds was cast.
*** Creator/SamWorthington, Creator/JonHamm, and Creator/ChrisPine were also considered for the part of Hal Jordan. Pine would eventually go on to portray Comicbook/SteveTrevor in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
*** Music/JustinTimberlake and Creator/JaredLeto screen-tested for the titular role as well before the casting of Reynolds. Leto would later go on to portray the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] in ''{{Film/Suicide Squad|2016}}''.
** Creator/KeriRussell, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/DianeKruger, and Creator/EvaGreen were considered for the part of [[Characters/GLStarSapphireCorps Carol Ferris]] before the casting of Creator/BlakeLively.
** Creator/JackieEarleHaley and Creator/HugoWeaving were considered for the role of [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro]] before Creator/MarkStrong was cast.
** Creator/ZackSnyder was offered to direct the film before Creator/MartinCampbell was hired, but turned it down due to commitments to ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''. Snyder would later go on to helm [[Film/ManOfSteel thr]][[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice ee]] [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 films]] in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
** An early draft of the script contained a cameo by Alan Scott, who was going to be the United States President, and near the end would reveal his own past as a Green Lantern to Jordan, and give him his blessing. He was later revised to become an agent of the Checkmate agency (the Checkmate membership stayed true to the comics), who would approach and offer Jordan membership. Later drafts finally wrote him out of the film, and replaced him with Amanda Waller. Scott would have been played by Creator/PierceBrosnan, who would go on to play Comicbook/DoctorFate in ''Comicbook/BlackAdam'' set within the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
** Blake Lively indicated that if the film were successful enough, she would've like to portray Carol Ferris becoming Star Sapphire, [[StillbornFranchise which of course will now never happen]].
** An early script planned a cameo from Guy Gardner, as a football player whom Abin Sur's ring briefly considers before moving on to Hal Jordan, before it was written out.
** At one point ComicBook/{{Superman}} was in the script (he had a cameo as one of the candidates considered to receive a power ring), but he was cut out because the filmmakers didn't want to depend on another superhero for a success.
** The first script draft originally had Legion from ''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn'' as the main villain, until later rewrites changed it to Parallax.
** Martin Campbell's cut of the movie, before ExecutiveMeddling [[http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/green-lantern-2011-studio-cuts-ruined-movie-directors-cut-way kicked in.]]
** They originally intended to make a practical Green Lantern costume to be enhanced with CG but the more they experimented with the technology they knew they needed to make it fully CG, as they didn't want to show audiences another rubber/spandex/leather superhero costume. However, there is concept art for a more Batman-style armored GL look.
** There were a few attempts to bring the Green Lantern to the silver screen before this one, the most infamous one being the script written by Robert Smigel in 2004 that would've reinterpreted the premise as a raunchy adult comedy. Very loosely based on the ''Emerald Dawn'' storylines, it would've starred Creator/JackBlack as a loser furniture store employee named Jud Plato who was selected to become the next Green Lantern on the basis that he "fearlessly" [[{{squick}} ate severed animals heads]] for a TV reality show. Reportedly, negative fan reception to this treatment after details of it leaked onto the internet caused Warner Bros. to can the project very quickly.
** Creator/EddieMurphy was considered for the role of John Stewart.
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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell:
** Development began in early 1997, when Creator/WarnerBros approached Creator/KevinSmith to write the script, following the unmade ''Superman Lives''. He turned it down, feeling that there were more suitable candidates. At one point, Creator/QuentinTarantino was offered the chance to write and direct.
** Warner also considered the property as an action comedy. In 2004, Robert Smigel completed a script which was set to star Creator/JackBlack in the lead role. However, the studio dropped the comedy idea following poor fan reaction from the Internet. Following the success of ''Film/BatmanBegins'', David S. Goyer was offered the chance to write and direct either a Green Lantern or Flash film, but he opted to direct the latter, which ultimately amounted to nothing.
** Creator/CoreyReynolds, an avid fan of John Stewart, pitched an idea of a film trilogy to Warner, with him writing the script and playing the lead role, with Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League being introduced in the sequels. He finished the script for the first chapter, ''Green Lantern: Birth of a Hero'' in June 2007, receiving positive feedback and with a potential 2010 release date. However, the studio abandoned the concept.
** In October 2007, Greg Berlanti was signed on to direct the film and co-write the script with comic-book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim. A leaked draft of the trio's 2008 script revealed a story that included Green Lantern's origin and included Carol Ferris, Kilowog, Sinestro, and Guy Gardner in a cameo appearance. It appeared "to set up Hector Hammond as Hal Jordan's...first major nemesis...."
** By December 2008, the trio had written three drafts of the screenplay and Warner was preparing for pre-production. However, by February 2009, Berlanti was no longer attached to the project and Creator/MartinCampbell entered negotiations to direct. The release date was set as December 2010, before being moved to June 17, 2011. Speaking about the experience in 2016, Berlanti confirmed that he was fired as both director and writer, stating "I had nothing to do with the finished product".
* StillbornFranchise: Sequels were greenlit before the movie came out, with the intention of starting the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with this film. Suffice to say, they didn't go anywhere when the film bombed and dealt a serious setback to those plans, and the Green Lantern wouldn't star in his own movie again, with the DCEU not starting for another5 five years, well after Marvel fully took hold of the market (said universe doesn't include the ''Dark Knight'' trilogy; Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy; it was rebooted a third time for the DCEU).
** Development began in early 1997, when Creator/WarnerBros approached Creator/KevinSmith to write the script, following the unmade ''Superman Lives''. He turned it down, feeling that there were more suitable candidates. At one point, Creator/QuentinTarantino was offered the chance to write and direct.
** Warner also considered the property as an action comedy. In 2004, Robert Smigel completed a script which was set to star Creator/JackBlack in the lead role. However, the studio dropped the comedy idea following poor fan reaction from the Internet. Following the success of ''Film/BatmanBegins'', David S. Goyer was offered the chance to write and direct either a Green Lantern or Flash film, but he opted to direct the latter, which ultimately amounted to nothing.
** Creator/CoreyReynolds, an avid fan of John Stewart, pitched an idea of a film trilogy to Warner, with him writing the script and playing the lead role, with Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League being introduced in the sequels. He finished the script for the first chapter, ''Green Lantern: Birth of a Hero'' in June 2007, receiving positive feedback and with a potential 2010 release date. However, the studio abandoned the concept.
** In October 2007, Greg Berlanti was signed on to direct the film and co-write the script with comic-book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim. A leaked draft of the trio's 2008 script revealed a story that included Green Lantern's origin and included Carol Ferris, Kilowog, Sinestro, and Guy Gardner in a cameo appearance. It appeared "to set up Hector Hammond as Hal Jordan's...first major nemesis...."
** By December 2008, the trio had written three drafts of the screenplay and Warner was preparing for pre-production. However, by February 2009, Berlanti was no longer attached to the project and Creator/MartinCampbell entered negotiations to direct. The release date was set as December 2010, before being moved to June 17, 2011. Speaking about the experience in 2016, Berlanti confirmed that he was fired as both director and writer, stating "I had nothing to do with the finished product".
* StillbornFranchise: Sequels were greenlit before the movie came out, with the intention of starting the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with this film. Suffice to say, they didn't go anywhere when the film bombed and dealt a serious setback to those plans, and the Green Lantern wouldn't star in his own movie again, with the DCEU not starting for another
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* FanNickname: ''[[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture Green Lantern: The Motion Picture]]'', due to the movie being seen as boring and flashy. And the ending, which suggests that the (now abandoned) sequel would be ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Green Lantern II: The Wrath of Sinestro]]''.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/MartinCampbell clashed repeatedly on set. Campbell has stated in interviews that his first and only choice for the lead was Creator/BradleyCooper. However, the studio was not willing to make an offer to him and ultimately cast Reynolds behind Campbell's back. This lead to an uncomfortable experience on set for Reynolds whose performance was constantly critiqued by Campbell who made him do many takes. Reynolds has stated in an interview with Variety that the film's failure was a huge relief as he had such an unpleasant experience and "dreaded doing it again."
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* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/MartinCampbell clashed repeatedly on set. Campbell has stated in interviews that his first and only choice for the lead was Creator/BradleyCooper. However, the studio was not willing to make an offer to him and ultimately cast Reynolds behind Campbell's back. This lead to an uncomfortable experience on set for Reynolds whose performance was constantly critiqued by Campbell who made him do many takes. Reynolds has stated in an interview with Variety ''Variety'' that the film's failure was a huge relief as he had such an unpleasant experience and "dreaded doing it again.""
* HypotheticalCasting: The fan favourite choice to play Hal Jordan was Creator/NathanFillion, who voiced him in various animated productions.
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** Apart from meeting Blake Lively, the pair of {{Take That}}s Reynolds sent in this movie's direction from ''Film/Deadpool2016'', which he co-produced, make it clear he does not look favorably on ''Green Lantern''. TheStinger of ''Film/Deadpool2'' takes it a step further by having [[spoiler:Deadpool go back in time to murder Ryan Reynolds before he can accept the role of Hal Jordan]]. However, he gave it a reevaluation [[https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1372333782284578823 and found it was better than he had intially judged]].
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** Apart from meeting Blake Lively, Creator/BlakeLively, the pair of {{Take That}}s Reynolds sent in this movie's direction from ''Film/Deadpool2016'', which he co-produced, make it clear he does not look favorably on ''Green Lantern''. TheStinger of ''Film/Deadpool2'' takes it a step further by having [[spoiler:Deadpool go back in time to murder Ryan Reynolds before he can accept the role of Hal Jordan]]. However, he gave it a reevaluation [[https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1372333782284578823 and found it was better than he had intially judged]].
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Despite having a strong opening weekend, the box office gross ultimately tanked. Budget, $225 million (plus another $100 million for marketing, creating a $325 million threshold just to meet the budget and a likely $650 million target to break even). Box office, $219,851,172.
* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/GeoffreyRush was considered for Sinestro. He would eventually go on to voice Tomar-Re in the film.
* CreatorBacklash: Perhaps bordering on OldShame.
** Creator/RyanReynolds indicates that he does not consider making the film a positive experience despite meeting his future wife on the set. In 2016, his [[Film/{{Deadpool2016}} Wade Wilson]] was strangely adamant that his costume not be green or animated, and ''Deadpool 2'' featured Deadpool killing the past version of Ryan Reynolds who approved of the script for ''Green Lantern''.
** Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/TaikaWaititi mockingly disowned this film in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp_-ABJz39A promotional video]] for ''Film/FreeGuy'', claiming that ''Free Guy'' was the first time they'd ever met and worked together.
** Meanwhile, Creator/MartinCampbell heavily criticized the studio for hacking the film to pieces during the editing process, which he claims resulted in the omission or alteration of numerous elements which would have made for a stronger film.
* CreatorKiller: Creator/MartinCampbell's career took a heavy blowback with this film and he did not helm another project until 2017's ''[[Film/TheForeigner2017 The Foreigner]]''.
* DivorcedInstallment;
** This film was going to launch the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse until its horrible reception from fans. This certainly helps explain its only containing the barest hints of foreshadowing for Sinestro, as well as Amanda Waller showing up despite having no impact on the story.
** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' made a cameo in an early script. Writer Marc Guggenheim hoped Creator/TomWelling would do it, implying the movie would be set in the same universe as ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Allegedly, but if you have seen the movie it does seem like many scenes were trimmed or cut, and it is known that some scenes were re-shot after production wrapped up. There is an extended version that adds a few minutes, but still leaves out a lot according to [[http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/green-lantern-2011-studio-cuts-ruined-movie-directors-cut-way at least one source.]]
--> One thing I feel needs mentioning: this is not Martin Campbell’s cut of the film, but the studio’s. I live in New Orleans where it was shot, I read the shooting script, all of which was painstakingly filmed with intense research, and all of that was left on the cutting room floor — a sort of combination of what happened to ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' and ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'', respectively — character development sacrificed for CG, scenes made irrelevant by removing their setup. The movie in the theater starts with an explanation of mythos that is made redundant by the more natural, scripted questions from Hal when he gets the ring. Ten minutes of childhood Hal, Carol, and Hector that sets up Hal’s first ring construct is reduced to an awkwardly placed flashback in the middle of another scene. The training with the ring is almost completely excised except for one minor scene. Most appallingly, the ending completely deletes the fact that Kilowog, Sinestro, and Toma-Re arrive at the end and help Hal defeat Parallax. Not to mention Parallax was supposed to be a 3rd act reveal after we spend the film worried about Hammond going evil, not the main villain for the entire film. I sincerely hope we get a director’s cut or at least all the deleted scenes on the video release.
* FanNickname: ''[[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture Green Lantern: The Motion Picture]]'', due to the movie being seen as boring and flashy. And the ending, which suggests that the (now abandoned) sequel would be ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Green Lantern II: The Wrath of Sinestro]]''.
* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/MartinCampbell clashed repeatedly on set. Campbell has stated in interviews that his first and only choice for the lead was Creator/BradleyCooper. However, the studio was not willing to make an offer to him and ultimately cast Reynolds behind Campbell's back. This lead to an uncomfortable experience on set for Reynolds whose performance was constantly critiqued by Campbell who made him do many takes. Reynolds has stated in an interview with Variety that the film's failure was a huge relief as he had such an unpleasant experience and "dreaded doing it again."
* OldShame:
** Apart from meeting Blake Lively, the pair of {{Take That}}s Reynolds sent in this movie's direction from ''Film/Deadpool2016'', which he co-produced, make it clear he does not look favorably on ''Green Lantern''. TheStinger of ''Film/Deadpool2'' takes it a step further by having [[spoiler:Deadpool go back in time to murder Ryan Reynolds before he can accept the role of Hal Jordan]]. However, he gave it a reevaluation [[https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1372333782284578823 and found it was better than he had intially judged]].
** Creator/TaikaWaititi (Thomas Kalmaku) [[https://twitter.com/TaikaWaititi/status/772225903266897921 doesn't seem particularly fond of the film either]]. When he and Reynolds reunited to star in ''Film/FreeGuy'', part of their promotion of the film is jokingly insisting that they have never met or co-starred in a film before and refuse to acknowledge ''Green Lantern''.
** Over time even Warner Brothers themselves would come to mock the movie. ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies ''features a group of famous superheroes happily sharing their movie successes. However a John Stewart Green Lantern excitedly mentions that his franchise once had a movie, before pausing and awkwardly mentioning "But we don't talk about that anymore". (Warner Brothers to their credit even put this line quite prominently in the trailer, demonstrating that even they agree with the public rejection of the GL movie).
** Averted with Creator/MarkStrong. Despite the film's failure, he has said he enjoyed the experience and would be open to playing Sinestro again in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. Strong's loyalty would be eventually rewarded by a villain role in ''{{Film/Shazam|2019}}'' as Doctor Sivana.
* PromotedFanboy: Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan as Kilowog.
* RomanceOnTheSet[=/=]LifeImitatesArt: Creator/RyanReynolds (Hal Jordan) and Creator/BlakeLively (Carol Ferris) began dating in late-2011, and married in 2012.
* StillbornFranchise: Sequels were greenlit before the movie came out, with the intention of starting the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with this film. Suffice to say, they didn't go anywhere when the film bombed and dealt a serious setback to those plans, and the Green Lantern wouldn't star in his own movie again, with the DCEU not starting for another 5 years, well after Marvel fully took hold of the market (said universe doesn't include the ''Dark Knight'' trilogy; it was rebooted a third time for the DCEU).
* ThrowItIn: Carol's line "I've seen you naked! You think I wouldn't recognize you because you covered your cheekbones?!" was an ad-lib.
* TroubledProduction: After years in DevelopmentHell, the film was jump-started once Warner Bros. (sister company to DC Comics) saw Marvel create their own movie studio with [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse an ambitious plan]] and [[Film/IronMan1 a succesful first step]], and decided to also start their own SharedUniverse of DC adaptations with a "lesser" character akin to Iron Man. The first signs were positive, with a script by Greg Berlanti (who went on to helm the Series/{{Arrowverse}} on television) and comic book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim; comics fan Creator/RyanReynolds as Hal Jordan; and director Martin Campbell, who helmed two successful James Bond revivals. But then ExecutiveMeddling and [[ChristmasRushed trying at all costs to have the movie by 2011]] (when Marvel would release ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', and one year before the heroes team-up in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'') started to bring things down. The studio felt the script was too complicated and ordered rewrites, that made the shooting schedule even more tight. Casting continued into shooting, and while filming, Reynolds suffered a shoulder injury which added further delays. Then during post-production the studio basically froze Campbell out of the editing process, cutting large chunks of the movie in detriment of the narrative, and the special effects teams had to work overtime, ballooning the budget even further. ''Green Lantern'' ultimately came out to scathing reviews and public apathy, struggling to pass $100 million dollars domestically and barely covering the $200 million budget worldwide. The plans for it to eventually lead into a Justice League were ditched, and instead WB decided to start the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with the tried-and-true Superman in 2013's ''Film/ManOfSteel''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/BradleyCooper was Creator/MartinCampbell's first choice for the role of [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] before Creator/RyanReynolds was cast.
*** Creator/SamWorthington, Creator/JonHamm, and Creator/ChrisPine were also considered for the part of Hal Jordan. Pine would eventually go on to portray Comicbook/SteveTrevor in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
*** Music/JustinTimberlake and Creator/JaredLeto screen-tested for the titular role as well before the casting of Reynolds. Leto would later go on to portray the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] in ''{{Film/Suicide Squad|2016}}''.
** Creator/KeriRussell, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/DianeKruger, and Creator/EvaGreen were considered for the part of [[Characters/GLStarSapphireCorps Carol Ferris]] before the casting of Creator/BlakeLively.
** Creator/JackieEarleHaley and Creator/HugoWeaving were considered for the role of [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro]] before Creator/MarkStrong was cast.
** Creator/ZackSnyder was offered to direct the film before Creator/MartinCampbell was hired, but turned it down due to commitments to ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''. Snyder would later go on to helm [[Film/ManOfSteel thr]][[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice ee]] [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 films]] in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
** An early draft of the script contained a cameo by Alan Scott, who was going to be the United States President, and near the end would reveal his own past as a Green Lantern to Jordan, and give him his blessing. He was later revised to become an agent of the Checkmate agency (the Checkmate membership stayed true to the comics), who would approach and offer Jordan membership. Later drafts finally wrote him out of the film, and replaced him with Amanda Waller. Scott would have been played by Creator/PierceBrosnan, who would go on to play Comicbook/DoctorFate in ''Comicbook/BlackAdam'' set within the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
** Blake Lively indicated that if the film were successful enough, she would've like to portray Carol Ferris becoming Star Sapphire, [[StillbornFranchise which of course will now never happen]].
** An early script planned a cameo from Guy Gardner, as a football player whom Abin Sur's ring briefly considers before moving on to Hal Jordan, before it was written out.
** At one point ComicBook/{{Superman}} was in the script (he had a cameo as one of the candidates considered to receive a power ring), but he was cut out because the filmmakers didn't want to depend on another superhero for a success.
** The first script draft originally had Legion from ''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn'' as the main villain, until later rewrites changed it to Parallax.
** Martin Campbell's cut of the movie, before ExecutiveMeddling [[http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/green-lantern-2011-studio-cuts-ruined-movie-directors-cut-way kicked in.]] See above.
** They originally intended to make a practical Green Lantern costume to be enhanced with CG but the more they experimented with the technology they knew they needed to make it fully CG, as they didn't want to show audiences another rubber/spandex/leather superhero costume. However, there is concept art for a more Batman-style armored GL look.
** There were a few attempts to bring the Green Lantern to the silver screen before this one, the most infamous one being the script written by Robert Smigel in 2004 that would've reinterpreted the premise as a raunchy adult comedy. Very loosely based on the ''Emerald Dawn'' storylines, it would've starred Creator/JackBlack as a loser furniture store employee named Jud Plato who was selected to become the next Green Lantern on the basis that he "fearlessly" [[{{squick}} ate severed animals heads]] for a TV reality show. Reportedly, negative fan reception to this treatment after details of it leaked onto the internet caused Warner Bros. to can the project very quickly.
** Creator/EddieMurphy was considered for the role of John Stewart.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/GeoffreyRush was considered for Sinestro. He would eventually go on to voice Tomar-Re in the film.
* CreatorBacklash: Perhaps bordering on OldShame.
** Creator/RyanReynolds indicates that he does not consider making the film a positive experience despite meeting his future wife on the set. In 2016, his [[Film/{{Deadpool2016}} Wade Wilson]] was strangely adamant that his costume not be green or animated, and ''Deadpool 2'' featured Deadpool killing the past version of Ryan Reynolds who approved of the script for ''Green Lantern''.
** Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/TaikaWaititi mockingly disowned this film in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp_-ABJz39A promotional video]] for ''Film/FreeGuy'', claiming that ''Free Guy'' was the first time they'd ever met and worked together.
** Meanwhile, Creator/MartinCampbell heavily criticized the studio for hacking the film to pieces during the editing process, which he claims resulted in the omission or alteration of numerous elements which would have made for a stronger film.
* CreatorKiller: Creator/MartinCampbell's career took a heavy blowback with this film and he did not helm another project until 2017's ''[[Film/TheForeigner2017 The Foreigner]]''.
* DivorcedInstallment;
** This film was going to launch the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse until its horrible reception from fans. This certainly helps explain its only containing the barest hints of foreshadowing for Sinestro, as well as Amanda Waller showing up despite having no impact on the story.
** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' made a cameo in an early script. Writer Marc Guggenheim hoped Creator/TomWelling would do it, implying the movie would be set in the same universe as ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Allegedly, but if you have seen the movie it does seem like many scenes were trimmed or cut, and it is known that some scenes were re-shot after production wrapped up. There is an extended version that adds a few minutes, but still leaves out a lot according to [[http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/green-lantern-2011-studio-cuts-ruined-movie-directors-cut-way at least one source.]]
--> One thing I feel needs mentioning: this is not Martin Campbell’s cut of the film, but the studio’s. I live in New Orleans where it was shot, I read the shooting script, all of which was painstakingly filmed with intense research, and all of that was left on the cutting room floor — a sort of combination of what happened to ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' and ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'', respectively — character development sacrificed for CG, scenes made irrelevant by removing their setup. The movie in the theater starts with an explanation of mythos that is made redundant by the more natural, scripted questions from Hal when he gets the ring. Ten minutes of childhood Hal, Carol, and Hector that sets up Hal’s first ring construct is reduced to an awkwardly placed flashback in the middle of another scene. The training with the ring is almost completely excised except for one minor scene. Most appallingly, the ending completely deletes the fact that Kilowog, Sinestro, and Toma-Re arrive at the end and help Hal defeat Parallax. Not to mention Parallax was supposed to be a 3rd act reveal after we spend the film worried about Hammond going evil, not the main villain for the entire film. I sincerely hope we get a director’s cut or at least all the deleted scenes on the video release.
* FanNickname: ''[[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture Green Lantern: The Motion Picture]]'', due to the movie being seen as boring and flashy. And the ending, which suggests that the (now abandoned) sequel would be ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Green Lantern II: The Wrath of Sinestro]]''.
* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/MartinCampbell clashed repeatedly on set. Campbell has stated in interviews that his first and only choice for the lead was Creator/BradleyCooper. However, the studio was not willing to make an offer to him and ultimately cast Reynolds behind Campbell's back. This lead to an uncomfortable experience on set for Reynolds whose performance was constantly critiqued by Campbell who made him do many takes. Reynolds has stated in an interview with Variety that the film's failure was a huge relief as he had such an unpleasant experience and "dreaded doing it again."
* OldShame:
** Apart from meeting Blake Lively, the pair of {{Take That}}s Reynolds sent in this movie's direction from ''Film/Deadpool2016'', which he co-produced, make it clear he does not look favorably on ''Green Lantern''. TheStinger of ''Film/Deadpool2'' takes it a step further by having [[spoiler:Deadpool go back in time to murder Ryan Reynolds before he can accept the role of Hal Jordan]]. However, he gave it a reevaluation [[https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1372333782284578823 and found it was better than he had intially judged]].
** Creator/TaikaWaititi (Thomas Kalmaku) [[https://twitter.com/TaikaWaititi/status/772225903266897921 doesn't seem particularly fond of the film either]]. When he and Reynolds reunited to star in ''Film/FreeGuy'', part of their promotion of the film is jokingly insisting that they have never met or co-starred in a film before and refuse to acknowledge ''Green Lantern''.
** Over time even Warner Brothers themselves would come to mock the movie. ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies ''features a group of famous superheroes happily sharing their movie successes. However a John Stewart Green Lantern excitedly mentions that his franchise once had a movie, before pausing and awkwardly mentioning "But we don't talk about that anymore". (Warner Brothers to their credit even put this line quite prominently in the trailer, demonstrating that even they agree with the public rejection of the GL movie).
** Averted with Creator/MarkStrong. Despite the film's failure, he has said he enjoyed the experience and would be open to playing Sinestro again in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. Strong's loyalty would be eventually rewarded by a villain role in ''{{Film/Shazam|2019}}'' as Doctor Sivana.
* PromotedFanboy: Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan as Kilowog.
* RomanceOnTheSet[=/=]LifeImitatesArt: Creator/RyanReynolds (Hal Jordan) and Creator/BlakeLively (Carol Ferris) began dating in late-2011, and married in 2012.
* StillbornFranchise: Sequels were greenlit before the movie came out, with the intention of starting the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with this film. Suffice to say, they didn't go anywhere when the film bombed and dealt a serious setback to those plans, and the Green Lantern wouldn't star in his own movie again, with the DCEU not starting for another 5 years, well after Marvel fully took hold of the market (said universe doesn't include the ''Dark Knight'' trilogy; it was rebooted a third time for the DCEU).
* ThrowItIn: Carol's line "I've seen you naked! You think I wouldn't recognize you because you covered your cheekbones?!" was an ad-lib.
* TroubledProduction: After years in DevelopmentHell, the film was jump-started once Warner Bros. (sister company to DC Comics) saw Marvel create their own movie studio with [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse an ambitious plan]] and [[Film/IronMan1 a succesful first step]], and decided to also start their own SharedUniverse of DC adaptations with a "lesser" character akin to Iron Man. The first signs were positive, with a script by Greg Berlanti (who went on to helm the Series/{{Arrowverse}} on television) and comic book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim; comics fan Creator/RyanReynolds as Hal Jordan; and director Martin Campbell, who helmed two successful James Bond revivals. But then ExecutiveMeddling and [[ChristmasRushed trying at all costs to have the movie by 2011]] (when Marvel would release ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', and one year before the heroes team-up in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'') started to bring things down. The studio felt the script was too complicated and ordered rewrites, that made the shooting schedule even more tight. Casting continued into shooting, and while filming, Reynolds suffered a shoulder injury which added further delays. Then during post-production the studio basically froze Campbell out of the editing process, cutting large chunks of the movie in detriment of the narrative, and the special effects teams had to work overtime, ballooning the budget even further. ''Green Lantern'' ultimately came out to scathing reviews and public apathy, struggling to pass $100 million dollars domestically and barely covering the $200 million budget worldwide. The plans for it to eventually lead into a Justice League were ditched, and instead WB decided to start the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with the tried-and-true Superman in 2013's ''Film/ManOfSteel''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/BradleyCooper was Creator/MartinCampbell's first choice for the role of [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] before Creator/RyanReynolds was cast.
*** Creator/SamWorthington, Creator/JonHamm, and Creator/ChrisPine were also considered for the part of Hal Jordan. Pine would eventually go on to portray Comicbook/SteveTrevor in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
*** Music/JustinTimberlake and Creator/JaredLeto screen-tested for the titular role as well before the casting of Reynolds. Leto would later go on to portray the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] in ''{{Film/Suicide Squad|2016}}''.
** Creator/KeriRussell, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/DianeKruger, and Creator/EvaGreen were considered for the part of [[Characters/GLStarSapphireCorps Carol Ferris]] before the casting of Creator/BlakeLively.
** Creator/JackieEarleHaley and Creator/HugoWeaving were considered for the role of [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro]] before Creator/MarkStrong was cast.
** Creator/ZackSnyder was offered to direct the film before Creator/MartinCampbell was hired, but turned it down due to commitments to ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''. Snyder would later go on to helm [[Film/ManOfSteel thr]][[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice ee]] [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 films]] in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
** An early draft of the script contained a cameo by Alan Scott, who was going to be the United States President, and near the end would reveal his own past as a Green Lantern to Jordan, and give him his blessing. He was later revised to become an agent of the Checkmate agency (the Checkmate membership stayed true to the comics), who would approach and offer Jordan membership. Later drafts finally wrote him out of the film, and replaced him with Amanda Waller. Scott would have been played by Creator/PierceBrosnan, who would go on to play Comicbook/DoctorFate in ''Comicbook/BlackAdam'' set within the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
** Blake Lively indicated that if the film were successful enough, she would've like to portray Carol Ferris becoming Star Sapphire, [[StillbornFranchise which of course will now never happen]].
** An early script planned a cameo from Guy Gardner, as a football player whom Abin Sur's ring briefly considers before moving on to Hal Jordan, before it was written out.
** At one point ComicBook/{{Superman}} was in the script (he had a cameo as one of the candidates considered to receive a power ring), but he was cut out because the filmmakers didn't want to depend on another superhero for a success.
** The first script draft originally had Legion from ''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn'' as the main villain, until later rewrites changed it to Parallax.
** Martin Campbell's cut of the movie, before ExecutiveMeddling [[http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/green-lantern-2011-studio-cuts-ruined-movie-directors-cut-way kicked in.]] See above.
** They originally intended to make a practical Green Lantern costume to be enhanced with CG but the more they experimented with the technology they knew they needed to make it fully CG, as they didn't want to show audiences another rubber/spandex/leather superhero costume. However, there is concept art for a more Batman-style armored GL look.
** There were a few attempts to bring the Green Lantern to the silver screen before this one, the most infamous one being the script written by Robert Smigel in 2004 that would've reinterpreted the premise as a raunchy adult comedy. Very loosely based on the ''Emerald Dawn'' storylines, it would've starred Creator/JackBlack as a loser furniture store employee named Jud Plato who was selected to become the next Green Lantern on the basis that he "fearlessly" [[{{squick}} ate severed animals heads]] for a TV reality show. Reportedly, negative fan reception to this treatment after details of it leaked onto the internet caused Warner Bros. to can the project very quickly.
** Creator/EddieMurphy was considered for the role of John Stewart.
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