![]() ![]() ![]() I haven’t seen it, so I can’t speak to how the movie itself works. That’s what makes your comedic version such a curiosity. Well, for a lot of people, the version that was made didn’t work. I don’t see how-the version that’s in theaters didn’t exactly fare too well with critics. ![]() killed that version of the project-choosing instead to go with a more serious version that is currently in theaters. Led by die-hard Green Lantern fans, the Internet revolted and, reportedly based on the potential backlash, Warner Bros. In Smigel’s version, the power ring that chooses Hal Jordan to become Green Lantern malfunctions and, instead, chooses a reality-television star played by Black. and Late Night with Conan O’Brien fame) to write a comedic version of Green Lantern with Jack Black in mind as the star. had commissioned Robert Smigel (of S.N.L. In 2004, reports surfaced that Warner Bros. The title character is played by Ryan Reynolds-who may have been genetically conceived just to someday play a wisecracking superhero-but, in one of the more curious backstories in recent moviemaking history, the role of Green Lantern almost went to Jack Black. Green Lantern, Warner Bros.’ $200 million tentpole superhero film, opened this past weekend to a somewhat disappointing $52 million box-office take. ![]()
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