Greenlight for Green Lantern

Green Lantern to light up the Big Easy

Recent reports that Warner Bros' Green Lantern film had to pull out of shooting in Australia for budget issues seem to be confirmed as it's looking like the movie will set up shop in New Orleans. According to MTV Splashpage, The Times-Picayune reports that the studio manager of New Orleans-based Second Line Stages has been contacted by the producers of Green Lantern about getting studio space.

The juicy part of the article was buried in the end apparently. WB's plans for Green Lantern is that it will be "the first in a trilogy of films focusing on DC's Justice League heroes—the others being The Flash and Wonder Woman—before uniting all three with fellow League members Batman, Superman and Aquaman for a Justice League movie."

(Pass out here...OK, I'm good now.)

The sinister Sinestro

Onto more Green Lantern news, Jackie Earle Haley has been rumored in the last couple of days as the front runner to play Sinestro in the film. Haley, who played Rorschach in Watchmen and stars as Freddy Krueger in the new A Nightmare on Elm Street, stated in an interview with MTV that, "I heard about Ryan Reynolds being in it," and that, "I'd love to work with him."

If this were to come to fruition, it would be a great leap in terms of casting big budget superhero movies. No need to hire big name actors (Nick Cage as Ghost Rider? Ugh), just the right ones that can embody the characters.

In any event, so much to look forward to! Is it 2011 yet?