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On Dec. 26, James Gunn, the caller co-CEO of DC Studios, responded to a study that HBO Max's planned Green Lantern bid had been scrapped. Find retired his succinct rebuttal.
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According to James Gunn, reports of The Green Lantern's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
In effect to a study that HBO Max's planned Green Lantern bid had been scrapped, the new co-CEO of DC Studios responded connected Twitter Dec. 26, simply writing: "Fake."
A Green Lantern tv bid was archetypal announced successful 2019, which was set to absorption connected the characters of Guy Gardner and Alan Scott. In fact, actors Finn Wittrock and Jeremy Irvine had already been formed successful the respective roles.
However, successful October 2022, it was announced that the bid was shifting absorption to John Stewart, 1 of DC's archetypal Black superheroes, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
No casting quality has been announced regarding the relation of John Stewart, but Wittrock and Irvine are nary longer attached to the project.
The determination to mold the amusement astir Stewart was made aft the exit of erstwhile DC Films President Walter Hamada earlier successful October, according to the outlet, but had "nothing to do" with Gunn and Peter Safran being elevated to their caller co-CEO roles astatine DC Studios.
Previously, The Green Lantern was adapted into a 2011 movie starring Ryan Reynolds arsenic the titular superhero and Blake Lively arsenic his emotion involvement Carol Ferris.
Though Gunn and Safran took implicit their caller roles wrong DC conscionable implicit 2 months ago, they person wasted nary clip successful making a large impact.
On Dec. 14, Henry Cavill announced that helium would nary longer beryllium playing the relation of Superman for DC, a determination made by Gunn and Safran.
"Peter & I person a DC slate acceptable to go, which we couldn't beryllium much over-the-moon about; we'll beryllium capable to stock immoderate breathtaking accusation astir our archetypal projects astatine the opening of the caller year," Gunn wrote connected Twitter Dec. 14. "Among those connected the slate is Superman."
Gunn continued, "In the archetypal stages, our communicative volition beryllium focusing connected an earlier portion of Superman's life, truthful the quality volition not beryllium played by Henry Cavill."
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While we await much details about The Green Lantern, DC Studios is currently successful accumulation connected constricted bid The Penguin, with Colin Farrell reprising his relation arsenic the titular supervillain from 2022's The Batman starring Robert Pattinson.
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