On and Off With Green Lantern
Wed, August 3, 2011 
So much smoke has been blown in our faces since the release of Green Lantern. There have been reports of a sequel being considered filled with uncertainty in abundance. Just yesterday a quote from Jeff Robinov went up with him saying a sequel was being considered but that it needed to be dark and edgier to gain a better opinion from the populace. Hollywood Reporter talked with the CEO of Warner Bros., Jeff Bewkes, who had this to say about the floundering property;
"It did not live up to expectations - fell fairly far short of those," Bewkes said. Still, he didn't rule out a sequel at this point, saying that he was not in a position to tell at this time if there will be one. "We will be deciding that in due course," he said. Sources had previously told The Hollywood Reporter that Warner Bros. was not giving up on a sequel.
Bewkes, however, calmed Wall Street concerns about TW's plans to use superhero films from its DC arm to fill the void that will be left after the final film in the Harry Potter franchise. "I'm not concerned about DC's strategy," Bewkes emphasizing, predicting that it will be "a major contributor" of hits and franchises in the future. He pointed to a planned Superman film and next year's latest Batman release as upcoming projects.
This has honestly been one of the most disheartening situations concerning a film that I've been involved with. Green Lantern has such a rich history in the comics and I had very high hopes that this movie would perform well and be a huge property for Warner Bros. Unfortunately it has ended up about as bad as it could possibly be. Even though I enjoyed the movie immensely it still wasn't what it should have been and certainly feels like a missed opportunity. I also feel a lot of critics were very unfair towards the movie and in no way is it as bad as many have made it out to be.
It's all a waiting game at this point. High home video sales could potentially give the studio an extra incentive to go forward with the sequel. With such a poor performance and negative response though, I don't see any reason why they'd even begin to think of a second film.
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The movie wasn't good enough to warrant such a response. It had it's moments but the script was terrible and the director was clueless.
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