History Trivia / GreenLantern

* TropeNamer: StuffedIntoTheFridge.

!!Trivia with Their Own Pages

!!For the The 2011 Movie [[Trivia/GreenLantern2011 see here]].

* FanNickname:
** Dex-Starr of the Red Lantern Corps, known to some as Ruffles the Rage-Cat. Also called Pukecat in some circles, due to the... acid-blood-puking nature of the Red Lantern power signature.
** Also, Hal (as Parallax) is called "Halallax", and Kyle (as Parallax) is called "Kylellax" by some fans.

* ''ReferencedBy/GreenLantern''

** Ron Marz stated that he was in the process of bringing the Corps back near the end of his run, which would have seen the Corps rebooted into a smaller group led by John Stewart and Ganthet as the Guardians. Unfortunately his contract ran out, Judd Winick went another way and we had to wait till Rebirth to get a corps back.

* ScienceMarchesOn: Some color theorists have suggested cyan should be considered a color of the rainbow , in between green and blue. Whether they will ever make a Cyan Lantern Corps (and what emotion it will represent) is unknown.

* CharacterSpecificPages:
** [[Characters/GreenLanternHalJordan Hal Jordan]]
** [[Characters/GreenLanternJohnStewart John Stewart]]
** [[Characters/GreenLanternKyleRayner Kyle Rayner]]

!![[Film/GreenLantern The 2011 Movie]]
* 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.

* ScienceMarchesOn: Some color theorists have suggested cyan should be considered a color of the rainbow (specifically, it's between green and blue) whether they will ever make a Cyan Lantern Corps (and what emotion it will represent) is unknown.

** Originally they were going to use the villain Legion from ''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn'', until they changed it to Parallax.

** Originally they were going to use the villain Legion, until they changed it to Parallax.

** Also by Marz was the Elseworlds Green Lantern: Camelot in which The ENTIRE cast of Green Lantern would have been transposed to the time of Camelot, with Alan Scott as KingArthur, Hal Jordan as Lancelot, and Ganthet as the Lady in the Lake (Marz: He has a dress!).

** ''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}}''.

** Creator/JackieEarleHaley and Creator/HugoWeaving were considered for [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro]] before Creator/MarkStrong was cast.

** 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 the DCEU film ''Film/BlackAdam''.

** 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.

** 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]].

* CreatorKiller: Director Martin Campbell's career took a heavy blowback with this film and he did not helm another project until 2017's ''[[Film/TheForeigner2017 The Foreigner]]''.

*** 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 Steve Trevor]] in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.

** Creator/JackieEarleHaley, Creator/HugoWeaving, and Creator/GeoffreyRush were considered for [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro]] before Creator/MarkStrong was cast. Rush would eventually go on to voice Tomar-Re in the film.

* 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 until 2020, 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).

** 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.

** 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 akwardly 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).

** 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 akwardly 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 DC Extended Universe. Strong's loyalty would be eventually rewarded by a meaty villain role in the far more successful and far more beloved Film/Shazam2019.