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People magazine will bestow just bestowed the coveted title of ”Sexiest Man Alive” on Ryan Reynolds for this year marking its 25th anniversary. Which is a marketing wet dream not just for Reynolds’ talent agency CAA and PR firm 42West but also for Warner Bros. The studio has just released this new trailer (below) for Green Lantern, the Martin Campbell-directed film that introduces Ryan Reynolds as the DC Comics superhero. Talk about synergy: to date every new promo for the movie has been the exclusive domain of a magazine (People, Entertainment Weekly) owned by Time Warner which also owns the movie studio Warner Bros. But only moviegoers will decide whether Reynolds’ obvious physique and charisma will be enough to measure up in the DC pantheon to Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight or the Nolan-produced Superman film that’ll be directed by Zack Snyder. The 3D Green Lantern will be released on June 17, 2011:
Ryan Reynolds Is People’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ As Warner Bros Releases New Trailer For ‘Green Lantern’
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Oh dear, this looks really really bad.
As bad a the Fantastic 4… both movies.
Well… I wouldn’t except A-level results from a C-list superhero and B-list talent.
Oh dear god. This is Speed Racer, Cat Woman, and Batman & Robin all over again. Cheesy in tone. Bad acting. Awful visuals. D-level visual effects. Warners has no clue what they are doing with these movies outside of Nolan. They talk themselves into these big movies to try to match Marvel but then don’t have a vision at all. Green Lantern was always cool. Hal Jordan was a guy’s guy, not some insecure goofball. This looks easily as bad as Speed Racer. Why release this trailer now? Just to get it in front of Potter? They should have waited until they had something perfect because now the stink is on this movie and its an uphill climb from here. Someone should get fired after this.
Is Alex Young making movies for Warner Brothers now?
That smells like his awful turds.
Oh my God that is a hot mess. We’re talking special bad here, folks.
i think it will better than Thor, is that saying much?
Despite all of the unimaginative fans, which are sadly forced to judge this preview without a critic’s acceptance and approval report card, I‘m pretty sure this picture will clean up in all of the design and production categories come Oscar season next year.
The costume breaks all of the comic book costume as military gear fads currently “still the rage” since Dark Knight. Thoroughly uninspired retread from Thor and Captain America will confirm this next summer. A CGI costume from a character that uses a ring to create construct weapons is finally a brilliant use of the media.
We haven’t seen sets like this since Star Wars; it’s great that Campbell will get credit for helping us to return to other galaxies without Gene Roddenberry or George Lucas’ approval.
Reynolds was a great find for the role. Hal Jordan from the comic is dull, predictable, and humorless; the character even lost the title and name Green Lantern for a while due to fan disinterest. The comic has rebounded but Campbell was correct to reenergize the character with a charismatic actor. Obviously this is one of benefits of the medium.
Reynolds will be ten times the star next year that he is today.
Hmmm…
My word, that looks awful. 2011: the year the superhero bubble finally bursts? For every Dark Knight there seems to be about 5 terrible comic book films.
Eheheh–me and a friend have a running argument which of these epics thus far boast the worst trailer. (We’re pretty much agreed THOR has the edge by sheer pretentiousness alone.) There’s still CAPTAIN AMERICA and THE AVENGERS to be seen, though…
Haven’t people been predicting that the comic book bubble will burst for at least the last 10 years? Give it a rest.
I think it looks fun, and it is good to see it being more of a Sci-Fi intergalactic story than the normal city crime syndicate. My only issue is that the suit is still looking pretty CGI, but they have plenty of time to refine that.
Not really, considering the bubble is barely 10 years old. The point is we’re getting more than ever now: 4 big superhero movies in 2011 and another 4 (massive ones) in 2012. Nothing lasts forever.
PS – the trailer does make the movie look terrible.
I’d call this an absolute trainwreck, but I think that’s a severe understatement.
a train wreck the size of the Chrysler building?
Hmmm… Looks like they’re trying to go the
“Iron Man” route… just that it’s not true to the character, and Reynolds can’t hold the screen like Downey
Please spare me.
This is what you get when there’s no clear LEADER involved. No star director, no bankable lead, and producers who don’t know dick.
The problem with hoping it will compare to a Nolan or Snyder film is that guys like Nolan and Snyder (and even Bay) are their own brand, which equates to more millions in box office on that element alone. There’s no “brand” here – no Will Smith or Robert Downey Jr, no Jerry Bruckheimer, and the “GL” name isn’t a strong enough title.
File this one in the stinker batch, right next to “The Punisher”.
I’d say Martin Campbell counts as a star director. Even if you disregard most of his body of work, “Casino Royale” was indeed a “brand” in its own right and an impeccable reboot to a tired franchise, much like that of Nolan’s “Batman”. Furthermore, the characters of Green Lantern and Batman are incredibly different, so comparisons are unwarranted and unnecessary. Everyone wants every comic book movie to be “The Dark Knight” (which also had atrocious dialogue, for the record), but not all stories are meant to be oppressively dark and gritty. This is a science fiction story, a different genre of film/hero. I don’t see anybody comparing Luke Skywalker and Hal Jordan, though categorically that would make for a more sensical argument.
AWFUL. Broad, cheesy, uninspired, bottom of the barrel, over-lit, romantic comedy crap. Terrible CG. Hollywood is so behind with they’re thinking for comic book movies. They’re still making 1980′s mistakes in 2010. Green Lantern comics are awesome. Making these kind of stiff watered-down live-action adaptations starring an effeminate huge-headed guy is yesterdays news.
I think this movie is really for a young crowd and families. So it will be hated like Twilight by a lot of people. I don’t think WB want to make a dark Nolan type of superhero movie with this, but one that is tie-in and merchandise friendly, to compete with something like Iron Man. So kids will buy a ring, lantern or alien action figure.
Your right. Who wants to make a billion dollars at the box office?
And how much will they make on merchandising? WB are not counting on prestige with this but box office as well as all the offshoots.
The weird thing about this trailer is that half of it looks promising–dark, Nolan-esque, complex. Unfortunately, the rest…
I’m optimisitc. There’s a definite “Iron Man” formula at work here. I mean, the entire trailer looks like it was put together by the Marketing gurus at Paramount (back in 2005).
I was hoping for something more adult and more sinister. This will definitely be children fodder. But somehow, with all of that against it, I’m still interested in seeing whether they pull it off.
BTW — I was totally against the way Favreau turned Iron Man into this hipster rich kid with daddy issues in the first trailer for that film. Iron Man was just as dark a character as Batman (even darker). Afterall, he was a regular Joe with a wife and kids, who was also an alcholic — but he was much more than that. He was a return to good ole fashion masculinity (ala Don Draper) in the form of a super hero. Or at least that’s the way I envisioned him. But after I saw the finished product, I forgave that film. Hell, I fell in love with it.
This is a smash hit. They are being true to the mythology of GL. Looks great. Anyone with a tw@t shouldn’t comment.
This looks pretty damn good. Martin Campbell is one hell of a director. Ryan Reynolds has erased any fears I had about his take on the role. Its gonna be big. I’m sold.
You’re the only one, Martin.
This looks so cheesy.
That. Was. Awful.
And the Iron Man trailer had one thing that made me go, “yeah, I will watch this, this could be fun.”
It was Downey trying out the jets, then –
“Uh, yeah… I can fly.”
There is nothing in this trailer that had any of that lightness. The dialogue flow is really, really bad, down to Become. One. Of. Us. Become. A. Green. Lantern. Protect. The. Galaxy. This. Is. Sparta.
All of that, and the FX look horrible. I mean, just horrible. Video game horrible, I’d like to say, only video games are better than some of those moments here.
Those effects looked pretty damn good actually. Everything from the make-up work to the CGI alien city to the ‘cosmic punch’ Reynold’s unleashed looked top-notch and well-designed in my opinion.
OMG… This is the “Green” turd. The movie looks sooo bad!
Why is it that unless comic adaptations are dark and psychotic, they’re considered a bomb-in-waiting? This looks like what a Green Lantern movie should be.
Oa? Check.
Ferris? Check.
Sinestro? Check.
Space battles and the Green Lantern Corps? Check.
The effects will improve, considering how much time they have, and the tone seems closer the Reeves Superman than the Tim Story FF comparisons I’ve been reading.
Agreed.
This looks like a fee- good, cheesy, popcorn flick. Life is heavy and brooding enough, I don’t mind the occasional, “hell yeah!” type flim.
Gee, I wonder if this is a coincidence…? Grow up, people. These awards are bought and paid for!
Grow Up? You mean we can’t trust the integrity abd ibjectivity of the People Magazine Sexiest Man Alive list?
That trailer was a joke right? What the hell are they thinking, that movie looks horrible.
Nikki,
Will all the synergy, why did Warner Bros. let CBS Corp.’s Entertainment Tonight have the exclusive first to the trailer and not Warner Bros.’ “Extra” infotainment program?
Fun visuals, bad dialogue.
I thought it was going to be funnier with Seth Rogan as the Green Lantern.
“TIME WARNER SYNERGY: Ryan Reynolds Is People’s ’2010 Sexiest Man Alive’ On Same Day Warner Bros Releases New Trailer For ‘Green Lantern’”
Luckily for People, this is not the trailer of a Scooby Doo movie. That would be more complicated…
In brightest day, in darkest night, wait what the hell is that trailer?
This looks like Sorcerer’s Apprentice with a better leading man and a weaker everything else.
At least now we know what the biggest over hyped under performing $200 million dollar movie after TRON will be.
The problem with the trailer is the main character is established as a “fearless” test pilot who inherits the responsibility of being a Green Lantern: who are supposed to be “fearless” which he says on screen “isn’t me.” Well, what is he then?
Oh no. Strictly Saturday morning stuff. From opening cliche to terribly acted next bit to zero G-force cockpit movement. That woman looked like she was in her Prius…
Ya, it’s not a good sign when a good part of a trailer gives you STEALTH flashbacks.