Ryan Reynolds Is The Green Lantern

Written by Ian Cullen on July 13, 2009 – 8:30 am -

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After an exhaustive search Warner Bros have finally found the actor who they want to take on the role of Hal Jordan AKA The Green Lantern in their planned live action movie. Just a day after Hollywood Reporter revealed that three actors were vying for the role. It has been revealed that Warner have settled on Ryan Reynolds to play the role.

Many fans got an eyeful of Reynolds earlier this Summer when he took on the role of Deadpool in X – Men: Origins – Wolverine, a role that Reynolds is expected to reprise in a planned Deadpool movie.

Now it looks like the actor will be pulling double comic book duty by playing not one, but two comic book superheroes.

Here what the Hollywood Reporter revealed late on Friday night:

Reynolds and his camp entered negotiations for the part Friday, after the studio held two rounds of screen tests, along with actors Bradley Cooper and Jared Leto. Justin Timberlake also did a screen test.

The studio had holding options on the actors, but, except for Reynolds, those expired Monday. Reynolds’ option would have expired end of day Friday.

This means that Reynolds will be one of few actors who have played characters in both the DC and Marvel comics universe. As noted above he played Deadpool in the most recent X – Men movie, and will reprise that role for the planned Deadpool movie.

Fans of the Blade franchise also recall Reynolds role as Hannibal King.

Reynolds was also attached at one time to a Flash movie from writer/director David Goyer, but nothing ever came of that.

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