Goldenberg Takes On 'Green Lantern 2'
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Posted on: 2010-08-09 10:16 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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Or I wish they would be so much more pro-active on superhero movies that they have several stories to do and film them all at once. The one movie every 3 years or more model really stinks.|
Originally Posted by Lord_of_Time
You know I really wish they would stop talking ahead like this about ANY film. I mean speculating or planning sequels to a film that hasn't even come OUT yet seems highly inappropriate since you have no idea if it's going to be a commercial success or not. Also a film should need a REASON to make a sequel because there is more to tell to the story not just 'because'.
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I had hoped the Lord of the Rings movies had shown the right way to do it but I guess they have not yet agreed with that.
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
Proper credit citation: Variety
Any film lifted from a comic book automatically has more stories to tell. And personally I *like* that a studio believes in their project enough to plan a sequel before waiting on box office.
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WB/DC's non Chris Nolan/Tim Burton Batman movies have not done well in the past 20+ years. |
Originally Posted by Lord_of_Time
You know I really wish they would stop talking ahead like this about ANY film. I mean speculating or planning sequels to a film that hasn't even come OUT yet seems highly inappropriate since you have no idea if it's going to be a commercial success or not. Also a film should need a REASON to make a sequel because there is more to tell to the story not just 'because'.
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Worry about making a good movie and not good looking images for Entertainment Weekly and movie posters released at Comic Con.
I think it's a situtation where obviously the movie execs want to utilize actors and sets and everyone else to make multiple movies in order to maximize their profits. Especially once they see the buzz a movie like GL is getting.
The problem is all the people that make a movie realize by doing so they also lose out on a tremendous amount of potential money. If you make deals before movies come out like LOTR then you really get paid less and the movie execs have the leverage. If you make movie #1 and it's a hit (like Spider-Man) then negotiate a two or three movie deal afterwards then you have leverage, because you have proof of the potential profits for both the movie company AND the staff/cast.
So while we as an audience see making three movies back to back as a good thing (like LOTR) they movie execs and cast/staff don't. Plus let's not forget that LOTR had a very set story, but Spider-Man/Wolverine/GL/etc do not. They have a ton of stories to pull from but which arc is THE money maker? So there are a lot more variables to creating a superhero/comic based movie than LOTR. Also, superhero/comic movies are aided greatly by increases in technology. LOTR needs some good special effects for some magic and monsters but they don't have to create beleivable webs/eye lazers/mental manipulation/claws from hands(*cough*Wolverine:Originsbathroomscene*cough* ) etc. So the effects in LOTR will stand the test of time better especially over a 3-5 year period it would take for the sequals to complete showing. X-Men from from 5-6 years ago would easily be expected to have better visuals in a sequal done today. Heck look at the outcry from the FX in Wolverine as a good example. We loved the claws and stunts in X-Men but were taken aback in Origins... Why no improvement.
It's not much of a surprise that Warner Bros hired Goldenberg. He helped on one of the re-writes for "Green Lantern" and wrote a treatment with Michael Green and Greg Berlanti for the sequel. Well, we definitely know now that Warner Bros means business. They want to keep DC Entertainment on an even playing field with Marvel Studios, and what better way to do it than chucking out films just as fast as them.
Goldenberg's previous credits include "Contact", the 2003 "Peter Pan" and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". "Green Lantern" recently wrapped principal photography in New Orleans. The Martin Campbell directed feature stars Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, a cocky test pilot who's become the latest part of the intergalactic Green Lantern Corps. Although he's not trusted by many, he's the one person who harnesses the power in order to defeat Parallax.
"Green Lantern" is out in theaters everywhere on June 17th, 2011.
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