Tag: Deadpool
Ryan Reynolds Snags Lead Role in “Green Lantern”
by Honk Mahfah on Jul.11, 2009, under Movies
According to Variety, Ryan Reynolds has been cast as Hal Jordan, the titular superhero of the upcoming Green Lantern feature. Casino Royale director Martin Campbell will be behind the camera of the project, which is expected to begin production in January.
The casting could end up being somewhat unorthodox, as Reynolds has already played one filmic superhero — or more correctly, a supervillain, Deadpool (in X-Men Origins: Wolverine). The success of that movie has led to Fox actively putting a Deadpool spinoff film, with Reynolds attached, in development. Unless I’ve got some early-onset Alzheimer’s developing, there has never been an actor play two different lead roles in two different comic-book-movie franchises.
The casting news caps a summer movie season that may well have seen Reynolds finally emerge as a major star, first appearing in Wolverine, then co-starring with Sandra Bullock in the hit rom-com The Proposal, and now landing the lead role in a studio tentpole film.
