Green Lantern Corpscould still be a ways off, but there is movement on it. Back in January,we reportedthat the studio had hiredDavid Goyer(Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) andJustin Rhodesto pen the screenplay with the pitch being a “Lethal Weaponmovie in outer space.” The idea would be to have the story focus on Hal Jordan and Jon Stewart, and it’s not a bad pitch, especially if you want to create some distance from 2011’sGreen Lanternand start fresh rather than simply take a second stab at the superhero.
Now it’s looking like Warner Bros. might want Goyer to direct in addition to writing. Here’s what Jeff Sneider had to say about the situation on hisMeet the Movie Press podcast[via/Film]:
“I’m hearing David Goyer could very well wind up directingGreen Lantern Corpshimself. When you look at screenwriters that are taking the plunge and directing these movies themselves, we saw rumors last month that Simon Kinberg was going to direct the nextX-Menmovie. David Goyer is responsible for this entire DC Universe, he wroteBatman BeginsandThe Dark Knight. He wroteMan of Steel, he is the architect, if you will. He is writing and producingGreen Lantern Corps, so it’s just very well, what I have heard, one of those situations where he could be like ‘Listen, I think I may be the best guy for the job, nobody knows this like I do.'”
Sneider also says that Goyer is in the mix forSuicide Squad 2along withThe ShallowshelmerJaume Collet-Serra.
While I’m not really high on Goyer as a choice (I also think calling him the “architect” is giving him too much credit;Batman BeginsandThe Dark Knightbenefit fromChristopher Nolan’s vision and the rebooted DCEU has been a bit of a disaster thus far), he at least has an edge on other writers making the leap to blockbusters in that he’s actually directed a bit. Granted, his movies—Blade: Trinity,The Invisible, andThe Unborn—weren’t particularly well received, but experience counts for something.
That being said, for a studio that likes to tout itself as caring about filmmakers’ vision, I’m not sure what Goyer brings to the table. It seems like he gets kept around because he knows DC comics and the studio is comfortable with him, but those aren’t great reasons to hand over a blockbuster franchise to someone.
Aswe reported earlier today, the studio is interested in getting another DC movie into production this year, so if they want to fast track a project and they feel like Goyer can get the job done, I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up getting hired.
