It’s a shame that things went down the way they did. However, it did not come to pass, so there we are." "To be honest, there was a battle in the streets between the four lanterns – between our heroes, Kilowog, Sinestro, and obviously Ryan Reynolds, and blah-blah – taking on a huge kind of monster that was taking over the city, and it was really The Magnificent Seven in a way, or The Magnificent Four. He went on to say, "Superhero movies are not my cup of tea, and for that reason, I shouldn't have done it." As for his original ending, Campbell explained: I don't think I did a good job, so for me, for superhero movies, there are better people than me who ought to be doing those movies." However, having said that, I never should have done it, but I did it. You have to cut it all.' So in the end they came up with that crap ending. Although this is nowhere near as bad as Shazam. It was like wallpaper everywhere for the ending of the movie, and they came in and said, 'We can't afford it. So far the movie has grossed just 106 million domestically, putting it behind Green Lantern by around 10 million as it dips from theater listings. I remember I had this quite big office down in New Orleans, the production offices, and I plastered the walls with storyboards. Original Release Domestic Grosses Domestic (53) 116,601,172 International ( 47) 103,250,000 Worldwide 219,851,172 Distributor Warner Bros. "And I'd worked out a terrific ending for that movie. How are we going to cut the budget.' Every goddamn day." He went on to talk about his ending, saying: He also says that he had a terrific ending for the movie, but the studio wouldn’t let him do it because they were hell-bent on keeping the budget down.ĭuring a recent interview with Collider, the filmmaker explained, "The problem was I remember in the last six to eight weeks of pre-production, every day – and I mean every day, we had meetings about cutting the budget. According to director Martin Campbell, the studio just kept cutting the budget.
Well, the main reason behind the film’s failure was the studio and its bean counters. The studio hired comedic writer Robert Smigel to create a screenplay for a Green Lantern movie, with Jack Black as the lead. According to Slash Film, this all started to take shape back in 2004.
Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern was kind of a mess and for the most part, it left fans and audiences disappointed and unsatisfied. But for whatever reason, Jack Black really was the first choice for Warner Bros when they initially started to play with the idea of a Green Lantern movie.
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