Green Lantern
Green Lantern is a 2011 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett and Tim Robbins, with Martin Campbell directing a script by Greg Berlanti and comic book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim, which was subsequently rewritten by Geoff Johns and Michael Goldenberg. The film tells the story of Hal Jordan, a test pilot who is selected to become the first human member of the Green Lantern Corps. Hal is given a ring that grants him superpowers, and must confront Parallax, who threatens to upset the balance of power in the universe.
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| Running time | 114 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $200 million
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| Box office | $219.9 million
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- When Jordan, in training, spars with Sinestro, one of his constructs is a chainsaw. This is a nod to the cancelled TV series pilot Justice League of America (1997), where Green Lantern Guy Gardner (Matthew Settle) created a chainsaw in a fight.
- The climactic battle, where Hal Jordan sends Parallax into the sun, is a homage to the DC comic 'Final Night', where the sun was dying and a Parallax-possessed Jordan sacrificed himself to reignite it.
- Senator Hammond (played by Tim Robbins) is a character created specially for the movie; Hammond's parents are never mentioned in the comics.
- In Japan, the fear entity Parallax is renamed "Moso Dairinin" (Paranoia Agent). This refers to Môsô dairinin (2004), a critically acclaimed series about a stalker who is revealed to be an entity birthed from peoples' insecurity and anxiety.
- Originally Sinestro was to lead a squadron of Lanterns to Earth to fight off Parallax. This was changed to having Hal beat Parallax on his own to make him more heroic, and having the squadron rescue him at the last moment.
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