#GREEN LANTERN JOHN STEWART ACTOR MOVIE#
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Sadly this rumor, if true and if it comes to pass, shows that in Hollywood the math in terms what actually makes money is less powerful than the preconceived notions about what makes money.

would blow this painfully obvious and painfully expected opportunity to further diversify their flagship team in their flagship franchise is painfully typical of the thinking that goes on behind closed doors. It's not like there is a diversity quota. The notion that Warner Bros. You have a major and somewhat beloved comic book superhero who just happens to be black, a chance to have a major superhero team where Batman and Superman are basically the only heterosexual white guys in the bunch, and you still might go with the white Green Lantern played by the guy who couldn't open Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit? Because heaven forbid we have two black superheroes (Stewart and Ray Fischer's Cyborg) onscreen at the same time. It's not so much that the early casting is promising (an openly 'queer' actor as The Flash, Will Smith as Deadshot, a Middle Eastern actress as Wonder Woman, a Pacific Islander as Aquaman, etc.), but rather that it's almost shocking that Warner would be blowing this all-too-easy and gift-wrapped opportunity to make the core of their universe (the big Justice League members) more diverse with exactly zero collateral damage to worldwide box office. I absolutely do think in 2015 that it's important than the new DC Comics cinematic universe not be filled with white guys and a few token white women.

#GREEN LANTERN JOHN STEWART ACTOR MOVIE#

We all read the studies that state films with gender/racial diversity make more money, but yet we're now getting a second Hitman franchise and a second season of True Detective filled with white male would-be movie stars (Colin Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Taylor Kitsch) who fell out of favor or never caught on with the general public. Hal Jordan had his shot and he blew it, it's time to give another Green Lantern a shot at big-screen stardom.Īnd yes, for the record, a big part of this is because I do want the DC Comics universe to be more diverse. I know it's a cliche to say 'Spider-Man has had five films and now three reboots while Wonder Woman has yet to have even one,' but if the shoe fits. Hal Jordan got his shot at big-screen stardom and audiences soundly rejected him. So the fact that I don't want Chris Pine as Hal Jordan to be the main Green Lantern in Justice League (and presumably the 2020 Green Lantern stand-alone film) is mostly because I don't want Hal Jordan to be the main Green Lantern. But he is already Captain Kirk in Star Trek, and attempts to turn him into Jack Ryan resulted in a giant miss. It could be argued that he is a quirky character actor trapped in a leading man's body, someone like Alec Baldwin who will really hit their stride when they are too old to be the action hero. Star Trek films, is terrific in lower-profile fare like Carriers, and he relishes the opportunity to go more offbeat in stuff like Walt Disney' s Into the Woods and Universal/ Comcast Corp.'s Stretch. He's a perfectly solid Captain Kirk in the new Paramount/ Viacom Inc. You could have scored the easiest and least painful win for diversity humanly possible, but if rumors are to be believed you're are going with the white guy who has already had two at-bats at a major franchise lead instead. But rumors have cropped up via Umberto Gonzalez of Latino Review over the last week suggesting that the proverbial powers-that-be are considering going with Hal Jordan yet again and are considering Chris Pine for the part. This should have been an easy one, Hollywood. That would mean that one of the major DC superheroes onscreen would in-fact be played by a black actor.

#GREEN LANTERN JOHN STEWART ACTOR PROFESSIONAL#

Stewart, a US marine and professional architect who became one of countless beings across the galaxy to be entrusted with the magic ring and the space cop responsibilities that go with it, is black. For well-over a year, it was surmised that Warner would not only be ignoring the 2011 Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern but going not with Hal Jordan but with John Stewart. is prepping a Justice League movie as one of their many upcoming DC Comics adaptions, and the last major piece of the puzzle is Green Lantern. As you all know, Warner Bros./ Time Warner Inc.

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