Among other things, Wondercon screened a full 20 minutes of footage from the upcoming film Green Lantern! From that 20 minutes has been cobbeled together an extended trailer for Martin’s Campbell’s upcoming adaptation of DC’s Emerald Gladiator! (psssst, that’s an old school nickname for GL). Campbell is a veteran at genre action and fantasy filmmaking having previously directed James Bond installments Golden Eye and Casino Royale as well as The Mask of Zorro, The Legend of Zorro and both the BBC mini-series and feature film remake of Edge of Darkness, the latter version starring Mel Gibson.
The footage should be self explanatory. It lays out more plot points, gives us a better look at Hector Hammond (the big-headed super villian) as well as our first look at Parallax (the giant yellow mass glimpsed at the beginning and end of the trailer). Incidentally, it’s good to finally see him and interesting that the film is leading off with him. In the comics, Parallax was an alien entity who holds the same spot in Green Lantern’s lore that Doomsday holds in Superman’s and Bane holds in Batman’s.
Parallax In The Comics (Pay no attention to the men in green)
But all that said, the highlight of this footage is doubtless the scenes involving Oa, the home planet of the Guardians of the Universe (Green Lantern’s benefactors) and the universal headquarters for the Green Lantern Corps!
Anyway, enough of my chatter! Here’s Green Lantern! … or four minutes of him anyway.
