I think the reason they want to cast him old is not only to do Parallax, but to use it as an excuse to make movies about Hal before he got older to explain the context of the lanterns lore further. Gunn did say that the lanterns are very important to his universe.
I think he’ll likely pass down the mantle to John and they could focus on John instead of Hal since he barely gets any content compared to Hal. Maybe he’ll die but I hope they just bond over time and he passes down the mantle to John instead
I think he’ll likely pass down the mantle to John and they could focus on John instead of Hal since he barely gets any content compared to Hal. Maybe he’ll die but I hope they just bond over time and he passes down the mantle to John instead
@@NoirNameless oh yeah that does make alot of sense. Whatever the fate is of Hal within the series they can still work with him and show off earlier days and have some appearances with other lantern related characters. Like even a green lantern show could work or simply a movie that’s essentially a prequel to the lantern corps show coming
@@Mortalkombat295 I honestly always believed a series should run alongside the movies for the lanterns. Their world is massive. But yeah, I think they’ll have prequel films for hal, and tell John’s story going forward after lanterns. That way they both get their stories Told at the same time.
@@TabalugaDragon he is kind of. I'd say he's really more of a maverick from Top Gun type of guy: Brave, fearless, a hotshot who's not the brightest and rough around the edges but likes to fly high and wears his emotions on his sleeve.
Tom King did write a Green Lantern story! A spin-off issue in Darkseid War- “Green Lantern: Will You Be My God?” A very well-received story for the time.
He also did The Omega Men with Barnaby Bagenda. Wich is about Kyle Rayner (tho at the time he was a White Lantern i think). It's outstanding. Very grim, but good.
Yeah, that was my first of his bf I even knew who he was. But I'm sad more people don't know about Omega Men, I reckon it's my favourite ofhis aside from his Batman run
I like Ewan for the reasons you mentioned. Hal SHOULD be charming as hell, with a good smile who is maybe disillusioned with the guardians (of the universe, not galaxy) Hal isn’t “grizzled”.
I legit can only see him playing that character and that character alone in DC. He fits the ol pulp railroad worker stumbles upon a space genie lamp vibe as well.
@@wren4077 Alan scott was a man who worked in train repair, wanted to be a magicen, and settled down with a husband and had 3 suroget kids So if you cast someone to play him ya kinda gotta find someone who believeable would be into stage magic and men
I really like the Ewan McGregor idea. I think he is the only actor on that list that brings an inherent brightness that Hal traditionally has and it would make it hurt a lot more to see him go dark.
@@ks8611 and if James Gunn doesn’t want him, I’d love to see him as an rebooted Black panther or a aged up version of his son🤐 He’s an Absolute steal for any cinematic universe
@@DavidMartinez-ce3lp no i just treat them like projects by artists. They will just keep making stuff. sometimes they make something I don't like sometimes they do. I just can't wait for people to stop clutching their pearls over every single decision that goes different than whatever they've already been consuming. but I doubt that time will ever come to pass. i have no idea what major franchise failures you're talking about but these are huge bodies of work. Pirates of the Caribbean weren't as good towards the en, doesn't make the first 2 bad. Marvel has had good stuff, has had bad stuff. I was gonna list more but I don't need to really. This point is pretty obvious. Forget movies, there are a bajillion comic series for your favorite heroes. some good some bad. Just consume and move on.
@wren4077 I'm not just a consumer. I'm a fan. I can appreciate some projects even if they have problems, but I have been recognizing similar trends among franchises like Marvel and Star Wars. Shows and movies failing repeatedly. It's a pattern at this point. They used to have movies or shows that weren't well received and ones that were, but now they put out such poor content that it's failure after failure. That's not the same. I see similar red flags with Gunn's take on the DC live action projects.
Maybe I'm just not imagining hard enough, but I keep thinking that a Green Lantern buddy cop series with an older Hal Jordan and a younger John Stewart really just sounds like a less funny Men in Black.
@@RickReasonnz you mean that series that tackles political topics and can only do so because Green Arrow is an established far left liberal who clashes with Hal Jordan who's by comparison far more conservative and follows a structure, causing Hal to be disillusioned with his beliefs and morals, tying into his rings power levels?
@@ProjektTaku never really read GA comics but he’s one of my favorite cartoon characters, it’s also been awhile since I saw Arrow What is your opinion on their interpretation of GA? Like, not being a super fan, whenever him and flash were on screen together he felt more like the Hal Jordan of the duo, does that ring true to you?
@@Gibbypastrami I like what they did with GA in the show even if its not purely accurate, and the dynamic with Flash was great. I don't know if I'd call him more Hal Jordan like: Jordan's relationship with Barry is much more chill and kind of a rivalry, testing their speeds and skills against each other, while Arrow felt more like Batman when paired with Barry.
After the way the Booster Gold rumors and casting turned out, I'm gonna remain skeptical about these casting rumors. But I guess we should always be pretty skeptical about casting rumors in general.
@@randomguysays me too! I'm really excited, especially with the way he played Kingo I can see similar character traits rolling over into the DC universe!
For years I’ve thought that the best way to start a GL franchise would be a Training Day style movie, but about Sinestro and Hal and taking place entirely in space
Ewan McGregor has already proven he can play a veteran guardian of peace from space who is training the new guy, so if he gets this role, I'm not worried.
One of the most high profile infamous things with Hal in a Tom King book was Heroes in Crisis, and gave us the famous line from him "I don't know what Will really is." He's like, so good with so many other things, and then we get most of his Batman run and Heroes in Crisis, which were just so high profile, and it sours his rep.
And "Mister Miracle," where they took a usually upbeat character and made him dark and depressing... or "Human Target," where he took the JLI and made them backstabbing, blackmailers, murderers, or depressing... or "Strange Adventures" where he took an upbeat space hero and made him into a war criminal.... honestly, I lost faith in Tom King a long time ago
@@yaloolah42 lets not kid ourselves with Mister Miracle, his backstory was super tragic, it was normally just overridden by his silly design and escapades.
@@ProjektTaku Fair enough! I just always figured that he used humor and his relationship with Barda to move past it. But that was just my interpretation
Absolutely. He’s been working steadily but I’d really like to see him get a big action/comic franchise role. He may show up as Cyclops in the Avengers: Secret Wars movie but I want him as Hal now.
So they are gonna make Hal the old grizzled copper. Which is cool and new and its a good way to make all the Earth lanterns different from each other (the old, the young and the douche). I hope they dont make Batman and J'onn old too, cause then we gonna have a bunch of old detectives being grumpy at each other.
They dont need to kill guy off. I like Nathan fillion and he deserves a prominent role in something and with James Gunn owning the DC ain't no way he's killing off his friend considering he was in all 3 guardians movies
You should watch Snowfall! I don’t really know what you’re into besides superhero stuff😅 but Snowfall is a really good show I’d highly recommend it, love your videos Nando!
I think the lantern stories are most suited to be a star wars esque franchise if they focus on other lanterns like saint walker origins sinestro origins but also focus on other alien races and characters like Daxamites Martians Atrocitus Thanagarians New Gods Czarnians Sodam Yat Tamaranians. Green lantern should get out of the lantern shaped room ASAP because in the comics most of it becomes like a P2 side character picking a different skin on the same arcade game with the repetitive construct battles. Maybe Hal is the space cop. Guy is the bad cop. John Stewart is the Architect. And Kyle Rayner can be the struggling artist but the theme is about space exploration front and center. The onscreen template for this series should always be interstellar
Hal Jordon is not a "tough guy" character, he begins his journey as the "Hot shot" and while he turns evil in the end of his life, there's still a purity to him when he comes back to life, filled with the experience of being the spectre and his previous life . I understand the vision of a gruff Hal Jordan for Brolin but it's not the only approach that can be taken with a mentor type Hal Jordan
Would've made more sense to make Sinestro the grizzled tough guy and he becomes disillusioned with the way the Green Lanterns do things after being with them for so long.
If this is true i am ok with it. A seasoned Hal Jordan is the best version. Also this would probably mean John is the Justice League Lantern which I'm also cool with. Keeping Hal involved with greater mysteries and John busy with League business.
I dunno, I prefer the maverick, charming Hal who's good with the ladies and keeps you guessing whether he's brave or just airheaded. Speaking of which, I wonder if they'll adapt Carol Ferris and the Star Sapphire, that's one of the most important parts of Hal's development and taking it away would diminish his character.
@ProjektTaku I agree. Hal has many more interesting stories and a bolder personality. Giving John Stewart Hal or Kyle's stories is just lazy. Just cast one of them instead.
@@DavidMartinez-ce3lp I do like Jon but they've just stuck him into a "military hardass Lantern" position, which imo is a far less interesting dynamic that a maverick, and giving him Hal's stories would just be super lame. At that point just don't use him, like you said.
With all these picks for Hal Jordan, I'd instead pick Chris Pine over Josh Bolin as Hal any other day, even if he was already Steve Trevor. Personally, I'd pick someone like Matt Lanter or James Marsden for Hal in the DCU I dont get why they're so insistent on giving us an older Hal Jordan in his 40s-50s since Im worried they're planning to adapt a Parallax Hal storyline in the DCU, which really doesn't work for the beginning of a cinematic universe (look at Green Lantern: Beware My Power) since you need to establish his growth as a Green Lantern, his relationship with characters like Carol Ferris, Kilowog, Tomar Rae, John Stewart and of course, develop his iconic rivalry with Sinestro compellingly and interestingly since the two have an amazing dynamic against each other since you cant get rid of Hal and expect John to replace him as Sinestro's enemy since Sinestro's bond with Hal as his former mentor and opposite personalities but respect for each other make their dynamic great. Scared that Hal Jordan won't be lasting too long in the DCU, and that sucks
Please watch snowfall. Your entire opinion of Damson will change. He is one of the best actors of his generation. The highs and lows he goes through in that show and the way he’s so perfectly able to emote everything that Franklin Saint goes through is pure amazingness. Stop sleeping on snowfall Nando lol
Tom King has actually written multiple GL stories, though only one featured Hal significantly. - Omega Men starring Kyle Rayner (the best one) - Darkseid War: Green Lantern starring Hal Jordan - Human Target w/ Guy Gardner Hal also briefly appeared in Strange Adventures
If they DO go with Parallax Hal as a phase 1 baddie (phase 1 IS called Gods and Monsters after all) let’s not forget Brolin would also make a badass Spectre!
Aaron Pierre is great casting as John Stewart. It’s very disappointing everyone only thinks of him as Mid Size Sedan when he’s incredible in Barry Jenkins’ criminally underseen The Underground Railroad.
Road to Perdition, Ghost World, 300, and A History of Violence are all comic book movies that were NOT about superheroes and are incredible movies with great box office numbers and awards. DC has so many heroes that don't wear costumes or have superpowers. A DC version of Dunkirk or Saving Private Ryan with no superpowers or fantasy elements. DC needs variety to continue thru superhero fatigue. Sgt Rock or The Blackhawks could be that. They have so many horror titles from Vertigo and beyond that they could drop Blumhouse and A24 like horror movies. Sgt Rock was just a book about the horrors of war overseas in WW2 and those stories are still some of the best ever told.
I get throwing us into an already established world. Xmen movies did this, but skipping over all the growth and history? That's not exciting. I wanna see these characters iconic stories be adapted. Not just specific dark and overly complex Tom King type stories be adapted. Those stories aren't fun, or good.
Can't wait for this show. It was a crime Green Lantern The animated series was cancelled, that show was so good. I really hope James Gunn doesn't mess this up.
Omega Men was not exactly a green lantern book but was Lantern-adjacent and starred Kyle Rayner as a central character and that is an EXCELLENT super underrated book. IMO one of the best super hero comics of the 2010’s
I’ve been SOO intrigued about the idea/synopsis of this project for yearsss since it was rumored to be in the works … This is one of a very few projects I’m excited for from DC. 🔥
I’m actually really excited for this. An older, more wise Hal Jordon working and doing green lantern work with John is such and excellent idea. I’d imagine Hal would likely pass down the mantle as the main green lantern to John which would be excellent because John is my favorite of the lanterns.
Aaron Pierre I remember from the Sci-fy show Krypton. He played a Kryptonian soldier very stoic,loyal and by the book who was betrothed to the mother of Zod.
This show has repeatedly been compared to cop shows, which makes me think the creative team is going with the trope of the grizzled veteran cop getting paired with the rookie. Brolin's potential casting makes me think they are going to make Hal Jordan the grizzled veteran, and Hal as a character makes sense for that. The former hotshot who now has experience.
Sargent Rock could have GI Robot in his crew, could have team ups with the Silver Age heroes, the former version of the Creature Commandos, Wonder Woman, plenty of options for run ins to help establish the lore of the DCU Earth timeline.
I think what James Gunn could potentially be doing with green lantern is kinda like what he’s with the robins in the dcu. As we know going from dick Grayson to Jason Todd to Tim drake to Damian Wayne would just take way to long. And Damian is the main Robin when it comes to the books right now. So for gunn it’s easier just to go “hey let’s introduce Damian in the brave and the bold and have the other 3 robins already established” And I feel like he’s doing the same with the 4 human green lanterns. As we know the order goes hal than guy than John than Kyle. So with that in mind I could see hal and guy but mainly hal being the older wiser veteran lantern that serve as the mentor to John Stewart the main green lantern and than eventually as the dcu goes on(if it does) than Kyle rayner will be introduced as the main lantern once John story is done.
No, it wouldn't take that long. Would just need 2 films. 1st film he adopts Dick Grayson after seeing the death of the Flying Grayson. Dick Grayson becomes Robin at the end of the film. Then 2nd movie skip to 5 years later and do Under the Red. And you could even introduce Tim Drake in this movie, since he came about around the time Jason Todd died. That's 3 Robin's in 2 movies. It's not hard. Just depends on how you do it. Not even trying and skipping to all of them being established feels a little lazy. They need to stop running from Batman's history.
Brolin would be perfect for a 1980's inspired Hal. People forget he was always the oldest human in the JLA., and is supposed to be a vet of the Korean War.
Josh Hartnett as Hal Jordan was my first pick. I think he can portray the version of Hal that Lanterns HBO is going for. If you look at Harnett’s best acting roles he plays complicated characters. He’s got the range and it’s a Josh Hartnett renaissance right now.
I have a theory/hope that by introducing Guy Gardner in Superman that will give them a lot of designs and VFX assets to enable them to do more than you'd expect from a show and give us a consistent use of the rings.
As much as i like him as an actor and i love all that he's done, i don't want Brolin as Hal because i think we'd be stuck with an older Hal. I want someone who can look and act both younger and older. I suppose that if they're going for a Hal as Parallax story, then he could work, but what happens after that? Do we just forget about Hal? I sincerely hope they're not treating Hal Jordan like a single-use razor. If they're willing to make prequel stories with a different actor for when he's younger though, i'm totally on board.
If Brolin is up for playing Hal for a decade or so, I’m all for it (after all, a GL’s actor doesn’t need to be doing massive physical stunts usually). No need to kill Hal off (or if they do, do the Rebirth story very quickly). This way they can loosely adapt a good deal of the Johns/Tomasi era of Green Lantern/GL Corps and by the end of a decade’s worth of GL/Justice League shows and films we leave Hal off with a fulfilling ending as he more or less retires in peace (Guy likely would retire too, maybe John as well depending on actor’s age and if he wants to keep coming back even after a decade) with Kyle, Simon, and Jessica being the next generation of Earth’s GLs.
Sergeant Rock could be leading The Losers, and it would be a Saving Private Ryan type-film, where everyone slowly dies and SGT. Rock is the last man out. It would probably be sent on Dinosaur Island or something of the type, since a soldier forced to confront the absolute terror of a T-Rex would deal irreparable damage to their psyche, especially if it was made akin to Primal.
In addition to Josh Brolin, Ewan McGregor, and Matthew McConaughey, Chris Pine and Timothy Olyphant are on the shortlist as well as per Nexus Point News.
I wonder if we're going to see Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz before too long seeing as they seem to be introducing the human lanterns at a fairly fast pace
In my heart of hearts, they would make the Green Lanterns: Rebirth arc in to a movie. If you read that, it is almost PERFECTLY laid out as a storyboard for a film. It's got redemption, facing and conquering trauma, teamwork amongst unlikely allies, a great big bad that tempts and challenges the protagonists....ahhh if only.
Also, Sgt. Rock vs The Reach (preferably closer to the infinitely better original version) pls & ty. Backdoor some Blue Beetle lore in there, since Jaime's another one set to cross into the Gunniverse. Maybe we can get a Dan Garrett cameo/post-credit scene where he finds/receives the scarab.
I get the idea of an older Hal Jordan being like some kind of mentor, but... he'll be 60 years old when the Lanterns series get released. I hope Ewan got the role, he just has that Hal's charm and mentor like figure.
vandal savage would be an interesting choice for sgt rock because you can do a normal war like movie and kill him and then make the reveal in the end of the second act he wasn't really dead and flip the movie for the third act.
My top pick from those three is definitely Ewan. If you're right about Gunn going for the 'safe' pick most of the time (as you pointed out in your Supergirl casting) then I think he's the least likely. I also think Ewan would be a bigger headline than Brolin because surprisingly enough Star Wars actors don't cross into Superhero films often (Ewan in Birds of Prey, Rosario in Daredevil/Ahsoka, Mikkelson in Dr. Strange, Mendelson in Capt. Marvel, Felicity Jones in ASM2 are the few that come to mind, lots of Rogue One for some reason). Hayden and Ewan both could use a paycheck tied to a (marginally) less toxic fandom that Star Wars imo
i'm just glad to see things moving now on the DC side of the superhero movies, and i think Josh Brolin is an interesting choice, however, i do hope they get another actor for the role...
Three living Green Lanterns on Earth at the same time feels like a lot? C'mon Nando.... we have way more than that. And they can always pull the "seed of life" stuff like in Blackest Night if they need a reason
I think the reason they want to cast him old is not only to do Parallax, but to use it as an excuse to make movies about Hal before he got older to explain the context of the lanterns lore further. Gunn did say that the lanterns are very important to his universe.
I think he’ll likely pass down the mantle to John and they could focus on John instead of Hal since he barely gets any content compared to Hal. Maybe he’ll die but I hope they just bond over time and he passes down the mantle to John instead
I think he’ll likely pass down the mantle to John and they could focus on John instead of Hal since he barely gets any content compared to Hal. Maybe he’ll die but I hope they just bond over time and he passes down the mantle to John instead
@@Mortalkombat295 Well, that’ll definitely happen, yes. But what I said can still happen too.
@@NoirNameless oh yeah that does make alot of sense. Whatever the fate is of Hal within the series they can still work with him and show off earlier days and have some appearances with other lantern related characters. Like even a green lantern show could work or simply a movie that’s essentially a prequel to the lantern corps show coming
@@Mortalkombat295 I honestly always believed a series should run alongside the movies for the lanterns. Their world is massive. But yeah, I think they’ll have prequel films for hal, and tell John’s story going forward after lanterns. That way they both get their stories Told at the same time.
Cable might be Hal Jordan? This is some Deadpool fuckery.
Deadpool: tranquilo cavill te trataremos mejor que el otro estudio
James gunn: bueno pero me llevaré a tu amigo cable
Deadpool was not fucking around at the end of Deadpool 2. He rewrote the entire script and offered it to Cable for us.
yeah I don't see him as Hal at all. Hal was never this "rough, tough, super manly" guy. At least not in the versions I've seen.
@@TabalugaDragon he is kind of. I'd say he's really more of a maverick from Top Gun type of guy: Brave, fearless, a hotshot who's not the brightest and rough around the edges but likes to fly high and wears his emotions on his sleeve.
Tom King did write a Green Lantern story! A spin-off issue in Darkseid War- “Green Lantern: Will You Be My God?” A very well-received story for the time.
He also did The Omega Men with Barnaby Bagenda. Wich is about Kyle Rayner (tho at the time he was a White Lantern i think). It's outstanding. Very grim, but good.
@@keinish77 Oh, I didn’t know Kyle was in that! I recently read some old Omega Men comics and love Kyle, so I’ll have to give it a try!
Yeah, that was my first of his bf I even knew who he was. But I'm sad more people don't know about Omega Men, I reckon it's my favourite ofhis aside from his Batman run
I like Ewan for the reasons you mentioned. Hal SHOULD be charming as hell, with a good smile who is maybe disillusioned with the guardians (of the universe, not galaxy) Hal isn’t “grizzled”.
I hear Josh Brolin and 'Green Lantern' and immediately thought Killawog
RIGHT?!?
now THAT would work
YYESSSSSS
apparently Chris Pine is number 2 on their list of Brolin declines. and Timothy Olyphant is somewhere on that list as well (this did not age well)
So that was a fan rumor/rumor and not a fan theory? Huh.
I mean, Kirk and Hal really aren't too dissimilar characters. I would love to see him as Hal.
Timothy... OH. Fuck me, cos I keep seeing his damn name every where I thought you meant Timothee Chalemet. Which couldn't be a worse casting!
@@RickReasonnz honestly, Timothy Olyphant in anything is pretty entertaining.
@@RickReasonnz Chalamet could be a good cyclops, though
Babe wake up new Nando DC vid just dropped (I’m eternally single and delusional)
Felt this
Man why did you have to call me out like this.
I hate these type of comments with every fiber of my being. But you sir, earned a like from me on this one
@@BackJack450 thank you! Why do you hate them tho out of curiosity?
I can see Brolin playing Alan Scott as far as older lanterns go.
I legit can only see him playing that character and that character alone in DC. He fits the ol pulp railroad worker stumbles upon a space genie lamp vibe as well.
Except for Alan Scott being an ex magician and a man with a husband and also a natural platinum blonde
@@COOLERthenUthose are exceptions… why?
@@wren4077 Alan scott was a man who worked in train repair, wanted to be a magicen, and settled down with a husband and had 3 suroget kids
So if you cast someone to play him ya kinda gotta find someone who believeable would be into stage magic and men
@@COOLERthenU and josh brolin isnt that because?
I really like the Ewan McGregor idea. I think he is the only actor on that list that brings an inherent brightness that Hal traditionally has and it would make it hurt a lot more to see him go dark.
Damson idris is CRAZY casting I’d be soo excited for that!
He’s my choice as well🤞🏾
@@ks8611 and if James Gunn doesn’t want him, I’d love to see him as an rebooted Black panther or a aged up version of his son🤐
He’s an Absolute steal for any cinematic universe
@@ThaD0n Same lol
Insanely good actor.
I wouldn’t mind any of these castings but I’m really rooting for Chris pine as Hal
That would be great!
I don't want Hal Jordan to be an old man, I am getting worried now
Same
Must be a nice life to worry about the age of characters in a movie
@wren4077 I bet it's better to never feel passionate about any franchise. Doomed to watch it fail, as all the major ones have been.
@@DavidMartinez-ce3lp no i just treat them like projects by artists. They will just keep making stuff.
sometimes they make something I don't like sometimes they do.
I just can't wait for people to stop clutching their pearls over every single decision that goes different than whatever they've already been consuming.
but I doubt that time will ever come to pass.
i have no idea what major franchise failures you're talking about but these are huge bodies of work. Pirates of the Caribbean weren't as good towards the en, doesn't make the first 2 bad.
Marvel has had good stuff, has had bad stuff.
I was gonna list more but I don't need to really. This point is pretty obvious.
Forget movies, there are a bajillion comic series for your favorite heroes. some good some bad.
Just consume and move on.
@wren4077 I'm not just a consumer. I'm a fan. I can appreciate some projects even if they have problems, but I have been recognizing similar trends among franchises like Marvel and Star Wars. Shows and movies failing repeatedly. It's a pattern at this point. They used to have movies or shows that weren't well received and ones that were, but now they put out such poor content that it's failure after failure. That's not the same. I see similar red flags with Gunn's take on the DC live action projects.
Maybe I'm just not imagining hard enough, but I keep thinking that a Green Lantern buddy cop series with an older Hal Jordan and a younger John Stewart really just sounds like a less funny Men in Black.
Really worried they might try to do Hard Travelin' Heroes without understanding what made that series interesting.
and its on earth too.. ☹
@@RickReasonnz you mean that series that tackles political topics and can only do so because Green Arrow is an established far left liberal who clashes with Hal Jordan who's by comparison far more conservative and follows a structure, causing Hal to be disillusioned with his beliefs and morals, tying into his rings power levels?
@@ProjektTaku never really read GA comics but he’s one of my favorite cartoon characters, it’s also been awhile since I saw Arrow
What is your opinion on their interpretation of GA? Like, not being a super fan, whenever him and flash were on screen together he felt more like the Hal Jordan of the duo, does that ring true to you?
@@Gibbypastrami I like what they did with GA in the show even if its not purely accurate, and the dynamic with Flash was great. I don't know if I'd call him more Hal Jordan like: Jordan's relationship with Barry is much more chill and kind of a rivalry, testing their speeds and skills against each other, while Arrow felt more like Batman when paired with Barry.
The guy from snowfall will do an actual amazing job. Incredible actor, super excited to see him in something a little different
Damson Idris would be incredible I'm really into that
After the way the Booster Gold rumors and casting turned out, I'm gonna remain skeptical about these casting rumors. But I guess we should always be pretty skeptical about casting rumors in general.
I'm kind of excited to see how Kumal Nanjiani does as Booster
@@randomguysays me too! I'm really excited, especially with the way he played Kingo I can see similar character traits rolling over into the DC universe!
It’s just jarring for any of them to be much older than Superman!
Absolutely not Kumail is the absolute worst choice for Booster Gold
@@Nishanth_mementomori Look at Kumail's character in ghostbusters frozen empire they're kinda the same role.
Aaron Pierre also played Dev-Em on Krypton, so he has some prior superheroics experience
For years I’ve thought that the best way to start a GL franchise would be a Training Day style movie, but about Sinestro and Hal and taking place entirely in space
That would be awesome!
Ewan McGregor has already proven he can play a veteran guardian of peace from space who is training the new guy, so if he gets this role, I'm not worried.
One of the most high profile infamous things with Hal in a Tom King book was Heroes in Crisis, and gave us the famous line from him "I don't know what Will really is." He's like, so good with so many other things, and then we get most of his Batman run and Heroes in Crisis, which were just so high profile, and it sours his rep.
Tom King really though he was going to get people to question what "will" means as if its not one of the most clearly defined emotions ever.
And "Mister Miracle," where they took a usually upbeat character and made him dark and depressing... or "Human Target," where he took the JLI and made them backstabbing, blackmailers, murderers, or depressing... or "Strange Adventures" where he took an upbeat space hero and made him into a war criminal.... honestly, I lost faith in Tom King a long time ago
@@yaloolah42 lets not kid ourselves with Mister Miracle, his backstory was super tragic, it was normally just overridden by his silly design and escapades.
@@ProjektTaku Fair enough! I just always figured that he used humor and his relationship with Barda to move past it. But that was just my interpretation
@@yaloolah42Tom King is overrated. I honestly haven't liked any of his stories.
Am I the only one is actually fine with this casting....?
nope, i really like it too
Yeah, this casting sucks
@@goby1764 ain’t that bad
I think it’s solid. Love the idea of an older mentor Hal.
@goby1764 what if it's only for the series and 1 film as he may become parallax and dies John Stewart is the dcu main green lantern
James Marsden for Hal Jordan has always been my pick
Dammit. Now I also want this and it ain't gonna happen.
He deserves better after what Fox did with him as Cyclops
Absolutely. He’s been working steadily but I’d really like to see him get a big action/comic franchise role.
He may show up as Cyclops in the Avengers: Secret Wars movie but I want him as Hal now.
He physically matches the description but honestly he’s not even my top pick for cyclops :/
I have different picks for Cyclops but who are your picks for Hal and Cyclops?
So they are gonna make Hal the old grizzled copper. Which is cool and new and its a good way to make all the Earth lanterns different from each other (the old, the young and the douche). I hope they dont make Batman and J'onn old too, cause then we gonna have a bunch of old detectives being grumpy at each other.
Bruce will need to be at least mid-30s for Damien, but still…
Not all old people are the same. Case in point Guy Gardner
They dont need to kill guy off. I like Nathan fillion and he deserves a prominent role in something and with James Gunn owning the DC ain't no way he's killing off his friend considering he was in all 3 guardians movies
He did kill him off in The Suicide Squad and other roles he played were pretty insignificant
I can only assume Hal being older is for the heel turn that happens when he goes crazy with Parallax
Bingo, just like the Tomorrowverse. Wouldn't be surprised if they killed off Hal in this series
You should watch Snowfall! I don’t really know what you’re into besides superhero stuff😅 but Snowfall is a really good show I’d highly recommend it, love your videos Nando!
I think the lantern stories are most suited to be a star wars esque franchise if they focus on other lanterns like saint walker origins sinestro origins but also focus on other alien races and characters like Daxamites Martians Atrocitus Thanagarians New Gods Czarnians Sodam Yat Tamaranians. Green lantern should get out of the lantern shaped room ASAP because in the comics most of it becomes like a P2 side character picking a different skin on the same arcade game with the repetitive construct battles. Maybe Hal is the space cop. Guy is the bad cop. John Stewart is the Architect. And Kyle Rayner can be the struggling artist but the theme is about space exploration front and center. The onscreen template for this series should always be interstellar
Exactly! They should be epic. And played out like a space opera. Grounding it to Earth again, is just boring.
Hal Jordon is not a "tough guy" character, he begins his journey as the "Hot shot" and while he turns evil in the end of his life, there's still a purity to him when he comes back to life, filled with the experience of being the spectre and his previous life
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I understand the vision of a gruff Hal Jordan for Brolin but it's not the only approach that can be taken with a mentor type Hal Jordan
Would've made more sense to make Sinestro the grizzled tough guy and he becomes disillusioned with the way the Green Lanterns do things after being with them for so long.
Aaron Pierre LITERALLY had John Stewart’s dcau eyes like bruh that’s HIM THATS THE GUY
Yeah, never seen him before but oh DAMN, that's a younger John. Especially on those clips Nando played with him with a short cut. Yes please.
He gives me grown up Cyborg vibes tbh. But wouldn’t be mad at the casting.
No he's literally not he way to light😊
If this is true i am ok with it. A seasoned Hal Jordan is the best version. Also this would probably mean John is the Justice League Lantern which I'm also cool with. Keeping Hal involved with greater mysteries and John busy with League business.
I dunno, I prefer the maverick, charming Hal who's good with the ladies and keeps you guessing whether he's brave or just airheaded. Speaking of which, I wonder if they'll adapt Carol Ferris and the Star Sapphire, that's one of the most important parts of Hal's development and taking it away would diminish his character.
@ProjektTaku I agree. Hal has many more interesting stories and a bolder personality. Giving John Stewart Hal or Kyle's stories is just lazy. Just cast one of them instead.
@@DavidMartinez-ce3lp I do like Jon but they've just stuck him into a "military hardass Lantern" position, which imo is a far less interesting dynamic that a maverick, and giving him Hal's stories would just be super lame. At that point just don't use him, like you said.
With all these picks for Hal Jordan, I'd instead pick Chris Pine over Josh Bolin as Hal any other day, even if he was already Steve Trevor. Personally, I'd pick someone like Matt Lanter or James Marsden for Hal in the DCU
I dont get why they're so insistent on giving us an older Hal Jordan in his 40s-50s since Im worried they're planning to adapt a Parallax Hal storyline in the DCU, which really doesn't work for the beginning of a cinematic universe (look at Green Lantern: Beware My Power) since you need to establish his growth as a Green Lantern, his relationship with characters like Carol Ferris, Kilowog, Tomar Rae, John Stewart and of course, develop his iconic rivalry with Sinestro compellingly and interestingly since the two have an amazing dynamic against each other since you cant get rid of Hal and expect John to replace him as Sinestro's enemy since Sinestro's bond with Hal as his former mentor and opposite personalities but respect for each other make their dynamic great. Scared that Hal Jordan won't be lasting too long in the DCU, and that sucks
If true, it’s pretty clear that Hal won’t be the mainline Lantern
Please watch snowfall. Your entire opinion of Damson will change. He is one of the best actors of his generation. The highs and lows he goes through in that show and the way he’s so perfectly able to emote everything that Franklin Saint goes through is pure amazingness. Stop sleeping on snowfall Nando lol
Hear hear! Really hoping it goes to Damson.
Tom King has actually written multiple GL stories, though only one featured Hal significantly.
- Omega Men starring Kyle Rayner (the best one)
- Darkseid War: Green Lantern starring Hal Jordan
- Human Target w/ Guy Gardner
Hal also briefly appeared in Strange Adventures
all I'm hoping is that they lay off the "hal is bad" stuff. we already got that in an animated movie and we don't need it done again
Eh, if they go the mind virus root, could work.
Also, don't think that Josh Brolin would be a great traditional Hal.
That's exactly what they're going to do. I have no hope for this project.
If they DO go with Parallax Hal as a phase 1 baddie (phase 1 IS called Gods and Monsters after all) let’s not forget Brolin would also make a badass Spectre!
Aaron Pierre is great casting as John Stewart. It’s very disappointing everyone only thinks of him as Mid Size Sedan when he’s incredible in Barry Jenkins’ criminally underseen The Underground Railroad.
Tom King wrote a book starring Kyle Rayner in 2017 called Omega Men. While there was a lantern there, he was depowered for most of the story
Road to Perdition, Ghost World, 300, and A History of Violence are all comic book movies that were NOT about superheroes and are incredible movies with great box office numbers and awards.
DC has so many heroes that don't wear costumes or have superpowers. A DC version of Dunkirk or Saving Private Ryan with no superpowers or fantasy elements. DC needs variety to continue thru superhero fatigue. Sgt Rock or The Blackhawks could be that. They have so many horror titles from Vertigo and beyond that they could drop Blumhouse and A24 like horror movies.
Sgt Rock was just a book about the horrors of war overseas in WW2 and those stories are still some of the best ever told.
Make Hal Chris Pine
Just cast Chris Pine as every role
Heard it’s gonna take place in a world where heroes have been around for years so I guess it makes since but still
I get throwing us into an already established world. Xmen movies did this, but skipping over all the growth and history? That's not exciting. I wanna see these characters iconic stories be adapted. Not just specific dark and overly complex Tom King type stories be adapted. Those stories aren't fun, or good.
Can't wait for this show. It was a crime Green Lantern The animated series was cancelled, that show was so good.
I really hope James Gunn doesn't mess this up.
I would've take a continuation of that over this planned live action show
@@DavidMartinez-ce3lp same here.
Josh can play an older Hal in the present and get a prequel movie with Trevor Brolin (his son) as a younger Hal
'Lanterns' seems like a very 2010s name. Like Arrow.
It makes me think Kim Mitchell. Patio lanterns
Omega Men was not exactly a green lantern book but was Lantern-adjacent and starred Kyle Rayner as a central character and that is an EXCELLENT super underrated book. IMO one of the best super hero comics of the 2010’s
I’ve been SOO intrigued about the idea/synopsis of this project for yearsss since it was rumored to be in the works … This is one of a very few projects I’m excited for from DC. 🔥
I’m actually really excited for this. An older, more wise Hal Jordon working and doing green lantern work with John is such and excellent idea. I’d imagine Hal would likely pass down the mantle as the main green lantern to John which would be excellent because John is my favorite of the lanterns.
I hope there’s some period stuff like capt America, would like to see Hal Jordan in an old jet
Tom King wrote a Kyle Rayner book called The Omega Men and it was pretty good!
Aaron Pierre I remember from the Sci-fy show Krypton. He played a Kryptonian soldier very stoic,loyal and by the book who was betrothed to the mother of Zod.
University of Oregon legend Jonathan Stewart, it’s a shame we never got a poster of him while he was there as Green Lantern since the colors match
This show has repeatedly been compared to cop shows, which makes me think the creative team is going with the trope of the grizzled veteran cop getting paired with the rookie. Brolin's potential casting makes me think they are going to make Hal Jordan the grizzled veteran, and Hal as a character makes sense for that. The former hotshot who now has experience.
Sargent Rock could have GI Robot in his crew, could have team ups with the Silver Age heroes, the former version of the Creature Commandos, Wonder Woman, plenty of options for run ins to help establish the lore of the DCU Earth timeline.
I think what James Gunn could potentially be doing with green lantern is kinda like what he’s with the robins in the dcu.
As we know going from dick Grayson to Jason Todd to Tim drake to Damian Wayne would just take way to long. And Damian is the main Robin when it comes to the books right now. So for gunn it’s easier just to go “hey let’s introduce Damian in the brave and the bold and have the other 3 robins already established”
And I feel like he’s doing the same with the 4 human green lanterns. As we know the order goes hal than guy than John than Kyle. So with that in mind I could see hal and guy but mainly hal being the older wiser veteran lantern that serve as the mentor to John Stewart the main green lantern and than eventually as the dcu goes on(if it does) than Kyle rayner will be introduced as the main lantern once John story is done.
No, it wouldn't take that long. Would just need 2 films. 1st film he adopts Dick Grayson after seeing the death of the Flying Grayson. Dick Grayson becomes Robin at the end of the film. Then 2nd movie skip to 5 years later and do Under the Red. And you could even introduce Tim Drake in this movie, since he came about around the time Jason Todd died. That's 3 Robin's in 2 movies. It's not hard. Just depends on how you do it. Not even trying and skipping to all of them being established feels a little lazy. They need to stop running from Batman's history.
That’s a bold strategy let’s see how it works for em in the future.
Brolin would be perfect for a 1980's inspired Hal. People forget he was always the oldest human in the JLA., and is supposed to be a vet of the Korean War.
Golden age Hal is very much in line with James Gunn
Josh Hartnett as Hal Jordan was my first pick. I think he can portray the version of Hal that Lanterns HBO is going for. If you look at Harnett’s best acting roles he plays complicated characters. He’s got the range and it’s a Josh Hartnett renaissance right now.
I have a theory/hope that by introducing Guy Gardner in Superman that will give them a lot of designs and VFX assets to enable them to do more than you'd expect from a show and give us a consistent use of the rings.
I hope this series gets renewed for multiple seasons, and I want to play Dex-Starr.
The one two punch of Nando mentioning Doctor Sleep and Fargo specifically s3, just makes me happy, I feel like I never see any love for them.
I noticed when you brought up Josh brolin you didn’t mention my favorite movie with him, “Everest”-2016 if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s a must see🙌🙏
As much as i like him as an actor and i love all that he's done, i don't want Brolin as Hal because i think we'd be stuck with an older Hal. I want someone who can look and act both younger and older. I suppose that if they're going for a Hal as Parallax story, then he could work, but what happens after that? Do we just forget about Hal? I sincerely hope they're not treating Hal Jordan like a single-use razor. If they're willing to make prequel stories with a different actor for when he's younger though, i'm totally on board.
Love hearing Jeremy Salnier mentioned. Blue Ruin is such a good movie
Have not read anything black canary, but definitely picking up the Tom king book.
Im calling it: they are gonna do Guy Gardner Returns as his solo show/movie.
Oh, Josh also played young K in MIB 3 the time travel one
Mcgregor also did Trainspotting, which wasn’t a grizzled badass role but still very gnarly and seedy. I could still picture him as a more classic Hal
Tom king wrote The Omega Men which was very heavily a Kyle Rayner white Lantern story.
I’m good with these castings, they make sense, especially for an older Hal.
David Jonsson would be next level. Would bring the depth to John and all his inner conflicts
If Brolin is up for playing Hal for a decade or so, I’m all for it (after all, a GL’s actor doesn’t need to be doing massive physical stunts usually). No need to kill Hal off (or if they do, do the Rebirth story very quickly). This way they can loosely adapt a good deal of the Johns/Tomasi era of Green Lantern/GL Corps and by the end of a decade’s worth of GL/Justice League shows and films we leave Hal off with a fulfilling ending as he more or less retires in peace (Guy likely would retire too, maybe John as well depending on actor’s age and if he wants to keep coming back even after a decade) with Kyle, Simon, and Jessica being the next generation of Earth’s GLs.
Sergeant Rock could be leading The Losers, and it would be a Saving Private Ryan type-film, where everyone slowly dies and SGT. Rock is the last man out. It would probably be sent on Dinosaur Island or something of the type, since a soldier forced to confront the absolute terror of a T-Rex would deal irreparable damage to their psyche, especially if it was made akin to Primal.
Was the Men in Black 3 reference too on the nose for you to mention?
Are we still getting that DC Corps TV show I been waiting on that almost ten years tbh
In addition to Josh Brolin, Ewan McGregor, and Matthew McConaughey, Chris Pine and Timothy Olyphant are on the shortlist as well as per Nexus Point News.
I wonder if we're going to see Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz before too long seeing as they seem to be introducing the human lanterns at a fairly fast pace
In my heart of hearts, they would make the Green Lanterns: Rebirth arc in to a movie. If you read that, it is almost PERFECTLY laid out as a storyboard for a film. It's got redemption, facing and conquering trauma, teamwork amongst unlikely allies, a great big bad that tempts and challenges the protagonists....ahhh if only.
Was not expecting a reference to the Carolina Panthers in today's video 🤣
Also, Sgt. Rock vs The Reach (preferably closer to the infinitely better original version) pls & ty. Backdoor some Blue Beetle lore in there, since Jaime's another one set to cross into the Gunniverse. Maybe we can get a Dan Garrett cameo/post-credit scene where he finds/receives the scarab.
I get the idea of an older Hal Jordan being like some kind of mentor, but... he'll be 60 years old when the Lanterns series get released. I hope Ewan got the role, he just has that Hal's charm and mentor like figure.
I know everybody keeps bringing up Parallax but I’ve seen nobody mention the possibility of Jordan becoming the Spectre
vandal savage would be an interesting choice for sgt rock because you can do a normal war like movie and kill him and then make the reveal in the end of the second act he wasn't really dead and flip the movie for the third act.
I would love if they did the Geoff Johns run but swapped Sinestro for Hal and Hal for John.
Chris Pine & Timothy Olyphant also being rumored. Both of those names are the best options! Pine is my #1 for Hal!
And we’ve also got Chris Pine and Timothy Olyphant thrown into the mix too apparently
My top pick from those three is definitely Ewan. If you're right about Gunn going for the 'safe' pick most of the time (as you pointed out in your Supergirl casting) then I think he's the least likely. I also think Ewan would be a bigger headline than Brolin because surprisingly enough Star Wars actors don't cross into Superhero films often (Ewan in Birds of Prey, Rosario in Daredevil/Ahsoka, Mikkelson in Dr. Strange, Mendelson in Capt. Marvel, Felicity Jones in ASM2 are the few that come to mind, lots of Rogue One for some reason). Hayden and Ewan both could use a paycheck tied to a (marginally) less toxic fandom that Star Wars imo
How is this the first time I'm hearing about "Midsize Sedan"? We spent so long talking about the beach that makes you old, we missed "Midsize Sedan"?
watch aaron pierre in the underground railroad, he's GREAT and this is one of the best minisseries of the decade
Yeah... my casting preparations are same as yours. Brolin and McConaughey seem to samey to their other roles with this
With contex. The casting makes sense.
Brolin playing Parallax Hal would be crazy
Chris Pine and Damson Idris would be so good
i'm just glad to see things moving now on the DC side of the superhero movies, and i think Josh Brolin is an interesting choice, however, i do hope they get another actor for the role...
I like these potential castings. I could definitely see Josh Brolin as an experienced Hal Jordan. Really though I'd be fine with any of those three.
posted this and now there’s two more rumored to be in the running lol
Apparently, CBM Twitter is not happy with Brolin.
I can see that they’re heavily going after the True Detective vibe.
Josh Duhamel and David Jonsson would be a great pairing for these two.
Three living Green Lanterns on Earth at the same time feels like a lot? C'mon Nando.... we have way more than that.
And they can always pull the "seed of life" stuff like in Blackest Night if they need a reason
This is a great casting!! GREAT
Tom King wrote OmegaMen which included Kyle Rayner
Couldn't Sgt Rock feature the JSA?
I would consider Omega Men a Green Lantern story (Even if Kyle was a White Lantern at the time)