Green Lantern Wants a Director

"Green Lantern" is supposedly the next film from the DC universe that will be hitting theaters in the next few years.

Variety has just reported that a director might have been found for the hero film.

"Warner Bros. is negotiating with Martin Campbell to direct 'Green Lantern,' the live-action film based on the DC Comics hero.



Campbell last directed 'Casino Royale' and recently wrapped the Mel Gibson starrer 'Edge of Darkness,' based on the 1985 BBC miniseries that Campbell helmed.

The emergence of Campbell, who also helmed two 'Zorro' films and the 007 film 'GoldenEye,' puts "Green Lantern" at the top of DC properties being set for movie treatment by WB. While the studio is hoping director Chris Nolan will follow its 2008 smash 'The Dark Knight' with another Batfilm, DC projects such as Superman and 'Justice League' were expected to happen quickly, but have stalled.

Instead, the hot DC titles are 'Green Lantern' and 'Jonah Hex,' the latter of which has Josh Brolin set to play a disfigured gunslinger in a film that begins production in April, directed by Jimmy Heyward ('Horton Hears a Who').

Greg Berlanti wrote the script with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green.

Donald DeLine will produce with Berlanti."

Now that there is a director attached to this film, it is one step closer to being made and another step closer to being in a theater near you!