Rated 2.2 out of 5: After 14 years, this superhero will get a second chance at the movies

2011, a summer of contrasts for superheroes at the cinema: If X-Men The Beginning brilliantly revives mutants, the very cool Captain America stumbles at the box office, and Green Lantern fails to capitalize on the aura acquired by DC. Christopher Nolan’s Batman.

Opening in theaters on August 10, it attracted 793,992 viewers and grossed $237 million worldwide on a production budget of 200. With a limited story and special effects that don’t match the level of its spatial ambitions. That it quickly became dated, the film does not convince.

Worse: For Ryan Reynolds, it becomes the equivalent of George Clooney’s Batman & Robin. In particular, the source of repeated ridicule from the actor. Much to the dismay of director Martin Campbell, who rightly noted this cynicism in the pages. SoFilmHe recalls that everyone did everything they could without denying the company’s failure.

Teased by the end of the film, a sequel never saw the light of day. Then the character of John Stewart (one of Green Lantern’s alter egos) was removed from Justice League and then from his long version, where he was supposed to appear as Wayne T. with door clothes. Christopher McQuarrie’s opus with Tom Cruise never went beyond the stage of baseless rumours. And television failed to take over the world.

A series project helmed by Greg Berlanti for HBO has fallen through. John Diggle’s character from Arrow has never used a famous hero’s ring. But the future of the latter is finally getting brighter thanks to James Gunn: the mastermind behind the future DC Universe and the director of Superman Legacy, the reboot is expected in our cinemas on July 9, 2025.

David Korenswet and Rachel Brosnahan will play Clark Kent and Lois Lane respectively against Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor. And among the heroes will be a certain Guy Gardner. Or one of the iterations of Green Lantern in the comics. Born on paper in 1968, he gets his powers thanks to a ring of extraterrestrial origin that is inseparable from the hero, as it allows him to create whatever he wants.

Became the Red Lantern, a villain or anti-hero counterpart to the main team, depending on his adventures, Guy Gardner portrayed Matthew Settle in the series Justice League of America, which did not run beyond its pilot broadcast on December 28, 1997 in St. United States.

In Superman Legacy, James Gunn’s favorite actor, Nathan Fillion, will give him his features. It is not yet known whether this will be a small role to begin the expansion of the DC Universe beyond Metropolis, or whether it will occupy a central part of the story. Answer in July 2025… or in the first pictures.