Tarantino's Lantern? | Movie News
We currently have no idea how exactly the Martin Campbell/Ryan Reynolds version of GREEN LANTERN is going to play out, but in imagination fantasy land, the project could have gone a very different direction. In a recent chat with MTV, Quentin Tarantino revealed that that the project was initially offered to him. Say whaaa?
"I was offered the 'Green Lantern,' " Tarantino told MTV News. "Not since it's been a script, but just like, 'Hey we own the 'Green Lantern.' Would you like it?'"
"So there's a little part of me that's like, 'Wow, if I was in my 20s, this would be the genre I'd want to specialize in," he said. "But they weren't making them then, or at least not the right ones. But there also is an aspect where I've kind of outgrown that a little bit."
I think Green Lantern and Tarantino go together like cider and dump trucks, but the man has been known the take on some pretty out there stuff. However, he’s more original than well, everyone else in Hollywood these days, so if he ever did take on a superhero project, it would be on his own terms.
"It wouldn't be an existing comic book character," he said. "I'm a writer. I'd want to use my imagination and not have to fight with geeks' memories of how this character should be and, 'Oh, I cast an actor as opposed to a bodybuilder' or it's not as good as the way [DC Comics artist] Neal Adams drew him.' If I were to do something like that, I would want the fun of coming up with the superhero myself."
An original Tarantino superhero? Now THAT would be worthwhile. Time to start writing Quentin.
Source: MTV
Extra Tidbit: Who do you think he'd have cast as the lead?
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Oh, and it would be 6 hours long, with only 30 minutes of the movie having anything to actually do with the story.
Go ahead, flame away. But deep down you...
Oh, and it would be 6 hours long, with only 30 minutes of the movie having anything to actually do with the story.
Go ahead, flame away. But deep down you know I'm right.
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Really??? Almost everything I've seen him do is either a remake or a stolen idea from a Japanese movie. Wow, if that's original then we should all be in Hollywood making movies. It amazes me that he has such a cult following at all. Oh yeah, guns and drugs do sell tickets not a story. Duh.
Really??? Almost everything I've seen him do is either a remake or a stolen idea from a Japanese movie. Wow, if that's original then we should all be in Hollywood making movies. It amazes me that he has such a cult following at all. Oh yeah, guns and drugs do sell tickets not a story. Duh.
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When I say short story, I do mean non-illustrated prose. That way he would...
When I say short story, I do mean non-illustrated prose. That way he would have no existing image to live up to when he films.
Am just sayin...
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I think QT is very capable...
I think QT is very capable of taking a very specialized genre such as "superhero" and really taking advantage of what it does best. Green Lantern might not be the project for him, but I could see him tackle any of the Marvel Knights.
I'd rather see an original superhero work from him.
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Also, QT made Inglourious Basterds which was well liked. I'm not saying that you should like his movies, but I hope you know what I'm saying.
Also, QT made Inglourious Basterds which was well liked. I'm not saying that you should like his movies, but I hope you know what I'm saying.
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The Green Lantern producers were seemingly approaching anyone and everyone about this project since they didn't really have an idea of the best way to approach it. Fuck, they even...
The Green Lantern producers were seemingly approaching anyone and everyone about this project since they didn't really have an idea of the best way to approach it. Fuck, they even auditioned Justin Timberlake and seriously considered him. Dear God....
With that said, Tarantino should TOTALLY do his own superhero film. Grant it, it'd be the most conversation driven superhero film ever made, but it'd still be epic.
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Ex. "The only person who can replace Heath Ledger as The Joker is Daniel Day-Lewis!" Yeah, good luck with that one...
Ex. "The only person who can replace Heath Ledger as The Joker is Daniel Day-Lewis!" Yeah, good luck with that one...
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