It’s been fifteen years since Ryan Reynolds starred in Green Lantern, and fifteen years since the film crashed and burned, erasing any hope of a franchise centered around the iconic DC hero. But the character has returned to much acclaim in the new HBO Max series Lanterns, which features Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan.
Ryan Reynolds on Lanterns
While promoting his new Apple TV movie, Mayday, Ryan Reynolds said he would love to make a cameo in Lanterns. “I would totally do a cameo in that,” he said. “I would love it,” HBO Max picked up on Reynolds’ comment and inserted him into a new Lanterns promo.
Seamless. I love it.
Perhaps Reynolds could make a cameo in the second season. Nothing has been made official yet, but Lanterns has become one of HBO Max’s biggest, so the door is clearly open for more. You can check out a review of the first season from our own Alex Maidy right here.
Reynolds Doesn’t Regret Green Lantern
Although appearing in such a high-profile box office bomb might be something you would regret, Reynolds doesn’t feel that way about Green Lantern.
“I learned so much making that movie. And I know what you’re thinking, ‘Oh, you learned what not to do…’, in part, yes. But also, anytime you’re makin something that large, there are core lessons that come of it,” Reynolds said. “And I owe my entire career to that movie. It was really the foundation of how to make more for less. I think too much time and too much money and really hurt creativity.“
Mayday
Reynolds stars alongside Kenneth Branagh in Mayday, an action comedy which is now streaming on Apple TV, but should have been released in theaters.
“Mayday is easily the best movie not hitting the big screen this year and one of the best streaming-only releases I can think of. Ryan Reynolds has proven he can partner with virtually anyone and make it into movie magic, but his chemistry with Kenneth Branagh ranks up there alongside his work with Hugh Jackman,” wrote our own Alex Maidy in his review. “Mayday is a wasted opportunity for Apple Studios and Skydance to have closed out the summer at the multiplex with an ideal action blockbuster that proves why old-school action-comedies are still worth watching when they are done well.“
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