March 21, 2009
UPDATE: Per MANIA.COM, no offer has gone out to actor Chris Pine to play Hal Jordan/Green Lantern. Says the site, "One source told us the producers of the film are "not even close to making an offer" for the lead role. The reason? The casting director on the film hadn't even signed on until late last week, the same day that the offer supposedly went to Pine. In fact, the casting director plans an exhaustive search which may result in a star, an up-and-comer or a complete unknown landing the job."
As I said last week, one of the other names being thrown around is that of Aussie thesp Sam Worthington who stars with Christian Bale in this Summer's TERMINATOR SALVATION. However, Mania says that agents everywhere are pushing their clients who meet the model for the producer's take of Hal Jordan.
The previous GL casting report is below...
According to both LATINO REVIEW and IESB.NET, Chris Pine (STAR TREK) is either the front-runner to play Hal Jordan in the upcoming GREEN LANTERN film, or has already been offered the part.
On the other hand, the website COLLIDER.COM claims it's BS. “At least according to my source, and mine is the same one that said Anton Yelchin wasn’t in the running either. Trust me, the person I’m speaking with would know. While Latino Review and IESB have definitely broken a lot of casting stories, this is not going to be one of them.”
Well obviously, someone is going to be wrong here. Anyway...
BOF was told yesterday that industry scuttlebutt has TERMINATOR SALVATION star Sam Worthington was in the mix. Honestly, I'd prefer this casting over Chris Pine – but that's just me.
Hal Jordan?
Sam Worthington (up) & Chris Pine (down)
Regardless, filming for GREEN LANTERN is slated to commence filming in September, so casting the title role is definitely going to go down soon.
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