Rumor: Rorschach To Play Sinestro In Upcoming Green Lantern Flick

By Peter Ha | October 19, 2009 | +

It’s one thing to cast Ryan Reynolds for the upcoming Green Lantern movie but the possibility of bringing Jackie Earle Haley to lead the charge against the emerald green do-gooders leaves us rather giddy. At the moment, Haley is only intrigued by the idea but hasn’t officially signed on to be Hal Jordan’s former mentor and current arch-nemesis. But that’s not all, says Aint It Cool.

This, too, is just scuttlebutt, but sources close to the film have mentioned the possibility of Superman making an appearance in the film the way Nick Fury and Tony Stark have done in the Marvel Universe.

Aside from the recent string of Batman films directed by Nolan, have any other DC-based movies done well? Superman Returns was abysmal and I suppose the Watchmen movie was okay, but nothing else comes to mind. Thoughts on either rumor?

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http://youtube.com/churchhatestucker Church

Wait. What? Who are you? I was just getting used to Josh.

More importantly, have you seen BSG?
Kemper

Stranger! From the outside!
http://youtube.com/churchhatestucker Church

Are you of The Body?
Peter Ha

What’s BSG?
Peter Ha

I mean you no harm.
http://www.twitter.com/leverus Lev Grossman

Oh right! Everybody meet Peter Ha. Peter Ha — everybody.
http://youtube.com/churchhatestucker Church

He is not of The Body. Summon the Lawgivers!
thebro88

Superman Returns abysmal!? Why the animosity? I’ve always felt like I was the only one defending that film. Me, and Bryan Singer. It was peppered with so many great “Superman moments”. Maybe I should be crediting the cinematographer. Love to see him the in GL movie.
Does History of Violence count as a DC-based flick?
Kemper

What’s BSG? Oh, for frak’s sake. Lev must be replacing Quittner since he came over to our side.
Peter Ha

My trap is working!
omahalawyer

Superman returns wasn’t that bad — I really liked it when the kid apparently flung the piano into the archetypal henchman.

Peter – I think BSG is Battle Star Galactica (well, it’s either that or some subset fetish acronym for which I cannot find the definition. Hello, and welcome.

Regardless of the veracity of the rumors regarding Jackie Earl Haley, any movie that adds Moocher from Breaking Away has upped its awesomeness potential.

With respect to the HOV question posed by thebro88, I would add Road to Perdition to the query.
Peter Ha

Oh, I know what BSG is. Lev warned me about the BSG fanboys and I love nothing more than to rile them up. And thanks for the welcome!
http://youtube.com/churchhatestucker Church

Oh, it seems like fun and games now…
Peter Ha

@Church, I haven’t actually seen BSG. But I do have Seasons 1 and 2 on HD DVD still in shrink-wrap at home.
anon76

Lev has undoubtedly coached him on how to drive up his post count with BSG-baiting. The question now is how we let him feel the full wrath of our nerd fury without rewarding his bad behavior with extra comments. Hmmmm…
http://youtube.com/churchhatestucker Church

Nerd Fury is Nick’s somewhat more awkward brother.
dennitzio

Don’t let them get to you, Peter. There is a contingent of us who have not had every single BSG episode laser-etched frame-by-frame on our butts.
karuben

I vote no on this new blogger person if all he’s bringing to the table is discussion of spurious geek-film casting rumours and baiting of the BSG fans.
anon76

I thought Nerd Fury was the name of Lev’s band. If it isn’t, it should be.
http://my.tshirtlife.net Emma

i wish i got comments like this on my blog. either way what do you do? i know what matt and lev does i dont know what the other guy josh does. what do you do? you link time.com as your personal web page from twitter and you seem to have quite a few followers
i hope you actually do something and is not like, i dont have any nerdy/geeky reference so i’ll just end it here.

also it’s fun to bait them
it’s fun
djtrudeau

While I like Superman Returns, I understand why others didn’t. I think the next Superman movie has to be a little more fun. Superman feeling sorry for himself isn’t the best set up for a movie.

DC had a good thing with the original Superman and Nolan’s Batman movies. I think the Tim Burton Batman films are arguable. Now that they’re tightening things up, like Marvel, we may see some more consistent quality. We’ll see how Jonah Hex comes out. Geoff Johns is now working on The Flash, which is a good thing. For right now, they’re playing catch up.
http://www.verumserum.com John

Superman 4 was abysmal. Superman 3 wasn’t much better.

Superman Returns wasn’t perfect, but you had to appreciate Singer’s love for the ’78 film which was present througout. There’s a lot to like about SR, even if it didn’t quite work as a popcorn flick.