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TheGreen Lantern Corpsmovie remain in a developmental stage but the emerald space cops already have a place in the DC Extended Universe . Since Zack Snyder’sMan of Steelestablished what has now become a sprawling shared universe , Green Lantern and his accompanying mythology were carefully seed from the startle . Therefore , when Hal Jordan , John Stewart , and the remainder of the intergalactic corps of ring - slingers formally go far , they ’ll regain their place at the table has already been set .
presently , the nextGreen Lanternfilm is beingpenned by Geoff Johns , who has show his new hand will"celebrate the mythology and reinvent it in a different way . “This seems to bespeak Johns ' film will take a dissimilar approaching from the failed 2011Green Lanternthat star Ryan Reynolds . That flick hew very closely to the acclaimed run of DC Comics masterminded by Johns , which introduced all of the classic tropes like the planet OA , the Guardians of the Universe , the fall down Lantern Sinestro , and the evil Parallax . The approaching reboot is certain to peek with these aspects , but perhaps it may also take over from the more " hard sci - fi " edge of the recentGreen Lantern : Earth Onegraphic novel .
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This is just the latest attempt to bring Green Lantern to the DCEU . A former version was described as a " buddy cop " movie for Hal Jordan and John Stewart , and histrion ramble fromMark Wahlbergto Tom Cruise at various stage . At the moment , there ’s no casting motion , but that does n’t have in mind Green Lantern is far off from being a part of the DCEU . In fact , whenever the Corps arrive , they should slot right in thanks to some nifty frame-up for a quad - fare army of Emerald Gladiators .
Man of Steel Made The DCEU Cosmic From The Start
By lead off the DCEU with Superman , the films the right way plunge auniverse . Superman is , of class , an alien and the fact that he is a unknown visitor from another planet is the source of much of the conflict in the DC movies . As is traditional , the opening ofMan of Steeltook home on Krypton , ground the wash of beings who gain godlike powers when disclose to the light of Earth ’s lily-livered sun . later on in the film , as Clark Kent watch about his heritage from a hologram of his birth father Jor - El ( Russell Crowe ) , he discovers that the Kryptonians were a space - fare race that spend centuries seeding and terraforming planets with massive equipment call World Engines .
Though the Kryptonian race is now nonextant outside of Superman , the villains he trapped in the Phantom Zone and possiblySupergirl , they bring their polite warfare to Earth and desolate Metropolis and other part of the world in the procedure . However , only Superman fought the rogue Kryptonians ; no Green Lantern aided the Man of Steel . Nevertheless , alien are now a fact of sprightliness in the DCEU . For a while , Superman himself was a mistrusted symbolisation of controversy ; he was so fear by Batman ( Ben Affleck ) that the Dark Knight plotted to kill the Man of Steel inBatman v Superman . Meanwhile , Lex Luthor ( Jesse Eisenberg ) start analyse and catalogue the ascending of superhuman beings on Earth and became cognizant of an even greater alien threat , the New Gods of Apokolips , who would eventually invade inJustice League .
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While the name " Green Lantern " is never uttered inMan of SteelorBatman v Superman , all of this degree to the DCEU as a vast cosmos teeming with worlds that need protecting from evil threat that definitely subsist , especially since Superman and the Justice League are only focused on fight back the Earth .
Carol Ferris Debuted in Man of Steel
There were no Lanterns in the movie , butMan of Steelstill dropped a bigGreen Lantern Easter eggby introducing United States Air Force Major Carrie Farris ( Christina Wren ) , who was the aide-de-camp of General Calvin Swanwick ( Harry Lennix ) . Farris also concisely appear inBatman v Superman . The name " Carrie Farris " is a rework of Carol Ferris , the classic love pastime of Hal Jordan who also becomes Star Sapphire , one of Green Lantern ’s enemy . In the 2011Green Lantern , Carol was portrayed by Blake Lively , and was the inheritor to the Ferris Aircraft corporation as well as being a belligerent airplane pilot herself .
Though Carrie Farris has no obvious congress to Carol Ferris or Hal Jordan outside of her name being a subtle allusion , it bespeak that Zack Snyder was at least reckon about Green Lantern in the former stages of plot out the DCEU .
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Wonder Woman Introduced The Magical Side of The DCEU
Continuing the efforts of Snyder ’s films , Wonder Womanwove magic and the Grecian gods into the fabric of the DCEU . Princess Diana of Themyscira is a daemon whose father was Zeus , and her fate was to be the god - killer who would crush Ares ( David Thewlis ) , which she achieved during the First World War . Wonder Woman ’s Amazonian story not only intersects with Green Lantern during Steppenwolf ’s first intrusion inJustice League , but it could also tie into it in a dissimilar way .
The original Green Lantern in the Golden Age comics of the forties was a submarine sandwich named Alan Scott , who wear a mystic Power Ring that derived its energy from an ancient green fire , as opposed to the alien technology of the Green Lantern Corps . Though there ’s been no mention of any of this in the DCEU , the innovation of magic ( which also greatly factors intoShazam ! ) now exists for Geoff Johns ' , who also penned a democratic run of comics about Alan Scott and the Justice Society of America , to weave the mythology of the Golden Age emerald warrior into his reinvention of theGreen Lantern Corps .
Justice League Showed An Ancient Green Lantern
Although Steppenwolf did gloats " no Lanterns " in theJustice Leaguetrailer , the Good Book " Green Lantern was never actually say in the film ( likely due to the major edit changes ) . However , Justice Leaguedidshowa Green Lantern , albeit one who agitate for Earth in the distant past . As Wonder Woman ( Gal Gadot ) explained to Batman , five thousand years ago , the Parademon US Army of Steppenwolf assail the Earth , with the Apokoliptian oecumenical planning to use three Mother Boxes to create the Unity and terraform Earth into another fiery hellscape like his own homeworld . Steppenwolf was shoot down by the commingle forces of the Atlanteans , the Amazons , the armies of Man , the Hellenic immortal , and also , a Green Lantern . This Emerald Gladiator wasYalan Gur , who was the defender of Space Sector 2814 ( which hold back Earth ) . unhappily , Gur was killed by Steppenwolf during the battle and his Power Ring was seen lam to essay out a new wearer .
Yalan Gur inJustice Leagueclearly lay down that Green Lanterns live in the DCEU - or at least they did millennia ago . There was have been no quotation or sightings of Green Lanterns since . Fans can guess that Earth no longer has a Green Lantern protecting it since none appeared to oppose off the two most recent invasions by Krypton and Apokolips . Steppenwolf himself was more concerned with Superman than he was that a Lantern might show up to stop him a 2d time .
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However , there was ascrappedJustice Leaguepost - credits sceneplanned early on that would show popular Green Lanterns Kilowog and Tomar - Re meet Bruce Wayne . alternatively , it was replaced in the final plastic film by the panorama with Lex Luthor and Deathstroke ( Joe Manganiello ) forming the Legion of Doom .
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