Updating a report released just yesterday morning, Reuters is confirming that Ryan Reynolds has been chosen to take on the role of Green Lantern in the upcoming superhero film based on the DC Comics character. After a months of searching and speculation that encompassed many of Hollywood's biggest names, Reynolds won out in a final round of screen tests against the likes of Bradley Cooper, Justin Timberlake, and...Jared Leto? Why was he even allowed in the room?
Reynolds has quickly become the go-to guy for headlinging superhero franchises and is now the first actor to play both a DC and a Marvel superhero. He started out taking on the role of Hannibal King in Blade:Trinity. Earlier this year he was Deadpool in Wolverine: Origins and has already begun work on a spin-off of that film. Now the question becomes which of the many Green Lanterns will Reynolds be playing? One would expect it to be Hal Jordan, but Reynolds age and appearance bear a closer resemblance to Kyle Rayner, the youngest of all the GLs.
The most important question now is: What happens to his relationship with Scarlett Johannson? Green Lantern and the Black Widow can't date. That's like...crossing the streams or something in terms of comic book continuity, ain't it?
