"Minor" Casting News for GREEN LANTERN
EXCLUSIVE: Several actors have been revealed who portray the childhood counterparts to main cast members in the superhero film Green Lantern; which has already entered post production in Los Angeles, California.
Though many superhero movies only gloss over their respective hero's childhood experiences, Martin Campbell's space adventure Green Lantern is not one of them. According to the mythology of the character, it would be a grave misstep to exclude these parts of the story since they greatly influence the personality of the film's hero. How so? All you have to do is turn to one of the Green Lantern origin comics and see for yourself (panel included below).
Months ago it was revealed that 10-year old actor Gattlin Griffith* had been cast in Green Lantern, though his exact role in the film could not be discovered. Today I've learned he will in fact be portraying the young counterpart to Ryan Reynold's Hal Jordan; a.k.a Green Lantern. Jenna Craig* landed the role of 8-year old Carol Ferris (portrayed as a adult by Blake Lively), who's childhood is integrally tied to the Jordan family.
The latest additions - or rather, updates - are Brock Kaufman as young Jack Jordan, Clay Moncure** as young Jim Jordan and John Kepper as young Hector Hammond; played as adults by Mike Doyle, Nick Jandl and Peter Sarsgaard respectively. The scenes where these actors appear take place in 1993 during the film's timeline; the majority of which revolve around the fictitious Ferris Air headquarters in Coast City.
Green Lantern is currently in post production, and is scheduled to hit theaters June 17th, 2011.
* - Actor pictured to the left
** - Actor pictured to the right
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Interesting John
Web Developer
Us Lantards eat this stuff up
Thanks for the info Pietro 
Interesting John
Web Developer
Interesting that we'll see a young Hammond... THE PLOT THICKENS!!!
Pietro Filipponi
Managing Editor
dun dun DUUUUUN
Also, nice to know the timeframe of the film. If they were kids in '93 then it shouldn't take place "in the near future" but in the present.
Upupandaway
Is there any idea of the run time they're shooting for? It sounds like they are filling this movie with a lot of great content and have almost enough for two movies already.
This definitely sounds like it will be an epic in the real, non-internet sense of the word.
Bryan Kritz
Managing Editor
Lantards...that's funny. Do you have name badges too? Hi my name is....
My guess for runtime is right around 2 hours.
gtrman
Somebody go find out who is playing Guy Gardner.
gtrman
...Hi my name is...
Save Ferris
Interesting John
Web Developer
Somebody go find out who is playing Guy Gardner.
Even if we did know... what makes you think we'd tell you
greenlanternfury
Now who do you think will voice members of the Green Lantern Corps? The trailer will be out in two months and still no reports or "rumors" the voice actors for Kilowog and Tomar-Ra and others. I'm hoping Ron Perlman for either.
Interesting John
Web Developer
Ron Perlman would be too deep for Tomar-Re, but he'd be a decent Kilowog.
Samaritan
Ohh Dang!!! WB/DC are really going in depth with this film. Gives me more hope:)
RodSVilaca
My only regret is having to wait until November 19 to see the trailer for the Green Lantern movie on the copies of the Harry Potter movie.
Samaritan
My only regret is having to wait until November 19 to see the trailer for the Green Lantern movie on the copies of the Harry Potter movie. :(
HAHA!! That is what I am thinkin. We have to deal with it bro. It will be funny if the final Harry Potter film makes so much money due to the bonus Lantern trailer.