DC Entertainment's Geoff Johns Hopes for More Than a GREEN LANTERN Film Trilogy

The company's Chief Creative Officer and "Green Lantern guru" discusses his involvement with the comic book adaptation starring Ryan Reynolds and plans for it's future.

In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan.

Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax…he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all.

Though only being available for general audiences to watch since last night, Green Lantern is already shrouded in controversy following a last minute marketing blitz and torrent of negative reviews from film and comics fans alike. DC Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns, who has been the mastermind behind all things Green Lantern for the better half of the last decade, recently touched upon his involvement in the recently released project as well as hopes/plans to continue the franchise:

"I was there as a Green Lantern guru. (Laughs.) I've been writing Green Lantern stories for seven years, so when they started talking about the film [in 2008], they brought me in to tap into what I was doing with the books and make sure we were celebrating everything that was Green Lantern. A lot of the heavy lifting for me was when Michael Goldenberg was writing a draft of the script. We worked a lot on the mythology, making sure that its foundation, which is about overcoming fear, and the core characters were represented. But it was a really collaborative effort. I wasn't a cop. It wasn't like, "Make his boots shorter!" That's useless. It was more about, "Why is Hal Jordan a compelling character? What is [arch-nemesis] Sinestro's real motivation? Why is he so driven? What are the attributes of the [Green Lantern Corps'] Guardians [of the Universe] that you want to accentuate?"

"It borrows a lot from the recent changes that were made to the mythology, Green Lantern: Secret Origin, which is a book I wrote a few years ago [2008] that retells the origin of Hal Jordan. But the film also takes things from all decades of Green Lantern stories.

"There are definitely plans for more Green Lantern films. I would hope it's more than a trilogy. I think Green Lantern has a lot of movies in it, a lot of stories to tell. The Flash, which I wrote the treatment for, is also in development, but I can't say much more than that."

Directed by Martin Campbell and starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Mark Strong, Peter Sarsgaard, Tim Robbins and Angela Bassett, Green Lantern is is now playing domestically in 2D and 3D theaters.