Ryan Reynolds cast as Green Lantern
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After an intense months-long search, Warner Bros has chosen Ryan Reynolds to play the title character in Green Lantern, the studio's live-action movie based on the DC Comics hero.
Reynolds and his representatives entered negotiations for the part on Friday, after the studio held two rounds of screen tests for the actor, Bradley Cooper and Jared Leto. Justin Timberlake also did a screen test.
The film is being directed by Martin Campbell and produced by Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti.
One reason for the lengthy search process was that De Line, Campbell and the studio each had a different favourite among the finalists, making it difficult to come to a consensus.
If the deal is completed, it would make Reynolds the only actor to have played heroes for both Marvel and DC.
He recently starred in a comic-book movie, 20th Century Fox's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, in which he played Deadpool, also known as the Merc with a Mouth.
The character is being developed for a spin-off in which Reynolds will star. He also played Marvel's vampire hunter Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity.
Lantern is Reynolds second stab at a DC Comics hero. A few years ago, he was attached to play the comic company's speedster The Flash.
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