Back in 2006, Warner Bros was considering casting Jack Black as the lead in a "Green Lantern" film, which was written by Robert Smigel ("SNL"). The idea was eventually scrapped and Ryan Reynolds was brought on for a more serious take. Today, Smigel spoke about his comedic version.
"When the idea was pitched to me to do a comedy about Green Lantern I did a quick review of the specifics of Green Lantern. And I thought, well, of course this could be a comedy," he said. "Basically just the premise that the wrong guy gets the ring and can do all kinds of goofy visual jokes — because the visuals are so potentially ridiculous."
Smigel added: "What appealed to me about it on a comedic level was that, in order to be a superhero, this requires no physical skill or talent. All it requires is owning this ring. Automatically, that's a comedic premise. [But] there were a lot of Internet angry reactions just to the idea of Jack Black."
After writing the first draft, that ended up online, Warners started to re-thing the entire thing. The studio even wondered if the movie even needs to be about Green Lantern. Maybe it can be some other made-up superhero. At that point, Smigel knew that his comedic version was falling apart.
"I meet with Jack and the producer. Jack gives a long list of directors that he would be happy to work with. And then there's just no traction," he explained. "It just sort of petered out and we found out that they just changed their minds and wanted to do a serious Green Lantern. I never got a direct phone call about it. That's sort of how Hollywood works."
Source: Vanity Fair
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