Thaal Sinestro ( / s ɪ ˈ n ɛ s t r oʊ / ) (or simply Sinestro ) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , particularly those featuring Green Lantern . Created by John Broome and Gil Kane , Sinestro is a former Green Lantern Corps member who was dishonorably discharged for abusing his power. He has since endured as the archenemy of the superhero Green Lantern and is the founder of the Sinestro Corps .
151-481: Sinestro has appeared in various forms of non-comics media including shows, films, and video games, and he made his live-action debut in the 2011 film Green Lantern , played by Mark Strong . The character was created by John Broome and Gil Kane , and first appeared in Green Lantern (vol. 2) #7 (August 1961). In 2009 , IGN ranked Sinestro as the 15th-greatest comic book villain of all time. Sinestro
302-512: A Green Lantern. Hal and Carol spend one last time together, and he tells her that he'll be away for a while. The two share a kiss and he flies away. In a mid-credits scene , Sinestro takes the yellow ring and places it on his finger, causing his green suit and eyes to turn yellow. Additionally, Jon Tenney plays Martin Jordan, Hal Jordan's father; Jay O. Sanders portrays Carl Ferris , an aircraft designer, and father of Carol Ferris; Mike Doyle
453-465: A Hal Jordan is present with powers to defeat the Sun-Eater , Hal returning to his own time just before Kyle's arrival changes history and defeating Sinestro on his own. Later, Hal Jordan's Spectre also clashes with the ghost of Sinestro, who traps him in a dream where he never becomes a Green Lantern. Upon his defeat, Sinestro is given the chance to choose his fate. He chooses Hell, and is dragged into
604-459: A closer look. Then they spend a peaceful time together. However, Carol becomes saddened after learning that Hal quit the Corps. Later, at the government facility, Hector elevates Waller high above the floor. As she is falling, Hal arrives and saves the injured Waller by creating a pool of water which whisks her away out of further danger. Hector then uses his telekinesis to incinerate his father. During
755-466: A crew-member had written on her blog that the film was greenlit the day before and that filming would begin in 10 weeks. Also in January, Blake Lively was cast as Carol Ferris , Peter Sarsgaard as Hector Hammond , and Mark Strong as Sinestro . In February, Tim Robbins joined the cast as Senator Hammond. The following month, New Zealanders Temuera Morrison and Taika Waititi had joined
906-608: A crystal structure, forcing him to relive the death of his love, Arin Sur (Abin Sur's sister). Angered by this, Sinestro bursts free, staggering Carol enough for his Corpsmen to seize her. However, before he can capitalize on the advantage, the Black Lanterns invade, led by Amon Sur , shocking both Sinestro and Carol. Hal Jordan and Indigo-1 then appear, initially fighting off some of the Black Lanterns. Indigo-1 teleports
1057-513: A disguised Hercules ). On another occasion, Kyle Rayner is accidentally sent approximately a decade into the past, where he witnesses a battle between Hal and Sinestro. Although he initially distracts Hal at a crucial moment, Kyle's ring's immunity to yellow proves vital in preventing Sinestro from executing the Guardians of the Universe. Kyle and Hal subsequently sabotage his attempt to crash
1208-540: A fictional city in DC Comics. Nine days after filming began, Angela Bassett joined the cast as Dr. Amanda Waller , a government agent who is a staple of the DC Comics universe. The same year in April, Jon Tenney was cast as Hal Jordan's father, test pilot Martin H. Jordan. Against Campbell's wishes, the film's production head decided to have the sequence of Martin's death in an air crash intercut with Hal plunging in
1359-484: A fierce battle, Hal lures Parallax away from Earth to chase him across the Solar System . Parallax is caught in the sun's gravitational pull and is destroyed. Hal loses consciousness after the battle and falls toward the star, but is saved by Sinestro, Kilowog, and Tomar-Re. The entire Green Lantern Corps congratulates Hal for his bravery. Sinestro tells him he now bears the responsibility of protecting his sector as
1510-560: A good backstory. It also doesn't take itself too seriously". Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "More science-fiction space opera than superhero epic, it works in fits and starts as its disparate parts go in and out of effectiveness, but the professionalism of the production make it watchable in a comic book kind of way". After he watched Green Lantern for the first time in March 2021, Reynolds tweeted, "Maybe it's
1661-780: A gray-skinned race of dull-witted, four-armed warriors who serve the Citadelians. Native to the Vega star system. The Brylyx are white-skinned aliens featured in Green Lantern: Mosaic . The Bolovax Vikians are highly communal and technologically advanced. Bolovax Vikians of Bolovax Vik are a dead race. Kilowog of the Green Lantern Corps is the last surviving member of this species. The Bugs of New Genesis are an insectoid race who were spread on New Genesis during their war with Apokolips . They are
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#17327834000331812-731: A group of pods containing some Korugarians from the servants of the Pale Vicars, Sinestro and Lyssa Drak head to the refuge of the Sinestro Corps. Arkillo currently leads the Yellow Lanterns as the Arkillo Corps and has Soranik Natu as his captive. He and his Lanterns attack Sinestro who manages to defeat them. He forces Arkillo to yield and kills a Yellow Lantern who tries to attack him from behind as he said that Sinestro must die, melting his ring to stop it from finding
1963-610: A group of which Sinestro previously was a member. Here, he plays a major role in the Society's massacre of the Freedom Fighters , who are investigating the meeting place of other villains, but walk into an ambush. Sinestro begins the fight by blowing a hole through the chest of the second Black Condor , killing him instantly. He then defeats Uncle Sam , leaving him for dead. After the Battle of Metropolis, Sinestro retreats to
2114-489: A limited mastery of Psion technology. The Clementians of Clementia are also known as "Black Mercies". The Green Lantern known as Mother Mercy is the caretaker and ruler of the Clementian race. The Coluans (sometimes known as Yod-Colu ) of Colu are a hyper-intelligent species, one of the most technologically advanced in the known universe. They are most notably represented by the various men and women who hold
2265-468: A meeting of Green Lanterns and absorb power from their rings by casting an illusion of an attacking monster. However, Jordan escapes and defeats Sinestro, who is placed in a new prison empowered by the rings of hundreds of Lanterns, so he cannot drain it. However, Sinestro anticipates this and uses a backup yellow ring hidden in his boot to escape. Before the Guardians take a leave of absence from their universe to attempt mating with their female counterparts,
2416-539: A new host. Relieved to be free, Power Ring dies, thanking Sinestro. After that, Sinestro joins Batman, Catwoman and the rest of Lex Luthor's team into taking down the Crime Syndicate . When it comes to the final battle against the Crime Syndicate, Sinestro and Black Adam move the moon where the sun ends up weakening Ultraman . In the aftermath of the battle against the Crime Syndicate, it was stated that
2567-644: A planetoid into Oa by switching rings. Hal allows Sinestro to throw him away before using Kyle's ring to destroy the villain's equipment. Kyle keeps Sinestro occupied, using Hal's ring to protect him from mortal injury. However, after Sinestro's actions result in Hal unintentionally traveling to Kyle's future, this encounter is apparently erased from history when Hal, Kyle, and a Parallax-possessed older Hal Jordan (who detected his younger self's displacement and intervenes to try and send him home) work together to send Hal and Parallax back to their proper place in time to ensure that
2718-566: A plot to break Kyle's will and make him Parallax's latest host. The Sinestro Corps War begins with an attack on Oa. Sinestro himself returns to Korugar to confront his successor, Soranik Natu . Sinestro defeats her, but makes it appear she has defeated him. This will force her to stay on Korugar to fulfill her responsibilities as "the Savior of Korugar". Sinestro returns to Qward and joins the battle occurring there. He confronts Earth's Green Lanterns, and upon their escape, follows them toward Earth,
2869-548: A prison cell, angrily proclaiming that she will escape whatever Abin Sur has planned for her, although he chooses to focus on his own escape rather than remain to question her more about this, only for Krona to burn the page that Sinestro is on before he can escape. Sinestro and the others are later freed by Kyle Rayner, who 'draws' their escape. Sinestro's ring attempts to return to him, but is overridden by Krona, who wields all seven varieties of power rings. As Hal Jordan battles Krona, Sinestro hears him as he declares his dedication to
3020-508: A promotional video for Free Guy in 2019, Reynolds and Waititi, who costarred in both movies, jokingly denied that they had ever heard of Green Lantern . Zamaron List of alien races in DC Comics is a list of fictional extraterrestrial races that have appeared in comic book titles published by DC Comics , as well as properties from other media that are listed below, with brief descriptions and accompanying citations. There are countless different extraterrestrial races in
3171-528: A prospective female in battle earns her hand in marriage. This species is represented by Maxima - Queen of Almerac - as well as her handmaiden Sazu and her onetime betrothed Ultraa . The Aloi are blue-skinned aliens with ridged foreheads. The Aloi are at war with the Margoi over a device known as the "Grayl". They were represented by Tumlat. The Alstairans of Alstair are one of four technologically advanced and constantly at war spacefaring races native to
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#17327834000333322-491: A replacement. With his leadership retained, Sinestro sends Arkillo to the infirmary and Soranik argues with him, believing he had her captured. Refuting this, Sinestro shows her the Korugarians he saved and asks her to help them. Sinestro creates an elite team to personally serve him, consisting of Romat-Ru, Lyssa Drak, Rigen Kale, Dez Trivius and the most vocal Sinestro Corpsmen and has them aid himself in taking Necroplis as
3473-472: A ship crash lands nearby, containing Black Lanterns Abin and Arin Sur. As the Black Lanterns attack, Arin emotionally manipulates Sinestro before Hal, Abin and Carol rescue him. With all four in place, they destroy Abin's and Arin's rings. Afterward, Hal and Sinestro debate whether to contact the Blue or Red Lanterns, respectively. Hal then makes the decision himself. Sinestro relents, tells his Corps that there
3624-440: A society of humanoid bugs that thrive in colonies beneath the surface of the planet. There is occasionally prejudice between these two races, as many of the gods consider the bug-people to be a lesser species. However, there are also instances of mutual compassion and respect. Forager and Mantis are the most prominent members of the race. The Cairnians are members of L.E.G.I.O.N. The Calatonians are an ancient monarchy on
3775-473: A story that included the hero's origin and included the characters Carol Ferris , Kilowog , Sinestro , and Guy Gardner in a cameo appearance , and appeared "to set up Hector Hammond as Hal Jordan's ... first major nemesis...." Shortly afterward, Guggenheim said that the script would contain characterizations inspired by the Denny O'Neil - Neal Adams run on the comic in the 1970s, and Dave Gibbons ' work in
3926-572: A visionary behind a movie like that, but it was the classic studio story: 'We have a poster, but we don't have a script or know what we want; let's start shooting! ' " In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant in 2021, Campbell reflected that he should not have directed the film after all and admitted responsibility for the film "not working out". Comparing to how he saw all James Bond films before directing Casino Royale , Campbell acknowledged that superhero movies were never his "cup of tea". The principal photography ended on August 6, 2010, and
4077-539: A weakness in their power rings that prevent them from directly affecting the color yellow. Despite this, skilled Green Lanterns like Jordan, Sinestro's most hated enemy, always find ways to defeat him. Sinestro first meets Hal after already making an alliance with Qward; the latter had already beaten the Weaponers three times. Sinestro takes him to Qward and is able to imprison him in a yellow bubble by threatening to kill 100,000 innocent people. Hal uses his ring to create
4228-795: A weekend total of $ 53.2 million, earning it the No. 1 spot. In its second weekend, Green Lantern dropped into third place behind Cars 2 and Bad Teacher , experiencing a 66.1% decline, which was the largest second-weekend decline for a superhero film in 2011. Green Lantern grossed $ 116.7 million in the United States and Canada, as well as $ 103.3 million internationally, bringing its worldwide total to $ 220 million. Many industry analysts felt that Green Lantern "failed to perform to expectations". The Hollywood Reporter speculated that Green Lantern needed to make approximately $ 500 million to be considered financially solid. Some publications listed
4379-500: A worthy successor. On Earth Hal Jordan , a cocky test pilot working at Ferris Aircraft, is chosen by the ring and transported to the crash site. There, a dying Abin Sur appoints him a Green Lantern, telling him to take the lantern and speak the oath , but dies before Hal can begin recitation of the oath. Hal is teleported away to the Green Lantern Corps homeworld of Oa , where he meets and trains with veteran Corps members Tomar-Re , Kilowog , and Corps leader Sinestro , who believes he
4530-565: Is Circadia Senius, a Chronarch Research Fellow at the Metropolis Time Institute and a friend of Brainiac 5 . The Citadelians of the Citadel are a race of sadistic imperialistic clones, whose intellect and genetic viability degrades with each newly cloned generation. The former tyrant rulers of the Vega star system are now an Empire in decline. The Citadelians use Gordanians and Branx Warriors as their enforcers; they have
4681-409: Is Hal Jordan's home, and everyone living in it. Driven mad with grief by the destruction of his city and the Guardians' apathy towards his plight, Jordan's previously indomitable willpower is shattered. Parallax is thus able to possess him completely and push him towards a homicidal rampage that wipes out most of the Guardians and leaves scores of Green Lanterns dead or maimed, as Parallax seeks to absorb
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4832-568: Is a member of the Dark Circle . The Ardenans are the presumed name of a sentient race of humanoids with orange scaly skin from the planet Arden. They are represented by the deceased Green Lanterns Lodar and Meeno Monak. The Astonians are a minor alien race under a once dying star saved by the Blue Lantern Saint Walker upon facing extinction. Saint Walker is of this race. The Azarathians are people belonging to
4983-518: Is a temporary truce with the GLC, and travels with the others to Odym. After gathering the other Corps leaders, Sinestro and the others follow the Black Lantern battery to Earth, where Nekron has already risen. Under Indigo-1's direction, they combine their lights, thinking it will destroy the Black Lanterns' source of power, but this fails and in an attempt to bolster their ranks, Ganthet duplicates
5134-414: Is angry that he has a Green Lantern power ring. The Guardians of the Universe state that the ring wishes to redeem him. With the aid of Hal Jordan, Sinestro returns to his home world of Korugar and liberates his people from the out-of-control Sinestro Corps, although his people are still afraid. Disabling his former group by rendering them comatose, he heads back out into space with the intent of shutting down
5285-416: Is born on the planet Korugar in space sector 1417. His dedication to preserving order originally manifests in his previous career, an anthropologist specializing in the reconstruction of ancient Korugan civilizations. One day, Green Lantern Prohl Gosgotha crash-lands near him, injured and apparently dying. Prohl gives his ring to Sinestro, who barely understands what to do with it before coming under attack from
5436-400: Is his daughter. He informs Soranik that his wife took her as a child and left him as he began his rise to power on Korugar. He was eventually able to locate his daughter and give her the mark on her face, his family's coat of arms, along with a micro-transmitter so he could locate her. He visited Soranik throughout her life using his ring to alter his appearance. He even took a picture of her and
5587-465: Is making a mockery of the Corps, creating thousands of rings for anyone who will swear loyalty to him. Then she reveals his people are still alive. When he asks how she knows this, she reveals she has carved every word from the Book of Parallax on her body. When Sinestro realizes that the remaining Korugarians are suffering because of his inaction, he feels fear again and his ring reactivates. After rescuing
5738-570: Is nailed to a cross to await his execution at the hands of Atrocitus, who wishes to make Sinestro suffer greatly by taking his revenge on everything he has ever cared about. His targets include Korugar and Sinestro's hidden daughter. Sinestro breaks free and goes back to his home world to see to family business. After escaping the assault by the Red Lanterns, Sinestro finally reaches his homeworld of Korugar. After rapidly incapacitating Princess Iolande, he confronts Soranik Natu and reveals that she
5889-415: Is not strong enough to defeat Gardner's willpower. As the yellow ring only "speaks" Sinestro's native language, Guy was unable to communicate with it, which seems to understand him to a degree. Guy only wears the yellow ring for a short time before Hal Jordan, possessed by Parallax, destroys it. In the meantime, the return of the Guardians result in the Corps being re-established. The newly restored Corps
6040-415: Is now a White Lantern . Sinestro demands that Kyle resurrects Korugar, but Kyle is unable to do so. Sinestro takes the white ring to become a White Lantern himself, but it rejects him as an unsuitable host, much to his horror. He then claims the yellow power battery instead and leaves to exact revenge, as he became a member of the Sinestro Corps again while Simon Baz fails to resurrect Korugar as well after he
6191-562: Is returned to the Central Power Battery, allowing Krona to control all Green Lanterns. Hal and others escaped only thanks to their prior experience with Parallax granting them an immunity to the initial assault, to give himself a weapon against the other Lanterns. While attempting to escape the Book which forces the New Guardians to re-live their lives prior to acquiring their current rings, Sinestro discovers Indigo-1 in
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6342-579: Is revealed to be an imp as well. The Adaptoids were blob-like creatures in the vicinity of the star Arcturus that traveled to Earth-One in attempt to wipe out the human race. Able to adapt to any threat, they were defeated by the Justice League when they were exposed to the Thanagarian equalizing disease. The Aellans are the yellow-skinned reptilian humanoid peoples of Aello (Stormswift), Demonia, Harpis and Doc of Aello were all members of
6493-454: Is short-lived, thanks to the inadvertent efforts of the alien warlord Mongul and Hank Henshaw , a cyborg who is at the time impersonating Superman . As part of their ultimately thwarted plot to transform Earth into a new version of Mongul's interstellar fortress Warworld and gain revenge on Superman, Mongul and the Cyborg use several nuclear devices to destroy Coast City , California, which
6644-524: Is shown for the first time in a flashback and revealed to be the sister of Abin Sur . When Hal Jordan joins the Green Lantern Corps , Sinestro, now a seasoned and respected Lantern, is assigned to be his instructor. Jordan is horrified at his new mentor's totalitarian methods, though Sinestro maintains that he is only doing what he considers necessary to protect Korugar. During his training, Jordan helps Sinestro repel an attempted invasion by
6795-520: Is their representative. The Blight are a cybernetic race whose bodies are composed of rotting flesh and villains of the Legion of Super-Heroes . Their leader is Atrophos , chief scientist and engineer vowed to hunt down M'onel for immortality, but were stopped by the Legion. The eight Bloodline Parasites were extraterrestrial lifeforms capable of accidentally activating the human metagene during
6946-466: Is to be executed on his homeworld of Korugar. During the transport, a group of Sinestro Corps members attempt to free him. Atrocitus and his Red Lanterns intervene by attacking both Corps and kidnapping Sinestro. In the midst of the battle, a Blue Lantern named Saint Walker tells Hal Jordan that Sinestro's survival is crucial to stopping the Blackest Night . After being taken to Ysmault, he
7097-433: Is ultimately defeated when Hal Jordan summons Nekron. Afterwards, Sinestro reactivates his Sinestro Corps and heads off to kill the Guardians for all the harm that they have caused. Hal attempts to talk Sinestro out of this course of action to save him from himself. However, it was too late as Sinestro reveals that he had already killed the Guardians before Hal intercepted him. Sinestro vanishes and leaves Arkillo in charge of
7248-412: Is ultimately destroyed by Black Beetle . The Aipitons are the presumed name of a species of small flying insects of the planet Apaiton. They are represented by the deceased Green Lantern Bzzd. The Aquoids are natives of planet Beltair IV. The Aranes of Arane II are a race of light blue-skinned, white-haired humanoids, with tiny blue protruding horns on their foreheads. Rolind Siepur of Arane II
7399-453: Is unfit and fearful. Hal, disheartened by his extreme training sessions and Sinestro's doubts, quits and returns to Earth, keeping the power ring and lantern. Meanwhile, scientist Hector Hammond is summoned by his father, Senator Robert Hammond, to a secret government facility to perform an autopsy on Abin Sur's body under the watchful eye of Amanda Waller . A piece of Parallax inside the corpse enters Hammond, giving him psychic powers at
7550-661: The Antares system. The most well known Alstairan is their ruler, the alien plant elemental known as Hyathis . Alstairans are plantlike humanoids with leaves instead of hair. The Anasazi in the DC Comics Universe are metahumans who were resettled to planet Starhaven, represented by Dawnstar . The Andromedans of the Andromeda Galaxy are a race of superhumans similar to Kryptonians and Daxamites. They have red hair, albino skin and blue eyes. One of
7701-596: The Associated Press called it a "joyless amalgamation of expository dialogue and special effects that aren't especially special". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times had mixed feelings: " Green Lantern does not intend to be plausible. It intends to be a sound-and-light show, assaulting the audience with sensational special effects. If that's what you want, that's what you get". British newspaper The Daily Telegraph named Green Lantern one of
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#17327834000337852-741: The Aviation Gin talking, but #GreenLantern was nothing to fear! Hundreds of incredible crew and cast members did amazing work—and while it's not perfect, it ain't a tragedy. Next time I won't wait a decade to watch." In August 2021, director Martin Campbell said, "The film did not work, really. That's the point, and I'm partly responsible for that. I shouldn't have done it. Because with something like Bond - I love Bond, and I watched every Bond film before I ever directed it. Superhero movies are not my cup of tea, and for that reason, I shouldn't have done it." In 2010, director Martin Campbell confirmed
8003-514: The DC Comics character of the same name . The film stars Ryan Reynolds , Blake Lively , Peter Sarsgaard , Mark Strong , Angela Bassett , and Tim Robbins , with Martin Campbell directing a script by Greg Berlanti and comic book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim that was subsequently rewritten by Michael Goldenberg . This was the first DC film since Catwoman (2004) not to be involved with Legendary Pictures . The film tells
8154-731: The Omega Men . The Alien Invaders are the nameless primary antagonists of Armageddon: The Alien Agenda . The Almeraci are a humanoid race of technologically advanced warriors with psionic abilities similar to the Euphorix. The Almeraci are ruled by the House of the Blood Royale, a matriarchy of superpowered monarchs who maintain their bloodline and psionic status through selective breeding. The Almeraci choose mates through ceremonial gladiatorial competitions; whichever male can defeat
8305-510: The Zamarons , they construct an inescapable prison for Sinestro and thousands of others on Oa . Sinestro manages to free himself through the mental manipulation of the Mad God of Sector 3600. Wielding nearly unlimited power, Sinestro murders entire star systems until he is finally subdued by the Green Lantern Corps of Earth. Guilty of multiple acts of genocide, Sinestro is put on trial again by
8456-443: The antimatter universe, a counterpart to the "real" universe made up of " negative matter ". Sinestro ends up on the antimatter world of Qward , that universe's counterpart of the Guardians' homeworld Oa , which is ruled by the Weaponers of Qward, a race of warriors and scientists that bear a fierce hatred of the Guardians and all Green Lanterns. By exiling Sinestro to a world ruled by evil beings who specifically hate Green Lanterns,
8607-492: The director's cut of Justice League , Zack Snyder revealed that a scrapped idea for the film had Batman meeting up with the Green Lantern Corps, with Ryan Reynolds appearing as an "additional lantern... to fill out the corps a bit". Snyder never spoke with Reynolds about this, however. A 10 one-hour episodic Green Lantern television series separate from the film was in development for HBO Max from Marc Guggenheim and Seth Grahame-Smith with Berlanti Productions producing
8758-435: The "sixth dimension" who created self-aware reality endangering technology. The Changralynians of Changralyn are a race of silicon-based pacifists , they are represented by Broot of the Omega Men . The Children of Tanjent are a psionic race. The peaceful insectoid Circadians of Circadia established a joint human/Circadian settlement in the 30th Century known as Pax Colony. The best known Circadian representative
8909-536: The 2011 WonderCon in San Francisco . The Hollywood Reporter reported that the footage wowed the audience. A four-minute cut of the WonderCon footage was later released online. In March 2010, Comics Continuum reported that an animated Green Lantern film was in the works at Warner Bros. Animation , as a direct-to-video project that was timed for the release of the live-action Green Lantern movie in
9060-465: The Andromedans named Karb-Brak was exiled to Earth because he developed an allergy to superhuman metabolisms, he took the human identity of construction worker Andrew Meda. Superman and Vartox eventually cure Karb-Brak and return him to his homeworld. The Angtuans are inhabitants of the planet Angtu, a world with a thick, noxious atmosphere. Angtu was ultimately destroyed in the 30th century by
9211-485: The Central Power Battery's energies into his being. As a last-ditch effort to halt Jordan's rampage, the Guardians free Sinestro from the Central Power Battery and send him to stop Jordan. After a battle, Jordan snaps Sinestro's neck, apparently killing him. It is later revealed that what the Guardians actually extracted from the Battery was a hard-light construct of Sinestro, created by Parallax and mentally puppeteered by
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#17327834000339362-470: The Corps leaders' rings, having them seek out candidates to deputize. Sinestro's ring chooses the Scarecrow . The Black Lantern Spectre then attacks the group. To defeat it, Hal releases Parallax from its prison, intending to let it possess him again. Sinestro offers to join with Parallax instead, but is rebuffed. When the restored Spectre manages to separate Parallax from Hal, Sinestro again tries to claim
9513-474: The Corps. Katma Tui eventually grows into one of the most respected Green Lanterns, but she and the rest of Korugar initially resists her appointment to the Corps. Due to Sinestro's actions, Korugar has come to consider the symbol of the Green Lantern Corps an emblem of terror and oppression. For using the power of the Green Lantern to instill fear rather than combat it, the Guardians banish Sinestro to
9664-478: The DC Comics universe. The vast majority are humanoid in structure. The United Planets is a governing body which is active starting in the 21st century all the way to the 31st century. The planets of the Solar System and Htrae are known members alongside the artificial planet-sized satellites, the buffer planets that were seeded by Mon-El , and the neighboring empires. In the 21st century, they are led by
9815-553: The DC Extended Universe, with Hal Jordan and John Stewart as Green Lanterns in the film. In January 2016, Goyer and Justin Rhodes were attached to write the film's script and to produce the film, with Geoff Johns and Jon Berg as executive producers. As of November 2019, delivery of the script to Warner Bros. was anticipated for the end of that year. In March 2021, after the release of Zack Snyder's Justice League ,
9966-533: The Dead Zone with Simon. Sinestro then teleports to his home planet of Korugar to rally support against the First Lantern. Volthoom attacks and consumes the hopes and fears of the Korugarians. With his newfound power levels, Volthoom destroys the entire planet, leaving Sinestro in the rubble. When Kyle Rayner and Carol Ferris arrive at Korugar's remains, Sinestro attacks, but immediately notices that Kyle
10117-621: The Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and became available online in November. This initial trailer was met with a poor reception from fans and, as a result, the film's marketing campaign was delayed. Sue Kroll, the studio's worldwide marketing president responded: "Part of the reason the response to the first trailer was lukewarm was that the big-scale sequences weren't ready to show, and we suffered for it. We can't afford to do that again". In April Warner Bros. debuted nine minutes of footage at
10268-534: The Entity's power. Later, Sinestro is apparently killed by Nekron, but revived by the White Entity, claiming to be in harmony with every living being in the universe and thus reborn as the true Guardian of the Universe. However, Sinestro is unable to fully control the Entity's power, and Nekron is able to separate them. Hal then comes to the realization that, even though Nekron allowed the various resurrections of
10419-660: The Green Lantern Corps in an effort to rescue Soranik Natu from a Qwardian who made Sinestro's original yellow ring. In the War of the Green Lanterns storyline, Lyssa Drak traps Sinestro and the other 'New Guardians' in the Book of the Black while trying to recover the emotional entities from Krona. Hal Jordan alone is able to avoid the book and escapes with the other New Guardians' rings. He later uses Sinestro's ring when Parallax
10570-560: The Green Lantern Corps. Later, Sinestro alliances with the priests of the Sacrament, who are an enemy of the Green Lantern Corps, who reconsider him to aiding enforcement controls of the Vega system. His Corps has captured Green Lantern Guy Gardner , instead of Hal. Sinestro is furious and demands to know where Hal is, but he learns that Soranik has secured Hal safely. Sinestro then uses the imprisoned people in Warworld's engine to increase
10721-464: The Green Lantern characters would be an important part of the new DCU . When he and co-CEO Peter Safran unveiled the first projects from their DCU slate later that month they included Lanterns , a new iteration of a long-in-development Green Lantern series. Safran said the series would be an Earth-based detective story and "a huge HBO -quality event" in the style of the series True Detective featuring Hal Jordan and John Stewart . Safran said
10872-413: The Green Lantern property be featured in an upcoming DC film, it would be a rebooted version. Later that year Goyer stated that he had interest in making a new feature film based on the titular character. By July 2015, Warner Bros. announced plans to release a solo Green Lantern film titled Green Lantern Corps , with an original release date scheduled for June 19, 2020. The film was to be an installment in
11023-459: The Green Lanterns spread fear by being unchecked. Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner beat Sinestro in hand-to-hand combat. Sinestro is then imprisoned in Oa's Sciencells where he learns from Hal Jordan that he has received a death penalty. Despite his personal defeat, Sinestro claims victory. Sinestro's overall goal through his war was to groom his former Corps for a more active, forceful role in the universe. With
11174-401: The Guardians hope to humble him. However, Sinestro is quick to seize the opportunity, persuading the Weaponers that he can use his knowledge of the Corps to destroy them for good. Creating a yellow power ring for Sinestro to use, the Weaponers send him back to the "positive matter" universe to seek revenge. Sinestro quickly becomes the Green Lantern Corps' most powerful nemesis, partially due to
11325-545: The Justice League. Nearly killing the two heroes, Sinestro is stopped by the newly resurrected Hal Jordan, who reclaims his ring and is purged of Parallax's influence. The two fight to a draw, with Sinestro escaping to the antimatter universe when his ring is damaged by Hal. Sinestro later appears in the mini-series Villains United , in which he captures Lady Quark for the Secret Society of Super Villains,
11476-408: The Korugarians. Hal berates Sinestro for allowing Parallax to control him and kill the Guardians, which Sinestro refuses. He proves to Hal that he is in control and summons Parallax to attack Hal, then calls it back, proving that he has mastered fear itself. Leaving Hal behind, Sinestro leaves with his team and the Korugarians, with Soranik leaving with him to look after her people. In the aftermath of
11627-520: The Lantern's pursuer: a Weaponer of Qward . In the end, Sinestro has to destroy the ruins he was restoring to crush the Qwardian. Afterwards, Gosgotha turns out to still be alive and asks for his ring back so he can summon help. Addicted to the ring's immense power, Sinestro lets him die and convinces the Guardians that the ring chose him as Gosgotha's successor. In Green Lantern (2005) #45, his wife
11778-843: The Natus at her medical school graduation. Sinestro then says that he is proud of his daughter for succeeding where he could not, namely bringing order to Korugar as a member of the Green Lantern Corps. He then tells her that they must work together to stop the Blackest Night. After leaving Korugar, Sinestro visits Abin Sur 's grave and makes plans to lead an assault on the Star Sapphires ' homeworld Zamaron. When he arrives, he first encounters Carol Ferris . While Sinestro holds no ill will towards Carol and only wishes to free his Corpswomen from Zamaron, he warns Carol that he will hurt her if she stands in his way. Carol then encases Sinestro in
11929-477: The Sinestro Corps' real target. The Sinestro Corps begin attacking Earth. Sinestro reveals to Hal, Guy and John that he intends to turn Earth into the new homeworld for the Sinestro Corps and the site of the new Coast City into a mass graveyard, "A mecca of fear". During the battle, the Guardians enacted new laws to the Book of Oa. The first new law was to give the Green Lanterns the ability to use lethal force. Sinestro claims he has achieved his overall goal because now
12080-480: The Sinestro Corps. Reappearing elsewhere, Sinestro secretly brings Ganthet and Sayd together, stating that he knows what it is like to lose everything, but exiles them both from Oa. During the Forever Evil storyline after Batman uses a yellow ring, Sinestro appears to confront Power Ring . Sinestro follows Power Ring through the sewers, eventually severing his right arm and allowing his ring to go search for
12231-543: The Sinestro prequel comic was released online as "Secret Origin of the Green Lantern Corps #1" two days before the release of the film. Six Flags debuted two roller coasters named Green Lantern at Great Adventure and Magic Mountain in 2011 to coincide with the film's release. A third ride, Green Lantern Coaster , also opened in November of the same year at Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia, although this ride
12382-524: The Underworld. In retrospect, it is assumed that this version of Sinestro is another hard light construct created by Parallax at Sinestro's behest, as the fear entity is still bonded to Jordan's soul during his time as the Spectre, continuously breaking his will. Sinestro eventually reveals the charade of his 'death' when Kyle Rayner discovers the existence of Parallax and reveals it to Green Arrow and
12533-405: The United States on June 17, 2011, by Warner Bros. Pictures . The film received generally negative reviews from critics for its script, tone, visual effects, and unfaithfulness to the source material, and underperformed at the box office, grossing $ 220 million against a production budget of $ 200 million. It was also originally intended to start a film franchise based on DC characters. However, due to
12684-534: The act of feeding on human spinal fluid . All Parasites had dense exoskeletons and were incredibly strong, they all had the ability to duplicate human form. The Braalians are humans from the colony Braal who possess the metahuman ability of electromagnetic field manipulation. Cosmic Boy and Magno of the Legion of Super-Heroes are their representatives. The Brain-Parasites of Planet X hail from Planet X and use powerful Knowledge-Extractors to steal knowledge from other races. The Branx of Emana Branx are
12835-588: The alien warlords known as the Khunds . When Jordan disobeys orders and contacts the Lanterns for help, Sinestro's dictatorship is exposed, and he is forced to appear before the Guardians for punishment. Katma Tui , the leader of a Korugarian resistance movement who feels that Sinestro's "protection" keeps her people from growing as a society through contact with other alien races, is recruited as his replacement in
12986-558: The antimatter universe, allies with the Anti-Monitor , and embraces the doctrine of spreading fear. The Green Lantern Corps is once again reformed with the return of Hal Jordan so Sinestro decides to found the Sinestro Corps , offering yellow power rings to the most feared and savage warriors of the universe. He is also revealed to have masterminded the death of Kyle Rayner's mother by having Despotellis infect her as part of
13137-418: The assembled membership of the Green Lantern Corps. Finding him guilty, they condemn him to death and execute him. Sinestro manages to cheat death by sending his essence into the Central Power Battery and shutting it down. While in the Battery, he also makes a startling discovery about the ancient weakness to yellow within the Green Lanterns' light. Hal Jordan enters the Battery in a desperate attempt to restore
13288-537: The battle, Sinestro discovers too late that his powers have decreased due to Soranik rescuing the people that were used to power the Fear Engine. Hal then uses his energies as a living construct to incinerate the Fear Warlord and destroys Warworld, apparently sacrificing himself and killing Sinestro in the process. Green Lantern (film) Green Lantern is a 2011 American superhero film based on
13439-519: The beings of their respective elements. It is because of them that the Justice League first came together. The Appellaxians were defeated by the Justice League. The Appellaxians' creations appear in the Young Justice episode "Salvage", consisting of Golden Roc, Wood God, Stone God, Crystal Creature, and Mercury Monster. Bruno Mannheim combines them into a Golem using a Mother Box, planning to use it as an enforcer for Intergang , before it
13590-599: The cast as Abin Sur and Tom Kalmaku, respectively. With a production budget of $ 200 million, Green Lantern was initially scheduled to begin filming in November 2009 at Fox Studios Australia . The start date was pushed back to January 2010, but the production moved to Louisiana , where, on March 3, test footage was filmed in Madisonville involving stunt cars. Principal photography began on March 15 in New Orleans , which doubled for Coast City , California ,
13741-400: The cause of the Green Lanterns and is inspired to join his old enemy in battle. As he fights Krona, a green power ring comes to him, making Sinestro a Green Lantern once more. Sinestro is not interested in becoming a Green Lantern, but the Guardians of the Universe convince him to join the Corps. Later, when the Green Lantern Corps are in disagreement and attempt to kill him, the Corps break into
13892-513: The constructs". The studio also confirmed that the film would have a 3D release. In January 2011, Green Lantern began re-shoots for key scenes at Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles, California. In March, Geoffrey Rush joined the cast as the voice of the CGI -created character, Tomar-Re . In April, Michael Clarke Duncan was cast to voice Kilowog . Also that month, Warner Bros. raised
14043-534: The corrupt Durlan Thaaros. Zrfff is the homeworld of all 5th Dimensional Imps , including Mister Mxyzptlk , Miss Gsptlsnz , Vyndktvx, Brpxz, Mister Genie (Genro), Quisp, Bat-Mite , Kcid Nosyarg (Larry), Zook , Gazook, and Mopee. The 5th Dimensional Imps appear in Supergirl , consisting of Mxyzptlk and Gsptlsnz / Nyxlygsptlnz. In a Supergirl crossover with The Flash , the Music Meister
14194-496: The cost of his health and sanity. After discovering that he was chosen for the secret work only due to his father's influence and not for his own abilities, Hammond attempts to kill his father by telekinetically sabotaging his helicopter at a massive party with the use of Parallax's power. Hal saves the senator and the party guests, including his childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris . The following night, Hal visits Carol's home in costume, but she immediately recognizes him after getting
14345-415: The dead son of its creator. The A.I. created the duplicate Sinestro after watching videos of his old battles, believing that he is just playing a computer game, and unaware of the real-world damage that he is causing. Although he lacks Sinestro's tactical genius, the unrestrained use of his power destroys a bridge and a building, nearly suffocating Wonder Woman before he is defeated by the hero Champion (really
14496-463: The early 1980s. He added that he and his co-writers also looked to the 2000s Geoff Johns stories: "It's been interesting because we finished a draft just before Johns' " Secret Origin " story arc started up. So I've been reading "Secret Origin" with a real interest in seeing 'OK, how did Geoff solve this problem?' There are certain elements just for anyone trying to retell Hal's origin for a modern-day audience to address and grapple with. For example, why
14647-439: The embodiment of willpower. Thanks to Sinestro's actions, Parallax successfully infects Jordan's mind, leaving the so-called "greatest Green Lantern" vulnerable to fear for the first time in his life and setting up Sinestro's ultimate triumph. Sinestro's original yellow ring is stolen by Guy Gardner from Oa's Crypt of the Green Lantern Corps . During the encounter, Sinestro possesses John Stewart to confront Guy, but his spirit
14798-479: The enactment of the Corps' new laws and the approval of lethal force, the Green Lantern corps will inspire fear, creating the same effect as the Sinestro Corps: order through fear. With the hunt for the members of the Sinestro Corps becoming one of the Green Lantern Corps' highest priorities, many of those who wield yellow power rings have been incarcerated in Oa's Sciencells, with their power rings stored in
14949-400: The encounter, Hal telepathically connects with Hector and learns of Parallax coming to Earth before Hammond escapes. On Oa, the Guardians tell Sinestro that Parallax was one of their fellow guardians who attempted to control the yellow essence of fear, only to become corrupted himself. Arguing that the way to fight fear is with fear itself, Sinestro requests that the Guardians forge a ring of
15100-530: The entire Sinestro Corps. Later, he witnesses the prophecy of the Guardians' plans for a "Third Army" and once again retrieves Hal from Earth. However, he is captured by the Indigo Tribe and is forcibly bound to an Indigo ring. Hal convinces the Tribe that he can help Sinestro atone for his past deeds without being bound to an Indigo Ring. The two then retrieve the Book of the Black to glean information about
15251-489: The fear entity as his own, but is foiled after an unknown force pulls Parallax away. During the battle, Nekron kills a Guardian and uses its blood to summon the Entity, the embodiment of the universe's life force, from within Earth. Outraged at the Guardians' need for control, Sinestro stabs Ganthet with his ring. Hal Jordan realizes the Entity needs a mind to guide it and prepares to fly in, but Sinestro does so himself, taking
15402-405: The fear entity of Parallax again and returns to his youth. He sends out his enforcers of his Corps to control the new order of the universe with fear. When Sinestro is stunned that his Corps have reports that Hal Jordan has returned and attacks the Corps, his daughter, Soranik Natu rebels against her father, saying that he should take responsibility for his failures and that he will never learn from
15553-582: The film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Justin Chang of Variety gave Green Lantern a mixed review, stating that "Martin Campbell's visually lavish sci-fi adventure is a highly unstable alloy of the serious, the goofy and the downright derivative". Manohla Dargis of the New York Times was generally negative to the film, despite having some praise for Ryan Reynolds, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, and Angela Bassett. Christy Lemire of
15704-469: The film entered post-production . In an interview with MTV News , director Martin Campbell was asked about the film's effects-heavy epic scale and commented that it was a daunting process and that the film has 1,300 visual shots. When asked about the constructs created from the power rings , Campbell answered: "One of the nice things is, we'll all sit down and say, 'Well, what are we going to do here?' Really, it's as much as your imagination can go to make
15855-494: The film's critical and commercial disappointment, Warner Bros. scrapped plans for a sequel, opting instead to use Man of Steel (2013) as the official start of the DC Extended Universe , two years after Green Lantern ' s release. Billions of years ago, the Guardians of the Universe used the green essence of willpower to create an intergalactic police force called the Green Lantern Corps . They divide
16006-441: The film's end credits showing a resurgence of the yellow power ring of fear , with Sinestro becoming corrupted by its dark power, teased the planned sequel. In September 2011, Warner Bros., dismayed by the film's negative reviews and disappointing box office run, abandoned plans for sequels. In June 2013, David S. Goyer confirmed that Man of Steel would be the first film in the DC Extended Universe , implying that should
16157-462: The film. Before that, in a 2018 advertising campaign for Deadpool 2 which also featured David Beckham, Reynolds (dressed as Deadpool) is seen apologizing for his critical and commercial flops, including Green Lantern , R.I.P.D. , Self/less , and Blade: Trinity . The DC animated film Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018) also makes a reference to Green Lantern's disappointing film. In
16308-413: The future, but it inadvertently takes them to the evil Black Hand . Elsewhere, the Guardians discuss how they willed Hal's ring to claim Sinestro to undermine all the other Corps, especially his own. Black Hand engages Sinestro and Hal in combat, whereupon the Guardians arrive and command Black Hand to kill both Green Lanterns. As their life is drained, Hal and Sinestro fuse their rings together and send off
16459-482: The group to Korugar so that Sinestro may finally confront Mongul . Sinestro defeats Mongul by overriding his rings, then imprisons him within the Yellow Central Battery. Sinestro vows to keep Mongul alive (and torture him), then kill him when the Blackest Night is over. He also proclaims himself to be "leading this coalition" against the Black Lanterns. The Sinestro Corps' celebration is cut short when
16610-581: The hell was Abin Sur flying in a spaceship when he's a Green Lantern? You don't ask that question back in the Silver Age , but when you're writing in the Modern Age , you have to answer these things". By December 2008, the writers had written three drafts of the screenplay and Warner was preparing for pre-production . By February 2009 Berlanti was no longer attached to the project and Martin Campbell entered negotiations to direct. The release date
16761-456: The heroes he transformed into Black Lanterns, it was they who chose to live again. This enables Hal to access the Entity's power and transform himself and the other heroes into White Lanterns, resurrecting Black Hand and breaking Nekron's tether to the living universe. As the various corps part ways, Sinestro notes that Larfleeze himself has changed, as he returns Lex Luthor to the other gathered Corps rather than keeping Luthor for himself after he
16912-450: The illusion that it is nearly out of power. After releasing Hal from the bubble to eliminate him, Sinestro is defeated and imprisoned in a specially constructed cell by Hal, who does not take him back to his universe as it would go against the jurisdiction of the Guardians. By gradually sapping the cell's power, Sinestro escapes and continues to menace Hal. He tries to attack the Guardians after kidnapping Hal and assuming his identity to occupy
17063-487: The large chamber that houses the entire detention facility. Sinestro has been shown to have chewed a large hole in his finger, and he used his blood to paint the insignia of the Sinestro Corps on his cell window. All Sinestro Corps members followed his example, with the result of thousands of emblems across the cosmic jail. When Sinestro formed his insignia from blood, the power rings stationed on Oa seemed to react violently, threatening to break free of their confines. Sinestro
17214-429: The last surviving Guardian, Ganthet , gives the last remaining power ring to Kyle Rayner , Sinestro becomes obsessed with Rayner, realizing that despite Jordan's downfall, his plot to extinguish the Green Lanterns' light failed. During the period when he is believed to be dead, Sinestro has two indirect encounters with other heroes. Wonder Woman faces a duplicate of Sinestro created by an artificial intelligence based on
17365-667: The live-action film would renew interest in a sequel. The animated film entitled Green Lantern: Emerald Knights was officially announced in June instead. DC Entertainment began releasing a series of Green Lantern Movie Prequel comics the week before the film was released, covering the lives of the characters before the events of the film, written by members of the film's production team. Five comics were made, covering Tomar-Re by Marc Guggenheim, Kilowog by Peter J. Tomasi, Abin Sur by Michael Green, Hal Jordan by Greg Berlanti, and Sinestro by Michael Goldenberg and Geoff Johns. A free excerpt of
17516-488: The losses for the studio as high as $ 75 million. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 25% based on 250 reviews and an average rating of 4.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Noisy, overproduced, and thinly written, Green Lantern squanders an impressive budget and decades of comics mythology". On Metacritic , the film has a score of 39 out of 100 based on 39 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave
17667-519: The mutated native Mano . The Anunnake are reptilian aliens who claim to have killed off the dinosaurs; they are also known as the Hunter/Gatherers. The Anndrann are green-skinned military geniuses from Anndranna who were later banished to Bellatrix and are famed for their weapons of war. Iron has a deleterious effect on their cognitive abilities. The Appellaxians of Appellax are a race of technologically advanced energy aliens from
17818-522: The mystery that Jordan and Stewart investigate in the series leads into the main storyline for the DCU. In October 2024, Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre were cast as the DCU's Jordan and Stewart. In July 2023, Nathan Fillion was cast as Guy Gardner in Superman . The Arrowverse crossover event " Crisis on Infinite Earths " establishes that the 2011 film version of Green Lantern takes place on
17969-436: The new planet for the Korugarians and the moon for the Sinestro Corps. Returning to his base of operations to prepare for the move to Necropolis, Sinestro and Soranik meet with the recently awakened Korugarians who voice their distrust of Sinestro despite his intentions. Sinestro brings a Green Lantern Power Battery for Soranik to recharge and she joins his team in rescuing a group of Korugarians that are being sold into slavery on
18120-418: The parallel universe of Azarath. Raven is an Azarathian. The Barrions of Barrio III are silicon-based lifeforms . They are represented by the Green Lantern known as Chaselon. The Bellatrix Bombers are alien warlords featured in Green Lantern (vol. 3) #20. The Bgztlians are humans from the colony Bgztl who possess the metahuman ability of intangibility. Phantom Girl of the Legion of Super-Heroes
18271-532: The plane and witnessing the flashbacks coming to him. By June, filming began at New Orleans Lakefront Airport . In the same month, Mike Doyle was cast in the role of Jack Jordan, the older brother of Hal Jordan. In July, Ryan Reynolds was injured while shooting scenes for the film, separating his shoulder and in "lots of pain". While promoting Deadpool (in which Reynolds portrays another famous comic book superhero ) in 2016, Reynolds said that filming Green Lantern itself had been frustrating: "You really need
18422-627: The planet Appellax with the ability to create powerful artificial host bodies for their minds. The seven Appellaxians that invaded created bodies that were named Golden Roc (a golden bird-like monster), Wood King (a humanoid wood monster who had power over wood), Stone-God (a humanoid rock monster that can shoot Kryptonite beams from its eyes), Crystal Creature (a humanoid crystal monster who can fire diamond shards), Fire-Lord (a humanoid fire monster with pyrokinesis), Glass-Man (a humanoid glass monster with energy projection), and Mercury Monster (a living pool of mercury). Each of them can turn other beings into
18573-460: The planet Calaton ravaged by the Doomsday creature. The Canopians are a member of Atari Force . Canopians such as Morphea are from New Earth in a parallel universe. The Carggites are humans from the colony Cargg who possess the metahuman ability of duplication. Triplicate Girl of the Legion of Super-Heroes is their representative. The Cathexis are a race of alien super-scientists from
18724-461: The planet Muz. After rescuing them, they are attacked by the Paling. The Sinestro Corps defeats them and Sinestro executes them all. On their way back, Soranik reveals she left the rescued Korugarians with Hal Jordan, which angers Sinestro, who then attacks him. Sinestro's elite team joins the fight but Sinestro calls them off say that he and Hal can have a 'civilized' discussion at a safe location for
18875-415: The possibility of a Green Lantern trilogy. Warner Bros. originally planned on Green Lantern being the first entry of a new DC film series, and commissioned a script for a sequel from Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, and Marc Guggenheim while filming for the first film was underway. In August 2010, Michael Goldenberg was still attached to write the screenplay, based on the sequel treatment. The scene in
19026-493: The power of fear for his Corps, while he tries to interrogate Guy to where the Green Lantern Corps are. Later, Sinestro feels he is in jeopardy now that the Green Lantern Corps have returned, including the fact that his daughter, Soranik, has rejected his Corps. He increases his Parallax powers to one thousand percent when Hal returns and invades Warworld. Sinestro orders his Corps to stop intervening in his personal fight against Hal and confronts his former pupil face to face. During
19177-486: The powers of his fellow Lanterns and ultimately defeats Sinestro, whose spirit is condemned to remain trapped inside the Central Battery, powerless, for eternity. Yet Sinestro earns an even greater personal victory as the so-called "yellow impurity" turns out to be a sentient entity known as Parallax , the living embodiment of fear. He also discovers the battery's power source is Parallax's green counterpart, Ion ,
19328-426: The real Sinestro from within the Battery. Parallax then bonds to Jordan, who takes the entity's name for himself, and promptly finishes off the Green Lantern Corps by absorbing the Central Battery's energies into himself. With the Battery destroyed, Sinestro escapes and goes into hiding as he watches Jordan become what he always hated Sinestro for being: a traitor and a murderer reviled by his friends and his allies. When
19479-408: The resulting ring to get help. Soon after, Hal and Sinestro are banished to the Dead Zone. They wander the Dead Zone searching for a way to escape and encounter the deceased Tomar-Re . He asks Sinestro and Hal to stop Volthoom, the First Lantern. When Simon Baz enters the Dead Zone during a fight with Black Hand, a way out is provided by Green Lantern B'dg. Sinestro reclaims the green ring and exits
19630-400: The running time, totaling 123 minutes. Marketing and promotion of the film cost $ 100 million. The first footage of the film was shown at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con and was widely released online in November with thirty seconds of footage airing the following day on Entertainment Tonight . The first full theatrical trailer for the film was shown before screenings of Harry Potter and
19781-449: The same yellow power, preparing to concede Earth's destruction to Parallax in order to protect Oa. Hal appears and tries to convince the Guardians that fear will turn the users evil if its power is used, but they reject his pleas. So, he returns to Earth to try to defeat Parallax on his own. Hal saves Carol from Hammond after a brief showdown. Parallax arrives, consumes Hammond's entire life force, and then wreaks havoc on Coast City . After
19932-443: The sciencells, but they discover that Sinestro was in captivity by the Guardians, who are unsuccessfully trying to remove his green ring. Later, the Green Lantern Corps were in a meeting with the Guardians and told that they should choose between discipline, continuing the fight, and starting a mutiny. The other Green Lantern Corps are in agreement. In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Sinestro
20083-524: The script for Green Lantern: Birth of a Hero in June 2007, receiving positive feedback from Warner Bros. with a potential 2010 release date. However, the studio abandoned Reynolds' concept, and in October the same year, Greg Berlanti signed to direct the film and cowrite it with comic book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim . A draft of the trio's 2008 script, leaked on the Internet , revealed
20234-462: The series. The series was to focus on the Guy Gardner , Jessica Cruz , Simon Baz , and Alan Scott versions of Green Lantern alongside Sinestro and Kilowog. The version with Berlanti was confirmed to have been cancelled, with this new series focusing on Hal Jordan and John Stewart as part of DC Studios ' new shared universe. In December 2022, DC Studios CEO James Gunn confirmed that
20385-432: The story of Hal Jordan , a test pilot who is selected to become the first human member of an intergalactic police force called the Green Lantern Corps ; he is given a ring that grants him superpowers and must confront Parallax , a being who threatens to upset the balance of power in the universe, while a new threat rises back on Earth. The film first entered development in 1997; progress remained stalled until Berlanti
20536-472: The summer of 2011. The Green Lantern animated project was described as taking a look at the origins of the Green Lantern Corps, including the first ring wielders. In an interview with Bruce Timm , the producer revealed that a sequel to the Green Lantern animated movie was discussed but canceled because of the picture not achieving the immediate success that they had hoped for, although Timm hoped that
20687-399: The ten worst films of 2011. Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter gave it a positive review, saying the film "serves up all the requisite elements with enough self-deprecating humor to suggest it doesn't take itself too seriously". Reviewer Leonard Maltin felt that "the film offers a dazzling array of visual effects, a likable hero, a beautiful leading lady, a colorful villain, and
20838-664: The universe into 3,600 sectors, with one Green Lantern per sector. One such Green Lantern Abin Sur of Sector 2814, defeats the malevolent being Parallax and imprisons him in the Lost Sector on the desolate planet Ryut. In the present day, Parallax escapes from his prison after becoming strengthened by an encounter with crash survivors who had accidentally fallen into the dugout where he was imprisoned on an abandoned planet. Parallax feeds on their fear to gain strength before pursuing and mortally wounding Abin Sur, who escapes and crash-lands on Earth commanding his power ring to find
20989-572: The villains who helped to stop the Crime Syndicate would have their criminal records wiped. Sinestro and Black Adam did not care about that; they begin laughing since they know the rules do not apply to them and went their separate ways, along with the other villains. Sinestro then travels to a monastery on a planet. In it, he finds runes that could help him 'purge' the entity from his system. After doing so, he simply meditates there, awaiting death. Then Lyssa Drak appears before him and tries to convince him to come back. He refuses, even when she says Arkillo
21140-436: The visual effects budget by $ 9 million and hired additional visual effects studios to bolster the ranks of the team that had been working overtime to meet the film's June 17 launch. The soundtrack was released in stores on June 14, 2011. The soundtrack was composed by James Newton Howard , who also worked on the other Warner Bros./DC Comics-based films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight with Hans Zimmer . The soundtrack
21291-546: The war with the New Gods of New Genesis, Sinestro turns Warworld into the new base and headquarters of the Sinestro Corps, after the Green Lantern Corps are apparently dissolved. Subsequently, in DC Rebirth , Warworld transports to the ruins of the planet Oa, while Sinestro (with seemingly old age) plans to control the universe. When Sinestro senses the spectrum of green light, he enters the core with Parallax. He possesses
21442-447: The world of Earth-12. The 2016 film Deadpool , which stars Reynolds as the titular character, refers to the film in two scenes: the opening scene, which features a drawing of Green Lantern, and a later scene where Deadpool (who breaks the fourth wall ) insists that his suit must not be "green or animated". In the film's sequel , there is a post-credits scene in which Deadpool travels back in time to shoot Reynolds before he can make
21593-559: Was cast as Jack Jordan, Hal Jordan's older brother; and Nick Jandl was cast as Jim Jordan, Hal Jordan's younger brother. In early 1997, Warner Bros. approached cult filmmaker and comic book writer Kevin Smith , who had then just finished writing Superman Lives , to script a Green Lantern film. Smith turned down the offer, believing there were more suitable candidates to make a Green Lantern film. At one point, Quentin Tarantino
21744-477: Was forced to briefly share his power with him. In the Brightest Day crossover, Sinestro discovers a white power battery in a crater on Earth. In the first issue of the "New Guardians" story arc, Sinestro reveals that the white power battery wants Hal Jordan. He and the other Corps leaders must pursue Krona, who is trying to capture all of the emotional entities. Sinestro must also work with Kyle Rayner and
21895-517: Was hired to write and direct in October 2007. Martin Campbell was brought on board in February 2009 after Berlanti was forced to vacate the director's position. Most of the live-action actors were cast between July 2009 and February 2010, and filming took place from March to August 2010 in Louisiana . The film was converted to 3D during its post-production stage. Green Lantern was released in
22046-477: Was impressed with his screenplay for Batman Begins , but he opted to direct the latter. Actor-writer Corey Reynolds , a comic book fan of the John Stewart character, pitched to Warner an idea for a trilogy, with him starring as John Stewart and performing screenwriting duties. Reynolds intended to introduce Hal Jordan , the Green Lantern Corps , and Justice League in possible sequels. He finished
22197-745: Was more based on the original comic. Warner Bros. Interactive produced a tie-in video game, Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters , for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by Double Helix Games , with versions for the Nintendo Wii , Nintendo DS , and Nintendo 3DS by Griptonite Games . Green Lantern opened on Friday, June 17, 2011, in North America, earning $ 3.4 million in 1,180 midnight runs. The film went on to gross $ 21.4 million on its opening day but fell 22% on Saturday for
22348-464: Was offered the chance to write and direct. Warner also considered the property as an action comedy; by 2004, Robert Smigel had completed a script which was set to star Jack Black in the lead role, but the studio dropped the comedy idea following poor fan reaction from the Internet. David S. Goyer was offered the chance to write and direct either a Green Lantern or Flash film after Warner Bros.
22499-513: Was published by WaterTower Music . The world premiere of Green Lantern took place on June 15, 2011, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood , California, and was released in North America and the UK two days later on June 17. Green Lantern was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 14, 2011. The Blu-ray release includes an extended cut, which adds an extra nine minutes of footage to
22650-545: Was rejected as an unsuitable host while wielding the white ring. He arrives on the planet Oa and strikes Volthoom, but their battle is interrupted by the Indigo Tribe. The Tribe opens a portal to the Dead Zone, allowing Hal to escape as a Black Lantern. Volthoom engages Hal and reality begins to unravel. Sinestro turns to the Yellow Central Power Battery and releases Parallax, becoming its new host to attack Volthoom with heightened power levels. Volthoom
22801-591: Was set as December 2010, before being moved to June 17, 2011. Speaking about the experience in 2016, Berlanti confirmed that he was fired as both director and writer, stating that he had nothing to do with the finished product. Bradley Cooper , Ryan Reynolds , Justin Timberlake , and Jared Leto were the producers' top choices for the starring role in July 2009. On July 10, Reynolds was cast as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern. A website reported on January 7, 2010, that
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