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Robert Smigel On His Script For A Green Lantern Comedy With Jack Black |
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Monday, 20 June 2011 13:18 |
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I'm sure most of you know about WB's plans to make a Jack Black starring comedy version of Green Lantern back in 2004. It's kinda become the stuff of internet legend, as it would seem that uproar from the fan community actually succeeded(at least in part) in making Warners rethink the idea and go with a more serious take.
Now Smigel(SNL, Late Night With Conan O'Brien) speaks to Vanity Fair about the whole thing. From where the original idea for a comedic take on the character came from, to Jack Black's involvement, to the movie WB ended up making with Ryan Reynolds that is currently diving opinion all over CBM. Here are some excerpts..
Asked whether Martin Campbell's movie has anything in common with his script, and where the idea came from to write it as a comedy came from..
I haven’t seen it, so I can’t speak to how the movie Read more: |