Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Click the link below to see the trailer for the new animated feature Green Lantern: Emerald Knights. 

Green Lantern Movie Trailer2 min - Nov 16, 2010 Uploaded by FilmonicTrailers

This from Buzzfocus.com: 

[The movie] weaves six interlocking stories of the Green Lantern Corps’ rich mythology around preparations for an attack by an ancient enemy. As the battle approaches, Hal Jordan (voiced by Nathan Fillion, Castle) mentors new recruit Arisia (Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men) in the history of the Green Lantern Corps, telling tales of Avra (the first Green Lantern) and several of Hal’s comrades – including Abin Sur, Kilowog, Laira and Mogo. In the end, Arisia must rise to the occasion to help Hal, Sinestro and the entire Green Lantern Corps save the universe from the destructive forces of Krona. Penned by comic book luminaries Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons, Peter J. Tomasi, Eddie Berganza, Alan Burnett, Todd Casey and Michael Green & Marc Guggenheim, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights will be distributed June 7 by Warner Home Video as part of the build up to the release of the highly anticipated live action film, Green Lantern, in theatres June 17.

My thoughts:

Of course, we are only dealing with competing trailers here, but, despite the fact that  the animated feature is  a “kids” movie, the theme, swell music and intensity all feel far more epic than the pop corn-gobbling trailer for the live-action, big-budget Lantern release, scheduled for this summer.   Reynolds simply lacks the gravitas for the role; and the camera’s obsession with his abs detract from the nobility of his actions.

Continuing to freshen up Superman

As mentioned in an earlier installment of Caped Crusaders 101, DC is hell-bent on revamping Superman as a Twilight-esque rebel.  Now comes word of further tweaking.  Meet Superman's new mom-- this by way of Yahoo:

Diane Lane Is Superman's Mom

by: Will Leitch

Ma Kent? Sure. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.com Diane Lane is an actress who has seemed perpetually 37 for about 20 years. There's a weary, sexy worldly wisdom to her that has allowed her to appeal to both men and women, either in erotic "thrillers" like "Unfaithful" or big crowd-pleasers like "Secretariat." Thirty-seven is a good age for an actress to seem; old enough to be respected, but young enough to still be attractive to all age groups.

The one age she doesn't seem like: elderly.

Yet the 46-year-old, onetime Oscar-nominee Lane will play Martha Kent, Superman's "mom," in the upcoming Superman reboot. She has played moms before, of course, but not mothers that have typically been portrayed as matronly rocking-chair dwellers. To be fair, with Annette O'Toole on "Smallville," Superman's adoptive parents have gotten younger in recent years; it's still rumored that Kevin Costner will play Pa Kent, after all. (Actually, that's totally not fair: Costner is 56, almost a decade older than Lane.) 
Lane is considerably younger than those who have played cinematic Supermoms in the past. Phyllis Thaxter played Ma Kent in Christopher Reeve's 1978 version at the age of 57, which was nothing compared to Eva Marie Saint, who was over 80 in Bryan Singer's recent "Superman Returns" reboot. 

Lane is only 19 years older than Henry Cavill, who plays Kal-El, but that shouldn't make any difference: She's not his actual mother, and in celestial time, he's probably a lot older than her anyway. Heck, the trip from Krypton itself must have taken 20 years.

Diane Lane will play Martha Kent in new 'Superman' [Entertainment Weekly]

Batman's new Muslim sidekick: Nightrunner

Meet Batman's new Muslim sidekick: Nightrunner.

This according to Comicvine.com:

Bilal Asselah: Nightrunner

Bilal Asselah  is a citizen of France, a Sunni Muslim, and 22 years old living in the Clichy-sous-Bois of Paris who is phenomenally well trained in parkour (free running). He's recruited by Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson into Batman Incorporated in the upcoming Detective Comics Annual #12 and Batman Annual #28 written by David Hine (with an origin story by Kyle Higgins).

Le Batman Of France

 

After the events of Bruce Wayne's Batman Incorporated trip to Paris, he recruits Bilal as the Batman of Paris, "Le Batman Of France." He leaves Bilal with a state of the art training facility and living quarters, along with Dick Grayson to train him. After his training is complete, Nightrunner makes his debut as a member of Batman Incorporated, but his appearance causes riots as the Algerian population believes he is working with the police, and the people he is trying to protect ultimately shun him. Bilal asks Bruce if he's really the right person for the job, which Bruce confirms. He continues to tell Bilal that the people hate who they think he is, but as a symbol, he's something much greater to them, and it will take time for them to learn. As Bruce leaves, Bilal notices two young boys fighting over what looks to be a piece of cloth, but he soon realizes it is a home made Nightrunner mask. With a new sense of confidence, Bilal fully accepts his new job as the protector of Paris.

Here is a very satirical take on Nightrunner, compliments of the Daily Show:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-1-2011/batman-s-muslim-sidekick?xrs=synd_facebook