10 DC Comics Movies That Almost Happened
6. Green Lantern 2
When Warner Bros handed Green Lantern his cinematic debut with Ryan Reynolds in the lead role, the aim was quite clearly to kickstart a franchise. They threw in a post-credits sting and everything.
A sequel was firmly pencilled in, with writers and producers on board, but the reception the original was met with made follow-ups pretty much untenable.
Presumably the idea was to have Sinestro serve as the villain in Green Lantern 2, but exactly how that would have played out the world will never know. That post-credits scene of him donning the yellow ring is now nothing more than a cliffhanger destined to go unresolved for eternity.
Warner has firm plans to bring Green Lantern back, but not in a sequel to its 2011 flop. Green Lantern Corps is in development for a 2020 release, and it will tie in with the DC Cinematic Universe.