6. Green Lantern John Stewart (DC)
Who is this? DC royally screwed up their first attempt at the Green Lantern by combining a miscast Ryan Reynolds, an overstuffed and uneven screenplay, and a production budget that skyrocket north of two hundred million dollars for what turned out to be a pretty horrible movie. The need to reboot this franchise is clear; fortunately for DC the Green Lantern isn't just one man, but a corps of intergalactic police force, making a replacement for the image hurt Hal Jordan easy to find. This replacement is a man named John Stewart, an architect and veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, who was selected by the Guardians as a backup to Hal Jordan. He's a character that has been around since 1972, and experienced a huge surge in popularity over the last 15 years do his appearance in the Justice League cartoons.
Why is this person a better choice than WW? Despite being a generally awful movie, the last Green Lantern installment did one good thing for the franchise, it introduced a whole new audience to the character. In a Jon Stewart movie, you wouldn't need to introduce the audience to the far out concepts of the ring's power source, the Guardians, Oa, weakness to fear/yellow, etc... Thats already been established for the audience. You can touch on that stuff briefly as a reminder, and then jump right into the action. Another good reason for this to happen is the need for superhero diversity. As odd as it is that we've not had a standout female superhero film yet, it's equally odd that we've not had a real black superhero yet. The Iron Man franchise has War Machine and Captain America has the Falcon, but these are sidekick characters, not the stars of their own franchise. Jon Stewart is the perfect choice to broaden the scope of who can be a superhero in the cinema.
Who should be cast? With this franchise in desperate need of a new direction, WB should go after the man who has been referred to as "franchise Viagra," 'The Rock' himself Dwayne Johnson. After successfully helping right the Fast and Furious franchise, and the GI Joe franchise, the Rock has established himself as a box office draw, and its time he be given a franchise of his own. And in the era of the superhero, it's bizarre that this charismatic mountain-of-a-man who seems to possess all the characteristics of a real life superhero has yet to be cast as one.