As bad as Ryan Reynolds was as DCs space cop Hal Jordan in the 2011 Green Lantern movie, it could have been worse. As the story goes: Robert Smigel, the famous comedy writer who created The Ambiguously Gay Duo, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and more, once wrote a comedy screenplay for Green Lantern with Jack Black pegged to star. The basic story is this. Around 2004, WB hired Smigel to write a funny Green Lantern screenplay. Jack Black was originally not interested but after he read Smigels script, he changed his mind and came onboard. The studio gave Smigel notes but once word leaked on the Internet about the idea, the studio had a change of heart and canned the project, opting to begin developing a more serious take, which, of course, didn't turn out all that well either.
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