Similarly, Reynolds has contributed to several releases per year and will star in upcoming Green Lantern.
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The company rolled out Horrible Bosses on Oct. 11 and Green Lantern Oct. 14.
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Already we see Superman behaving more callously toward Justice League members, namely Green Lantern.
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Animation's Green Lantern will become available on the popular "Just for Kids" section of the world's leading Internet TV subscription service.
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Some of the biggest upcoming Hollywood movies are being shot in Chicago (Transformers 3), New Orleans (The Green Lantern) and England (Captain America).
"I can actually have conversations with significantly more people about 'Green Lantern' and people will actually know what I'm talking about, " he said.
The game will launch with a dozen characters, including Flash, Gaslight Joker, Green Lantern, Poison Ivy, Wonder Woman and Doomsday, and three maps.
Add to that Ryan Reynolds, the 35-year-old Canadian actor of Green Lantern and X-Men fame, who has ridden Triumphs and Ducatis for years.
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When you take ticket-price inflation into account, fewer people went to see Green Lantern opening weekend than saw Daredevil or Ghost Rider, films that underperformed.
He's also a fan of Superman, Spider-Man and the Green Lantern.
In the past, film studios have pursued Google, Apple and others over apps that use content from films such as Ted, Spiderman and Green Lantern.
Green Lantern is his first starring role in an action movie.
Of the three anomalies thus far, there were two Green Lantern films, one in 2009 and another in May 2011 to capitalize on the then-upcoming Green Lantern movie.
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The 2-D film can act as counter programming to the bigger films slated to hit theaters in the coming weeks like Green Lantern and the third Transformers movie.
Green Lantern, while not nearly the blockbuster the Batman films were, also did well enough to be a contender and fills the profitable summer schlock category (like Thor did for Marvel).
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In a blog post today (subscription required) Greenfield points out that despite Warner Bros. heavily hyping The Green Lantern in 3-D on Fandango, the film still seems to be selling more 2-D tickets.
The upcoming trio of films is a far cry from recent years when movies such as "Iron Man" and "Green Lantern" took a chance by introducing lesser-known superheroes on the big screen with very different results.
The chances of a "Green Lantern" sequel look slimmer with each passing day, "Wonder Woman" plans fell through several years ago, and it's anyone's guess as to how next year's Superman reboot, "Man of Steel, " will be received.
Solid revenues across virtually all major categories and the addition of the Cars 2 and Green Lantern franchises are encouraging, but Wells Fargo analysts say investors want more clarity on matters like inventory, input costs, pricing and the sustainability of products tied to Cars 2 and other entertainment tie-ins.
The film, expected in theaters in July and starring Ryan Reynolds (Van Wilder, Green Lantern), Paul Giamatti (Sideways, John Adams) and Michael Pena (Gangster Squad, Tower Heist), depicts a snail that, through some strange turn of events, manages to become capable of great speeds in the aftermath of a freak accident.
Young Justice and Green Lantern may have been unfortunately cancelled after two years in favor of a new animated Batman cartoon (Beware the Batman) and another Teen Titans show, but the former show successfully used the Justice League as introductory characters for a series that eventually focused on younger super heroes that many in the audience had never heard of before.
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