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Bradley Cooper Being Targeted to Wear that the Green Ring Pop

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (49)



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Today’s Really Important Rumor comes by way of Drew McWeeny (aka Moriarty) over at HitFlix, who is reporting that Bradley Cooper is the front-runner to take the role of The Green Lantern.

I’ve just spent the last hour or so on the phones, tracking down a rumor I heard, and HitFix can exclusively report that Bradley Cooper is now one of the guys most likely to don the suit and slip on the power ring as The Green Lantern for director Martin Campbell.

The angle most movie blogs are taking is the “Who is Bradley Cooper?” one, which is kind of silly because, even before The Hangover comes out in June, I think most folks know who Bradley Cooper is. We all know him as Ben, from Wet Hot American Summer, of course. Although, he was also in some film called Wedding Crashers, and in an obscure television show, “Alias.”

Anyway, I refuse to go on my Green Lantern rant again, but I would have to say: If you have to make the movie (and you don’t; it’s not too late to kill it), you could hardly do worse than Cooper as Hal Jordan. He’s likably smarmy, a good-looking wiseacre. And God knows that the Green Lantern needs some sort of personality.

Jesus. A magic ring. I think this century has already seen enough films about rings.


“Oh, Mr. Lantern. There’s a bad man about to attack me! Point that big shiny ring in my direction!

“Sorry, lady. Can’t help you. That man is wearing a yellow raincoat.”

“No! No! It’s custard!”

“Oh, well. In that case, I’ll just shoot my little green ray over in that direct … ah, fuck lady, It is yellow, you bitch. Mother Fuck! That smarts. Next time, try getting attacked by a man wearing a purple raincoat, mmmmkay?”









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Comments

Green Lantern, which is actually a pretty cool concept if somewhat suspect in execution, won't even make the list of the ten lamest characters so long as Aquaman is around.

1-9. Aquaman
10. Aqualad

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at May 6, 2009 11:42 AM

I hate you. Green Lantern is in my top five.

Posted by: Lucas at May 6, 2009 11:47 AM

We all know him as Ben, from Wet Hot American Summer, of course. Although, he was also in some film called Wedding Crashers, and in an obscure television show, “Alias.”


I've seen about half of "Wet Hot American Summer" once so, yeah, who's Bradley Cooper?

Posted by: Jay at May 6, 2009 11:49 AM

This coming the guy who clearly knows nothing about Green Lantern.....

Posted by: Alex at May 6, 2009 11:58 AM

We all know him as Ben, from Wet Hot American Summer, of course. Although, he was also in some film called Wedding Crashers, and in an obscure television show, “Alias.”

And who could forget his brilliant turn in Failure to Launch?

Posted by: socalledonlycousins at May 6, 2009 12:02 PM

I think he was in that "smash" hit Midnight Meat Train as well.

Posted by: badalamenti at May 6, 2009 12:03 PM

I don't think I can read this site anymore. It's worse than high school when you get picked on for liking comics by "cool" kids. Now I need to listen to someone just as nerdy as me pretend to be "above it" all of a sudden, making judgment calls on my favorite characters whom he knows nothing whatsoever about? This is stupid. If you think Green Lantern is lame, it's because you're not reading Green Lantern, which means who gives a shit what you think anyway.

Posted by: Mitch Clem at May 6, 2009 12:06 PM

I don't think I can read this site anymore.

That's not the solution, man, just take a breath. Push him down, take his lunch money, and tell him The Dark Knight is a fairy who picked a flying rodent as his symbol. Dustin will cry like a spinster at a square dance if you go after Batman.

Posted by: socalledonlycousins at May 6, 2009 12:10 PM

I'm not EVEN going to get in to the "Green Lantern rant" for obvious reasons.

I just wanted to chime in and say thank GAWD it's not Chris Pine, as was previously rumored. He's already set to make a mockery of a sham of two mockeries of sham of one of my other heroes, Jim Kirk. Were he to also portray Hal Jordan, I'd probably have to turn in my geek card and say "I Quit".

Whew. Bradley Cooper sounds like he might just have The Right Stuff to play GL. And yeah, those of you in the know will totally get that I made an astronaut/jet jockey reference there. See what I did? Yeah I still got my geek cred.

*sniff* Yep.

Posted by: Green Lantern at May 6, 2009 12:13 PM

Poor Bradley Cooper, he gets, like, one good part every 5 years. At least he's cute and funny. But you know who's got it worse? His friend, Michael Vartan. He's super attractive and he hasn't had a decent roll since Alias. I wonder if they have Pretty Guy Pity Parties every so often where the drink and bang chicks impressed by their cute actor status. Their lives must be terrible.

socalled, don't forget that Deadpool is up for grabs now, too. Mitch stay! As one of the lone conservatives on this site I know how it feels to be abused by others. Join the PajibOutcasts (we're starting a revolution soon).

Posted by: Kayanne at May 6, 2009 12:18 PM

Well, yeah, weekness to yellow is kinda lame, good thing its not that simple...
I'm looking forward to a good Green Lantern movie, but who the hell is Bradley Cooper?

Posted by: rbfn04 at May 6, 2009 12:22 PM

Just ignore Dustin, Mitch, he hates superheroes who aren't played by RDJ, Ryan Reynolds, or Christian Bale. It's the whole "He's gay for abs" thing.

Posted by: Snath at May 6, 2009 12:37 PM

I wonder if they have Pretty Guy Pity Parties every so often where the drink and bang chicks impressed by their cute actor status.

Yeah, we totally have those.

Posted by: socalledonlycousins at May 6, 2009 12:37 PM

but who the hell is Bradley Cooper?

Judging by the header photo, he's the hot young star of Fey Farmhands Get Their Scrub-N-Tug on at the Poke A Cowpoke Saloon. Not that I've seen it.

Posted by: socalledonlycousins at May 6, 2009 12:40 PM

So, they're going w/ the Hal Jordan GL.

Are they going to totally retro and include "Pieface" as well?

Posted by: Uncle JR at May 6, 2009 12:41 PM

I love Wet Hot American Summer. Maybe they should just make a sequel to that in which Bradley Cooper is the Green Lantern. At least I'd get some humor out of it. Or get David Wain to direct the Green Lantern movie.

It can't be a weirder idea than Michel Gondry directing The Green Hornet (though admittedly, that excites the hell out of me).

Posted by: ChristianH at May 6, 2009 12:49 PM

Dustin: Is this the FAKE news item? Cause I've never heard of this guy. Actually, I've never heard of Green Lantern before, either, or maybe I'm mixing that up with Green Hornet or something else that's green, like grass.

Posted by: BWeaves at May 6, 2009 12:52 PM

Meh. Only appropriate that they should pick the blandest, most forgettable face in Hollywood to play a lame-ass superhero.

Posted by: figgy at May 6, 2009 1:02 PM

Dustin, You can't jerk off to Kevin Smith with one hand, and rage against comics with the over. I'm really confused here, how can you possibly like Smith if you hate comics? I mean you miss half the jokes in his movies that way, it is truly confusing.

Posted by: cockroach at May 6, 2009 1:04 PM

Bah! I still say they should have gone the Black route and cast Common as GL!!!

Posted by: malikvlc at May 6, 2009 1:09 PM

FIGGY, YOU SHUT YOUR FACE!
Bradley Cooper is frickin adorable.

Posted by: jamiepants at May 6, 2009 1:15 PM

Sadly, BWeaves, it is not the fake news item. I looked at other sources to confirm that, myself.

Posted by: Snath at May 6, 2009 1:18 PM

FIGGY, YOU SHUT YOUR FACE!

I don't care about this Cooper guy, but no deriding of Mr. Jordan.

Posted by: Jay at May 6, 2009 1:21 PM

If you have to make the movie... you could hardly do worse than Cooper as Hal Jordan.

So there's almost no one who would be worse than Cooper?

Posted by: Todd at May 6, 2009 1:24 PM

I thought Superman was the world's lamest superhero.

Posted by: Nick at May 6, 2009 2:08 PM

Fuck the Green Lantern. A weakness to yellow, the sissiest color that's not pink? What the fuck were they thinking?

Posted by: George at May 6, 2009 2:35 PM

Can we just changed the name of the site to PlaygirlOnline and get it over with already?


Posted by: Kolby at May 6, 2009 2:40 PM

I thought Superman was the world's lamest superhero.

Well that'd be because you have no heart.

Now go away.

Posted by: Jay at May 6, 2009 2:43 PM

Kolby, I think we're stuck with this. We maybe could use less beefcake but you know we're the minority. What can ya do, huh?

Posted by: Jay at May 6, 2009 2:45 PM

You don't know what you're talking about, Dustin. You shouldn't talk about Green Lantern because you don't have a goddamn clue what you're talking about.

Posted by: superasente at May 6, 2009 2:56 PM

my nerd superhero can beat up your nerd superhero

Posted by: Ted at May 6, 2009 3:07 PM

Jay - don't get me wrong, I appreciate beefcake. Oh, how I appreciate it.

Posted by: Kolby at May 6, 2009 3:09 PM

Posted by: Ted at May 6, 2009 3:11 PM

No, I'm sure you do, but you've probably got a sense of proportion.

Actually it's bugging me now--why's that jackass sitting in a bathtub?

Posted by: Jay at May 6, 2009 3:19 PM

I don't think that's being discussed, Ted.

Posted by: Jay at May 6, 2009 3:20 PM

Nyah!

Posted by: figgy at May 6, 2009 3:27 PM

a lame-ass superhero

But I'll call figgy the Pot! She wants to watch movies about guys who throw around playing cards.

Posted by: Jay at May 6, 2009 3:46 PM

Because I asked him to, Jay.

Posted by: Kayanne at May 6, 2009 3:48 PM

Asked who what?

Posted by: Jay at May 6, 2009 4:08 PM

Well, since this thread has gone to Forester heaven, I might as well just come right out and say it. That picture, for some reason I cannot yet understand, makes me want a soft pretzel. With cheese sauce.

Posted by: Kolby at May 6, 2009 4:22 PM

"why's that jackass sitting in a bathtub?"

Your words.

Posted by: Kayanne at May 6, 2009 4:30 PM

Ahhhhh, yes.


Well, he looks like a jackass. But you do what you want.

Posted by: Jay at May 6, 2009 4:54 PM

Jay: yes. As long as they take their shirts off.

I don't ask for much.

Posted by: figgy at May 6, 2009 5:15 PM

I think he is pooing in the bathtub...and he seems to be very pleased about that.

Posted by: M at May 6, 2009 6:02 PM

This used to kill me every single time he was on Alias: his right eye is about six feet higher on his face than his left. Just try and look at a photo of him now. You can't unsee it!

Posted by: James at May 6, 2009 6:06 PM

The "Search" box is messed up in some way.

Posted by: Jay at May 6, 2009 6:28 PM

Caption for the photo:

"HYUCK! BATHTUB! HYUCK HYUCK HYUCK"

Posted by: figgy at May 6, 2009 7:03 PM

I don't really give a shit about Lantern, but thank you ever so much for that picture. Mmmmmmm Bradley...

Posted by: Gabs at May 6, 2009 10:31 PM

Green Lantern's ring hasn't had a vulnerability to yellow for quite a while. I doubt they'll include that in the film, as it was a weird gimmick (though memorable, evidently). The original GL was vulnerable to wood, which must have been even more inconvenient.

Posted by: Bizarro Krypto at May 7, 2009 8:10 AM


















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