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Ryan Reynolds Lands Green Lantern Role

Variety reports that Warner Bros. has chosen Ryan Reynolds to play the Green Lantern. Ryan Reynolds beat out Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake for the role.

After an intense months-long search, Warner Bros. has settled on Ryan Reynolds as its choice to play "Green Lantern," the studio's live-action tentpole based on the DC Comics hero. The film is being directed by Martin Campbell and produced by Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti.

Reynolds and his camp entered negotiations for the part Friday, after the studio held two rounds of screen tests, along with actors Bradley Cooper and Jared Leto. Justin Timberlake also did a screen test.

The studio had holding options on the actors, but, except for Reynolds, those expired Monday. Reynolds' option would have expired end of day Friday.

Ryan Reynolds is a versatile actor. His most recent role was the comedy, The Proposal, but he also played Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Ryan Reynolds is also reportedly getting his own Deadpool film.

Photo: The Proposal

Posted on 2009-07-10

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