Casting is always a tricky bastard to pin down. With the success of Marvel Comics movies, maybe it’s DC’s turn to earn some box office huzzahs by getting real actors to play their comic book legends. Coming soon is the Green Lantern movie and who did they finally get to play Hal Jordan?

It used to be a three-way toss up between Bradley Cooper, Justin Timberlake, and Ryan Reynolds. In the end, the Canadian Reynolds came out on top and a good choice. Reynold’s physique is always superhero worthy. His choice for the Green Lantern role puts a Deadpool spin-off (from X-Men Origins: Wolverine) in limbo.

But seriously, Timberlake in the mix? Jessica Biel has a finer chance in my book. Drawing a six-degrees map, Reynolds’ role in Blade Trinity with Biel comes into mind. So does Reynolds’ wife Scarlett Johanson who’s due to play Black Widow in Iron Man 2. And Cooper and Johanson in He’s Just Not That into You. Anyway, I digress.

Filming for Green Lantern is expected to commence in January with Martin Campbell of James Bond films Goldeneye and Casino Royale at the helm.

Source: Newsrama

Let’s all check out what DC and Warner has to offer this summer. Coming direct to DVD is Green Lantern: First Flight.

The story focuses on how Hal Jordan becomes the Green Lantern. With him in the story is his own personal Yoda, senior Lantern, Sinestro and the plot thickens when Hal discovers that Sinestro is part of a conspiracy threatening the whole Green Lantern Corps.

The DVD is set to launched July 28, 2009 in the US and will be available as a special edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray™ Hi-Def and as a cheaper single disc DVD. But who wouldn’t want the special ed?

View the trailer over at Newsarama.