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One of the most talked about superhero films gets the green light for a premiere in Hollywood tonight and opens on this Friday. In New York the buzz is already starting to pick up with a scheduled midnight showing on Thursday for the Green Lantern.
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The movie is based on the DC comics character of the Green Lantern, and is one of WB's most promoted and early buzzed movie promises in 2011. The animation is spectacular and the storylines promises to keep Green Lantern comic book fans happy.
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| Original Green Lantern Comic Book (Wikipedia) |
Each Green Lantern possesses a power ring and power lantern that gives the user great control over the physical world as long as the wielder has sufficient willpower and strength to wield it.
The ring is one of the most powerful weapons in the universe, and can be very dangerous. While the ring of the Golden Age Green Lantern (Alan Scott) was magically powered, the rings worn by all subsequent Lanterns were technological creations of theGuardians of the Universe, who granted such rings to worthy candidates. These individuals made up the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps.
The ring is one of the most powerful weapons in the universe, and can be very dangerous. While the ring of the Golden Age Green Lantern (Alan Scott) was magically powered, the rings worn by all subsequent Lanterns were technological creations of theGuardians of the Universe, who granted such rings to worthy candidates. These individuals made up the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps.
After World War II, when sales of superhero comic books generally declined, DC ceased publishing new adventures of Alan Scott as the Green Lantern.
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Warner Bros. will likely do the usual blocked off several blocks on Hollywood Blvd. at Mann's Chinese Theater location jamming traffic the whole day, so Green Lantern fans can snap photos of Ryan Reynolds, Green Lantern cast and other celebrities who show up on the red carpet tonight at 9 EST.
Look for these cast members on the red carpet tonight.
One of my favorite actresses cast in the Green Lantern is Angela Bassett. Among her many artistic accomplishments, Bassett was Oscar-nominated and won both the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy/Musical, and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, for her star-making performance as Tina Turner/Anna Mae Bullock in 1993’s What's Love Got to Do with It. She won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her work as the late-Dr. Betty Shabazz in Spike Lee's Malcolm X, (1982). She also received an Emmy nomination her lead role in the 2002 television feature, The Rosa Parks Story, for which she was Executive Producer.
Angela also served as Executive Producer on the films Our American and Bucket of Blood.
Look for these cast members on the red carpet tonight.
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| Actress Angela Bassett (center) |
Angela also served as Executive Producer on the films Our American and Bucket of Blood.
ANGELA BASSETT - Image Award Actress, Director, Producer
Angela Bassett has built her career around playing some of the most celebrated real-life, pioneering women of the twentieth century. A native of New York City, Bassett & her sister D'nette grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida with their mother Betty. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in African-American studies from Yale and also holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Yale School of Drama.
Angela Bassett has built her career around playing some of the most celebrated real-life, pioneering women of the twentieth century. A native of New York City, Bassett & her sister D'nette grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida with their mother Betty. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in African-American studies from Yale and also holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Yale School of Drama.
Her talents continue to expand into directing and producing for the upcoming film United States. She is also developing the television pilot, One Police Plaza. Look for Angela at the premiere tonight and her up coming project: Jumping the Broom.
Angela resides in California with her husband, Courtney B. Vance, and her children Bronwyn and Slater.
Among her many artistic accomplishments, Bassett was Oscar-nominated and won both the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy/Musical, and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, for her star-making performance as Tina Turner/Anna Mae Bullock in 1993’s What's Love Got to Do with It. She won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her work as the late-Dr. Betty Shabazz in Spike Lee's Malcolm X, (1982). She also received an Emmy nomination her lead role in the 2002 television feature, The Rosa Parks Story, for which she was Executive Producer.
Angela resides in California with her husband, Courtney B. Vance, and her children Bronwyn and Slater.
Among her many artistic accomplishments, Bassett was Oscar-nominated and won both the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy/Musical, and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, for her star-making performance as Tina Turner/Anna Mae Bullock in 1993’s What's Love Got to Do with It. She won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her work as the late-Dr. Betty Shabazz in Spike Lee's Malcolm X, (1982). She also received an Emmy nomination her lead role in the 2002 television feature, The Rosa Parks Story, for which she was Executive Producer.
Green Lantern Cast
(in credits order)
Comic book fans will be watching the red carpet covered by most entertainment tabloid TV shows and trades. This also means tourists will get to see those masked men in tight uniforms getting their pictures taken on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Economists are predicting that Hollywood and Tourism are leading economic indicators to turn the economy around, so we'll see if Green Lantern movie help does the trick. Two thumbs up.
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