Tom Cruise is rumored to have been in the running for Green Lantern yet again, but things might not be as certain as they appear. Plans for the Green Lantern movie have gone back and forth, and the last known version was to be a buddy cop movie in space written by David Goyer, but the movie has since gone back the drawing board with a total rewrite from Geoff Johns.
Despite the behind the scenes turmoil, one thing has been persistent: Tom Cruise. The 56-year-old star has been rumored to be involved in the movie a number of times, but nothing has come from it yet.
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To make sense of these rumors, we're going to look back at the repeated reports attaching Cruise to Green Lantern, unravel the newest rumor (and how it relates to already known information), and take a look at what the future could hold for Tom Cruise and the DCEU.
- This Page: The First Tom Cruise Green Lantern Rumors
- Page 2: The New Rumors and Cruise's DC Future
Tom Cruise Has Been Rumored to Play Green Lantern Since Last Year
The Green Lantern movie has been a major question mark for years now. After the Ryan Reynolds led attempt to take the hero to the big screen failed in 2011, Warner Bros. has been in no hurry to revisit the character. Despite traditionally being one of the founding Justice League, in comics and animation, the Green Lantern was nowhere to be seen in the DCEU thus far, and the earliest rumors of a solo movie have always been 2020 or later.
Even so, there was progress being made at one point, and a casting shortlist with a number of big names surfaced, with Tom Cruise right at the top. Of course, the mega star's name drew scorn immediately, although the actor could make a lot of sense as an older Hal Jordan, and many could see the role of Maverick in Top Gun not being too dissimilar to what a younger Hal Jordan would have been like.
Nevertheless, nothing official came from that casting shortlist, and plans for a Green Lantern introduction were apparently shelved until the now-canceled Justice League 2 or later.
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Just a few months ago, word that Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie had been in talks to direct Green Lantern Corps (the iteration of the film planned at the time), sparking rumors of Tom Cruise joining the franchise anew. Cruise wasn't actually named in the rumors about McQuarrie, but after working with each other on a number of projects, and the apparent previous interest in Cruise for the role, the connection only made sense. It's possible McQuarrie was even brought in by WB as a way to sweeten the pot for Cruise (although he'd be a major get for Warner Bros. regardless).
Like the shortlist before it, nothing materialized from McQuarrie either, and we now know that the Green Lantern film is getting a total rewrite from Green Lantern Rebirth comic writer and former DC President, Geoff Johns.
Page 2: The New Rumors and Cruise's DC Future
The Newest Tom Cruise Green Lantern Rumor
Cruise's name began making the rounds again recently after the notorious celebrity gossip site, Crazy Days and Nights, "unmasked" and old "blind item" originally posted March 8th 2018, revealing that the previously unspecified "A+/A list mostly movie actor" up for the role of an unspecified "superhero" was actually Tom Cruise and the role of Green Lantern.
While Crazy Days and Nights is anonymous, it's far from 4Chan or Reddit when it comes to random internet rumors. In fact, the site's reputation for even earned it a profile in Vanity Fair a few years ago. Looking at the date of the original post, things begin to line up.
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March 2018 is when rumors of McQuarrie's attachment first started floating around, which is what led Screen Rant to speculate Cruise himself could also be involved. Like McQuarrie, Cruise also backed away, but Crazy Days and Nights sheds some light on just why Cruise wasn't signed. Apparently, the script at that time had the character to be killed off, and Cruise didn't want to do it unless the character lived.
This presents some interesting questions. Cruise was the front-runner to lead the Green Lantern movie, meaning it was probably Hal Jordan, not Abin Sur or another character who's supposed to die. This could settle a long debate about which Green Lantern the DCEU wanted to focus on, as it suggests Cruise would play an older Hal Jordan, who likely brings in John Stewart, before dying and passing the torch (or power battery) to Stewart as his replacement.
Regardless, whatever the plan at the time was, Geoff Johns' rewrites likely mean the Green Lantern movie is going to be significantly different than the version pitched to cruise, so it's probably too early to assume any actor is a current front-runner for the role.
Could Tom Cruise Still Have a Future as Green Lantern?
With how persistent rumors of his involvement have been, through multiple iterations of the film, it's safe to say Warner Bros. likes the idea of a Tom Cruise Green Lantern. However, Green Lantern's script isn't the only thing to be reworked. Warner Bros. and DC Films saw a major shakeup since Cruise was approached for the role, and new leadership could be setting their eyes on a totally different actor to bring Hal Jordan to life.
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Even so, Superman actor Henry Cavill has supported the idea of Tom Cruise (his Mission: Impossible - Fallout co-star) playing Green Lantern, and Cruise himself has voiced an openness to joining DC. Christopher McQuarrie also seems open to directing cruise as Green Lantern, but with the success of Mission: Impossible - Fallout, it's hard to see Paramount letting him secure a deal at another studio in the immediate future.
All in all, things haven't really changed. The studio was interested in Tom Cruise at one point, but the movie is being rewritten and they don't seem to be actively casting the new version just yet. While that definitely pumps the breaks on this newest rumor, Warner Bros. repeated interest in Cruise means he just might put on that Power Ring yet.
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