infamous Jack Black Green Lantern movie. Robert Smigel, best known as the creator of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, wrote a comedic take on the character. His concept was that Green Lantern didn’t have to do anything to be a superhero. He was just a guy with a ring. So he wrote his script about a lazy reality TV star who is given a Green Lantern ring by accident. Jack Black initially turned down the movie, but he changed his mind after reading the script. Then word got out about the project and the negative fan reaction caused Warner Brothers to go in a different direction.

They turned to Greg Berlanti for a more serious Green Lantern script. Currently Berlanti is the show-runner on the CW’s slate of DCsuperhero TV shows. He teamed up with comic book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim to pen a traditional superhero movie script. Originally, Berlanti was supposed to direct the movie. But instead, he was moved to a different project and Martin Campbell was hired to helm Green Lantern.

That decision is understandable. Berlanti had worked primarily in television. He may have been in over his head directing a big budget movie like Green Lantern. Campbell wasn’t an obvious choice either. He had never made an effects-heavy movie. But he had directed two successful James Bond movies launching the Brosnan and Craig eras with Goldeneye and Casino Royale. That experience suggests that Campbell would be collaborative.

Unfortunately, the director butted heads with the studio from the beginning. Campbell’s first and only