Marvel, on the other hand, has an autonomous movie division in Marvel Studios. STORY: ‘Green Lantern’ Reaction: What Moviegoers are Saying on Twitter

But DC remains subservient to Warners in many ways, with its execs being more “suggestors” than anything else.

The studio created the subdivision in 2009 to better plan its franchises. Part of Warners’ problem is the way it has structured DC Entertainment. The complex effects work, combined with the decision to convert the film to 3D, added months to the production schedule, preventing early marketing and test screenings, which could have helped to hone the film. Plus, Warners underestimated the scope of the special effects, whose costs began to skyrocket when it was decided that the Green Lantern suit would be created digitally. A $200 million summer tentpole shouldn’t be on-the-job training. But Lantern is about a man who becomes part of an intergalactic police force, and Campbell has almost no experience in that sci-fi realm. Having launched the stints of two James Bond actors ( Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye and Daniel Craig in Casino Royale) and made the great adventure movie The Mask of Zorro, Campbell specializes in gritty, on-the-ground action. Special effects can be your KryptoniteĪ lot of blame is going to fall on Campbell. In addition to director Martin Campbell, producer Donald De Line and DC executive Johns, four separate screenwriters were credited, and insiders say that even Warners execs Jeff Robinov, Greg Silverman and Lynn Harris were heavily involved, especially in the editing stage.Ģ. In contrast, critics pounced on the generic, paint-by-numbers feel of the Lantern movie, which played like dozens of people were in control.

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