Green Lantern Movie: Looking Ahead

Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern

Should the Green Lantern movie become a huge success at the box office, what story lines could possibly be utilized in case a trilogy gets the um, green light? We'd like to think Ryan Reynolds can bring in the audience, especially those (meaning the general public) who have no clue of the vast history and potential of the Green Lantern comics.

What's funny is that we've always considered Green Lantern comics to be the center of the universe in which Batman and Superman reside in.  Stories like "Crisis on Infinite Earths" and "Blackest Night" originated from the Green Lantern mythos. As for the trilogy, here's some possibilities that we'd like to see.
1. Manhunters

Manhunters and the Guardians (courtesy DC Comics)

 They were the original police force of the Guardians of the Universe before the Green Lantern Corps was established. These robots were to programmed to defend the galaxy from evil. Unfortunately, sometime afterwards, the Manhunters original programming became corrupt. Through their own developing consciousness, they began to question their duties and eventually rebelled against their masters, the Guardians. The Manhunters were eventually defeated after a failed attempt to destroy the Guardians on their home planet of Oa and the remaining few hid in seclusion.

Having those remaining few Manhunters rebuild their legion and then seek revenge and attack the GLC and the Guardians would make for interesting sequel. Let's see if they can get this done. I can already imagine an interstellar battle between these two forces!

2. Star Sapphire

Star Sapphire (courtesy DC Comics)

Carol Ferris and Hal Jordan have a relationship as established in the Green Lantern comics. This relationship is complicated due to Ferris owning the company where Jordan works at and that as Star Sapphire, she is sent to destroy Jordan's Green Lantern alter ego.  Eventually they battle it out through the years. Jordan ends up dating another character, his copilot, Jillian Pearlman. Think of the drama potential here!


Given the emotional aspect of this storyline, we'd definitely think this would round out the trilogy.