NEW! Green Lantern WonderCon footage

DC Comics has been running second place in the "Superhero Movie Race" for quite some time. Even with the enormous success of The Dark Knight, and their quality direct-to-video animation, they are having trouble keeping up with the ambitious pacing of Marvel Entertainment in the big arena.

Marvel is running on all cylinders and looks to have another great summer lined up with both Thor and Captain America building towards the 2012 release of The Avengers. They also have licensed property coming this summer from Fox (X-Men: First Class) and next year from Sony in the form of a new Spiderman film. Right now, Marvel characters are everywhere, and audiences like what they're seeing.

This summer will debut DC's big first step towards asserting itself as more than just the company that does Batman & Superman movies. On June 17th, Green Lantern will premiere at a theater near you, and until today, most fans didn't know just what to make of it. The presentation from last year's San Diego Comic Con was underwhelming, and the more recent teaser trailer emphasized humor over action, which left lingering doubts in most fan's minds.

This footage from Wonder Con will give you a glimpse at a Green Lantern movie that is epic in a way that no comic book movie has been before. I hope you enjoy...



I like it. It feels like it has real stakes, not just for Hal Jordan, but for Earth, the Lanterns, and the galaxy. There's a Superman-meets-Star Trek quality to Green Lantern that is hard to pull off outside of animation. Sure, I could nitpick over the CGI suit or casting of Ryan Reynolds, but it looks like they're getting more right than wrong here. We'll see if the final product lives up to this short 4 minute version, but I'm interested, much more than I was before.

What do you think?