He is given a ring that grants him superpowers and must confront Parallax , a being who threatens to upset the balance of power in the universe. The film first entered development in ; progress remained stalled until Berlanti was hired to write and direct in October Martin Campbell was brought on board in February after Berlanti was forced to vacate the director's position.
Most of the live-action actors were cast between July and February , and filming took place from March to August in Louisiana.
The film was converted to 3D during its post-production stage. It was also originally intended to start a film franchise based on DC characters. However, due to the film's critical and commercial disappointment, Warner Bros. Billions of years ago, on Earth, [ b ] the Guardians of the Universe used the green essence of willpower to create an intergalactic police force called the Green Lantern Corps.
They divide the universe into 3, sectors, with one Green Lantern per sector. In the present day, Parallax escapes from his prison after becoming strengthened by an encounter with crash survivors who had accidentally fallen into the dugout where he was imprisoned on an abandoned planet.
Parallax feeds on their fear to gain strength before pursuing and mortally wounding Abin Sur, who escapes and crash-lands on Earth commanding his power ring to find a worthy successor. On Earth Hal Jordan , a cocky test pilot working at Ferris Aircraft, is chosen by the ring and transported to the crash site.
