Green Lantern in other media
The many incarnations of the DC Comics superhero Green Lantern have appeared in numerous media over the years.
Dedicated media featuring Green Lantern primarily include: the 2012-2013 animated television series ', the 2011 live action film Green Lantern with accompanying video game ', and animated films ' in 2009 and ' released in 2011.
Novels/audios
Green Lantern: Sleepers is a trilogy created by Christopher J. Priest and written by Mike Baron, Michael Ahn, and Priest. Each book focuses on a different Green Lantern—Kyle Rayner, Alan Scott, and Hal Jordan, respectively.Pocket has published a series of Justice League of America novels. Of these, Exterminators by Christopher Golden includes Hal Jordan as part of the team, and Hero's Quest by Dennis O'Neil is a solo Green Lantern story.
All of these stories have been made into full-cast dramatizations released by GraphicAudio.
Television
Animation
''The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure''
was the featured character in a solo series which was part of The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure as well as part of the Justice League segments. These would be the character's first animated appearances. Gerald Mohr is the voice of Green Lantern.''Super Friends''
In addition, Hal Jordan's Green Lantern was an occasional supporting character in the various Super Friends incarnations: Challenge of the Super Friends, Super Friends, ', and '. Michael Rye provided the voice of the Green Lantern for these appearances.''Justice League''
is a member of the Justice League in the Justice League animated series. In this series, Stewart's ring was initially constrained to permitting him to fly, generating a protective force field, creating walls, and firing energy blasts; this limitation was established as being due to Stewart's mindset, not an inherent limitation of the ring itself. After being berated by Katma Tui for his unimaginative use of the ring, Stewart has learned to generate complex tools and weapons. In a development not seen in any other version of the Green Lantern mythos, Stewart's eyes glow green when wearing his charged power ring. The glow fades when the ring runs out of power. The series has been inconsistent about the ring's effectiveness against yellow; Stewart is seen fighting Sinestro in one episode, and the yellow energy does not prove to be a significant problem for the Lantern, although in a later episode of Justice League Unlimited, the Flash threw yellow Jell-O at him, breaking his force field. Stewart's voice is provided by Phil LaMarr.Other DCAU appearances
- Kyle Rayner appears as Green Lantern in "In Brightest Day...", an episode of . This version is recruited by Abin Sur, and fights Jordan's old enemy Sinestro. Guy Gardner makes a cameo as the mugger who steals Jimmy Olsen's camera. Rayner is voiced by Michael P. Greco.
- Rayner is briefly mentioned in one episode of Justice League and appears as one of the Green Lanterns attending Superman's funeral in "Hereafter". He later reappears after the series became Justice League Unlimited in "The Return", bearing a far greater resemblance to his comics counterpart. Rayner's appearance finally explains why Stewart is the Green Lantern of Earth; Rayner had been stationed on Oa all along. Will Friedle provides Rayner's voice in "The Return".
- A character known as Scott Mason / Green Guardsman appears in the two-part Justice League episode "Legends", in which Stewart and several other members travel to a parallel universe. This other universe has its own superhero group, the Justice Guild of America, whose members are modeled on Golden Age versions of the Justice Society of America characters. Green Guardsman is an homage to the Golden Age Green Lantern. His power ring is unable to affect aluminum. The voice of the Green Guardsman is provided by William Katt.
- The Justice League version of Stewart appeared in several episodes of Static Shock, both as a member of the League and in a solo appearance. Phil LaMarr reprises his Justice League role as Green Lantern, as well as providing the voice for Static.
- "", a two-part episode of Batman Beyond, features a future Justice League that includes a Green Lantern who was an eight-year-old Asian child; he later appears as a young adult in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Epilogue". His name was Kai-ro, a tribute to Kairo, Green Lantern's alien sidekick on The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure. Kai-ro is voiced by Lauren Tom.
- Hal Jordan appears briefly in the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Once and Future Thing, Part 2: Time, Warped" in which the time-traveling villain Chronos causes the timeline to become unstable, with characters changing or disappearing as their history is altered. At one point, Stewart morphs into Jordan, who aids the other characters for several minutes before changing back into Stewart. Jordan is voiced by Adam Baldwin.
''Duck Dodgers''
''The Batman''
In the fourth-season finale of The Batman, "The Joining", the Justice League is introduced. Hal Jordan is included among its members, in a non-speaking cameo. He next appears in the fifth-season episode "Ring Toss", voiced by Dermot Mulroney and again in the 2-part series finale, "Lost Heroes".''Batman: The Brave and the Bold''
appears in multiple episodes of , voiced by James Arnold Taylor. He appears briefly in the pre-title segment of "Day of the Dark Knight!", in which he ignores Batman's advice and accidentally frees an imprisoned alien by pouring coffee on him.In the episode "The Eyes of Despero!", Gardner, G'nort, Sinestro and Mogo join forces with the Batman to stop the villain Despero from using his mental powers to turn the Green Lantern Corps into an army of mind controlled slaves. Other members of the Lantern Corps are seen, including Ch'p, Kilowog, Medphyll, and Hal Jordan. Jordan later makes a cameo appearance as a member of the original Justice League of America in "Sidekicks Assemble!", and is mentioned in "Darkseid Descending!" when Guy joins the Justice League International. A heroic version of Sinestro briefly appears "Deep Cover for Batman!", where he is shown as one of the superheroes being held captive by the Injustice Syndicate. In this series, Hal is voiced by Loren Lester, Sinestro is voiced by Xander Berkeley, G'nort is voiced by Alexander Polinsky, and the Guardians are voiced by J. K. Simmons and Armin Shimerman. In the episode "Crisis: 22,300 Miles Above Earth!", Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, appears as a member of the Justice Society of America. The JSA and the new Justice League International are meeting at a mixer on the Watchtower. The JSA is quickly disappointed when they learn they were not meeting the original Justice League which had broken up recently. Things get bad and both teams start fighting each other. Meanwhile, Batman is trying to stop Ra's Al Ghul from firing a fusion rocket into the sun triggering solar flares that will melt the polar ice caps and flood the planet. He sends a distress signal to the Watchtower and the two leagues stop fighting and team up to defeat Ra's. In this episode, he is voiced by Corey Burton.
''Young Justice''
Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner and Alan Scott appear in the Young Justice animated series. Jordan and Stewart appear as members of the Justice League, while Scott appears as a member of the Justice Society. Jordan and Stewart make their first appearances in the episode "Fireworks", Gardner appears in "Revelation" in a cameo to help the Justice League, and Scott appears in the episode "Humanity" in a flashback. None of them are voiced except for Stewart, who was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson in the episode "Failsafe". In the episode "Agendas", Jordan and Stewart were convenes recruitment for the Justice League new members, both Jordan and Stewart immediately dismiss Gardner from the Flash's idea. However, Gardner would be later inducted to the Justice League sometime before the third season.''Green Lantern: The Animated Series''
appears as the main character in , voiced by Josh Keaton. Other characters include Kilowog, the Guardians of the Universe, Carol Ferris, Salaak, Sayd, Saint Walker, and Zilius Zox, among others. The main antagonists of the first arc of the show are the Red Lantern Corps, led by Atrocitus, as well as the Manhunters. Guy Gardner appears as a recurring character while John Stewart is mentioned and Alan Scott is alluded to.''DC Super Hero Girls''
- Hal Jordan appears in the web series DC Super Hero Girls as a student at Super Hero High, voiced again by Josh Keaton.
- Jessica Cruz is also featured in the series, voiced by Cristina Milizia.
''Justice League Action''
Live action
- Howard Murphy played Green Lantern in the live action Legends of the Superheroes TV specials in 1979. The role of Sinestro was played by comedian Charlie Callas.
- The unsuccessful 1997 pilot for a live-action Justice League of America television series included Matthew Settle as Guy Gardner, although the pilot's Green Lantern uses only the name and costume of the comic book Gardner.
- Alan Scott briefly appears in the Smallville episode "Absolute Justice" which featured the Justice Society of America. He is a superhero in the 1970s and a CEO of an unnamed broadcasting company, who was arrested for fraud by the government in a mission to take down the Justice Society of America. He, like the others, tried to take the blame for all crimes, though he and the rest were never convicted. As the law was now aware of his superhero identity, Scott retired from heroics. In 2010, Clark Kent and Chloe Sullivan find old black-and-white footage of Alan, along with his criminal record. Very little is said about him, other than that he is the CEO of a broadcasting company, but it was confirmed that he was still alive by Stargirl and hinted at that he had children. His power ring and Lantern battery are later shown in a display case at the JSA Brownstone, as well as in his portrait in a JSA painting. Alan Scott is played by Doug Pinton. Subsequently, John Stewart and the Green Lantern Corps appear in the comic book continuation of the show.
- Within the Arrowverse, there are several references and nods to the Green Lantern Corps and its related characters.
- *Arrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim tweeted a photo of Ferris Air with the slogan "We fly without Fear" as an easter egg of Green Lantern, with the location itself later showing up in the Arrow spin-off, The Flash. The series' star, Stephen Amell, has talked about seeing Green Lantern in the series. In the season 4 premiere episode, "Green Arrow", an aviator jacket with the name "Jordan" appears at a bar where Oliver Queen and Amanda Waller are seen discussing a mission along with a billboard proclaiming "In brightest day, In blackest night, Come to Coast City, When money's tight". Another nod takes place in the season seven episode, "Spartan", when Oliver's friend, John Diggle's stepfather's name is revealed as Roy Stewart. In the end of the series finale episode, "Fadeout", Diggle seemingly receives a power ring that falls from the sky.
- *In The Flash episode, "Rogue Air", the Flash himself mentions that Ferris Air shut down after one of their test pilots disappeared; alluding to Hal Jordan. In a later episode, "Welcome to Earth-2", the name "Hal" is seen on a list of contacts on a phone at Earth-2 Barry and Iris's home.
- *Alan Scott is mentioned in Legends of Tomorrow as the father of Obsidian.
- *In the Elseworlds crossover event, Barry Allen of Earth-90 indicates that on his Earth, Diggle is a Green Lantern when he mistook Earth-1 Diggle for his version and asked him where his ring was.
- *During the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event, footage from the film Green Lantern was used to establish the existence of the Green Lantern Corps within the universe of Earth-12.
- A live-action Green Lantern TV series is currently in the works for the HBO Max streaming service, with Greg Berlanti and Geoff Johns producing.
- Alan Scott appears in the DC Universe series, Stargirl as a member of the Justice Society.
Films
Live action
''Green Lantern''
A live-action film titled Green Lantern starring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan and directed by Martin Campbell was released on June 17, 2011. The film, being the character's first theatrical appearance, featured an origin story. The movie was neither well-received nor financially successful. Some of the film's most criticized aspects were the CGI elements that featured heavily. Though the movie was intended to launch a franchise of its own, the studio abandoned plans that were to follow.DC Extended Universe
Man of Steel (2013)
Christina Wren plays Capt. Carrol Ferris, a United States Air Force officer and the assistant to General Swanwick.''Justice League'' (2017)
A Green Lantern who resembles Yalan Gur, appears in a flashback in Justice League, during the sequence which depicts humankind, Amazonians, Atlanteans, the Olympians and the Lantern fighting Steppenwolf and his army of Parademons. The Lantern conjures a giant hammer with their power ring to fight the armies of Apokolips, but is overpowered and killed by Steppenwolf. The power ring then leaves their finger and flies away to find a new worthy individual to inherit it.''Green Lantern Corps''
A rebooted adaptation of the Green Lantern titled Green Lantern Corps is in development as a part of the DC Extended Universe, intended to be the tenth installment and involve the Green Lanterns as the main protagonists. The movie will reportedly feature numerous Green Lanterns, with a couple of them being from Earth as the main characters. It was later stated that Hal Jordan may appear in a Justice League sequel. In January 2017, Deadline reported that David S. Goyer and Justin Rhodes were hired as co-screenwriters, with the story written by Goyer and Geoff Johns. Goyer will also produce the film with Johns and Jon Berg. In June 2018, Geoff Johns was hired to re-write the script, in addition to producing, with Johns stating that the script will draw inspiration from his New 52 run of the character. In July 2019, Christopher McQuarrie said that he had sent a proposal to Warner Bros. a year prior, which had ties to the Man of Steel sequel, but he moved onto other projects due to what he perceived as no progress on developing the film. By November 2019, Johns was expected to deliver his script by the end of that year.Animation
Green Lantern animated films
- Hal Jordan is the main character in the direct-to-video animated film ', portrayed by Christopher Meloni. The film was released on July 28, 2009.
- Nathan Fillion voices Hal Jordan in '.
Character in ensemble
- Hal Jordan is one of the main characters featured in the DC Universe animated film '. He is voiced by David Boreanaz.
- Nolan North voices Hal Jordan in the 2010 direct-to-DVD animated film, '.
- Hal Jordan appears as a member of the Justice League in ', with Nathan Fillion reprising his role.
- Nathan Fillion reprises his role as Hal Jordan in '.
- Hal Jordan appears in ', an adaptation of the video game of the, with Cam Clarke reprising his role.
- Hal Jordan appears in the animated film ', voiced by Justin Kirk.
- Hal Jordan appears in The Lego Movie, voiced by Jonah Hill. The film marks Green Lantern's second theatrical appearance. In the film, there's a recurring joke where Green Lantern would find and try to help Superman, making the latter a little awkward. Superman even tries to commit suicide by asking for Kryptonite when he is put next to Green Lantern in the Torture Room.
- Hal Jordan appears in the animated film ', with Nathan Fillion reprising his role.
- Guy Gardner appears in the animated film ', with Diedrich Bader reprising his role.
- Hal Jordan appears in the animated film ', with Josh Keaton reprising his role.
- Hal Jordan appears in the animated film ', voiced again by Josh Keaton.
- John Stewart appears in the animated film Justice League Dark, voiced by Roger Cross.
- Hal Jordan appears as a member of the Justice League in The Lego Batman Movie, with Jonah Hill reprising his role. The film would mark Green Lantern's third theatrical appearance. In the film, he makes a brief cameo at the 57th Justice League anniversary and tells Batman that he hasn't received emails from Superman for years.
- John Stewart appears as a member of the Justice League in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, with his voice provided by rapper Lil Yachty.
- Jessica Cruz appears in the animated film ', with Cristina Milizia reprising her role.
- Hal Jordan appears in The Death of Superman, with Nathan Filion reprising his role.
- Hal Jordan appears in Reign of the Supermen, once again voiced by Nathan Fillion.
- Hal Jordan appears in ', with Jonah Hill reprising his role.
- Jessica Cruz appears in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five, voiced by Diane Guerrero. Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, and Kyle Rayner appear as holograms in The Legion's Clubhouse.
- The Green Lantern Corps appear in .
Video games
- The "Emerald Twilight" storyline was to be adapted into a video game for the Super NES by Ocean Software. The game would have allowed players to assume the role of Kyle Rayner and take on the threat of Hal Jordan as Parallax. The game was cancelled.
- John Stewart appears as a playable character in Justice League Heroes. Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner are featured as unlockable characters.
- John Stewart appears as a playable character in the ' arcade game.
- Hal Jordan appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting game Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe game. His special moves include a fist-shaped projectile, hammer constructs to smash foes, a large hand that slams foes to the ground, and a brick wall shield that absorbs projectiles. His heroic brutalities involve encasing the opponent in a force bubble and then rapidly contracting it, and crushing the opponent between two large hammers. In the game's trailer, Green Lantern is seen being beaten by Sonya Blade using martial arts and super strength before Captain Marvel saves him, and is seen defending a weakened Superman from Liu Kang in the Fortress of Solitude. Later, Sonya fights Green Lantern again and Green Lantern defeats Sonya Blade. He is also seen speaking with the Guardians of the Universe and being confronted by Lex Luthor, who is consumed by the "combat rage" and asserts that he deserves to have Hal's power ring.
- Guy Gardner appears as a playable character in the Wii version of the ' video game, with Hal Jordan being playable in the DS version. Arisia Rrab and Kilowog make appearances as well. Also, a statue of Alan Scott can be seen in the Gotham City level of the Wii version.
- A Green Lantern video game based on the live-action film has been released under the title ' for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS.
- Alan Scott, Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner and Kilowog appear in DC Universe Online. John Stewart fights alongside the heroes against Sinestro and the Sinestro Corps, Hal Jordan and Green Arrow fight alongside the heroes against Eclipso and an out-of-control Spectre, Kilowog is the target of a bounty mission for villains and Kyle Rayner is a boss in the Coast City instance along with Amon Sur and Atrocitus. The player also helps Hal Jordan and Kilowog, along with other unnamed Green Lanterns in the Star Labs instance, which also includes Sinestro and Arkillo. The Corps is heavily involved in the entire "War of the Light" saga spread over several episodes, culminating in the final showdown against Nekron.
- Hal Jordan appears as a playable character in '.
- Hal Jordan appears as a playable character in the fighting game ', as both a Green Lantern and a Yellow Lantern. Yellow Lantern Hal Jordan is from a parallel Earth and fights for Superman's Regime, after becoming a member of the Sinestro Corps. Green Lantern Hal Jordan defeats both his counterpart and Sinestro on occasion and in the end they are forced to stand down when the heroic Superman defeats his villainous counterpart and his regime. Yellow Lantern and Sinestro are taken to Oa by Green Lantern to stand trial for their crimes. John Stewart and Jessica Cruz are also featured as alternate skins for the character.
- Hal Jordan appears as a playable character in The Lego Movie Videogame.
- Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Kilowog and Duck Dodgers appear as playable characters in '.
- Hal Jordan and two parallel Earth versions of him appear as playable characters in the multiplayer battle arena game Infinite Crisis, voiced by Adam Baldwin, Nolan North, and JB Blanc.
- Hal Jordan appears as a playable character in Injustice 2. John Stewart is also featured as an alternate skin. In the game story, after being rehabilitated by the Guardians, Hal Jordan was able to reclaim his post as Green Lantern of Sector 2814. Now as an ally of Batman in the protection of the world, Hal is willing to prove to everyone that he deserves a second chance. In his ending, after bringing Brainiac to Oa to stand trial, Hal learns that Sinestro has escaped imprisonment. Since the Green Lanterns are too weak from battling Superman's regime for a frontal assault, Hal agrees to go undercover as a Yellow Lantern, hoping that his willpower will be able to withstand the ring's addiction.
- Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Jessica Cruz, Simon Baz and B'Dg appears as playable characters in Lego DC Super-Villains.
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