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I heard Warner Bros. is in works of creating a Green Lantern movie. Anyone else hearing anything or is this gonna turn out like the Justice League film that is put on hold i heard.

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So far, it's a go.

More here: http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=8117

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In the meantime, if you can't wait for that, there will be an animated Green Lantern movie coming out a lot sooner. This summer.

If it's anything like the new Wonder Woman animated movie, it should be friggin awesome.:cool:

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I've heard that Christopher Meloni will be doing the voice for that character. That's cool.

http://thumbs.filmstarts.de/wallpape...rMeloni_01.jpg

Well...
Green Lantern has been cast!

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I approve. :yup:
It's wierd that he's going to be playing 2 big comic book characters for the 2 big companies now, Deadpool and Hal Jordan.
I've always liked Reynolds in all the rolls he's played anyway though so this should be awesome.

:up:

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Van Wilder as GL, I'll have to be convinced. I just don't see the ringed wonder as a smart-mouth frat guy.

Ryan Renolds!!!! hes already deadpool!!!

i wish nathan fillion was going to be the next green lantern.

This choice isn`t perfect, but his appereance fits to the clean Green Lantern Style (which always got something of a daily soap for me).

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I think it is a good choice :up: I do like Renolds fairplay :yup:

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Ryan "the superhero guy" Reynolds.

I'm gonna assume that most people have already seen this but I thought id throw it out there just in case nobody caught it.

Fan made trailer of cinema quality with Nathan Fillion as the green Lantern

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hTiRnqnvDs

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Yup I saw that trailer, and yup, it's awesome.

Damn how realistic :D

On the fan made green lantern trailer, does anyone know what movie it is at the end were Nathan Fillion is talking to the black guy, and he says something about "call it whant you whant but that sure sounds like some superhero captain tigthpants bull@#$% to me"????

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This looks cool. I'll have to check this one out to see if it's worth seeing.

New Poster for The Green Lantern

Check out this fan made teaser poster for the upcoming comic book film “The Green Lantern” by director Martin Campbell (Edge of Darkness, Casino Royale, 36) and starring Blake Lively ('Gossip Girl', The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Peter Sarsgaard (Knight & Day, Orphan) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Proposal) as The Green Lantern.

Synopsis:


Source: ShockYa

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I heard this is just a fan poster. Are we sure this is the real deal?

Jesus, I hope so. This looks awful.

EDIT: It is. If you look closely, the credits at the bottom are from Superman Returns. :laugh:

I´m really looking forward to see this movie. Normally I don`t give a **** about flying Spandex-heroes. Lantern is the only exception.

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I don't know how to feel about this, on the one hand GL is different than most superheroes making the jump to film, but on the other hand, I don't care for Ryan Reynolds.

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Ryan Reynolds will surely portray the role really well... he is one of the best actors to watch out for and he already gave some good action scenes when he was in Wolverine movie..

Tim Robbins joins Green Lantern

Last month we heard that Peter Sarsgaard was in talks to joins the cast of Green Lantern as villain Dr. Hector Hammond, the pathologist son of a senator who is seen as a disappointment in his father’s eyes. Well now according to Heat Vision Oscar winning actor Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption) will be playing the disappointed senator.

Green Lantern is due to start filming in March, so we can expect a few more casting announcements over the upcoming weeks. They’ve already found their leads (Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively), so it’s just a matter of gathering the smaller roles now.

Source: Filmonic

Green Lantern movie logo revealed

Comic Book Movie got their hands on what appears to be the first bit of promotional art for the Green Lantern movie, which reveals what the Green Lantern logo may look like along with the ring design.


Green Lantern, directed by Martin Campbell, stars Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Tim Robbins, Mark Strong and Angela Bassett. Warner Bros. will be releasing the movie in 3D and 2D on June 17th 2011.

Source: Filmonic

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I hope the real movie is as good as the fake trailer.

jrs, why did you post a pic of the Green Hornet poster?

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That would be a great team-up, and the Green Lama, too.
http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...agreenlama.jpg

lol oops wrong thread.:p

Ah, ok. :)

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Even though I'm getting a little burnt out on superhero movies, I'm looking forward to this.

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"a little"? Maybe if Green Lantern had Underdog as a sidekick...

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Is Sinestro going to br in it and that birdman Green Lantern?

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More pics here:

Pics

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I think this Green Lantern movie is going to blow if Hector Hammond is the villain. It sounds like they are not going to use the other Green Lanterns. Sinestro is GL's most memorable villain. Hammond is not even second or third. Although he was created first, he is too similar to Hulk's better known foe, the Leader.

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Received my copy of EW today , but have yet to read up on the Green Lantern. I do however like Ryan Reynolds, but I don't really like superhero movies that much. I am rather torn on seeing this is the theater or wait for rental.

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i smell a turd. the only DC Comics character i want as a movie is LOBO!

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I really think I will enjoy this, but not to the point of going to the theater to see it. It looks like it will be a RedBox or Netflix pick up for me.

Im pretty sure Mark Strong is going to be playing Sinestro. In my opinion I think he will play Sinestro well. They already kinda look alike.

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I am looking forward to Green Lantern. It's about time a main-line DC character other than Superman and Batman got a shot at a movie. Hopefully it does well enough that some other characters get a chance at the big screen. The Flash, Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Captain Marvel, Plasticman, Blue Beetle and dozens of others deserve a shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrBwKMxhtXQ&feature=player_embedded

Honestly, a bit disappointing.

I'm hoping that they're still working on fine-tuning the effects. If not... Lucy's got some 'splainin to do.

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I wasn't only talking about the effects.. it looks like a kiddie 3D film.

& why would they want the first preview to make it look like a slapstick comedy film.
They did the same with Green Hornet.

Maybe they feel since it's a cosmic story & not realistic, people might prefer a comedy adventure then a serious film. I hope not.

I'm posting it again, since it's on the previous page.

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The fan trailer was better.

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You mean that Jim Caviezel one??

That was excellent.

The clips of it look horrible.

And Ryan Reynolds? Really?

Think I'll pass and hope they one day bring Lobo to the Silver Screen.

http://img3.ifilmpro.com/blog//7/3/7...3089772148.jpg

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I think they are already working on it... Jeffrey Dean Morgan was in talks to play Lobo.
I'd be very comfortable with it.. He was the best thing about Watchmen...
He was great in Losers as well...

But if they do make Lobo, it shouldn't get a PG rating.

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i think the way to go for the more Adulty comics-to-films is to make an R-rated movie, knowing ahead of time that the film will be trimmed for release as pg-13 for the wide-release to the multi-plex.

Then the DVD can have the real deal version.

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I liked the footage for the most part. Kilowog looked pretty good. I'm still looking forward to it.

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Official Teaser is out!

Go here to view.

I'll just say that it looks, OK, but not what I was hoping for.

I honestly feel this movie is going to be released June 17th and forgotten by June 21st. Does look awful in too many of the ways that I was fearing and ceratinly not what you want to release in a summer as loaded as the next one. :down:

I liked it. I will say the CGI costume still looks a little quirky, but I think it looks like it will be a fun super-hero flick, as it should be.

(Although Captain America is still the super-hero film I'm most looking forward to.)

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Couldn't disagree more. For one, we don't have to see just one superhero movie; most of us geeks are going to see 'em all. For another, Ryan Reynolds is pretty darn charismatic, and this seems like a great vehicle for him.

Something else I dig is that they seem unafraid of both the scope and the larger-than-life feel of most comic books. They're rejecting the standard "let's go dark and gritty" meme and embracing the medium they're drawing from a little more. But it really looks like it's trying to contain real drama, too. If it can split that difference a bit like Iron Man did (and not get too cheezy or self-aware, like Fantastic Four), then it can work.

Too soon to say, obviously (seriously, we're predicting the film will be a flop already?), but I think it's trying to strike an ambitious balance between those two schools of thought, and I think Reynolds' pushes it over the top into a modest, surprise success. I guess we'll see.

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I saw it on ET. It might be okay. They are showing the other Green Lanterns and the previous report implied they wouldn't be in it.

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My biggest fear is that they may be cramming too many villains into this first movie. Hector Hammond, Sinestro and Parallax all in one movie? Sinestro obviously starts off as a good guy, but he and Hammond appear on the "villain" posters that are out there. It remains unclear if Hammond becomes Parallax or if Parallax is a completely different entity in this film (either of which is a big change from the comics because Hal Jordan became Parallax there).

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I never read the comics but I've watched some Justice League back in the day, though I still don't know much about his origins. Is his costume really controlled by his ring? If it is I guess it would make sense to have it be CG but it seems like it might be distracting after awhile. Either way I am going to see this for sure.

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By the way, the Green Lantern oath (from brightest day to darkest night...)was created by Batman co-creator Bill Finger for the 1940s Green Lantern who had an entirely different origin.

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I read somewhere that Parallax will only be hinted at.
Sinestro will only reveal his evil side in the ending.

I'm unclear on that point as well. It's possible that it's been done both ways, since Hal Jordan has undergone several retcons since his 1959 debut. The ring can create whatever the wielder can imagine, so it makes sense.

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The wlidest thing which I never understood the logistics was the Flash keeping his costume in his ring. That wasn't magic, but supposed to be based on some type of scientific principal, which completely eludes me.

It was made of some new fabric that expanded upon contact with the air. How he shrunk it back down to put back in the ring I have no idea.

That has one been the only thing that has put me off about Flash.

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The Flash should have patented it. It would have made him rich. You go on a trip you could get your entire wardrobe in a shoebox.

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Speaking of Flash, David Goyer was planning to direct a Flash movie with Ryan Reynolds.
I think I have seen enough of Reynolds in 2 comicbook films.. From the Trailer Reynolds looks like he is repeating his portrayal of Deadpool for Hal Jordan as well.

I have always liked the idea of Edward Burns as Hal Jordan.

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With Reynolds being Green Lantern and expected to reprise his role as Deadpool for a proper Deadpool film, chances are slim he would get cast as the Flash also. That would really complicate matters if Warner did decide to pursue a JLA film in the near future.

Actually this is his 3rd. And yes each character is similar. You don't cast Ryan Reynolds for the brooding anti-hero guy, its the Van Wilder with supah powers type that you are going for.

( the 3rd movies was Blade-Trinity)
http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpap..._trinity_9.jpg

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Absolutely forgot about Blade Trinity, he was pretty much the same guy there as well.

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If they reboot Fantastic Four ( i hope they don't incidentally), he'll be in line for the Johnny Storm/human torch role as well no doubt.

:D

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So Ryan Reynolds is the new Will Smith?

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I'm glad Sinestro in it even if he won't have much to do until the sequel (if this one doesn't bomb).

While they were filming this, I heard that a couple of foreign tourists complained at one of the hotels in the Quarter because "some green man flew by their window"... and scared the bejesus out of 'em... :p:D

Couldn't agree more. I think it was poor judgement on WB going after Reynolds to portray yet another comic book character. It would have been wise for them to go after a lesser-known actor, than him.

Then again, Marvel did the same thing with Chris Evans (Fantastic Four, Captain America).

Hopefully, these decisions don't come back to haunt the studios. It's never the same when a new face steps into a role that audiences are already familiar with. Then again, if it's a good change, it's generally welcomed.

I thought the re-casting of Rhodey in Iron Man 2 was a poor decision, but it ended up working out.

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The thing about Chris Evans was that the Fantastic Four movies were canned & they are planning a remake. & I think Evans can pull off a Steve Rogers, Unlike Reynolds he can play different characters.

When I saw the first 15 seconds of the GL trailer, I thought I was mislead into watching some romcom trailer.

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Why would they can the FF movies?? the interplay between Ben and Johnny is right out of the comic panels as i remember them.

lil Trivia for ya GP..can you guess,without google what famous funny-man played Johnny Storm/Human Torch before he hit it big on SNL?

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Fans were not kind to the FF movies. I liked both of them a lot. Fox wants to recast and reboot, just like Sony is doing with Spider-Man. They want Thing to be all CGI. I thought Michael Chiklis did a great job.

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yanno what..sometimes the "fans" are wrong. actually they are wrong a great deal. Chilkis as The Thing was inspired casting. its not like he embarassed a character like say,,,,,,,,,

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images...s/juggybig.jpg

Juggernaut.

seriously..whoever thought that was a great idea shouldn't be in a position to make these calls.

Are you talking about the Roger Corman movie?
I have seen it, it's actually quite hillarious.
No idea which actor you are referring to though.

I think Jay Underwood was the Torch in the Corman film. Dexter's trivia question goes back much farther than that.

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Chiklis & Evans were the best part about the FF movie.. loved them both.
about Alba & Gruffud, they were a bit too young for the role.. made the movie look like a Pilot to a TV Show where most of the lead cast is young.

nope..none other than the GhostBuster Hisself

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKUp3lP2jSc

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I didnt know the Submariner sounded like Dracula. And how come when he had amnesia he didn't have that accent?

Why is Marvel trying to turn that loser Antman into a movie when the Submariner is a much better character, which they don't seem to have any interest in? Stan Lee's aristocratic take on the character was never as interesting as creaor Bill Everett's back in the forties. Even in the sixties and seventies Submariner was more popular than the very marginal Antman (and Giant Man).

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I believe the Sub-Mariner rights are still at Universal, so it's up to Universal to make a Sub-Mariner movie. Marvel has no say in it until the rights revert back or Disney buys them back, whichever happens first. There are a lot of Marvel characters licensed out to other studios still.

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Well by all rights Sub-Mariner should be introduced at the end of the Captain America flick.


With the GP oil spill fresh in our memories, A feature length Sub-Mariner flick is bound to happen.

and when it does, here is my choice.

http://ma-mags.com/Search/Jason%20Scott%20Lee.jpg

Jason Scott Lee

but they gotta doe away with the ridiculous wings on his ankles.

http://www.samruby.com/Heroes/Submariner/Submariner.gif

I always thought the ankle-wings were cool.

To caveat my previous post, I just found an article from September of this year that says the Sub-Mariner rights have reverted back to Marvel. Since I've heard they want to have the Invaders (although it won't be the same as the comic Invaders) in the Cap movie, there's a chance he may show up.

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Namor is probably my favourite superhero.
Anyone remembers the animated TV Show.

I used to watch all of those animated shows by Marvel -Captain America, Thor.
I tried watching couple of episodes on youtube few months ago.. they are still entertaining inspite of the dated animation, not to forget the usage of Synchro-Vox.

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Would love it if Namor makes an appearance in the Avengers movie.

my saturday morning fave was always:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkYaauQkSFc

When they get around to adapting to a live-action version (Dean Cain maybe?), they would do well to update the unitard :D

Fantastic Four and Rise of the Silver Surfer were geared more towards families, than was any other franchise. Which is why the latter received a PG rating. I didn't have a problem with either of them, however, they were pretty boring when compared to the other properties.

The rebooting of these franchises so soon is not a good call by either Sony or Fox. Understandably, they see a cash cow, and they intend to milk it for all it's worth. The problem with this is that, with it happening so soon after the last film, you run into problems with the general public.

Take Spider-Man, for example. By Sony starting over from sratch, they are in a sense, running the risk of ruining the franchise. Sure, people will say that Raimi did a lot of that when Spider-Man 3 was released, but I'm referring to the general public that doesn't follow movie news. They'll see a new person playing Spider-Man, and a story that doesn't have any connection to the previous films, and they'll wonder what happened.

That's where the problem with Reynolds being cast in all these different movies as, essentially, the same character. I would hope that people will not tie any of the films together, but the man is basically type-casting himself.

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Never seen that before, looks interesting.
A lot of those classic TV shows would make good movies.

2 things.

One, I wish folks would realize that not all comic properties are meant for dark R- rated fare. Certainly not the FF thats for sure.

The other is consider the source material. Stan Lee had a formula that worked. Several of the titles are darn near carbon copies of each other, with slight tweaks. Ryan Reynolds plays em this way because thats what the character is, and as it happens, its his specialty.

and yeah sure he may be typecasting himself, but Stifler wasn't available.

:D

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I enjoyed the first FF movie a lot.
That second one was too far fetched for most regular viewers. They should have gone for a regular villain with the Surfer making a special appearance dropping hints to the coming of Galactus in the third movie.

What I don't get is why is Marvel trying to make everything Sensational.
They keep rebooting Hulk. Both the Hulk movies were received decently.
Even the Spiderman reboot is too soon.

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Aside from fanboy disappointment in Hulk, I think The Incredible Hulk reboot was primarily because Marvel got the rights back from Universal. The next Punisher movie will be another reboot as well because Marvel has now re-aquired those rights. I think Sony is rebooting Spider-Man largely due to the creative differences that caused Sam Raimi and Tobey MacGuire to drop out of the franchise. FF and Daredevil reboots are likely because #1) critics and fanboys were not kind to the films, and #2) Fox wants to keep the rights from reverting back to Marvel. Those are all my opinions/observations, not confirmed reports mind you.

Hulk, was terrible. Radioactive dogs, are just laughable. The Incredible Hulk, was more down the right path. Sadly, audiences didn't really accept it because it was too soon after the first attempt.

I thought Edward Norton, as the Hulk, was an excellent casting choice.

I don't know that Marvel is trying to make everything sensational, but they had some properties get handled poorly, before they became heavily invested in each film. Daredevil, Ghost Rider and Hulk, to name a few.

They're simply trying to set a standard for filmmakers to follow. Sadly, with Fox owning the rights to a few of Marvel's properties, they can't control them as much as they would like.

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Ed Norton wasnt the Hulk. he played Banner.

The dogs were dumb in the 1st one, and ang lee tried a lil too hard to be artsy fartsy ( it remains to be seen if Branaugh can pull it off with Thor) but what they did do right imo for the general audience was incorporate Bana's facial components when he was the Hulk.

As mentioned b4 somewhere here in mofo land, Daredevil and to a lesser extent Ghost rider would do just fine as a cable TV series. The punisher could even drop by. Also when a movie is set to come out with another Marvel property it could be referenced.

lots of possible story-lines.

Never saw Rocket Robin Hood for some reason, but I remember Roger Ramjet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uQYo-7ozWA

You know what I meant, in regards to Norton.

I do believe that Daredevil, Ghost Rider and Punisher could probably thrive on cable, but I'm also reminded of Blade, he didn't thrive on cable, at all.

i dont consider SpikeTV cable.

Showtime or HBO is what i was thinking of.

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Ghost Rider 2 is already in the making, Cage is returning.
Directed by the people who made Crank.

Incredible Hulk was superior to the Ghost Rider IMO.

I think that is the opinion of anyone with a pulse. Ghost Rider was terrible.

One day, they'll stop adapting every comic for film. Some of them just don't make the transition well. Ghost Rider, would be one of those characters.

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^^

that isnt sayen much.

what were the respective budgets for the films?

Ghost Rider is a much lesser known title. all kinds of exposition required. The incredible Hulk..not so much.