Sterling K Brown
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Tom Cruise, Joel McHale, Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds, Armie Hammer, and Jake Gyllenhaal are on the shortlist of actors DC Entertainment is considering pursuing for the role of Hal Jordan in “Green Lantern Corps,” multiple people with knowledge of the project exclusively tell TheWrap.

The casting process is still in the very early stages, and there are no talks with any of the actors as of yet. DC is considering whether Reynolds, who played Jordan in the 2011 film “Green Lantern,” should return to the role, an insider told TheWrap. His superhero stock soared last year when he starred in “Deadpool.”

Cooper and Jared Leto auditioned for the 2011 film before it went to Reynolds, who appeared in “Green Lantern” alongside Peter Sarsgaard, Blake Lively, Mark Strong and Angela Bassett. Cooper was last seen in “War Dogs” for Warner Bros. Leto starred as The Joker in the studio’s “Suicide Squad.”

Cruise is particularly interesting because he has never played a comic-book superhero before, though he does anchor the “Mission Impossible” and “Jack Reacher” action franchises.

Gyllenhaal is a longtime fan favorite for the role and defended superhero movies last year at SXSW: “Superhero movies have inspired me. I remember when I saw ‘Thor” I was really inspired. There’s a reason for myth. They are so moving and so important…. Sometimes I’m in a scene playing what people might interpret as a sociopath and I’m thinking of ‘Thor,'” he said.

Hammer has trolled fans on social media about playing the role, including in Twitter interaction with actor Joe Manganiello, who will play Deathstroke in Ben Affleck’s Batman film. Hammer will next be seen in “Call Me By Your Name,” premiering at Sundance.

Warner Bros. has set David Goyer and Justin Rhodes to write the script for “Green Lantern Corps.” Goyer will produce while DC Entertainment President Geoff Johns and Jon Berg will executive produce, based on a treatment by Goyer and Johns.

One year ago, Johns confirmed that Green Lantern and the entire Green Lantern Corps will be joining the “Justice League” films.

“We’ve been to the bottom of the oceans, we’ve been to ancient Greece mythology, we’ve been to the past and future Flash, into the digital world with Cyborg, we still got to go to space,” the longtime writer of the comic book “Green Lantern” said. “So the Green Lanterns and the Green Lantern Corps will be coming to join the Justice League universe.”

The studio had no comment.

One year ago, Johns confirmed that Green Lantern and the entire Green Lantern Corps will be joining the “Justice League” films.

“We’ve been to the bottom of the oceans, we’ve been to ancient Greece mythology, we’ve been to the past and future Flash, into the digital world with Cyborg, we still got to go to space,” the longtime writer of the comic book “Green Lantern” said. “So the Green Lanterns and the Green Lantern Corps will be coming to join the Justice League universe.”

"That is something that's really enticing, but more so because it puts my face in front of more people, who will want to [then] come and see a movie, like Moonlight, that I really care about," Rhodes, 27, told MTV News about the prospect of joining a superhero franchise.

When asked if he'd heard anything about the possibility of playing Green Lantern, the actor grinned and coyly — very, very coyly — responded, "I don't know."

That sly smile speaks for itself.

According to a new report, Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt is Warner Brothers’ choice to helm the DC Extended Universe film Green Lantern Corps. The superhero blockbuster, as previously reported, will feature both the Hal Jordan and John Stewart characters as its leads.

According to an exclusive scoop from ThatHashtagShow, Warner Brothers wants Wyatt to direct Green Lantern Corps – a film described by the site as “Lethal Weapon in space”. The site re-affirms that the movie will feature both Hal Jordan and Jon Stewart, the two most popular versions of the Emerald Crusader, as Jordan teaches Stewart how to become a defender of Earth for the Green Lantern Corps. Casting has not started for the two roles, but the studio is supposedly looking for someone ages 39 to 50 for Jordan and 21 t0 30 for Stewart. Like in the comics, the studio is looking to cast an African-American for Stewart, who was a sniper in the military before being recruited for the Green Lanterns.