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Mark Strong: Green Lantern 2011 is Part of the DCEU


Mark Strong had made his debut as the DC villain Sinestro in 2011's Green Lantern, and now he's going to be coming to the world of Shazam! as a new antagonist in the form of Doctor Sivana. While a lot of fans have thought that DC had put GL behind, Strong says that the movie is still pretty much part of the DCEU.

Talking to ScreenRant, Strong was asked how his taking the role of Sivana affected Green Lantern's place in the DCEU, to which he replied:

"It is part of the DCEU… But, you know, my version of Sinestro I think is going to be rebooted, as they say, no doubt when the new Green Lantern comes out, which I think they're doing. But as I said and I mean it, I felt really... it was a little interrupted because Sinestro was gonna go into the second movie and become the yellow Sinestro that we know and love and cause havoc. It got cut short by the fact that they never made a second movie of that particular incarnation of Green Lantern and Sinestro. But, thankfully, I've now got a chance to maybe exercise my evil credentials with Doctor Sivana."

Reading Strong's quote, I have a feeling that he just misspoke about the film's status, but I think it's entirely possible that DC might keep the film to serve as an origin and build upon it moving forward. With the DCEU currently looking to cast a new Batman, who's to say that they won't do the same with the likes of Hal Jordan.

We haven't had a significant update on Green Lantern Corps in a while, but the movie was rumored to be a buddy cop comedy in space with the focus being on an older Hal Jordan showing the ropes to newbie Jon Stewart. We don't know what the film's status is now, WB hasn't announced it for a release date for 2020 or 2021. Hopefully we get an official announcement before the year ends.

No official release date has been announced for Green Lantern Corps. Catch Strong in Shazam! which comes out April 5.

See Also: Shazam!'s Mark Strong Talks the Original Plans for His Sinestro

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