Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)

As the home planet of the Green Lantern Corps faces a battle with an ancient enemy, Hal Jordan prepares new recruit Arisia for the coming conflict by relating stories of the first Green Lantern and several of Hal's comrades.

Directors:

Christopher Berkeley, Lauren Montgomery

Writers:

Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim

Stars:

Nathan Fillion, Jason Isaacs, Elisabeth Moss

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nathan Fillion	...	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
Jason Isaacs	...	Sinestro (voice)
Elisabeth Moss	...	Arisia (voice)
Henry Rollins	...	Kilowog (voice)
Arnold Vosloo	...	Abin Sur (voice)
Tony Amendola	...	Kentor / Appa Ali Apsa (voice)
Steve Blum	...	Kloba Vud / Palaqua / Ranakar / G'Hu (voice)
Grey Griffin	...	Ree'Yu / Ardakian Trawl / Boodikka (voice) (as Grey DeLisle)
Kelly Hu	...	Laira (voice)
Michael Jackson	...	Ganthet (voice)
Peter Jessop	...	Salaak (voice)
David Kaufman	...	Rubyn (voice)
Sunil Malhotra	...	Bolphunga's Ship (voice)
Roddy Piper	...	Bolphunga (voice)
Andrea Romano	...	Abin Sur's Ring / Deegan's Ring (voice)

Storyline

On Oa, the headquarters planet of the intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps, the Guardians of the Universe see alarming evidence that the feared villain, Krona, is coming to destroy the planet. While the Guardians move to evacuate, Green Lantern Hal Jordan helps the unsure new recruit, Arisia, by telling her several stories of fellow Lanterns and the challenges they faced. Through him, we see the adventures of Avra the first Lantern, Princess Laira, Kilowog, the unsociable Mogo and Jordan's immediate predecessor, Abin Sur. When Krona arrives, those stories prove more valuable than anyone expects as Arisia draws a special inspiration from them.

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Plot Keywords:

green lantern character | power ring | hal jordan character | kilowog character | sinestro character | 

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Taglines:

Witness the Color of Will

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for sci-fi action violence throughout, and for some language

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 June 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Premiere

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although character and production design is copied directly from Green Lantern: First Flight (2009), this is essentially a reboot of the previous film happening in a different time line. For example, in First Flight, Arisa is already established as a Green Lantern and Hal Jordan is the newcomer while in Emerald Knights, she is the rookie and Hal Jordan is the trainer. In First Flight, Sinestro obtains the yellow power ring and becomes the villain while in Emerald Knights, he's still a member of the Green Lantern Corps and his fate as leader of the Sinestro Corps is predicted to happen much later. Finally in First Flight, the individual power batteries were eliminated as was the need for regular recharging and the Oath was only used on special occasions. In Emerald Knights, the individual batteries are restored, the rings are recharged at regular intervals and the Oath is recited with each recharging (which is more consistent with the comic book story lines).

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Quotes

Deegan: Poozers are what I call useless, stupid, stinking rookies like Brilowog here.
Kilowog: Kilowog, sir.
Deegan: Did you just say something, Brilobutt?
Kilowog: No, sir. Sorry, sir.
Deegan: You're whoever I say you are!

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Connections

Version of Green Lantern (2011)

User Reviews

Better than Ryan Reynolds movie

Nathan Fillion does a great GL as he gets involved in a conspiracy and has to battle fellow GL's to keep things normal. As usual, DC Animated does a fine job.