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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Two of the segments are based on the stories of Alan Moore: "Mogo Doesn't Socialize" and "Tygers". Only the illustrators, Dave Gibbons and Kevin O'Neil receive screen credit for the original work, as was the case for Gibbons on the screen adaptation of Watchmen. This is because Moore, displeased by earlier adaptations of his stories, now typically refuses to be credited for subsequent ones.

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Goofs

Green Lantern green uniforms are provided by their rings, projected by them, when members remove their rings their clothes revert to the normal clothes they were wearing when they put it on. When Deegan confiscates the rings from his recruits, they're still wearing their green uniforms, which get torn and damaged like normal clothes.

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Quotes

Deegan: We die so that innocents don't, it's as simple as that. When you put on the ring, the life you lead stops being your own.

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Crazy Credits

The Warner Bros and DC Comics logos are shaded green and are luminescent.

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Connections

Version of Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters (2011)

User Reviews

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)

I'm a MASSIVE Green Lantern fan. This is a small release that will introduce a lot of the mythology to newcomers before the release of the main live action film. It's really a series of individual stories being told. This means that each one varies in quality. Most are a lot of fun, especially "Mogo Doesn't Socialize". The most distracting thing about this film is that it uses the same character designs from First Flight, but has new voices and a new continuity. This can be overlooked fairly quickly. What's harder to overlook is some of the disappointing vocal work. Fillion, a fan favorite, isn't given enough to do and Jason Isaacs puts in next to zero effort. Rollins is also not gruff enough as Killowog. Vosloo and Rowdy Roddy Piper do excellent stuff. It's a great introduction to such a vast universe, and will preview what a Green Lantern franchise is capable of.

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