Now that Ryan Reynolds has traded in his magic ring for an extended armory of guns, knives and curse words, hopping from his role in DC’s 2011 flop Green Lantern to Marvel’s 2016 hit Deadpool, the role of the inter-galactic protector is up for grabs.
Clerks filmmaker and occasional comic book writer Kevin Smith retweeted some fan art of Ice Cube in the role, saying he loved the idea, and referenced a line the rapper-turned-actor delivers in John Singleton’s 1991 classic Boyz N The Hood.
DC and Warner Bros. have announced a reboot of the franchise set for release in 2020. Their previous attempt was considered a flop financially and was thrashed by critics, netting a score of 26% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Previously, singer and Fast & Furious actor Tyrese Gibson was rumored to be in contention for the updated role.
The John Stewart version of the character was one of DC Comics’ first black superheroes, appearing in 1971.
Ice Cube hasn’t commented on the idea publicly, but recently told Complex News that, if given the choice, the comic book character he’d want to play is The Incredible Hulk.
Here’s the full piece of fan art from Melbourne, Australia-based artist BossLogic:
Comic fans were split on the suggested casting.
I dont think so
He would be an amazing CHUBBY green lantern
No, please.
Nice, I’ve always wanted to see Cube in tights!
Well he is good at acting and behaving fiticiously so he may be pretty good fake ass nigga
ice cube would be a better wolverine then green lantern
All I kno is Green Lantern was not white gotdammit. So yeah some black needs to play the role, don’t give a Damn if it’s Dave Chappell or Boris Kudro hell let Nick Cannon play it. But make it right cuz a boy it is not!
The original Green Lantern WAS white, there’s also John Stewart who WAS black, Green Lantern is the name given to the man who wears the ring, it’s not just one person.
On another note, Ice Cube would be terrible, Michael Jai White would be a good fit.
Boy how old are you? Because you gotta be a youngin’, there were THREE white Green Lanterns of Earth before John, 2 in same corps 1 by magic. Get your facts straight, I’m tired of people saying John was first just because of the damn cartoon because then y’all also think Wally was the first Flash which is just as dumb. If you read comics at the same time as watching the cartoons you’d known they were on their 4th GL at the time.
Pretty sure Tyrese got selected…
Well, nope. Tyrese would be a much suitable pick, but my number one nominee is still Idris Elba due to his impressive physical attributes.
Why do that the other green lantern was pretty good too so don’tdo it like that that messes up what the original Was about