Now thatZack Snyder’s Justice Leaguehas given fans what they wanted, they can’t help but continue to want more, with newly revealed concept art now teasing what Zack Snyder’sGreen Lanterncould have looked like. The artwork reportedly depicts largely unknown actor and star of the TV seriesS.W.A.T., Wayne T. Carr, as beloved DC character John Stewart, who Snyder had wanted to appear at the end ofThe Snyder Cutalongside Martian Manhunter.
Along with several other images, including concept art forMartian Manhunterand Jared Leto’s return as the Joker,Green Lanternlooks very comic book accurate, with his black and green suit and determined, heroic visage no doubt slipping effortlessly into The SnyderVerse.
Zack Snyder’s Justice Leaguefinds Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) enlisting newfound ally Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) to face a great extra-terrestrial threat following the death of Superman (Henry Cavill). Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to recruit a team to stand against this newly awakened enemy. Despite the formation of an unprecedented league of heroes, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Cyborg (Ray Fisher) and the Flash (Ezra Miller), it may be too late tosave the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.
After doing their superhero thing and emerging victorious, Bruce Wayne is visited in the movie’s finale by Martian Manhunter, played by Harry Lennix, who has been disguised asLieutenant General Calvin Swanwicksince 2013’sMan of Steel. Snyder has since revealed his plans to introduce John Stewart’sGreen Lanternbut was stopped by the studio who had their own plans for the character.
“The studio had told me I wasn’t allowed to shoot anything. That there would be no film made of any kind. During production, that was a thing they insisted on. And I shot stuff anyway, of course, in my yard. And one of the things I shot was theGreen Lantern scene,” Snyder recently revealed. “And then they asked me, when they saw the movie and saw that I put it in there, they’d take it out. And I said that I would quit if they tried to take it out. And I felt bad. The truth is I didn’t want the fans to not have a movie, just based on that one stand that I was going to take.”
Snyder added that, “The Green Lantern wasJohn Stewart,” and that he was adamant that he “didn’t want to take a person of color out of this movie.” In the end, the inclusion of Harry Lennix as Martian Manhunter was the compromise.
Sadly, it is very unlikely that Snyder fans will ever get to see the filmmaker’s take onGreen Lantern, despite the #RestoreTheSnyderVerse campaign picking up a lot of steam. Warner Media CEO Ann Sarnoff however has recently near-enough ruled out any chances of any follow-ups saying, “We’re very happy we’ve done this, but we’re very excited about the plans we have for all the multi-dimensional DC characters that are being developed right now.”
As for when audiences might see John Stewart on the big screen, Warner Bros. are still planning aGreen Lantern Corps.movie, which will focus on both Hal Jordan and Stewart. AGreen Lanterntelevision series is also being planned for release on HBO Max.Zack Snyder’s Justice Leagueis now streaming on HBO Max. This comes to us fromthe Twitter account of Concept Designer Jojo Aguilar.
