Constructing Green Lantern: From Page to Screen

by Ozzy Inguanzo, Geoff Johns (Introduction)

Constructing Green Lantern: From Page to Screen is a comprehensive look at the highly anticipated Green Lantern film from Waner Bros. Pictures, and adapted from the popular comic book. The Green Lantern Corps is a brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants superpowers controlled by the ring's wearer. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of the Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, test pilot Hal Jordon (Ryan Reynolds), the first human ever selected. Constructing Green Lantern: From Page to Screen is the ultimate companion to the movie, showcasing production ephemera including: conceptual illustrations, creature and costume designs, sketches, storyboards, and behind-the-scenes photos. Accompanying the stunning images are in-depth observations and insights from the filmmakers and artists. Green Lantern is sure to appeal to fans of actions movies, new comic book fans, and diehard collectors alike.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published May 31, 2011

Reviews

[Kent Clark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Other than getting the name of Green Lantern's creator wrong in the first couple pages it was pretty interesting. And some great images.

[Parka · Rating 5 out of 5]

(More pictures at parkablogs.com)

This is terrific movie companion for the film Green Lantern. Author Ozzy Inguanzon, Green Lantern's researcher and asset manager, has done a great job compiling the book. It's a 208-page hardcover with good paper, binding and has good layout.

The book's not spoiler free, it's all access.

The commentary is basically a production design diary that looks at the creation of the film from start to end. It's a very interesting read and insightful as almost everything shown on screen are discussed as to why they were created that way.

Even though it's a movie companion and not a true art book, it's still packed with concept art. There are creature and costume designs, sketches, storyboards, and behind-the-scenes photos. Compared to other comic-to-movie film companions, this one is really substantial.

The photos are great. You get to see a lot of stuff on the set, like the Ferris Aircraft compound, the jet Hal Jordan was flying, various rings and lantern mock-ups, prosthetic scale model of Abin Sur, sculpted maquettes of Hector's head, etc. There are not a lot of film stills and the ones included are well selected.

The concept illustrations and visuals are quality work and are beautiful. There are designs for Abin Sur's ship, the Green Lantern suit (3D renders included), beautiful background art of Planet Oa, detailed storyboards and key frame illustrations.

The character designs are fantastic. The concepts for other Green Lanterns are very cool, sometimes weird, but fun to look at. A few are rendered at such high resolution you can almost feel the textures you're seeing - I'm talking about insect macro photography type of details.

This is a highly recommended movie companion.

[David Szondy]

Books about what goes on backstage of film productions are often fascinating–at least, for those who don't mind seeing the magician reveal his secrets.

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[Stephen Bergstrom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading this book, one might get the impression that the film ought to have been MUCH better than it turned out. There were hundreds of talented people working on this film. This does get under the surface of the technical aspects of the film, such as set design, costumes, and the visual FX.