{"id":54624,"date":"2013-12-29T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=54624"},"modified":"2014-01-06T10:47:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T10:47:07","slug":"54624","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/54624\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Of Steel 2: Denzel Washington is Green Lantern?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Guy Gardner and John Stewart face off on the cover of Green Lantern #197 (February 1986)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Despite earlier rumours suggesting that Book Of Eli<\/strong><\/em> star Denzel Washington would be playing Lex Luthor<\/a> in Zack Snyder’s Batman Vs Superman<\/strong> Man Of Steel<\/strong><\/em> sequel<\/a>, according to NukeTheFridge.com<\/em><\/a>, Washington will in fact be playing John Stewart, one of the many Earthlings to hold the title of Green Lantern<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No sources are cited, so as usual – take it with a pinch of salt.<\/p>\n

Introduced in Green Lantern #87<\/strong><\/em> (December 1971\/January 1972) by classic creative duo Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams, Stewart was one of the DC Universe’s earliest African-American superheroes, and for an entire generation became the most recognisable Green Lantern thanks to a key role in the fan-favourite Justice League Unlimited<\/strong><\/em> animated series.<\/p>\n

Suffice to say, a high profile non-white or high profile non-male superhero would be hugely welcome.<\/p>\n

Read our review of Man Of Steel<\/em> here<\/a> and our defence of Ben Affleck’s casting here<\/a> and of Gal Gadot’s casting here<\/a>. Man Of Steel<\/em> is out now, get it on Blu-ray for £18.50<\/a>, DVD for £12.75<\/a> or 3D Blu-ray for £20.50<\/a> from Amazon<\/a>.co.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T6DJcgm3wNY<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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