Just over this weekend, Armie Hammer followed fellow actor Joe Manganiello and a comic book writer-became-producer Geoff Johns on Twitter, and while that might not sound like fascinating news, it certainly vexed superhero movie fan's curiosity. Commonly, when a star suddenly follows names linked with Warner Bros. Pictures' DC Extended Universe, it occasionally means that they're joining or that there will be a part of a big DC movie. Now that is exciting.
Green Lantern New Impersonator
Many DC Comics fans quickly concluded that Hammer could be joining the spot as Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern, since Johns was behind the rebirth of the character in 2005. Alike, his other writing credits involve the likes of The Flash, Aquaman and Superman and since all of those roles have already been assigned on the big screen, logically, it only leaves no other than waiting superhero Green Lantern.
As the rumor started to gain strain online, Hammer himself merrily got involved, teasing fans with a series of tweets. "Very large announcement coming soon..." he wrote, before going on to write "I... Will... Be... Playing." Jokingly, his last statement read: "... my old guitar tonight. Found it in a closet and realized it's been." While it looks like he's not going to announce yet the news, it does seem more than likely that Hammer has been cast as someone within the DCEU.
Shortly after he followed Manganiello, he tweeted the Magic Mike star saying: "So good to see you dude! Great to catch up... see you in a few days," while Manganiello - who will be playing Deathstroke in Ben Affleck's upcoming Batman outing - replied: "Yeah man, so stoked and congrats again!" If there was cause for a congratulation, it's probably only a matter of time before fans learn what it's regarding...
The film originally played by Ryan Reynolds on the big screen back in 2011, Jordan's Green Lantern is typically an arrogant, yet talented member of an intergalactic police force. Across the universe, he fights evil using the supernatural powers bestowed on him by an alien ring.
