While, speaking to MTV News, the Chicago emcee put the rumors to rest when he confirmed that he would be taking the role saying;
“It’s a blessing really, to know that I could potentially be this superhero, Justice League itself is an honor, and Green Lantern is an incredible character to play. It’s a blessing to be associated with it.”
Unfortunately, the movie has been placed on hold because of the ongoing strike by the Writers Guild of America, so there is no definite release date.
While no plot has been given yet, fans can expect to see Justice League heroes such as Aquaman, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.
In other news…
Common will also be starring opposite Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker in the upcoming crime drama "Street Kings." West Coast rapper The Game also has a role in the flick. You can check out the trailer here.
Common and Just Blaze Team Up With Smirnoff
With the help of Just Blaze and production duo Cool & Dre, rappers Common, Q-Tip and KRS-One will be reliving some of their greatest songs. According to Hot 97's Miss Info... "Smirnoff Vodka wants the rappers to recreate a few songs to help promote their new line of pre-mixed drinks"
Common and Just Blaze will remake "The Light," while Q-Tip and Cool & Dre will flip the Tribe Called Quest song "Midnight" and KRS-One and DJ Premier will recreate "Criminal Minded."
The remixes will be premiered during Smirnoff launch party Feb. 26 in New York City, and will be available for download on Smirnoff.com soon after.
COMMENTS
He can do it!!
yea he can.. he isnt a bad actor and plus he looks just like green lantern lol
hell ya hes actually good...this is gonna b the shit
I doubt this movie will get made.All the big name star from the series now,(Christian "Dark Knight" Bale,The guy from Superman Retuens,etc) have all passed on doing The Justice League movie.I can see this going straight to DVD if they really make it.
Yea but comic book movies always do big numbers at the box office no matter how shitty they are. You'd be surprised to know how many comic book fans there are (I'm talking about grown ass men, not just kids).
they should just all get together and do it...bup it bring micheal keaton back as batman..chris reeves dead so get someone else for superman...pamela anderson as wonder woman...
I think common be pretty good for that role, be aitte n American gangster, oh yeah fuck u spiderak u dumb ass fucking muthafucker
krs-one and premiere better be careful re-doing a classic like that...they better not go and fuck it up by incorporating a brand into the mix
Thats real..the last thing we need is the pppppppprrremiere gonin into sell out mode
yo seen tha trailer 2 dat street kings movie..
dat shit iz gon be hot..
real talk common doin his thang..
The writers on strike should all come together and make a 3 hour movie about Michael Jacksons sex change and get Rihanna to play the role of Mike (post 1991) and Lil Wayne to play Whoopie Goldberg.
this shit gone by crazy...
Word.... Shyt I'm a grown nigga that enjoys tha comic book movie wave that's goin on. it's betta than ya average . "My family got killed now I'ma kill u", movie type shyt. Yes this nigga will mos def have a lil shorty next to him in tha cut when tha movie drops(Any Good Movie). SCREAM AT ME 1
watup with my nogga common not getting Album of the year?
cuz he wasn't nominated?
cuz he wasn't nominated?
Straight up Common is doin good for himself.
this gne be the shit i get into that comic book shit real talk(lol laugh all u want!) that 3kings gone go hard too
well i don't see why common can't kill dat role on top of dat who better then him?
Good look for Common. I mean, since they finally made Green Lantern Black (Yall know back in the day he was white), who else could really play him? So Co-sign my dude Jf*ckinT here. Remake of Midnight too? Wow...thats raw. I cant wait to hear it
cccooooorrnnyyyyyy....
Ima comic book fan but I aint the geeky type LOL.I like common alot but I dont think he could do GReen Lantern cuase he aint dark enough as the black green lantern. He got the actin part tho so maybe it will over come.