Constructing Green Lantern

Out now, a companion to the upcoming film (though the copy below seems outdated). Constructing Green Lantern is a copiously illustrated guide to the making of the film and includes details on everything from story development to costume design and character development (with lots of cool-looking Green Lanterns) to world building to a section on visual effects highlighting the realization of the Green Lanterns' power effects. There are few spoilers here and little details on the actual plot of the film, which includes at least three villains: Hector Hammond, Sinestro, and Parralax.

Constructing Green Lantern: From Page to Screen
Written by Ozzy Inguanzo, Introduction by Geoff Johns

Pub Date: May 31, 2011
Format: Hardcover
Category: Performing Arts - Film - General
Publisher: Universe
Trim Size: 8-1/2 x 11
US Price: $35.00
CAN Price: $40.00
ISBN: 978-0-7893-2261-6

About This Book

From the creative group at DC Entertainment comes The Green Lantern, certain to be the hit of Summer 2011. The Art of The Green Lantern is the ultimate companion book to the movie, showcasing production ephemera including: storyboard art, character sketches, concept art, and still photos from the movie's sets. The Green Lantern will also contain observations and insights of the film by producers, art director, and various other film crew.

About the Author

Ozzy Inguanzo is Green Lantern's research and asset manager. He has been living at the epicenter of the Green Lantern movie for almost a year and a half. The filmmakers have told us that he is their resident expert on the comic books and the conceptual artwork produced for the film: from storyboards, creatures, and costumes, to environments, vehicles, and props. Geoff Johns is the Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment and a comic book writer. Johns is best known for his work on Superman, Green Lantern, and The Flash, and he is credited with bringing Green Lantern to its current levels of popularity.

Reviews
“A new book, Constructing Green Lantern: From Page to Screen, gives a kind of production diary that takes you through every stage of creating the movie’s weird vistas, alien landscapes and green energy constructs.” ~iO9.com

“Author Inguanzo, the films’ on-set Green Lantern expert and ‘Assets Manager,’ didn’t get the memo about writing fluffy movie tie-in books and actually wrote a detailed and intelligent production memoir, loaded with photos from the set, pre-viz art, storyboards and final composite images that at least prove that the filmmakers set out to do the character justice.” ~cartoonbrew.com

“Books like these can run the risk of becoming boring technical retellings, but Constructing avoids that problem by structuring the book to follow the plot of the film… It’s Inguanzo’s emphasis on story that makes Contructing a book you can actually sit down and read instead of just flipping through it looking for interesting bits.” ~bleedingcool.com