--- description: The first movie hasn't even finished shooting yet, but already rumors are flying about that Warners are planning a Green Lantern trilogy, with each movie... title: Is Green Lantern’s Third Movie Already Being Planned? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) # Is Green Lantern's Third Movie Already Being Planned? by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Aug 5, 2010 9:00 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Aug 5, 2010 9:00 PM CUT The first movie hasn’t even finished shooting yet, but already rumors are flying about that Warners are planning a _Green Lantern_ trilogy, with each movie to be released a year apart, _Lord Of The Rings_ (or _Twilight_)-style. [Bleeding Cool is reporting](http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/08/05/three-green-lantern-movies-in-three-years-%E2%80%93-the-new-lord-of-the-rings/ "undefined") that shooting for the second _Green Lantern_ movie will begin before the first has been released, and that a third may be shot back-to-back with the second depending on the success of the first. While this may seem so premature as to be ridiculous, it’s worth remembering that Warners started developing the script for a second _Green Lantern_ movie back in June… **More On Techland:** [Comic-Con: First Look, Green Lantern](http://techland.com/2010/07/25/comic-con-first-look-green-lantern/ "undefined") [Warners Begin Developing Green Lantern Sequel, Flash Movie](http://techland.com/2010/06/10/warners-begin-developing-green-lantern-sequel-flash-movie/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7247116/is-green-lanterns-third-movie-already-being-planned/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7247116/is-green-lanterns-third-movie-already-being-planned/"},"headline":"Is Green Lantern's Third Movie Already Being Planned?","datePublished":"2010-08-05T21:00:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T10:55:17.520Z","description":"The first movie hasn't even finished shooting yet, but already rumors are flying about that Warners are planning a Green Lantern trilogy, with each movie...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7247116/is-green-lanterns-third-movie-already-being-planned/","keywords":["Tech"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7247116/is-green-lanterns-third-movie-already-being-planned/","name":"Is Green Lantern's Third Movie Already Being Planned?"}}]}] ```