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‘Green Lantern’ Director Martin Campbell on Why the Superhero Film Flopped: ‘Our Bad Guy Was Just a Cloud With a Face on It’
'Green Lantern' director Martin Campbell reflects on the reasons that his DC superhero film flopped.
As the director of “ Green Lantern,” Martin Campbell was far from the first, and certainly not the last filmmaker to deliver a stinker of a DC superhero film. Speaking to Variety during a recent press day for his upcoming thriller “ Cleaner,” Campbell says the experience of making the film left him with a very specific level of interest in making superhero films: “None whatsoever.” Reflecting on its commercial underperformance (it grossed $237 million against a reported $200 million budget), he blames his unfamiliarity, and consequently, lack of enthusiasm with the genre. Despite those obstacles, Campbell recognizes that responsibility for the failure of “Green Lantern” falls upon him — and he accepts that.
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