Looks like the movie of “Green Lantern” is, pardon the pun, greenlit and underway, but will consist if a huge number of visual effects.
Campbell said: “It’s daunting. Just the process, something like 1,300 visual effects shots, it’s mind-blowing, quite honestly.”
Campbell explained that the amount of FX work was due to the Green Lantern’s powers generated through his mystical ring.
All of the VFX work has really hit the bottom-line on the project, prompting them to get a little creative looking for ways to trim the budget.
All the digital wizardry will be expensive – and although Warner Bros hoped to shoot in Sydney and take advantage of tax concessions, the budget was pushed to unacceptable levels by the strengthening Australian dollar.
This forced the studio to look for new locations, and it settled for New Orleans. Filming is to begin there in April.
Campbell said: “It’s a very interesting city…with a damn good tax rate.”
No word on if the movie will be set in New Orleans, or merely filmed there.
via Martin Campbell talks ‘mind-blowing’ visuals for Green Lantern – Coventry Telegraph – The Geek Files.
