No, according to the Hollywood Reporter, he’s actually playing Senator Hammond, the “disapproving father” of the psychic-powered Hector Hammond, who’ll be played by Peter Sarsgaard. They’ll be joining Ryan Reynolds, of course, who’ll be starring as “Highball” Hal Jordanand Blake Lively, who’ll portray Jordan’s sometimes-girlfriend and sometimes-supervillainess, Carol Ferris.
THR’s Heat Vision adds a little aside to mention that this will actually be Robbins’ second comic-based movie second role in over 23 years. Now, you know what that really means…
TRIVIA TIME!
Pull up a bowl of Buffalo wings, put on your thinking cap and strap on your trivia… goggles. See if you can guess the name of Robbins’ prior comics connection before I finish counting down these hints.
- It was one of the first (if not the first, actually) Marvel properties to get a big screen adaptation.
- It also starred Jeffery Jones and Leigh Thompson, who performed a rock show theme song at the end.
- It was one of George Lucas’ only bombs at the box office and has often been called one of the worst movies ever.
- The main character practiced a bird-based martial art that was NOT crane-style kung fu.
- If the movie were made in today’s health-conscious climate, said main character would probably have to stamp out his stogie.
Have you guessed? Were those blue’s clues adequate?
It was…
That’s right - - the HOWARD THE DUCK movie from ‘86. Aside from Robbins starring in it and it being based on a comic, the movie has nothing to do with Martin Campbell’s GREEN LANTERN.
-- Tom Pinchuk is the writer of UNIMAGINABLE for Arcana Comics and HYBRID BASTARDS! for Archaia Comics. Watch out for the HYBRID BASTARDS! hardcover collection this March - - available for pre-order now on Amazon.com.
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