After a long search, Warner Bros. have picked Ryan Reynolds as its choice to play Hal Jordan for the new Green Lantern movie. The film is being directed by Casino Royale director Martin Campbell and produced by Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti. Ryan Reynolds was up for the role against Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto, and just recently Justin Timberlake. The studio, Campbell and the producers all had different ideas for the role which they say is why it took so long to come up with a final pick. With the script written and finished the producers are anxious to begin production in January and have a release date of June 17th 2011, they are set to shoot the film at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney with a (non final) budget of 150 million.