Originally Posted by
Anthony Shaw
Which is why WB is taking a more direct role. Geoff Johns is the ultimate Hal Jordan fanboy, and it showed in the film. WB may use John Stewart instead of Hal Jordan to salvage that franchise. DC tried like hell to bury Stewart, despite his popularity with non-comic fans. Disney is smart to not totally cater to the fanboys at Marvel.
Had Marvel not sold the film rights, they may only have put out Spider-Man & X-Men movies (the way DC does Batman & Superman), and never bothered with the other films they ended up using.