Angela Bassett joins ‘Green Lantern’ cast
March 25th, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANSNew York, March 25 (IANS) American actress Angela Bassett joins the cast of “Green Lantern” to play Dr. Amanda Waller, a government agent who is a staple of the DC Comics series.
Variety.com reports that shooting recently started in New Orleans. While Martin Campbell is directing it, Donald De Line is producing the film that also stars Ryan Reynolds, Peter Sarsgaard and Mark Strong.
Greg Berlanti is also producing and wrote the script with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green. Michael Goldenberg rewrote the script.
Bassett, 51, is known for her biographical roles in “African American”, “What’s Love Got to Do with It” and “Malcolm X”. She is now aiming to make her directorial debut with “United States” based on the novel “Erasure” by Percival Everett adapted by Dwayne Johnson-Cochran for Bassett Vance Prods.
Bassett is producing with Johnson-Cochran and Courtney B. Vance.
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