Before he debuted as Diana Prince’s love interest Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman, many DC fans felt Chris Pine would be the perfect pick to play Hal Jordan’s Green Lantern in a reboot. Obviously, that’s unlikely to happen now, but it’s possible that Marvel Studios might take the fans up on that offer and cast the Star Trek star as the MCU’s own version of Green Lantern – the Squadron Supreme’s Doctor Spectrum.
We Got This Covered has been supplying you with regular updates on the studio’s plans to bring the Squadron Supreme to the MCU for a year now. Last April, we revealed a project was in the works featuring the team, and earlier this month we brought you the news that Brad Pitt was being eyed to play group leader Hyperion. Their hunt for big names to play these characters continues, though as our sources – the same ones told us She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel TV shows were on the way and that Taskmaster was the main villain in Black Widow, all of which have since been confirmed – say that Pine is in the running, too.
Debuting in the comics in 1971, the Squadron Supreme are a very deliberate and thinly-veiled pastiche of DC’s Justice League. The Superman stand-in Hyperion I’ve already mentioned, with other members including Nighthawk (Batman), Power Princess (Wonder Woman) and Whizzer (Flash). With the ability to create light energy constructs from an alien gem called the Power Prism, Doctor Spectrum is obviously the Lantern equivalent on the roster.
At present, it’s still unclear whether the Squadron will get their own movie or a Disney Plus TV show. With the caliber of actor they’re chasing, you’d imagine this would be for a film, but let’s not forget that the studio has already landed some big coups for their series on the streaming service – Owen Wilson in Loki springs to mind. When we find out more about this project, we’ll let you know.
As for what’s next for Chris Pine, he’ll return as Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman 1984, which was just moved to its new release date of August 14th.
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