Since the first Green Lantern film was such a huge disappointment, it seemed unlikely that producers would consider giving it another shot.

But then people began talking about a female Green Lantern and came up with ideas on who might be donning the green superhero costume in the future. Now thanks to Warner Bros' new DC Cinematic Universe, Green Lantern will be getting another shot at the big screen in 2020, Screen Rant reports.

This time, Into the Woods actor Chris Pine is reportedly going to breathe life into the character of Hal Jordan. The character of Jordan was first portrayed by Ryan Reynolds, but the actor has not been lucky in his comic book movies and characters, through no fault of his acting skills.

Green Lantern, Rest in Peace Department (R.I.P.D), and X-Men Origins: Wolverine were all considered flops, but producers seem to have faith in Reynolds since he will be having another go at the comic book universe by portraying the title role in the 20th Century Fox standalone movie Deadpool.

Actors Tyrese Gibson and Common have signified their interest to play the John Stewart version of the Green Lantern, but the character of Jordan is just screaming for redemption so Pine's name has been attached to the next Green Lantern project.

The news actually came from Latino Review's Umberto Gonzales, who posted on his Instagram account that Pine, who played Captain Kirk in the Star Trek franchise and also appeared in the comedy movie Horrible Bosses 2 will be the next Jordan.

"HOT RUMOR! #GREENLANTERN UPDATE! The name I keep hearing & floating around, is Chris Pine for Hal Jordan. Yes, Captain Kirk. Again, this is still just a RUMOR hence UNCONFIRMED. Been hunting this one for a while so the search is still ongoing. How do you guys feel about it, IF again a big IF, it is indeed true?" he wrote.

But a lot can happen from until 2020, so until the DC Cinematic Universe confirms it, the role of the next Green Lantern is still up for grabs. It is also possible that there will be more than one Green Lantern, since Marvel Cinematic Universe's Ant-Man has both Hank Pym and Scott Lang, portrayed by Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd. At the same time, it is rumoured that Ant-Man will be Marvel's most comedic superhero film to date.

Green Lantern's release date is scheduled on June 19, 2020.