Jack Black has spoken out about the rumours of him playing The Green Lantern in that much talked about film version of the classic comic book character, and basically it's a big fat no.

"Well yeah it was true that uh yes someone wrote a script for me, but I don't think it's going to happen. Too many people were mad at the idea of me being Green Lantern."

That's the quote taken from Comic Book Movie which they heard during a press junket for Tenacious D in 'The Pick of Destiny'.

So no Black Lantern then. One might wonder if this project will ever get off the ground as it's had so many shaky starts before. I think it will though, it's one of the more famous comic book characters and personally I don't think Black was right to bring a direct adaptation to the big screen, maybe a spoof of the comic, but not a direct adaptation.

So if not Black, who? Who could and should fill the Green Lantern's cod piece?