Peter Sarsgaard is in talks to play the villain Dr. Hector Hammond in Martin Campbell’s “Green Lantern” comic adaptation for Warner Bros. Pictures reports Heat Vision.
Hammond is a pathologist and son of a senator who is seen as a disappointment in his father’s eyes. He becomes infused with psychic powers when he discovers a meteor.
The actor joins Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively in the film which begins shooting in March in New Orleans. Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti are producing.