Mark Strong is in talks to portray one of the chief villains in "
Green Lantern" opposite Ryan Reynolds in Warner Bros.' live-action film based on the DC Comics hero.
Reynolds portrays Hal Jordan, a second-generation test pilot who has been charged with defending a sector of the universe with a mystical green ring. Strong would play Sinestro, Jordan's one-time mentor who's been banished to an antimatter universe for abusing the power of the
Green Lantern.