Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
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Directed by	Christopher Berkeley Lauren Montgomery Jay Oliva
Produced by	Bruce Timm
Written by	Eddie Berganza Alan Burnett Todd Casey Dave Gibbons Michael Green Marc Guggenheim Geoff Johns Peter Tomasi
Starring	Nathan Fillion Elisabeth Moss Jason Isaacs Kelly Hu Roddy Piper Arnold Vosloo Peter Jessop Henry Rollins Michael Jackson James Arnold Taylor Bruce Thomas
Music by	Christopher Drake
Production company	Warner Bros. Animation Warner Premiere DC Comics
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date	June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07)
Running time	84 minutes
Language	English
Box office	$4,890,485

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights is a direct-to-video animated superhero film that tells various stories featuring members of Green Lantern Corps, including Abin Sur, Laira, Kilowog, and Mogo It was released on June 7, 2011. While not a direct sequel to First Flight, the film uses the same character designs and includes a cameo by Ch'p, who had a speaking role in the previous film.

It is the eleventh film released under the DC Universe Animated Original Movies banner. It is also the second DC Animated Movie following Batman: Gotham Knight to feature an anthology format, though unlike Batman: Gotham Knight, it features a single, uniform animation and visual style and an overall linking story. The film received mixed-to-positive reviews with many critics praising the animation, voice acting, and action sequences, but criticizing the story and characterization.

Two of the stories ("Mogo Doesn't Socialize" and "Abin Sur") were based on comic stories written by Alan Moore, who has a standing policy of not allowing his name to be used in the credits when his stories are adapted to other media. Although it uses the same name, it has no relation with the 1998 comic book Emerald Knights.

The sun of the Green Lantern homeworld, Oa, is becoming a gateway for Krona, an evil anti-matter alien tyrant that once sought to destroy all life. As precaution the Guardians of the Universe decide to evacuate Oa of all valuables, such as the Central Battery. While in line to charge their rings before the Battery is taken away, Green Lantern Corps rookie Arisia Rrab converses with Hal Jordan and expresses her self doubts as the newest Green Lantern. In response, Hal tells her the story of the first Green Lantern: