While we are closer than ever to seeing a live-action Green Lantern movie, it sure is taking its sweet time to get going. A script has been written (by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim), a director has been chosen (Martin Campbell) and the star has been named (Ryan Reynolds), but the rest has been kept behind closed doors. With those names involved, however, we know what kind of movie we will be getting: well-executed action with plenty of mugging and sass from Van Wilder. But what if someone else were chosen to helm the DC franchise? Like, I don't know, Quentin Tarantino? That almost happened.

With Inglourious Basterds' DVD release less than two weeks away, Tarantino has been back on the interview circuit and revealed to MTV that he was approached and offered the chance to direct a Hal Jordan film. He also revealed that he relied heavily on Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos while he was scripting Basterds and that he has been a huge fan comic book movies dating back to his days in the video store. In case you're thinking that he may take on a franchise in the future, he also all but shut that idea down, saying, "If I was in my 20s, this would be the genre I'd want to specialize in... but they weren't making them then, or at least not the right ones. But there also is an aspect where I've kind of outgrown that a little bit."

While most will read this story and think what a Tarantino-helmed Green Lantern would look like, I can't help but laugh at the fact that this is the second time that Martin Campbell took on something that Tarantino rejected, the first being Casino Royale, which Tarantino stated he wanted to do back in 2004, but only if Pierce Brosnan continued in the role of James Bond. Obviously, we can't be upset with the result considering that Campbell's version went on to be the best Bond film since Connery, but we can all now wonder if Tarantino's Green Lantern would have destroyed Sinestro by cutting off his head with a samurai sword.