Ryan Reynolds debuts 'Green Lantern' costume

Ryan Reynolds is set to star as the Green Lantern and his alter-ego Hal Jordan in a movie by the same name that is set for release on June 17, 2011 and a sequel is already in the works as well.

One scene in the film involves him being hurled through the air at 60 feet per second to create the illusion of flight, according to Entertainment Weekly, which features the 34-year-old Canadian actor in his superhero costume on its latest cover.

The Green Lantern also stars Blake Lively, who plays Serena on the hit CW series Gossip Girl, as Jordan's love interest Carol Ferris as well as Peter Sarsgaard, who plays his enemy Hector Hammond. The director is Martin Campbell, who directed the 2010 Mel Gibson film Edge of Darkness, the James Bond movie Casino Royale in 2006 and the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro and its 2003 sequel.

Michael Goldenberg, Brothers & Sisters writer and producer Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim penned the screenplay for The Green Lantern, while the latter three have also been tapped to write The Green Lantern 2, which is in development and has not been given a release date.

Reynolds recently suffered a minor injury while training for the film off its sets and has since been back to work and production was not affected, Entertainment Weekly said. Reynolds was cast as the Green Lantern last year after beating out Bradley Cooper and Jared Leto, who went through two rounds of screen tests, according to Us Weekly magazine.

Reynolds played Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool, in the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine alongside Hugh Jackman in 2009 and the title character in the 2002 comedy film Van Wilder, which starred Tara Reid. He also starred in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl from 1998 to 2001.

The actor, who married actress Scarlet Johansson in Canada in 2008, began his career on Canadian television, starring in shows such as the teen soap opera Hillside, also called Fifteen, in 1990 and the sci-fi teen series The Odyssey.