Filmmaker Kevin Smith, whose Superman script was rejected by director Tim Burton, has confirmed that he has had a meeting to possibly be involved in a Green Lantern live-action film.

“It is so, so premature, but, yeah, there was a conversation at Warner Bros. about Green Lantern,” said Smith, who is following up 1997’s ‘Chasing Amy’ with ‘Dogma’. “I lean toward the other green — Green Arrow — but any comic-book movie interests me.”

Smith did two drafts for the Superman movie, which he said executives at Warner Bros. were pleased with, and it appeared he would be very involved with the movie until Burton signed up to direct.

“They said that Tim wanted to go another way, without my script, which was kind of cruddy because Warner Bros. was really happy with what I had done,” Smith said.

Wesley Strick was brought in to work on the script, and Smith said he does not know how much of his story — if any — will remain. “I haven’t read it,” he said of Strick’s script.

Sources told the Continuum that Lex Luthor and Brainiac would remain the main villains, with Silver Banshee and the Parasite also involved. Nicolas Cage is still attached to star, and the movie is targeted for a summer 1999 release.

Smith also said he probably won’t be involved in the Event Comics’ rumored package with Marvel; he had been linked as the new writer of Daredevil. Smith said he might be doing a long-term project with DC.

Wow, wonder what THAT could be? Hmmm….