Has this been a long time coming!Several years ago Geoff Johns, Dan Didio and several other creators at DC drove home the fact that they believed the Green Lantern concept was one of the core pillars of the DC Universe and that they really wanted to grow the brand dramatically, and do justice to the characters in the process.  Looking back on the successes of Green Lantern: Rebirth, New Frontier (and it’s animated version), the new Green Lantern series, The Sinestro War, Green Lantern Corp, Tie-In’s, and upcoming Blackest Night mega-event, there’s no arguing that they’ve done exactly that, and probably to a greater degree than even they may have anticipated.  It’s been a heck of a journey for this GL fan, and with news that Hal Jordan was going to be featured in Green Lantern’s first solo animated film debut, I obviously have yet another  reason to get really excited.  There’s a heck of a lot to look forward to in the GL sectors of the DCU and I can’t wait for this one in particular to see Hal and the GL Corp. come to life on the big (little) screen.More on the Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature film from Lauren Montgomery and Justice League on Film:The storyline for Green Lantern is essentially Hal Jordan’s first encounter with the Green Lantern Corps…We didn’t want to focus purely on an origin story, but we also didn’t want to skip on an origin story being that this was the first Green Lantern solo movie. So we tried to get it out of the way right in the beginning so that the rest of the movie focuses on him with the Green Lantern Corps, kind of learning how to interact with them and proving himself to them. His mentor is Sinestro in this case, and Sinestro has not yet become a Yellow Lantern. He’s still a Green Lantern, so we get to see their interaction on that level as well…Hal also has to make his own decisions about whether that’s right or wrong and standing up for himself. It’s kind of like a Training Day type scenario. Let’s face it, with a name lik