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If this new rumor indeed pans out, then actor Jackie Earle Haley has just become the go-to-guy for DC's live-action comic book adaptations.

Ain't It Cool News reports that a source within the production of Green Lantern has disclosed that Haley is the leading candidate to play the villainous Sinestro in Warner's forthcoming movie.

Haley is best known to fanboys for playing Rorschach in Watchmen and for his supporting role in the TV series Human Target, both of which are based on DC titles. Haley will soon be seen as the new Freddy Krueger in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

AICN also adds that it's heard that, in an attempt by DC and Warner to take a page from Marvel's cross-over playbook, Superman will indeed have a cameo in the Green Lantern movie as has been previously rumored.