Gossip Girl star Blake Lively has been cast as Carol Ferris in the Green Lantern feature, according to the Hollywood trades.  She joins Ryan Reynolds in the cast of the film, which will be released in May of 2011 (see “Green Lantern Gets a Date”). 

In addition to her ongoing role in Gossip Girl, Lively has done a significant amount of TV and film work, including Taken, currently in postproduction, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1-2, and The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.”