Peter Sarsgaard: Green Lantern's Villian!

An Education star Peter Sarsgaard and wife Maggie Gyllenhaal attend the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on Tuesday (January 12) in New York City.

The 38-year-old actor is thisclose to signing as the villain for the superhero flick, Green Lantern. THR reports Sarsgaard will play “Dr. Hector Hammond, the pathologist son of a senator who is seen as a disappointment in his father’s eyes. He becomes infused with psychic powers when he discovers a meteor.”

Ryan Reynolds is set to play Green Lantern/Hal Jordan and Blake Lively as Hal’s love interest, Carol Ferris.

Maggie currently stars in the critically-acclaimed movie Crazy Heart, in theaters now!