“Gossip Girl” Blake Lively has been cast as the female lead in Warner Bros. comic-based actioner Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds as the intergalactic superhero.

Lively will play Carol Ferris, the Aerospace business woman who falls for pilot  Hal Jordan, aka Green Lantern, and later becomes super-villain Star Sapphire. The extremely leggy lively reportedly beat out Jennifer Garner, Keri Russell, Diane Kruger, and Eva Green.

Green Lantern is set to start shooting in March and is slated for a June 17, 2011 release. Martin Campbell (No Escape) is handling directing duties