Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds Spotted Together After Split

After news of their confirmed separation, Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johannson were spotted at a restaurant together New York’s Blue Ribbon sushi restaurant. A source told PEOPLE magazine, “They were smiling and laughing the whole time.” This has sparked rumors that the two may be reconciling. However, based on the following statement they released, it seems as though they are determined to remain friends: “After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we’ve decided to end our marriage,” the couple said in a joint statement to Access Hollywood on Tuesday. “We entered our relationship with love and it’s with love and kindness we leave it. While privacy isn’t expected, it’s certainly appreciated.”

Blake Lively Tapped for ‘Green Lantern’

Lively will play Carol Ferris, the Lantern’s love interest and the daughter of an aerospace mogul who hires the pilot Hal Jordan (aka Green Lantern/ Ryan Reynolds).

The report indicates that Lively’s Ferris will be faithful to her comics counterpart, who has some skills of which Serena van der Wooden could only dream: Carol “runs her father’s aerospace company” and hires Jordan, and in the comics she even does some flying of her own.