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Lanterns follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
In this reimagining of the Hal Jordan story, he’s getting old, and training his replacement: John Stewart. In this eight episode mini-series, it’s Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan, with Aaron Pierre as John Stewart. Also filling out out the cast are Nathan Fillion, reprising his Superman role as Guy Gardner, Kelly Macdonald as Sheriff Kerry, and Ulrec Thomsen as Sinestro.
HBO Max announced in January 2023 that plans for a Green Lantern series produced by Greg Berlanti had been dropped and the service would instead focus on the announced Lanterns series from James Gunn and Peter Safran. Announced back in 2019, Berlanti’s Green Lantern series was originally said to “span several decades and focus on the origin stories of two major Green Lanterns on Earth,” and also feature the villain Sinestro.
That was changed in late 2022 when it was announced it would instead only focus on Lantern John Stewart. Gunn and Safran’s new production will feature both John Stewart and Hal Jordan. According to Gunn, their show will be “more of a True Detective-type mystery, a terrestrial-based mystery that leads into the overall story that being told throughout the different movies and television shows [in the DC Universe].
#Lanterns arrives August 16 on HBO Max.
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