Lanterns is an upcoming superhero crime drama television series created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King, and produced by DC Studios. Set to premiere on HBO in 2026, it will follow Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart as they investigate and battle dangerous threats to protect Earth.
Plot[]
Two human members of the Green Lantern Corps, veteran Hal Jordan and new recruit John Stewart, act as intergalactic law enforcement and battle powerful threats on Earth with their power rings. As they investigate a murder in Nebraska, they are led to far darker mysteries and reckonings.[3]
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Kyle Chandler as Lantern Hal Jordan[4]
- Aaron Pierre as Lantern John Stewart[5]
- Kelly Macdonald as Sheriff Kerry[6]
- Nathan Fillion as Lantern Guy Gardner[7]
Recurring[]
- Garret Dillahunt as William Macon[8]
- Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe[9]
- Ulrich Thomsen as Sinestro[10]
- Nicole Ari Parker as Bernadette Stewart[11]
- Jason Ritter as Billy Macon[12]
- Sherman Augustus as John Stewart Sr.[13]
- Paul Ben-Victor as Antaan[14]
- Chris Coy as Waylon Sanders[15]
Production[]
Development[]
In 2019, it was announced that Warner Bros. and Arrowverse creator Greg Berlanti were developing Green Lantern for HBO Max.[16] The series was intended as a "space opera"[17] and would have centered around Guy Gardner and Alan Scott, who were respectively cast with Finn Wittrock and Jeremy Irvine. Scripts for an eight-episode season were completed by showrunner Seth Grahame-Smith, but in 2022, after a number of changes in leadership at WB, Grahame-Smith departed and the series was completely redeveloped to instead focus on John Stewart.[18]
When James Gunn and Peter Safran were hired as co-CEOs of DC Studios, they agreed to part ways with Greg Berlanti and scrapped his series in early 2023. They instead began developing Lanterns, which Safran called "a terrestrial-based investigation story" in the vein of True Detective, starring Hal Jordan and John Stewart.[17] In June 2024, Lanterns was given a straight-to-series order at HBO, with Chris Mundy serving as showrunner and Damon Lindelof and Tom King serving as co-writers and producers.[19]
Production on Season 1[]
Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre were cast as Hal and John respectively in 2024,[4][5] and Kelly Macdonald later joined the main cast as Sheriff Kerry.[6] Principal photography for Season 1 was initially set to run from January to June 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia,[20] but Gunn and Safran managed to move production to Los Angeles, California in time for filming to commence in February, with the hopes of increasing jobs in the state to help its economy recover from the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.[21]
The season will consist of eight episodes, with James Hawes directing the first two,[22] and others directed by Stephen Williams, Geeta Vasant Patel and Alik Sakharov.[3]
Trivia[]
- Lanterns is a part of "Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters", the first wave of projects in the DC Universe.[23]
References[]
- ↑ HBO Original Drama Series Lanterns Greenlit
- ↑ Green Lantern Series Recruits Watchmen and Ozark Showrunners – CBR
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 When Green Lanterns Become True Detectives: Meet HBO's Pulpy, Prestige-y Lanterns – Vanity Fair
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kyle Chandler to Star in HBO Green Lantern Series as Hal Jordan – The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lanterns Finds Its John Stewart with Aaron Pierre – The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lanterns: Kelly Macdonald Joins DC Series In Return To HBO – Deadline
- ↑ Nathan Fillion's Guy Gardner will return in HBO's Lanterns – Entertainment Weekly
- ↑ Lanterns: Garret Dillahunt Joins DC Series For HBO – Deadline
- ↑ Lanterns: Poorna Jagannathan Joins DC Series For HBO – Deadline
- ↑ Ulrich Thomsen To Play DC Supervillain Sinestro In HBO's Lanterns – Deadline
- ↑ Nicole Ari Parker Joins DC's Lanterns Series at HBO – Variety
- ↑ Lanterns: HBO's DC Series Casts Jason Ritter – Variety
- ↑ Sherman Augustus Joins Lanterns DC Series At HBO – Deadline
- ↑ Paul Ben-Victor Joins Lanterns DC Series At HBO – Deadline
- ↑ Chris Coy Joins Lanterns DC Series At HBO – Deadline
- ↑ Green Lantern TV Series Among Pair of Greg Berlanti DC Dramas Set at HBO Max – The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 New Green Lantern TV Show in the Works from James Gunn, Peter Safran to Replace Old Green Lantern Show – The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ Greg Berlanti's Green Lantern HBO Max Series Being Redeveloped, Loses Writer (Exclusive) – The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ Green Lantern Series Finally a Go at HBO – The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ Josh Brolin Passes on HBO's Green Lantern Show – The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ DC's James Gunn & Peter Safran On Keeping Shoots Like Lanterns Local In L.A. & Whether It's Possible With Clayface – Deadline
- ↑ Lanterns TV Show Sets James Hawes to Direct – The Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters Announcement – YouTube