After Green Lantern has appeared as a side character in various TV series and an independent (but disastrous) film from 2011, Green Lantern gets a new chance to shine. A super hero crime series called Lanterns is maximum in the making as part of the restarted DC film universe.
The Showrunner for Lantaarns is Chris Mundy, Emmy-Nominee for Ozark and Co-Executive producer of True Detective Season 4. He writes the script with Damon Lindelof, co-maker of Lost and Emmy Winner for the TV series of the Watchmen, and Tom King, Tom King, The trio serves as the executive producers together with James Hawes, director of Slow Horses Season 1. Hawes will also direct the first two episodes of lanterns.
If you want to know what you can expect from the new DC series, read this article.
Who is the Green Lantern Superhero?
Green Lantern is a name used by various DC -Superhelden.
Alan ScottThe first hero under that alias was introduced in 1940 by Martin Nodell and Bill Finger. Scott was a railway engineer who received a magical green lantern – he used that powerful artifact to charge a unique ring that gave him several super powers. However, the series was canceled after the Second World War due to the fall in the popularity of comic books.
In 1959, Green Lantern was cheerful by Julius Schwartz, who reinvented the superhero and got him a new name and background story. Hal JordanWhose appearance was based on actor Paul Newman, was a former fiddling pilot who received the magic ring from a dying alien. He was the founder of the Justice League and a leader of an intergalactic police called the Green Lantern Corps. In the 1980s, however, Hall descended in madness and turned into a villain called Parallax. After he sacrificed himself to save the solar system, he became the incarnation of Specter, a divine entity. In the following decades, Jordan returned as Green Lantern in various DC stripminiseries.
Other incarnations of green lantern were Guy GardnerIt appeared in 1968, and John Stewartwho was brought to life in 1971 as one of the first black superheroes. Gardner was the replacement of Hal Jordan as Green Lantern and, which is curious, became a pastiche for Ultra-Macho-American men in the 1980s. Stewart, an experienced American navy, was chosen as a replacement for HAL after Guy Gardner had a serious accident.
In the nineties, the alias Groene Lantaarn was taken over by Kyle RaynerA freelance comic book artist who remained in that position until the mid -2000s. Subsequent incarnations of the superhero include Simon Bazthe first Middle Eastern member of the Green Lantern Corps; Jessica CruzThe first female green lantern; Sojourner Mullein; And Keli QuintelaA teenage lantern.
Who is the main character of the Lanterns series?
The makers of the series had to choose from many superheroes who traded under the alias of Green Lantern. They decided Hal Jordan and John Stewart. However, the series will contain Guy Gardner, which will be introduced in the Superman film that will premiere in July 2025.
When will lanterns be released?
DC has not announced a release date for the new detective series. According to James Gunn’s information, work on the set started in February 2025, which means that the series does not premiere quickly.
Rumors suggest that lanterns can premiere Early 2026, After the second season of Peacemaker, which will probably hit Max at the end of 2025. However, this is not officially confirmed.
Who plays in lanterns?
Hal Jordan, Green Lantern on the edge of retirement, is depicted by Kyle Chandlerknown from Wall Street and Argo, among others,. Such as Chris Mundy, the Showrunner, said (via Vanity Fair):
Kyle has that quality in kicking. He has been so ridiculously good in so many things. He is also very funny, in a dry way, which is important for the character. He is perfect for the part, and he will show us all really well, actually.
AARON PIERREHe played in Rebel Ridge and enemy, was cast as John Stewart, an intern is expected to be the next green lantern after the retirement of Jordan. The showrunner stated:
Aaron is a serious theater actor, but he also looks like he was built in a laboratory to be an action. Those two qualities spoke to me. He is an extremely thoughtful artist with a huge reach and the possibility to be many things at the same time that you need for John Stewart.
The cast also contains:
- Kelly McDonald As a sheriff kerry
- Garret Dillahunt As Cowboy William Macon
- Jason Ritter As Billy Macon, Kerry’s husband and the son of William
- Poorna Jagannathan As Stewart’s Love Interest Zoe
- Ulrich Thomsen As Sinestro, a villain that was once a member of Green Lantern Corps and Hal’s Mentor
- Nicole Ari Parker Like Bernadette, John Stewart’s mother
- Sherman Augustus As John Sr., the father of John Stewart
- Nathan Fillion As Guy Gardner, another green lantern
- Chris Coy As Waylon Sanders, an intelligent survivor or a nervous truck driver
What is the plot of lanterns?
For the time being, not much is known about the plot of the new DC series. According to James Gunn, DC Studios Co-CEO, the lanterns are linked to the Superman film (via Collider):
It’s really so cool because [Lanterns] Is connected to Superman, because we have Guy Gardner in it, and then we have these green lanterns here (…) and it’s just such a different tone than what Superman is. And it is exactly what I want to bring to the DCU is able to have these very different films and television series that are still part of a general, connected world, but that they have very different.
The logline for the series Reads:
Lantarns follows the new recruit John Stewart and lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic agents drawn in a dark, mystery based on earth while investigating a murder in the American Heartland.
Superhero -Plot aside, it sounds like a description of the next season of real detective. After the success of Neo-Noir The Penguin, another dark and realistic story would be a reasonable step on the side of Warner Bros. Finally, the darkness and sober approach supported the success of Marvel’s Daredevil and Punisher.
Apparently the makers of the series were inspired by more than just real detective. As DC Studios Co-CEO Peter Safran said, lanterns will also contain a pinch of slow horses, a British spy series:
You know, we are incredibly happy that Tom, Chris and Damon have at the helm. Those guys are just masters. And, you know, Aaron Pierre, Magnificent, Kyle Chandler, great. We are really lucky. And James Hawes directs it. You know that the first season of slow horses was incredible television, and he brings all his skills to the table, so we feel good.
This approach can be intended to beat the series of the film Green Lantern 2011, starring Ryan Reynolds. The notorious production is considered one of the worst superhero films ever, partly because of the terrible CGI used to create the alien worlds and the green costume of the hero.
Chris Mundy, the Showrunner, explained that lanterns focus on both comic book fans and viewers who are not familiar with Green Lantern Lore (Via Vanity Fair):
Our lanterns have the rings and all the strength they bring, and other characters and aspects of tradition will show up or be checked. But it is a series that investigates who these guys are when they are working and when they are out of uniform. It is designed to be accessible to people who don’t know mythology, but hopefully really satisfactory for people who know it backwards and ahead.
