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Aaron Pierre is Lanterns’ John Stewart

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Kyle Chandler will be slinging the ring as Hal Jordon in the television series Lanterns and it has been revealed that Aaron Pierre will be his partner in cosmic space policing as John Stewart.

Pierre was one of the actors rumored for the role and this would not be his first time playing a live action comic book character. Pierre was Dev-Em in Krypton, based on the Superman mythology. He was also a performer on the Old soundtrack, a film based on a graphic novel. In possibly his biggest role to date, Pierre will voice Mufasa in Mufasa: The Lion King.

Lanterns is going straight to series and comes from Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelöf, and Tom King. The trio are co-writing and executive producing the series, with Mundy serving as the showrunner.

The show is still casting for other roles and looking for directors, looking to begin shooting in January. In June it was announced the show was going straight to series for eight episodes.

The series focuses on Jordan who will mentor John Stewart. The two will investigate an Earth-bound murder with larger implications.

Green Lantern heads to HBO from MAX for Eight Episodes

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Lanterns, based on DC Comics‘ Green Lanterns has been picked up as a series for HBO. The DC Studios‘ series is going straight-to-series order with Chris Mundy as the showrunner and exec producer. As already revealed, Damon Lindelöf and Tom King will serve as executive producers and will co-writer Lanterns with Mundy.

The series will follow new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.

Green Lanterns are space cops who get powers from rings infused with energy.

The character Hal Jordan was portrayed by Ryan Reynolds in the 2011 movie Green Lantern. Nathan Fillion will play the Green Lantern Guy Gardner in the upcoming Superman film which will come to theaters in July 2025.

Hal Jordan was created by John Broome and Gil Kane and debuted in Showcase #22 in 1959.

John Stewart debuted in Green Lantern #87 in 1971 and was created by Neal Adams and Dennis O’Neil.

Chris Mundy and Damon Lindelof join DC Studios’ Green Lantern project

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Chris Mundy and Damon Lindelof are join Lanterns, the Green Lantern project from DC Studios. They join Tom King and the trio have put together the pilot script and bible for the series.

What’s intriguing about the announcement, which was made on social media, was James Gunn‘s use of images from Green Lantern: Earth One. Gunn has been very particular on the images chosen so this may give hints as to what to expect. Then again, it could just be good art.

Chris Mundy is a producer and writer who has worked on series such as True Detective, Ozark, Hell on Wheels, Cold Case, Criminal Minds, and more.

Damon Lindelof is a writer and producer who is known for Watchmen, Stark Trek Into Darkness, Prometheus, Lost, 2009’s Star Trek, and more. He has also written comics.