Following the recent casting of Kyle Chandler as classic DC character Hal Jordan in DC Studios and HBO’s Lanterns series, The Hollywood Reporter has now reported that Aaron Pierre (Netflix’s Rebel Ridge) and Stephan James (The Piano Lesson) are being considered to play John Stewart.
The finalist to play John Stewart will be revealed by the end of the weekend. Lanterns is said to have a gritty—True Detective vibe—and follows Hal Jordan as he reluctantly mentors a younger Green Lantern, John Stewart.
As we have already confirmed, Lanterns is moving from Max to HBO—with an eight-episode, straight-to-series order. The show will be the first live-action series created by DC Studios under co-chairmen/co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran. Chris Mundy serves as showrunner and executive producer, with Damon Lindelof and Tom King also on board as executive producers and co-writers. Warner Bros. TV is producing the show in collaboration with DC Studios and HBO.
According to the Lanterns logline, Hal Jordan and John Stewart are two members of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic team charged with defending a specific realm of the cosmos from evil through the use of rings that bestow an array of superhuman powers. The logline describes new recruit Stewart and Lantern legend Jordan as “two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.”
In a statement, Gunn says the Lanterns show will be a “terrestrial-based mystery.”
Gunn said, “We call it Lanterns, and it is starring two of our favorite Green Lanterns—Hal Jordan and John Stewart. It’s going to be with HBO Max, as all of our series are that we’re going to talk about today. It is more of a True Detective–type mystery with our two Lanterns. A terrestrial-based mystery.”
Lanterns filming will begin in January 2025 and will consist of eight episodes, premiering on HBO at the end of 2025.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
