The first live-action series from James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios has officially been picked up by HBO: Lanterns, an eight-episode Green Lantern series, has gotten the greenlight.
This is not, just as a reminder, the Greg Berlanti-produced Green Lantern series that got all the way to casting back in 2021. This is the show that was part of Gunn and Safran’s initial presentation about their first ten projects as heads of DC Studios; it replaces the shelved Berlanti series.
At that time, Safran said that Lanterns “plays a really big role in leading into the main story we are telling across film and TV,” and that it was “very much in the vein of True Detective.” To solidify that claim, they’ve brought in Chris Mundy, a producer on True Detective: Night Country and Ozark, to serve as showrunner. Damon Lindelof (Watchmen) and Tom King (the writer of the comic on which the Supergirl movie is based) are set to co-write the series with Mundy.
According to Warner Bros., “The series 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 a statement, Gunn and Safran said, “John Stewart and Hal Jordan are two of DC’s most compelling characters, and Lanterns brings them to life in an original detective story that is a foundational part of the unified DCU we’re launching next summer with Superman.”
No casting or release window has been announced for Lanterns, but I’m sure people are already bugging Gunn for details on the former Twitter.
