HBO and DC Studios’ high-profile Lanterns sequence is quickly heating up and has simply discovered its John Stewart in Insurgent Ridge’s Aaron Pierre after a really lengthy seek for the proper actor to go along with Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan.
James Gunn’s DCU is off to an thrilling begin this yr with Creature Commandos, a trendy animated sequence. In 2025, his Superman reboot will mark the universe’s first live-action film and Peacemaker will get a second season. Up subsequent, Supergirl and Lanterns are coming to the massive and small display respectively. It is all ramping up fairly shortly, and DC followers and informal audiences alike are beginning to wonder if that is the one Warner/DC try at a shared universe that does not crash and burn.
The thrilling casting replace arrived on October 9 (by way of The Hollywood Reporter), placing an finish to weeks of hypothesis and fan wishlists. Fortunately, Pierre was on the high of many lists following a stellar main efficiency in Netflix’s Insurgent Ridge, which premiered final month.
Whereas the actor has been a reputation to be careful for in current occasions, it was the Jeremy Saulnier-helmed motion crime thriller and Pierre’s sturdy presence and commanding efficiency that elevated him to new heights, with on-line buzz praising him as certainly one of 2024’s largest on-screen badasses. Even when you’re not a lot of a DC fan, it is easy to see how he might nail John Stewart with good-enough materials.
Fortunately, Lanterns comes from Chris Mundy (Ozark), Damon Lindelof (Watchmen, Misplaced), and Eisner Award-winning comedian ebook author Tom King; all three are govt producing and writing, with Mundy showrunning the eight-episode season, which is presently being described as “a darkish, Earth-based thriller” through which Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) “examine a homicide within the American heartland.” Assume True Detective however following no less than two members of the well-known house police power.
Although the present will stream by Max, it is in improvement at HBO, with DC Studios honchos James Gunn and Peter Safran overseeing the undertaking. Count on extra casting information within the coming weeks, because it’s wanting like Lanterns will shoot sooner or later in 2025.