All signs point to DC Studios’ HBO Max streaming series Lanterns having quite a bit going for it. Led by what DC Studios’ co-chair James Gunn labeled as a crack team of writers, the project has begun to sound more and more like a potential prestige series for HBO. After nabbing Kyle Chandler to portray Hal Jordan, the studio landed star-in-the-making Aaron Pierre to play John Stewart.
Lanterns will see Pierre‘s Stewart, who the actor says “radiates strength and fortitude,” being prepped as a replacement for Hal Jordan which, as one might expect, will cause some friction between the two. They’ll have to get over that quickly, however, as they’ll have to take on one of DC’s darkest villains, the Black Hand, and probably deal with some nonsense from potential Legion of Doomer Sinestro, played by Ulrich Thomsen.
According to Gunn, the show will feature Lanterns who “find this ancient horror on Earth, and these guys are basically supercops on “Precinct Earth.” It sounds like it’ll be one helluva ride…but it looks as though fans will have to wait a bit to take it.
Originally intended to stream in in spring or early summer 2026, the series has now officially been delayed to the “end of summer 2026.”
Gunn previously described Lanterns as playing a “really big role leading us into the main story” of the DCU’s Chapter One: Gods and Monsters while DC Studios’ co-chair Peter Safran as a “terrestrial-based investigation story” in the vein of True Detective. As it stands now, the series will follow Supergirl‘s theatrical release and is currently the only streaming project on the DC Studios slate.
Source: The Wrap
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