A Teaser Trailer For HBO & DC Studios’ Lanterns Arrives Early to Shine a Light on the Gritty Superhero Series
In brightest day, in blackest night, a teaser for HBO‘s Lanterns series is within sight! After several false starts to bring DC’s Green Lantern universe back to audiences, the studio’s Lanterns series is finally ready to debut a trailer for the upcoming series tomorrow! DC Studios boss James Gunn dropped a not-so-cryptic (actually, it was pretty straightforward) image on social media on Wednesday, announcing the teaser’s arrival. The image features issues of Green Lantern comics spanning generations, with the words “Teaser Tomorrow” at the bottom.
DC’s Lanterns gives us two of the best characters ever to wield the power ring: Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre). The series follows these two intergalactic cops as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
Lanterns Co-creator and Showrunner Teases the New Series
We still don’t know all that much about Lanterns. Still, co-creator and showrunner Chris Mundy did confirm a few details during a Men’s Health interview last year, including that it will span different time periods, which is one way Lanterns is similar to True Detective.
“Our story takes place in a couple of different time periods and so the challenge was for the characters be consistent at their core,” Mundy said. “John’s sort of a different person in one of them than he is in another. And I do think the physicality and magnetism that Aaron brings to the role brought that all together. That theater training, that wanting to be in the minutia of the work and the craft, it really added to John’s character from all sides. It added dimension to the more physical side of the role, and to the more emotional, creative part of the role.”
“Mundy added that they wanted a kind of buddy cop vibe between Hal and John. “Kyle’s character has kind of a throwback Chuck Yeager vibe to him. He’s the kind of guy who you meet, and you don’t know whether you like him or you want to punch him,” he said. “Then there’s Aaron, who has a quiet authority about him, and I think that’s important to their dynamic, to the story we’re telling. And literally from day one, Kyle started giving Aaron shit for being young and inexperienced. And then Aaron started giving Kyle shit for being an old man. You’d see it in between takes too—they’d start messing with each other would just keep sitting there playing with that dynamic in the best way. And because all the dialogue is supposed to be in a very back-and-forth style, they were into that rhythm before they even got into those scenes.”
For the Love of Batman’s Cowl, Adapt Far Sector
Although teasers are, by their very nature, short, I hope tomorrow’s preview gives us a better idea of what we can expect from this long-gestating series. Combining Green Lantern with True Detective-like elements sounds like a can’t-miss setup for one of DC’s most beloved properties. Now, if only I could convince Gunn to make a Far Sector series. That would be pure perfection!
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