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Lanterns

2026 · TV series

  • Drama
  • Mystery
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Plot

Two intergalactic cops, new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, are drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.

About Lanterns

Lanterns is an American superhero television series created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King for HBO, based on the DC Comics Green Lantern characters Hal Jordan and John Stewart. It is the third television series in the DC Universe (DCU). It features experienced Lantern Hal Jordan and new recruit John Stewart as they team up with local sheriff Kerry Kane to investigate murders in Rushville, Nebraska that leads to a wider mystery. The series was produced by DC Studios and Warner Bros. Television with Mundy serving as showrunner. Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre and Kelly Macdonald respectively star as Jordan, Stewart and Kane. Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan and Ulrich Thomsen also star. Greg Berlanti began developing a Green Lantern television series by October 2019. After James Gunn and Peter Safran became co-CEOs of DC Studios in October 2022, the series was redeveloped. It was announced in January 2023, along with its detective story style, which was inspired by the series True Detective (2014–present) and Slow Horses (2022–present). The involvement of Mundy, Lindelof, and King was confirmed in mid-2024 when HBO ordered the series. Slow Horses's James Hawes was hired to direct the first two episodes in October, when Chandler and Pierre were cast. Filming took place in Los Angeles from February to July 2025, with Stephen Williams, Geeta Vasant Patel, and Alik…

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Cast

  • Kyle ChandlerHal Jordan / Halogram
  • Aaron PierreJohn Stewart
  • Kelly MacdonaldSheriff Kerry Kane
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