"Lanterns" First Five Minutes Released
The preview opens in 1996 and sets up a murder investigation that links Hal Jordan and John Stewart to darker mysteries in the DC Universe.
- Ahead of its Sunday premiere, HBO released the first 5-minute clip of the DC Studios series Lanterns, offering fans a long-awaited preview of the project.
- Showrunner Chris Mundy, alongside writers Damon Lindelof and Tom King, developed the series with a gritty tone akin to True Detective while exploring the Green Lantern Corps within the DCU.
- The narrative jumps from 1996 to 2016, following young John Stewart as he watches an interview with Hal Jordan, who introduces himself as "just a regular person."
- Kyle Chandler stars as Hal Jordan alongside Aaron Pierre as John Stewart, with Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner and Ulrich Thomsen as Sinestro rounding out the ensemble cast.
- Jordan and Stewart investigate a murder in Rushville, Nebraska, which Chandler's character believes is an extraterrestrial incident, leading them to darker mysteries within the Green Lantern Corps.
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"Lanterns" First Five Minutes Released
HBO Max has premiered the first five minutes from the season premiere of its DC Studios series “Lanterns” which premieres this Sunday on HBO. The clip begins in the mid 1990s and sees a young John Stewart watching an interview with a younger version of Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan before being subjected to some highly unconventional parenting. Then we meet the grown-up John in 2016 as he gets into a car with the older Hal Jordan. In the comics an…
Lanterns will start this Monday on HBO Max and for the most impatient, the platform has posted the first five minutes of the series. And they will have a debate.
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