After James Gunn, the co-CEO of DC Studios announced the initial slate for DC Universe’s new era, one of the mentioned projects has now been officially greenlit at HBO.
DubbedLanterns, it will be the first live-action series in the new DC Universe.Lanternswill be co-produced by Warner Bros. TV and HBO. The series will feature eight episodes and will be released on HBO.
Back when Gunn announced theLanternsshow in January 2023, he described it as “almost likeTrue Detectivewith a couple of Green Lanterns who are space cops”, and it has now been announced that Chris Mundy, known for his work onTrue Detective: Night Country, will be serving as the showrunner.
The series is based on the Green Lantern from the DC comics, and will tell the story of Hal Jordan and John Stewart, who are both part of the Green Lantern Corps. The official logline (viaVariety) states that the duo will investigate a murder mystery on Earth.
Lanternsmay be the first live-action series in the upcoming DCU but it is not the project that will officially kick off this universe.Creature Commandos, an upcoming animated show, will start the proceedings for James Gunn’s DCU vision, as it releases in late 2024.
James Gunn and co-CEO Peter Safran told Variety in a statement, “John Stewart and Hal Jordan are two of DC’s most compelling characters, and ‘Lanterns’ brings them to life in an original detective story that is a foundational part of the unified DCU we’re launching next summer with ‘Superman.’”
WhileCreatureCommandosis under the DCU banner, it seems as if things will really start to shape up for this DC Universe whenSupermanreleases on June 11, 2025. TheSupermanmovie, directed by James Gunn, will also be featuring another Green Lantern known as Guy Gardner who will beportrayed by Nathan Fillion. There are other superheroes and villains set to appear in the movie about the Man of Steel, as Hawkgirl, Mr. Terrific, Metamorpho, The Engineer, and Lex Luthor are all confirmed to show up inSuperman.
