The best magic tricks work by making sure you’re looking exactly where the magician wants you to look. Lanterns spent its premiere doing something remarkably similar. For months, HBO sold its new Green Lantern series as a True Detective-style mystery, with Hal Jordan and John Stewart investigating four dead aliens in small-town America. Throughout most […]
Hal Jordan is responsible for several standout moments over the course of Lanterns‘ premiere, including his hilarious courtroom appearance and his ability to start a brawl in one of the most creative ways possible. All of those moments and more are highlights, but there’s one particular joke that DC fans can’t stop laughing at, and […]
The DCU may have hit a bit of a stumbling block earlier this year when the Supergirl movie failed to impress audiences, but the next piece of the franchise puzzle has arrived in the form of Lanterns, which already has fans buzzing. HBO Max debuted the first episode of the new series, billed as a […]
DC Studios has finally released its second original series with Lanterns, the new HBO Max drama that is carving out an all-new corner in the larger DCU. Featuring Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan and Aaron Pierre as John Stewart, the show has been sold as a gritty, Earth-bound, and True Detective-inspired take on the “space […]
Lanterns made its long-awaited debut tonight, finally giving fans a clearer idea of the Green Lantern mythology and how being a Green Lantern actually works in the DCU. There’s also understandably quite a bit of focus on Hal Jordan’s Green Lantern specifically, and that includes why he doesn’t wear the Green Lantern suit these days, […]
DC fans learned a lot about the Green Lantern mythos throughout tonight’s HBO premiere of Lanterns, and much of it was focused on Hal Jordan. Early in the episode, we see a 60 Minutes interview with Jordan from earlier in his career that reveals quite a bit about the timeline and how long Hal has […]
With last summer’s Superman, James Gunn’s DCU movie not only introduced a brand new take on the Man of Steel to the world but also a slew of other iconic characters. Obviously, a new Lex Luthor made his debut, but other heroes like Supergirl made a splash too. The film also revealed the DCU’s first […]
Green Lantern is next up to bat for the DCU with the HBO series Lanterns, which will feature two of the most storied Lanterns in Hal Jordan and John Stewart. While we’ve had plenty of looks at the costumes and what the power ring is capable of in early footage, we hadn’t received any looks […]
While DC Studios didn’t have a major presence at San Diego Comic-Con this year, there was definitely a spotlight on DC’s next project, Lanterns, ahead of its HBO debut next month. The panel featured discussions with the creatives and cast behind the series, but before all was said and done, fans got a brand new […]
As San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) 2026 marches on, thrilling reveals and unexpected announcements continue to be rolled out, and now, that includes a major update on the highly anticipated new DCU TV show Lanterns. Specifically, during a panel focused on the upcoming show, which has an August 16 release date on HBO Max, the […]