Lanterns arrived on HBO and HBO Max on 16 August 2026 as an eight-episode drama from co-creators Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King. Mundy, who ran Ozark, is the showrunner. James Gunn and Peter Safran executive produce for DC Studios.The series sits in the DCU’s Chapter One and treats Green Lanterns as interstellar cops who still have to work a murder in the American heartland.Kyle Chandler plays Hal Jordan, Earth’s veteran ring-bearer, training Aaron Pierre’s John Stewart, a Marine and architect chosen as the next Lantern for Sector 2814. They reach Rushville, Nebraska, after a shooting at a high-school...