The first season of the HBO Max series, Green Lantern will premiere in 2021 and run for ten consecutive episodes. It will chronicle the stories of several Green Lanterns as they discover their abilities. Seth Grahame-Smith serves as showrunner, with Marc Guggenheim as a co-writer. The series announced on October 12, 2020, by Deadline.
Synopsis[]
The drama will depict the adventures of a multitude of Lanterns, including Guy Gardner, Jessica Cruz, Simon Baz and Alan Scott — Earth’s first Green Lantern, who, true to the comics, is a gay man — and many more. The series will also include fan favorites such as Sinestro and Kilowog, and will also introduce new heroes to the ranks of the Green Lantern Corps.
Cast[]
- Finn Wittrock as Guy Gardner[1]
- Jeremy Irvine as Alan Scott[2][3]
- TBA as Jessica Cruz
- TBA as Simon Baz
- TBA as Sinestro[4]
- TBA as Kilowog
- TBA as Bree Jarta[5]
Confirmed plot points[]
- This season will feature three different time periods: the 1940s, 1980s, and present day.[6]
Confirmed characters[]
- Guy Gardner: Caucasian male, 30s. A hulking mass of masculinity, as rendered in the comics. Guy is a personification of the hyper-patriotism found in the 1980s that birthed Hulk Hogan and Rambo. However, Guy is still likable. He might act foolish, but he is not a fool. Guy loves his daughter and wife with all of his hard-partying, fast driving, hot tempered heart. But like many alpha males, there is a deep undercurrent of pain driving it all.[5]
- Bree Jarta: Black, female, 30s. Few Lanterns take their commitment to the Corps and its purpose more seriously than Bree. Bree is half-human and it’s the half she's worked hard to forget. Bree has an alien mother and a human father. However, she was raised on a more enlightened planet with an advanced society. Bree outworked her peers and earner her Ring only to find herself partnered with Guy Gardner.[5]
- Alan Scott: Caucasian male, 28 years old. From the outside, Alan is the model of early 1940s. The image of a G-Man. Alan is handsome, clean-shaven and well dressed without a hair out of place. He has spent his young life trying to personify truth, justice, and the American Way. He is already a household name in L.A. and is seen as hero thanks to positive press coverage. However, for all of Alan's honesty, there is one huge lie that follows him. He is a gay man. A fact that, in his era, could cost him his job, or even his life.[5]
- Jessica Cruz: Protecting the galaxy is hard enough. It's even tougher when you're the type of person who's uncomfortable leaving the apartment. Life forced Jessica to become self-reliant at a young age. She worked her way through school, while taking care of her younger sister. She’s bright. Determined. Looking at her you’d never know the struggle going on inside. Jessica lives with a sometimes crippling anxiety disorder. She’s been fighting fear longer than any of our other Lanterns.[7]
- Simon Baz: For as long as he can remember, Simon’s loved the Green Lanterns. Using his innate charm and gift of gab, he works in Detroit as a vendor. However, business hasn’t been good lately. In the wake of 9/11, America has grown distrustful of young Middle Eastern men.[7]
- Sinestro:
- Kilowog:
Episodes[]
| # | Image | Title | First aired | |
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| 1 | [[File:|200px]] | 1.01 | 2021 | |
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| 2 | [[File:|200px]] | 1.02 | 2021 | |
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| 3 | [[File:|200px]] | 1.03 | 2021 | |
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| 4 | [[File:|200px]] | 1.04 | 2021 | |
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| 5 | [[File:|200px]] | 1.05 | 2021 | |
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| 6 | [[File:|200px]] | 1.06 | 2021 | |
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| 7 | [[File:|200px]] | 1.07 | 2021 | |
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| 8 | [[File:|200px]] | 1.08 | 2021 | |
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| 9 | [[File:|200px]] | 1.09 | 2021 | |
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| 10 | [[File:|200px]] | 1.10 | 2021 | |
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Notes and Trivia[]
- The series was first announced at the end of 2019 at the HBO Max WarnerMedia Day Presentation.
- Greg Berlanti claims it will be, "unlike anything ever seen on television". He added that "in what promises to be our biggest DC show ever made, we will be going to space with a Green Lantern television series".
- The series will be the first to show the LGBTQ+ version of Alan Scott. It will also be the first live-action adaptations of Simon Baz, the first Lebanese-American muslim Green Lantern and Jessica Cruz, the first Latina-Honduran American Green Lantern.
- On February 17, 2021 it was announced that production for the series is cheduled to start filming on April 12, 2021.[8]
- On April 30, 2021, it was announced that Finn Wittrock has been tapped to star as Guy Gardner/Green Lantern in HBO Max’s upcoming series based on the DC characters, where he will headline the series.[1]
- On May 19, 2021, it was reported that British actor Jeremy Irvine is in negotiations to join Finn Wittrock in HBO Max’s upcoming Green Lantern series based on the DC characters, from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. If said negotiations are sucessfull, Irvine would go onto play Alan Scott/Green Lantern opposite Wittrock’s Guy Gardner/Green Lantern. However, Reps for HBO Max and Warner Bros. TV, which produces the series, declined to comment at this time.[9]
- On May 27, 2021, it was announced that Lee Toland Krieger (Superman & Lois and Riverdale) is set to direct the first two episodes of Green Lantern, HBO Max’s upcoming series based on the DC characters, from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.[10]
- On June 30, 2021, it was reported that Tobias Menzies is rumored to have been cast as Sinestro, with the production being believed to be underway. However, no further casting announcements regarding the former Green Lantern turned villain have been revealed since then.[4]
- On July 20,2021, Marc Guggenheim and the rest of the Green Lantern writing team confirmed that they are trying to craft a strong show and avoid any of the backlash that the 2011 film starring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan received a decade ago.[11]
- On February 10, 2022, Finn Wittrock was asked in an AMA on Instagram if he could reveal anything regarding the show, but all he was able to say was that the script is great, and he is just now starting to get into Guy Gardner shape at the gym.[12]
- On March 27, 2022, graphic artist BossLogic shared fan-made movie posters for Green Lantern Corps, featuring Sterling K. Brown, Janelle Monáe and Eiza Gonzalez Reyna.[13]
Gallery[]
Green Lantern DC FanDome teaser
Jeremy Irvine confirms he's playing Alan Scott
Pride 2021 DC Comics IG Post
Finn Wittrock AMA Update
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Finn Wittrock To Headline ‘Green Lantern’ HBO Max Series As Guy Gardner" - Deadline Hollywood
- ↑ Jeremy Irvine - Instagram
- ↑ "Green Lantern: Jeremy Irvine Confirms Alan Scott Casting for HBO Max Series" - ComicBook.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 HBO Max's Green Lantern Has Reportedly Cast Its Sinestro - CBR
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Green Lantern Character Descriptions May Reveal More About New Lantern" - Screen Rant
- ↑ "New Green Lantern HBO Max Series Rumors Possibly Reveal Surprising Timeline Details" - CinemaBlend
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "HBO Max's Green Lantern Character Details for Simon Baz, Jessica Cruz Emerge" - CBR
- ↑ "Green Lantern HBO Max Series Begins Filming In Spring" - Game Rant
- ↑ "‘Green Lantern’: Jeremy Irvine In Talks To Play Alan Scott In HBO Max Series" - Deadline Hollywood
- ↑ Lee Toland Krieger To Direct First Two Episodes Of ‘Green Lantern’ HBO Max Series - Deadline
- ↑ HBO Max’s Green Lantern Series Producer On Learning From Mistakes In Ryan Reynolds’ Film - Cinemablend
- ↑ Here's An Update on HBO's New Gay-Inclusive Green Lantern Series - OUT
- ↑ BossLogic Creates a Stunning Series of Green Lantern Corps Fan Posters - CBR