After the mixed reception to previous Lanterns teaser trailers, of course HBO had to go all out with an action and super-powers heavy nearly three-minute look at the DC Studios series, courtesy the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel.
In the new look, we get a lot more about the show, including the main conflict: Manhunters are, er, hunting them, though they seem to be closer to the White Martians from the comics than the classic robot cops in the DC Comics source material. We’ve also got Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillion), Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen), and even the Green Lantern oath.
Here’s the official information on the show, via HBO:
Logline: The series follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery with cosmic ties as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
Cast: Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, Laura Linney, Jason Ritter, Ulrich Thomsen, Nathan Fillion, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Jasmine Cephas Jones.
Credits: HBO in association with Warner Bros. Television and DC Studios. The LANTERNS pilot is co-written by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King, who are co-creators for the series. Mundy serves as showrunner. The first two episodes are directed by James Hawes, with Stephen Williams, Geeta Vasant Patel, and Alik Sakharov also tapped to direct. The series is executive produced by Mundy, Lindelof, King, James Gunn, Peter Safran, Ron Schmidt, and Hawes. Based on the DC comic characters from “Green Lantern.”
Watch the new Lanterns trailer below. The series premieres August 16 at 9pm ET / PT on HBO and HBO Max.
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