{"id":152780,"date":"2025-02-27T20:03:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T20:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/when-green-lanterns-become-true-detectives-meet-hbos-pulpy-prestige-y-lanterns\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T20:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T20:03:58","slug":"when-green-lanterns-become-true-detectives-meet-hbos-pulpy-prestige-y-lanterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/when-green-lanterns-become-true-detectives-meet-hbos-pulpy-prestige-y-lanterns\/","title":{"rendered":"When Green Lanterns Become True Detectives: Meet HBO\u2019s Pulpy, Prestige-y &#8216;Lanterns&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">In the vast and colorful universe of DC Comics, where there is no shortage of imperiled planets that could use some superhero 911, the Green Lantern Corps is an intergalactic police force that patrols every sector of the cosmos. Wearing domino masks and armed with power rings, they can conjure whatever their minds and wills can muster. Their solemn oath doubles as energizing magical words for their enchanted bling: \u201cIn brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil\u2019s might, beware my power, Green Lantern\u2019s light!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HBO\u2019s <em>Lanterns,<\/em> now in production, embraces everything high concept about genie-esque space cops, while being rooted in the earthiest of TV genres\u2014the prestige pulp detective show. <strong>Kyle Chandler<\/strong> (<em>Friday Night Lights, Bloodline<\/em>) plays Hal Jordan, a seasoned Lantern approaching retirement, and <strong>Aaron Pierre<\/strong> (<em>Rebel Ridge, The Underground Railroad, Genius)<\/em> plays John Stewart, the trainee who will replace him. Together, they investigate a murder in Nebraska, which leads them to still darker mysteries, as well as reckonings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Leading the <em>Lanterns<\/em> charge is writer and showrunner <strong>Chris Mundy,<\/strong> an Emmy-nominated veteran of crime dramas who oversaw <em>Ozark<\/em> during its celebrated four-season run, and also served as an executive producer on the <strong>Jodie Foster<\/strong> season of <em>True Detective.<\/em> A comic book neophyte, he was recruited to the mission by DC Studios chiefs <strong>James Gunn<\/strong> and <strong>Peter Safran.<\/strong> \u201cI was drawn by the challenge and fun of creating something really grounded inside this big, amazing mythology,\u201d says Mundy. \u201cFrom the beginning, all we talked about was, how can we take all the things we loved about the source material and turn it into a layered, human HBO drama? Just the idea of trying to pull that off was exciting to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">With Mundy citing <em>True Detective<\/em> and <em>Slow Horses<\/em> as tonal touchstones (the latter\u2019s season one director, <strong>James Hawes,<\/strong> is helming the first two episodes), <em>Lanterns<\/em> sounds light years away from the dimly viewed 2011 feature film gloss on <em>Green Lantern<\/em> starring <strong>Ryan Reynolds,<\/strong> who has spent years meta-apologizing for it. Yet while not adapting any specific storyline from 85 years of Green Lantern comics, the series is nonetheless steeped in the spirit and arcana of a canon produced by multiple generations of writers and artists.<\/p>\n<aside aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf fQbAzo\" data-testid=\"pullquote-embed\">\n<div class=\"PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx iKEmcs\">\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cKyle has been so ridiculously good in so many things. He\u2019s also very funny, in a dry-wit way, which is important for the character. He\u2019s going to make us all look really good, basically.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, a more magic-based superhero, was created in 1940 by Martin Nodell and Bill Finger during the Golden Age of comics. In 1959, Silver Age legends John Broome and Gil Kane rebooted the franchise for the space-race era with a more sci-fi premise, introducing test pilot Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps concept. John Stewart was introduced in 1971 during a run by modern giants Dennis O\u2019Neil and Neal Adams that was acclaimed for its bold, blunt address of real-world social issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cOur Lanterns have the rings and all the power they bring, and other characters and aspects of the lore are going to show up or be name-checked. But it\u2019s a series that explores who these guys are when they\u2019re on the job <em>and<\/em> when they\u2019re out of uniform,\u201d says Mundy. \u201cIt\u2019s designed to be accessible for people who don\u2019t know the mythology, but hopefully really satisfying for people that know it backwards and forwards.\u201d He adds that <em>Lanterns<\/em> is set in its own creative realm, separate from other current or forthcoming DC Studios films and shows. \u201cWe\u2019re not part of a larger storytelling plan right now,\u201d says Mundy. \u201cSeason one is designed to be its own, complete season of television that, hopefully, will become many seasons of television.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Mundy\u2019s creative team includes two leading lights of superhero storytelling and mystery serials, noted for their interest in the human, spiritual, and political dimensions of fantastical characters. The premise for <em>Lanterns<\/em> was initially pitched by <strong>Tom King,<\/strong> a best-selling, Eisner-winning comic book scribe (<em>Vision, Mister Miracle, The Human Target<\/em>). As Mundy and King began developing, they enlisted <strong>Damon Lindelof,<\/strong> co-creator of <em>Lost, The Leftovers,<\/em> and <em>Mrs. Davis,<\/em> returning to the superhero genre for the first time since his 2019\u2019s Emmy-winning <em>Watchmen.<\/em> (Full disclosure: This writer worked on <em>Watchmen<\/em> as a story editor and knows Lindelof well.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cI love Tom\u2019s comics, particularly <em>Vision,<\/em> and I loved <em>Ozark;<\/em> right there, you have a cool mash-up of things. So, when they asked me if I wanted to join the team, I was in for the road trip,\u201d says Lindelof, who has a more deep-cut appreciation of Green Lantern comics, particularly the offbeat, sci-fi short stories of the Green Lantern Corps penned by <strong>Alan Moore<\/strong> in the \u201980s. \u201cWhat I\u2019ve always loved about Green Lantern is that he\u2019s a superhero whose imagination is his greatest strength, in terms of using his ring to conjure amazing things. That\u2019s cool to me, especially as an artist. The other thing I loved about the Green Lantern Corps, besides its diverse range of male, female, and alien characters, is the fun camaraderie and competitive tension between its members. It\u2019s a community of lone-wolf cops with an idealistic ethos that demands a lot of them. That makes for a rich source of drama.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf fQbAzo\" data-testid=\"pullquote-embed\">\n<div class=\"PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx iKEmcs\">\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cAaron is a serious theater actor, yet he also looks like he was built in a lab to be an action star.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paywall\">As Mundy and his cohort of super-friends fleshed out their version of Hal Jordan, they envisioned the character Chuck Yeager from <em>The Right Stuff.<\/em> \u201cKyle has that quality in spades,\u201d says Mundy. \u201cHe\u2019s been so ridiculously good in so many things. He\u2019s also very funny, in a dry wit way, which is important for the character. He\u2019s perfect for the part, and he\u2019s going to make us all look really good, basically.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/when-green-lanterns-become-true-detectives-meet-hbos-pulpy-prestige-y-lanterns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the vast and colorful universe of DC Comics, where there is no shortage of imperiled planets that could use some superhero 911, the Green Lantern Corps is an intergalactic police force that patrols every sector of the cosmos. 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