The Lanterns Present Has Recruited Its First Director

The previous couple of weeks, Warner Bros. has been making strikes with its upcoming Lanterns present. After a number of stars had been stated to be circling the lead position of Hal Jordan, the half in the end went to Friday Evening Lights alum Kyle Chandler. Now, the DC Comics drama has managed to go a step additional and lock down somebody to get behind the digicam for its opening act.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, British director James Hawes will helm the primary two episodes of the present, and has additionally been introduced onboard as an government producer for the sequence. Hawes is a recurring director for Sluggish Horses over on AppleTV+, and has additionally directed for a number of style reveals, together with Physician Who and Raised by Wolves. However Lanterns isn’t only a sci-fi sequence, it’s additionally stated to be a have gritty cop vibe a la True Detective, and Hawes has some expertise there: together with Sluggish Horses, he’s directed for cop-adjacent reveals like The Alienist and The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher.

Additionally in response to THR, there’s been some minor casting motion for Lanterns’ co-lead, John Stewart. Final week, Aaron Pierre (Insurgent Ridge) and Stephan James (Beacon 23) had been reported as within the operating for the half, which can see John because the beginner mentored by Chandler’s extra veteran hero Hal, and the outlet now says each males display screen examined for the half on Thursday and Friday. For the time being, they seem to nonetheless be the one two frontrunners for the half, and we’ll let you already know who in the end finally ends up getting it as soon as the choice is made.

Lanterns sees Hal and John doing their house cop factor on Earth wanting right into a homicide within the American heartland that’s managed to fall inside their jurisdiction. As they go investigating, the duo begin to uncover one thing darker which may additionally revereberate all through the remainder of the galaxy. The eight-episode season is headed up by showrunner Chris Mundy, who additionally wrote and EPs the sequence with Leftovers alum Damon Lindelof and comics scribe Tom King.

We’ll have extra info on Lanterns because it’s doled out forward of the present’s eventual launch on Max—or fairly, HBO (again)—within the close to future.

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