Lanterns (TV series)
Updated: 12/11/2025, 9:11:23 AM Wikipedia source
Lanterns is an upcoming American superhero television series based on DC Comics featuring the Green Lantern characters Hal Jordan and John Stewart. Produced by DC Studios and Warner Bros. Television, it will be the third television series in the DC Universe (DCU). It features Jordan and Stewart investigating a murder on Earth. The series was created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King for HBO, with Mundy serving as showrunner. Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre respectively star as Hal Jordan and John Stewart, alongside Kelly Macdonald and Nathan Fillion. Greg Berlanti began developing a Green Lantern television series by October 2019. After James Gunn and Peter Safran became co-CEOs of DC Studios in October 2022, the series was redeveloped. It was announced in January 2023, along with its detective story style, which was inspired by the series True Detective (2014–present) and Slow Horses (2022–present). The involvement of Mundy, Lindelof, and King was confirmed in mid-2024 when HBO ordered the series. Slow Horses's James Hawes was hired to direct the first two episodes in October, when Chandler and Pierre were cast. Filming took place in Los Angeles from February to July 2025, with Stephen Williams, Geeta Vasant Patel, and Alik Sakharov also directing. Lanterns is scheduled to premiere in mid-2026 and will consist of eight episodes. It will be part of the DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.
Infobox
Genre
mw- Drama Detective Science fiction Superhero
Created by
Chris Mundy Damon Lindelof Tom King
Based on
Characters from DC
Showrunner
Chris Mundy
Starring
Kyle Chandler Aaron Pierre Kelly Macdonald Nathan Fillion
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
Executive producers
James Gunn Peter Safran Chris Mundy Damon Lindelof Tom King James Hawes Ron Schmidt
Production location
Los Angeles
Cinematography
Armando Salas Florian Hoffmeister
Production companies
DC Studios Warner Bros. Television
Network
HBO
Editor
Emily E. Greene
Tables
· Episodes
1
1
No.
1
Title
TBA
Directed by
James Hawes
Written by
Chris Mundy & Tom King & Damon Lindelof
Original release date
Mid-2026 (2026)
U.S. viewers(millions)
TBD
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | viewers(millions) |
| 1 | TBA | James Hawes | Chris Mundy & Tom King & Damon Lindelof | Mid-2026 (2026) | TBD |
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