A new teaser trailer for DCU series Lanterns has been released and fans that have watched it are much happier than they were. The first teaser for Lanterns, (I thought was fine, it’s just a teaser after all) wasn’t received very well. Many hardcore Green Lantern fans were bemoaning the lack of anything identifying it as a Green Lantern story.
This new teaser however shows us constructs, some action, flight and even some space. The new teaser also reveals the casting of Laura Linney (Ozark) in a key role. Check it out,
Some official stuff from the presser,
Lanterns follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
Alongside Kyle Chander and Aaron Pierre, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, Nicole Ari Parker, Jason Ritter, J. Alphonse Nicholson, and Jasmine Cephas Jones round out the cast.
The 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.
Lanterns is executive produced by Mundy, Lindelof, James Gunn, Peter Safran, King, Ron Schmidt, and Hawes, and is based on the DC comic characters from Green Lantern.
Lanterns is set to premiere on HBO in August.
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I remain looking forward to this one and I’ll be reviewing it from a non-Green Lantern fan perspective and letting you know what I think. I have a good feeling about it, given the talent involved, but as always we hope it’s a banger.
It’s fair to say that the fans bemoaning the previous teaser seem to be far more excited for what they saw in this latest look at Lanterns.
What do you think, does this new teaser for Lanterns tick your boxes? Thoughts below.
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