Lanterns Season 2 showrunners say that recent reports the prospective series was dead are premature, for now. From what we could see from the outside it seemed Lanterns was a big success critically and with viewership figures. Fans were waiting and hoping that the Season 2 showrunners and writers room would come up with a story worthy of being greenlit. However, that was all before we found out Peter Safran and James Gunn had been sacked and replaced as heads of DC Studios.
Discussing the fallout and implications of this change of leadership in a news article, Variety also said this when it comes to Lanterns Season 2 plans.
‘Lanterns, their first live-action TV show, had strong viewership and averaged 19 million viewers globally per episode going into the finale. Yet an insider at the company suggests the crime drama isn’t quite capturing the zeitgeist, pointing out the show has yet to be renewed for a second season.’
“People cannot wait to make another season of a hit show,” the source said.’
Clearly implying that Season 1 was not a hit show, which honestly I’m not sure is accurate.
However, following this article Season 1 showrunner Chris Mundy told The Playlist when asked whether the studio shake-up could help Lanterns?
“We thought everything had settled \[after the merger\]. I can imagine a world where everyone retreats to their corners, but then, you know, it’s a coin flip, 50/50.”
Then newly on board for Season 2 co-showrunner Chris Cantwell posted this on BlueSky,
“Nothing’s cancelled. Calm down.”
I wonder if, ‘Nothing’s cancelled… yet,’ may have been more appropriate? We shall see.
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It seems that the decision on whether to progress with Lanterns Season 2 remains yet to be made. However, I will point out that Variety‘s sources may be higher up the food chain than the showrunners are. Given new Studio head Jeremy Latcham is famous for not liking R-rated content, it does beg the question of whether there’s a place for Season 2? For all we know Man of Tomorrow could be the final DCU film before another reboot. Puck news are certainly publishing that as the story they are hearing from insiders in the studio.
If I was a betting man, my money would be on Lanterns ending up a complete one-off and no Season 2. That being said, I hope I am wrong as I thought it was by far my favourite DCU project to date.
What do you think, will we ever get a Lanterns Season 2? Thoughts below.
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