{"id":19157,"date":"2025-12-12T23:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=19157"},"modified":"2025-12-12T23:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:53:35","slug":"heres-our-first-teaser-for-dc-studios-lanterns-showing-its-heroes-driving-off-a-cliff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=19157","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s Our First Teaser For DC Studios&#8217; Lanterns, Showing Its Heroes Driving Off a Cliff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Our first glimpse at footage from DC Studios series Lanterns has arrived, featuring Friday Night Lights&#8217; Kyle Chandler and Krypton&#8217;s Aaron Pierre as members of the intergalactic Green Lantern Corps.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The clip, seemingly part of a longer showreel of upcoming series headed to HBO Max, offers our initial look at Chandler and Pierre&#8217;s characters following an earlier photo tease back in February of this year.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Lanterns has been pitched as a buddy cop detective drama with similarities to Slow Horses and True Detective, all set within James Gunn&#8217;s broader DC universe that was kickstarted this summer by blockbuster movie Superman and will continue next year with Supergirl.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First teaser for \u2018LANTERNS\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Releasing in 2026 on HBO Max. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DXJuYNtrXH\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/DXJuYNtrXH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DC Film News (@DCFilmNews) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCFilmNews\/status\/1999466287270101049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">This series sees Green Lantern Corps veteran Hal Jordan (Chandler) paired with younger hero John Stewart (Pierre) in a &#8220;dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.&#8221; Today&#8217;s trailer sees the two space cops squabbling in a car, before it gets driven off of a cliff. It&#8217;s a dramatic moment, though it also seems like both of them will be fine.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">According to DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran, speaking this week during an interview with CBR, Lanterns is now set to launch in the &#8220;late summer&#8221; of 2026, having previously been expected early next year. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;It was about when it made sense for it to be released, so [HBO Max] could get the right lead in, the right promotion,&#8221; Safran said. &#8220;Because it&#8217;s an important show for everybody, and the show is going to be great. It was about the right timing, so it&#8217;s going to be&#8230; it&#8217;s late summer. But there&#8217;s a reason for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\">\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Lanterns HBO TV Series Cast and Characters: Who&#8217;s Confirmed for the DC Show?<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"Lanterns is one of the big shows that will be part of the first phase of James Gunn and Peter Safran\u2019s new DCU (which is officially called Gods and Monsters: Chapter One), and it\u2019s being described as a detective drama that\u2019s inspired by shows like True Detective and Slow Horses.&#10;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#10;The series, which stars Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan and Aaron Pierre as John Stewart, is currently in production. We still have a ways to go before it arrives on HBO and Max, but we are starting to learn a lot more about the series and who else will be part of the show.&#10;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#10;While there\u2019s no official release window yet, let\u2019s break down all the main cast and characters you need to know about so you\u2019ll be ready for this adventure filled with Green Lanterns and more.&#10;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Intriguingly, this pushes Lanterns&#8217; expected arrival window after the launch of Supergirl, which is set to arrive in theaters on June 26, 2026. Yesterday brought a first trailer for that DCU project, too, showing Milly Alcock&#8217;s hungover Kara Zor-El getting into trouble alongside her super canine sidekick Crypto.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">As for how Lanterns will fit into the wider DCU, it has already been confirmed that the series will see the return of fellow Green Lantern Corps member Guy Gardner \u2014 once again played by Nathan Fillion, and introduce the villainous Sinestro, played by Ulrich Thomsen.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Image credit: HBO<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky <\/em>@tomphillipseg.bsky.social<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/heres-our-first-teaser-for-dc-studios-lanterns-showing-its-heroes-driving-off-a-cliff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first glimpse at footage from DC Studios series Lanterns has arrived, featuring Friday Night Lights&#8217; Kyle Chandler and Krypton&#8217;s Aaron Pierre as members of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[7642,27,932,3838,12674,1816,2291,1673],"class_list":["post-19157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-cliff","tag-driving","tag-heres","tag-heroes","tag-lanterns","tag-showing","tag-studios","tag-teaser","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}