Kyle Chandler has reportedly been cast as Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern in Lanterns, one of the upcoming TV shows in James Gunn and Peter Safran's new DCU slate.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chandler is set to don the green suit for the new show, which HBO ordered direct to series back in June. The True Detective-style take on the DC hero focuses on Hal Jordan reluctantly mentoring a younger Lantern, John Stewart, and sees the two characters investigating an Earth-bound murder with larger implications. Josh Brolin was reportedly in talks to star but ultimately passed.
True Detective: Night Country and Ozark writer Chris Mundy is set to serve as showrunner, with HBO's Watchmen and Lost creator to serve as executive producer. Award-winning DC and Marvel comic writer Tom King is to write the series.
Harold 'Hal' Jordan was created in 1959 by John Broome and Gil Kane as a reinvention of the '40s Green Lantern. John Stewart, the first African-American superhero to appear in DC comics, was created by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams and first appeared in 1971. John Stewart has not yet been cast in the upcoming TV show.
