“Green Lantern” Show Gets Green Light at HBO

A new Green Lantern project has finally taken flight. After the disastrous 2011 film, numerous regime changes at DC and Warner Bros. and growing signs of superhero fatigue, there's some hope for fans of the comic book.

Lanterns picked up a straight-to-series order at HBO, a sign of major confidence in this iteration of the story. Chris Mundy (Ozark) will serve as showrunner, with TV legend Damon Lindelof (Lost, Watchmen, The Leftovers) and highly acclaimed comics writer Tom King serving as executive producers. While the series will definitely have some intergalactic identity, this version looks to be a little more grounded, as Lanterns John Stewart and Hal Jordan are called upon to investigate a murder on Earth.

No names or production start dates have been announced, so I'd bet on at least 2026 before it premieres. (Assuming it doesn't go the way of so many other Green Lantern projects.)

About Kip Mooney

Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about. I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague. Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work. In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo. I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.