According to James Gunn, reports of The Green Lantern’s death have actually been considerably overemphasized.
In action to a report that HBO Max’s prepared Green Lantern series had actually been ditched, the brand-new co-CEO of DC Studios reacted on TwitterDec 26, simply writing: “Fake.”
A Green Lantern tv series was initially revealed in 2019, which was set to concentrate on the characters of Guy Gardner and AlanScott In reality, stars Finn Wittrock and Jeremy Irvine had actually currently been cast in the particular functions.
However, in October 2022, it was revealed that the series was moving focus to John Stewart, among DC’s very first Black superheroes, according to The Hollywood Reporter
No casting news has actually been revealed concerning the function of John Stewart, however Wittrock and Irvine are no longer connected to the task.
The choice to mold the program around Stewart was made after the exit of previous DC Films President Walter Hamada previously in October, according to the outlet, however had “nothing to do” with Gunn and Peter Safran rising to their brand-new co-CEO functions at DC Studios.
Previously, The Green Lantern was adjusted into a 2011 movie starring Ryan Reynolds as the titular superhero and Blake Lively as his love interest Carol Ferris.
