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Lanterns

DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy

Created by Damon Lindelof, Chris Mundy, Tom King

Two intergalactic cops, new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, are drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. From TMDB

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Lanterns is a 2026 drama mystery sci-fi & fantasy TV series, created by Damon Lindelof and Chris Mundy, starring Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre and Kelly Macdonald.

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The premiere attracted 9.3 million viewers worldwide during its first three days on HBO and HBO Max, including 6.6 million in the United States. Its U.S. premiere audience surpassed those of several recent HBO series, such as It: Welcome to Derry (2025–present) and The Penguin (2024), and became the biggest premiere for a DC Studios series on HBO Max. The third episode reached a series high of 10 million viewers worldwide and 7 million in the U.S. during its first three days. The series continued to grow week-to-week, with its pilot episode surpassing 20 million viewers worldwide. It also ranked among the five biggest series launches in HBO Max history. The penultimate episode was watched…

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  • James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Excited that #Lanterns is now in production. DC Studios’ new show for HBO and Max, from creators Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, & Tom King, starring Kyle Chandler & Aaron Pierre, is something really special.

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Jan 24, 2025

    Ulrich Thomsen has been cast as Sinestro in DC’s #Lanterns series (via Deadline)

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Feb 16, 2026

    Official logo for DC’s ‘Lanterns’ series 📺

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Jan 26, 2025

    DC's #Lanterns update from actress Poorna Jagannathan🟢 • Camera testing starts Tuesday • Sci-Fi show • "It's the best writing that I have ever read" (via Collider)

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    ‘LANTERNS’ Episode 3 hit series high viewership at 10M viewers globally. The pilot episode has recieved over 20M viewers globally so far.

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Nov 25, 2025

    First trailer for 'Lanterns' was shown at HBO Max Upfront 🟢 • Hal Jordan & John Stewart have been working together for months • Hal Jordan has seemingly stepped in temporarily for someone else to train John Stewart • A squirrel Green Lantern is mentioned — likely Ch’p • Series has a Western vibe

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Nov 20, 2025

    DC’s’ ‘Lanterns’ series will now premiere at the end of Summer 2026

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  • Disney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2026

    Lanterns (Series, 2026 - )

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  • Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 5, 2026

    Okay, I was not that interested in the LANTERNS tv show. No real reason why, just wasn’t on my radar. But I think that trailer is outstanding. It grabbed me instantly and I can’t wait to see the actual show. Well done.

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  • Pol Manning @polmanning.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2026

    The Black Lanterns series so far from @solddate.bsky.social

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  • DC @dc.comBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Kyle Chandler is Hal Jordan. Aaron Pierre is John Stewart. #Lanterns, the new HBO Original Series from DC Studios, is now in production.

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  • Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    For folks who are watching Lanterns and want some more--but EXTREMELY DIFFERENT--Green Lantern stuff Green Lantern: The Animated Series is one of the best DC animated shows around, and a fantastic sci-fi adventure forward take on the franchise that only got one season but told a satisfying story!

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  • John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Two episodes into LANTERNS and the appeal is not “do you enjoy Green Lantern comics?” Nor “Do you want a detective show with cosmic/superpower elements?” But rather “have you been fostering a crush on Kyle Chandler for over two decades?”

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  • ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    My man @drjasonjohnson.bsky.social ties the Nikole Hannah Jones kerfuffle to the LANTERNS series and… it’s like this content was specifically made for ME youtu.be/wevYtqWm6Ek?...

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  • Brandon Santiago @4brandonjs4.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2026

    Saw the new Lanterns episode. I said “Man, screw the Guardians” out loud. Holy hell, this really is a Green Lantern show. lol

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  • Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2026

    Man, I don't know who those people making the LANTERNS show think they're getting away with but one of them has a GREEN RING. RIP-OFF. DC should sue.

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  • DC @dc.comBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    We can feel the energy already. #Lanterns, the new HBO Original Series from DC Studios, is now in production.

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  • Blessing Adeoye Jr. @blessingjr.comBluesky · Sep 7, 2026

    Lanterns is what I want out of superhero tv. This show is phenomenal wow

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  • Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2026

    One of the best things about “Lanterns” is it is an honest to goodness television show, not a movie extended to eight hours and cut into arbitrary chunks. Each episode’s a distinct unit of narrative, with its own narrative, thematic and character concerns as part of the whole.

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  • Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2026

    Why didn’t anyone tell me there was a Lanterns show?

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  • Seán Ferrick @seanferrick.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    I started reading comics with Green Lantern so I was curious AF about the Lanterns series. Episode 1 is very slow. What I didn't realize is that it was preparing us. Yeah this series is pretty bloody great :) #Lanterns

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  • The Ken In Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2026

    "There's a Green Lantern show and it's good, actually" is so annoying to me personally. How fucking dare you make me care about the Green fuckin Lanterns

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  • Phineas @phineas.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2026

    What in heck is the deal with this plainclothes Green Lantern series. It was my impression that the Superman movie had established we want our Lanterns as dorky as possible.

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  • Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2026

    Lanterns is the best superhero show in ages, and the first DC story with a distinct voice that isn’t James Gunn’s.

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  • Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    LANTERNS is many things. A Green Lantern show, a good show, a mystery show. It is also a show about jackets. Every episode, someone is wearing a very sick jacket. Much to ponder.

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  • Black Girl Nerds @blackgirlnerds.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 14, 2026

    What happens when True Detective and X-Files got together and had a baby? The new HBO series Lanterns is what you get. And by the way I’m speaking of season one True Detective here.

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  • Superman Super Site @supermansupersite.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 13, 2026

    Actor #AaronPierre has joined the cast of the upcoming feature film, #ManofTomorrow in which he will portray John Stewart/Green Lantern following his debut as the character in the upcoming #HBO series, #Lanterns. Read the full article here: www.supermansupersite.com/Aaron_Pierre... 💙💛❤️

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  • Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2026

    Lots of thoughts on the series premiere of Lanterns, in which Hal Jordan and John Stewart plain don't like each other:

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  • Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    I'm gonna have to watch this Lanterns show to understand what everybody is saying about Nebraska huh

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  • The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Lanterns finale was pretty damn great. Turning from wrenching drama to hard-earned closure, the show grappled with what it means to be a hero and a villain in a broken world that broken people are trying to hold together.

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  • Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2026

    The AstroTurfing is blatant. And now that Lanterns no longer has a 2015 setting to drag up dated references, that HP show is going to be out there floundering. Nostalgia only works for things that actually go away and aren't saddled with unpleasant memories.

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  • Mike Golic Jr @mikegolicjr.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    with the caveat that I have no connection to the Lanterns comics/lore: I really enjoyed this season of TV. a buddy cop show with just enough sci-fi/comic sizzle. Aaron Pierre, Kyle Chandler and Kelly Macdonald were great. good emotional payoff. not perfect, but still.

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  • Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    Apparently I’m in the minority here, but I don’t think Lanterns would have been a better show if there were a lot more CGI green fists hitting stuff. That stuff is fun when used sparingly but becomes boring fairly quickly.

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  • Max the comics guy who does comics about comics @waitingforthetrade.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2025

    In my Absolute Green Lantern series, the Green Lanterns have been reimagined as an intergalactic force of food critics.

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  • Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 14, 2026

    HBO's Lanterns is a fascinating, messy, often very entertaining show, with fun work from Kyle Chandler and his costars, but ambivalence about how much it can, or wants to, be a Green Lantern story. My review:

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  • Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Lanterns Finale Recap: In Brightest Day Is this the best superhero show? Pretty handily. It’s also one of the best things on TV right now, period, with some of the most wrenching, introspective drama you’re likely to find. A pretty stunning adaptation. www.vulture.com/article/lant...

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  • Combos & Doodles @combosdoodles.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 19, 2026

    every clip I see of Lanterns looks like the best show ever ngl

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  • Nash @radiodeadair.comBluesky · Aug 31, 2026

    Lanterns: ... seriously did they just not give this show a budget?

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  • The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.comBluesky · Mar 4, 2026

    Lanterns: The HBO show (August) "Green Lanterns are intergalactic peacekeepers who wear rings that give them extraordinary powers. The series follows experienced Lantern Hal Jordan and new recruit John Stewart as they investigate a murder in Nebraska, which leads them to darker mysteries."

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  • Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    Lanterns Recap: In Blackest Night “The Jordan Boys Legacy” is probably my favorite episode of television this year, an emotional wallop that solidifies and justifies everything the show is, as an adaptation and departure www.vulture.com/article/lant...

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  • Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2026

    Thoughts on this week's Lanterns, part of a frustrating recent trend of serialized dramas putting the present-day story on hold for an episode-length flashback:

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  • Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 14, 2026

    New episode of @viewerpod.bsky.social with @daviddennisjr.bsky.social! -Recapping Furious -Previewing Lanterns -Discussing: What is the best Superhero show of all time? 📺: youtu.be/7sMNAv-bo3w?...

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  • Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 28, 2025

    Aaron Pierre has officially joined the cast of STAR WARS: STARFIGHTER. The actor known for his role in REBEL RIDGE will play John Stewart in the DCU series LANTERNS next year.

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  • Nash @radiodeadair.comBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Guy Gardner's brief few minutes on screen in Superman did more actual Green Lantern shit than any Green Lantern did in the entire season of Lanterns. Who the fuck was that show even for?

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  • Bob Chipman ("MovieBob") @bobchipman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2026

    "Make the Green Lantern Oath a SONG" is such an obvious layup I'm amazed it's taken this long for someone to think of doing it. *(this is for a new animated series, not the 'LANTERNS' show)

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  • The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.comBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    I've been sick of superheroes (with a few exceptions) for years, but there are three promising series I wanted to watch this year: -Spider-Noir -Wonder Man -Lanterns Anyway, I hope Lanterns fans aren't holding out for a second season. 😅

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  • Skavau @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 2, 2026

    ‘Lanterns’ Episode 7 Hits 7 Million U.S. Viewers in Three Days as Season Reaches Average of Nearly 19 Million Globally.

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Oct 9, 2024

    Aaron Pierre has been cast as John Stewart in the #Lanterns series 🟢

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  • Michael Ray Surber of Killer Antz with a zed + Church Rat @surber.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2026

    Monday afternoon just opened up for me. I am about a roll a joint and see how good this Lanterns show is.

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  • Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2026

    Lanterns rules, man. What a great show.

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  • Skavau @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 15, 2026

    ‘Lanterns’ Season 2 Won’t Be Greenlit Until the Writers’ Room ‘Comes Up With a Worthy Successor to a Great First Season’.

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  • Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    I finished watching LANTERNS, a good show interrogating the thesis of “This Be The Verse” that is also resolute in its commitment to not showing anyone doing anything cool with a Green Lantern ring

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  • Nash @radiodeadair.comBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Like for real any given season of an Arrowverse show had less budget than Lanterns did as "prestige" television, but they had more fun, more heart and more swinging for the fences than whatever the hell Lanterns was.

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  • much like your ghosting @mlyp.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2026

    watching that HBO Lanterns show and there's a white guy talking about being colonised by aliens, that's crazy.

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  • Fiction Horizon @fictionhorizon.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Kyle Chandler is Hal Jordan. Aaron Pierre is John Stewart. #Lanterns, the new HBO Original Series from DC Studios, is now in production.

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  • Mayday Trippe @maydaytrippe.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Lanterns has been okay, but revisiting the GL Animated Series makes it seem pretty childish. It's got legit stakes, novel challenges, and character choices that matter long term. Star Trek for Superheroes. Free on Tubi. tubitv.com/tv-shows/200...

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  • Skavau @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 5, 2026

    'Lanterns' Co-Creator Officially Confirms Season 2 Is in Early Development.

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  • Skavau @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 8, 2026

    'Lanterns' Finale Blasts Off With Record 10.5 Million Viewers Globally.

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  • Nash @radiodeadair.comBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    You know for a split second when they announced the title as "Lanterns" instead of "Green Lanterns" I thought they were gonna be ambitious and do the emotional spectrum stuff and show the other corps. Instead they ran from the source material like it was going to serve them a lawsuit.

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  • Fiction Horizon @fictionhorizon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2025

    Ulrich Thomsen has been cast as Sinestro in the DCU’s ‘LANTERNS’ series 🔥 (Source: Deadline)

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