James Gunn is teasing what viewers can expect from the Lanterns television series, as well as its potential premiere date.
Since Gunn took on the mantle as the co-CEO of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran, the renowned filmmaker — known for The Suicide Squad and his Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy — has been working on a number of projects that would launch the DC Universe (DCU).
With the DCU officially launching with the premiere of Creature Commandos this December 5, Gunn also provided some information on when Lanterns can potentially arrive.
“It’s really Creature Commandos, Superman, Peacemaker, Lanterns, Supergirl,” Gunn told IGN. “And then some things people don’t know.”
He added that Lanterns will premiere “around the same time” as Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which is scheduled to hit theaters on June 26, 2026. The DC Studios co-CEO also revealed that they are “getting ready to go” into production on the Green Lantern TV series.
What did James Gunn say about Lanterns?
While other details about the upcoming series remain under wraps, Gunn teased the approach they took for Lanterns and that the actors they chose for the series fit perfectly to the story.
“The truth is Chris [Mundy] and Tom [King] and Damon [Lindelof] wrote an amazing series, like an incredible series. I’m so excited for people to see this. It’s very grounded, very believable, very real. The kind of things that you would never think that would be the truth about a Green Lanterns television series. And very human, adult and wonderful. And the story that they wrote fit a couple of actors who were of these ages and so that’s who they cast. Those were their choices. I totally backed them up. I love them,” Gunn also told IGN.
He added, “So I’m really excited for people to see what those guys have come up with. But everything is to serve the story. The story is always first. The scripts are always first. And we would never be making this show if Chris and the guys hadn’t turned in wonderful, beautiful scripts.”
Lanterns will star Aaron Pierre as John Stewart, Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan, Kelly Macdonald as Sheriff Kerry, Garret Dillahunt as William Macon, and Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe.
“The series follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland,” the synopsis reads.
Originally posted on ComingSoon by Ryan Louis Mantilla.
